Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:37 pm  

Seth wrote:

A stark reminder of how the game has been spoiled by wrestle.

It's sort of crept up on us (wrestle that is) and is now an integral and in my opinion completely detrimental part of the game.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:39 pm  

Players learning how to defend properly and having more structure in defence has made it a different game but not neccessarily a worse or better sport. Its just not it used to be and thats how it should be, the game should evolve.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:05 pm  

A quick PTB puts the onus on the side with the ball to do things, well, quickly. This favours sides best at handling and best at running and is the game at its most enjoyable for me. I don't actually mind the wrestle too much but multiple tacklers just lying on involves zero skill and less entertainment.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:20 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

A quick PTB puts the onus on the side with the ball to do things, well, quickly. This favours sides best at handling and best at running and is the game at its most enjoyable for me. I don't actually mind the wrestle too much but multiple tacklers just lying on involves zero skill and less entertainment.

Theres a lot of skill in the wrestling techniques players are using. We just dont appreciate it enough cos it doesnt lead to fast flowing rugby.

Personally i find the NRL too fast and teams can just roll down the field and it bores me to tears so theres a balance to be struck.

The game is just different now and in 10 years time will be different again.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:44 pm  

When we had a quicker play the ball people complained it was too fast and there were too many 'blow out scores'. I actually think RL fans in general just like to whinge. The game is too fast, then it's too slow. We need more players in the NRL to improve the national team, we need to stop the player drain to the NRL. We need to change the structure...we need to change the structure again. We need to scrap promotion and relegation, promotion and relegation is part our sporting DNA. We need to expand the game, the expansion clubs bring nothing to game.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:11 am  

saints v leeds in 08. thick mud, driving rain, one out football.
what a game

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:53 pm  

christopher wrote:

Watched the 3 games against Bradford from 2002, 2004 & 2005

Id forgotten how good those games were when our rivalry was at its peak, really enjoyed the 2002 game it had everything.

They were great (Leon Pryce was such a pr!ck - nearly taking Gareth Ellis's head off and crippling his brother simultaneously).

I watched Leeds -Widnes from '89 the other night, The Moriarty elbow game (I was there). That was quick, very solid defence (5m PTB) and aggressive running. I had forgotten why Moriarty was "upset". The first time he carried the ball he got absolutely tw@ed by four Leeds "tacklers". I think Martin Offiah was punched in the face every time he was tackled.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:01 pm  

DHM wrote:

I watched Leeds -Widnes from '89 the other night, The Moriarty elbow game (I was there). That was quick, very solid defence (5m PTB) and aggressive running. I had forgotten why Moriarty was "upset". The first time he carried the ball he got absolutely tw@ed by four Leeds "tacklers". I think Martin Offiah was punched in the face every time he was tackled.

This game always makes me smile when it is mentioned as on the Saturday night before the game I was in the Town Hall Tavern and quite a few of the Leeds players were also in there too,a few of the boys were clearly a bit worse for ware,But non more so than Craig Izzard who was absolutely 5hit faced and could barely walk come 11pm

Fast forward to game day and I met my pals in the South Stand bar and felt confident in telling them that there was no way that Izzard would play as he was probably still p1ssed even now.
Izzard went onto having a storming game and also tw@tted Joe Grima too...How wrong was I?

The Moriarty hit on Hughie was sickening to see and reminded me of the time that Dannatt did the same to Hanley

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:33 am  

Izzard was fantastic. Proper forward.

Wish we had a back rower like him now.

Re: Full Games on Youtube : Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:42 am  

The Biffs Back wrote:

This game always makes me smile when it is mentioned as on the Saturday night before the game I was in the Town Hall Tavern and quite a few of the Leeds players were also in there too,a few of the boys were clearly a bit worse for ware,But non more so than Craig Izzard who was absolutely 5hit faced and could barely walk come 11pm

Fast forward to game day and I met my pals in the South Stand bar and felt confident in telling them that there was no way that Izzard would play as he was probably still p1ssed even now.
Izzard went onto having a storming game and also tw@tted Joe Grima too...How wrong was I?

Athletes, pure athletes.