Sinfield: It's good to lose : Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:24 pm  

Really? I can see his point but surely the fans would prefer a decent cup run, even if you're not going to win it. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 362732.ece

Really? I can see his point but surely the fans would prefer a decent cup run, even if you're not going to win it. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 362732.ece

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:28 pm  

The Sun wrote:

If Saints go on to win the cup for a fourth successive year, it will mean they have played four more games than Leeds.

Usual bollox I see.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:28 pm  

would rather lose in the first round to Saints than in the Semi or final.

Our players should be so much fresher tham Saints come september

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:30 pm  

As you'd expect from The Sun, the headline doesn't marry up with the quotes. I'd agree it's better to lose now than in the semi-finals, in both cases there's not even a day out at Wembley, and this way gives us some free weekends. In May we'll have the week after Edinburgh off, and also an extra weeks preparation before going to France at the beginning of June, so there's some positives.

I agree fully that losing wasn't nice, of course I'd have preferred to still be in the cup and hoping for a trip to Wembley, but what's done is done, let's scrape up as many of those crumbs as we can.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:51 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

As you'd expect from The Sun, the headline doesn't marry up with the quotes. I'd agree it's better to lose now than in the semi-finals, in both cases there's not even a day out at Wembley, and this way gives us some free weekends. In May we'll have the week after Edinburgh off, and also an extra weeks preparation before going to France at the beginning of June, so there's some positives.

I agree fully that losing wasn't nice, of course I'd have preferred to still be in the cup and hoping for a trip to Wembley, but what's done is done, let's scrape up as many of those crumbs as we can.

I agree gutted to have lost but there is the small consolation of time off.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:53 pm  

It would have been nice to have crossed the line, all the ball early on but no points.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:53 pm  

He shoud just accept defeat!

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:48 pm  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

He shoud just accept defeat!

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:29 pm  

Homer Simpson wrote:

It would have been nice to have crossed the line, all the ball early on but no points.

Sadly, their goal line defence was miles better than ours. Their tries didn't take a huge amount of scoring.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:14 pm  

Is anyone really that bothered about the CC anymore. its a good day out in London but its our equivalent of the league cup at best. If the RFL decided to drop the competition entirely to reduce the number of games our players play and strengthen the international teams chances at the end of the season I would wholeheartedly applaud. The CC is the last trace of the winter game which we got rid of over a decade ago. If we lost that and the BBCs appauling and embarassing coverage I would be extremely happy. The game should mean one thing the grand final. period.

I'd certainly have enjoyed beating saints simply because I hate scousers but in the scheme of the season the 4 game rest will be massive for us.