Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:05 am  

Not sure I can stomach going to this one, not because i think we’ll get beat but don’t think the StHelens love in will be very pleasant for a non Saints supporter, having said that watching it in Sky will be worse, Wilkin might have an a trouser accident Live on air

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:50 am  

christopher wrote:

Not sure I can stomach going to this one, not because i think we’ll get beat but don’t think the StHelens love in will be very pleasant for a non Saints supporter, having said that watching it in Sky will be worse, Wilkin might have an a trouser accident Live on air

Perhaps he should heed his own words and not celebrate too hard, or whatever he actually accused Ryan Bailey of that one time after the grand final.

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 1:35 pm  

Had to turn the commentary down when watching the recording. Wilkins's man crush on Tex Hoy was the listening equivalent of having an oversexed poodle constantly trying to hump your leg.

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:11 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

Had to turn the commentary down when watching the recording. Wilkins's man crush on Tex Hoy was the listening equivalent of having an oversexed poodle constantly trying to hump your leg.

Yeh it was ridiculous.
The one where Austin dropped the ball and Wilkin was crediting Hoy really was pathetic.

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:20 pm  

I have a bit of an issue with Handley there, he’s one of the leading wingers in SL and has a break on with plenty of space. He should have gone straight at the FB and then swerved back to the wing to go past him, a simple in and out. There’s no way Hoy would have stopped him, and there’s no need to look for Austin who was being closed down at a rate of knots by Swift from the other side.

Poor play by Handley, he should have done much better.

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 3:57 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I have a bit of an issue with Handley there, he’s one of the leading wingers in SL and has a break on with plenty of space. He should have gone straight at the FB and then swerved back to the wing to go past him, a simple in and out. There’s no way Hoy would have stopped him, and there’s no need to look for Austin who was being closed down at a rate of knots by Swift from the other side.
Poor play by Handley, he should have done much better.

It was a brilliant break by Handley though. Give him some credit. Wrong decision at end but split second call…..

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:07 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I have a bit of an issue with Handley there, he’s one of the leading wingers in SL and has a break on with plenty of space. He should have gone straight at the FB and then swerved back to the wing to go past him, a simple in and out. There’s no way Hoy would have stopped him, and there’s no need to look for Austin who was being closed down at a rate of knots by Swift from the other side.

Poor play by Handley, he should have done much better.

John Atkinson would have done Hoy as you described it. Atky once told me he never made eye contact with a full back as he came infield, the lack of eye contact made any full back slow down even more/ freeze. Atkinson then turned on the gas and went away on the outside. He had great balance though which helped.

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:53 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I have a bit of an issue with Handley there, he’s one of the leading wingers in SL and has a break on with plenty of space. He should have gone straight at the FB and then swerved back to the wing to go past him, a simple in and out. There’s no way Hoy would have stopped him, and there’s no need to look for Austin who was being closed down at a rate of knots by Swift from the other side.

Poor play by Handley, he should have done much better.

Maybe giving him the centre role is causing him to overthink?

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:23 pm  

Won’t be many making this trip, how many do we normally get? 500-1k?

Re: SL RD 3 | St Helens (A) : Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:33 pm  

Shabino wrote:

It was a brilliant break by Handley though. Give him some credit. Wrong decision at end but split second call…..

This will sound harsh. Whilst the break itself was good, it’s what he’s paid to do as one of the leagues premium wingers he should be doing it most weeks, perhaps more than once per game. He made a complete hash of it though, he showed no wingers instinct and has shown before that his passing is questionable. He should back his pace in acres of space against a static fullback.

Let’s put it this way, he’s our best winger, so by comparison do Bevan French, Tommy Makinson, Matty Ashton, Ryan Hall, score form there? I use those examples as they are the best wingers at their clubs.