Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:32 pm  

Oxford Exile wrote:

If Bentley spent half his time playing Rugby rather than winding other players up he'd still be bang f***ing average. The bloke would be out fly-tipping or in jail if he wasn't being paid as a full time WUM. What a Class A pr!ck he is.

I'm sure I'll join you in thinking that next season when he's causing mayhem with Leeds. His effort and enthusiasm (and winding up) is brilliant. He's been very dominant since he came back, he bullied Bateman and Wigan and your pack last night had no real answers to him other than chasing him round and complaining to the referee. Whilst your players were trying to stop him, our key players were having a big say on the game.

I don't think 'bang f***ing average' players do 69 tackles with 2 broken ribs in a Grand Final really do they. He's outstanding.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:45 pm  

I only watched the second half so I won't comment on the overall performance. I didn't love what I did see.

One lesson we absolutely must learn quickly is not to let ourselves get wound up and distracted by cartoon characters like Bentley (or Tony Clubb, Joel Tomkins, etc). It's bad enough when young guys get knocked off their game, but you definitely shouldn't be seeing experienced pros lashing it out in frustration and losing the gameplan.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:53 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

:lol: I'm sure I'll join you in thinking that next season when he's causing mayhem with Leeds. His effort and enthusiasm (and winding up) is brilliant. He's been very dominant since he came back, he bullied Bateman and Wigan and your pack last night had no real answers to him other than chasing him round and complaining to the referee. Whilst your players were trying to stop him, our key players were having a big say on the game.

I don't think 'bang f***ing average' players do 69 tackles with 2 broken ribs in a Grand Final really do they. He's outstanding.

Agreed. Bentley is a cracking player. Would have him in our pack in a heartbeat.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:02 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Agreed. Bentley is a cracking player. Would have him in our pack in a heartbeat.

Lol. Deary me. Though I suppose when we're used to 'kill the play' Hughes one can be forgiven for thinking Bentley has any legitimate skills to bring to the game of Rugby

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:15 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I've said for a while, Saints and Warrington fans are very similar. You're seriously telling me you wouldn't have celebrated winning a game like that at our ground? Every away team does that if they win, whether it's a rival or not.

Bentley is vastly superior to Bateman at the moment. It's not even close.

And the last point, Saints are a lot fitter than most teams. Also winning the ruck and being on the front foot for a lot of the game helps. Wire having D. Clark playing well below 100% slowed you down as well. You looked more lively when Walker came on.

The difference is your lot consistently claim we are not your rivals, we are irrelevant etc. My point is, if that is the case why are the celebrations for beating Leigh not the same as for beating us? Obviously that was a rhetorical question.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:21 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

Agreed. Bentley is a cracking player. Would have him in our pack in a heartbeat.

Knowles and Walmsley, yes, Bentley, definitely not.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:48 pm  

Bentley and Bateman? Is it Comic Relief time again?

Bateman is twice the player Bentley is and proved it in the toughest comp in the world. If Bentley tried his Dennis the Menace antics in the NRL he'd wake up in a hospital bed minus various dangly bits with the voice of Aled Jones circa The Snowman.

That moustache is a crime against the male gender as well.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:54 pm  

Skill set wise Bentley is very limited and WAY behind Bateman, maybe not this season mind as I'd give Bateman a run for his money at the minute. I will say I actually quite like Bentleys antics, we need pantomime villains they add to the occasion. We can't moan about the game getting stale and sanitised and then get annoyed at a grub. The game used to have brutal personal forward battles of Boyd/Sorenson/Skerett/Ward etc that was worth the entrance fee. Each team had a grub as well. No I know Bentley is a poor relation to the grubs of old but at least he gets people talking and spices up a match.

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:09 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

:lol: I'm sure I'll join you in thinking that next season when he's causing mayhem with Leeds. His effort and enthusiasm (and winding up) is brilliant. He's been very dominant since he came back, he bullied Bateman and Wigan and your pack last night had no real answers to him other than chasing him round and complaining to the referee. Whilst your players were trying to stop him, our key players were having a big say on the game.

I don't think 'bang f***ing average' players do 69 tackles with 2 broken ribs in a Grand Final really do they. He's outstanding.

That would depend on how many were either third or fourth man in.

Paul Wood played in a GF with a ruptured testicle, that may make him heroic to us, but not an "outstanding" player.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Tonight’s game v Saints : Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:58 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

That would depend on how many were either third or fourth man in.

Paul Wood played in a GF with a ruptured testicle, that may make him heroic to us, but not an "outstanding" player.

Oh for the days when we'd have a Paul Wood in his prime coming off our bench!!