: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:05 pm  

had a chuckle to myself after seeing this result,

just how many viking trolls were on here after we BEAT oldham, saying we would struggle this year, should be putting more points on a championship 1 side etc... etc...

Not many of them on here now is there!

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:58 pm  

TV BOY wrote:

Me. The only time his name was mentioned on GMR was when he put out a ridiculously bad pass.
Well done Oldham.

Well he must of if GMR only mentioned him once.

Probably only Halliwell was better than him in all the centres last night. You're old boy Roberts played very well winding everyone up, wouldn't stop talking to the ref, but he did the job he set out to do. Taking nothing away from Oldham, they did well. Not too worried though at this stage of the season the result will be meaningless in a few weeks anyway.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:41 pm  

Is this the only thread,on our MB that Widnes Viking isn`t on ?

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:00 pm  

AJ Viking wrote:

Well he must of if GMR only mentioned him once.

Probably only Halliwell was better than him in all the centres last night. You're old boy Roberts played very well winding everyone up, wouldn't stop talking to the ref, but he did the job he set out to do. Taking nothing away from Oldham, they did well. Not too worried though at this stage of the season the result will be meaningless in a few weeks anyway.

Halliwell was the best centre on the park last night, TKL went ok in patches and certainly wasn't poor. Mind you, like Nanyn for Oldham last year, it's difficult to shine at centre if the ball is constantly turned back inside. As for 2Bobs, he was an immense leader for Oldham and it was only when he went off injured that Widnes began to break us down. Yes, he talks to the ref, but Webster, Smith and Doran where hardly quiet in this regard. Perhaps the fact that 2Bobs usually comes away from the ref smiling, whether the decision has gone for or against us gives you a clue how to handle referees. Widnes players approached with disrespect, shaking heads, pointing fingers, aggressive (particularly Doran and Smith) - it's hardly going to help.

Excellent report DParky, altho' I would make a couple of points. When OConnor bombed the try the score was 18-4, a try then and it was game over. Wildbore threw 3 or 4 punches at a grounded player before O'Connor came in to defend him, it was hardly an even scuffle. Wildbore was right to walk, but O'Connor should have been sin-binned. The "strange get together" was a team talk instigated by John Stankevitch, who ran onto the pitch with the kicking tee and then called all the players round presumably for a b*ll*cking - completely illegal and hopefully Widnes will get hauled over the coals for it, especially as it had a major impact on the game and the way Widnes played it.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:08 pm  

ClockworkCarrot wrote:

The "strange get together" was a team talk instigated by John Stankevitch, who ran onto the pitch with the kicking tee and then called all the players round presumably for a b*ll*cking - completely illegal and hopefully Widnes will get hauled over the coals for it, especially as it had a major impact on the game and the way Widnes played it.

It's not, it's just gamesmanship. Anyone can take the kicking tee on, Stanky could of, as others do, talk to every player he passed running to the centre spot however got everyone in instead. It's not technically illegal, it's just bending the rules. Other than that fair post.

And to 'The Watcher' a Leyther started the thread 'Widnes V Oldham', so don't have a go at us for posting!

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:53 pm  

So 'time wasting' isn't an offence?

Still worked well didn't it

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:54 pm  

AJ its Vikingman we are having a laugh at

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:17 pm  

FredParky wrote:

So 'time wasting' isn't an offence?

Still worked well didn't it

It made a difference, we went from 18-4 down to 20-18 up. Ill discipline and Oldham's superb defence won them the game in the end, and fair play to them.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:21 pm  

Roman Officer wrote:

Thank you very much Mr P for a superb match report

Indeed, a very fair reflection of the game. Biggest disappointment for me so far has to be Thackeray - inside ball after inside ball all night. We were far to slow and predictable. As people have said before I think Widnes will struggle in the forwards this year and no reason why that will change when we play yourselves.

It could all click into place next week, but until it does, Widnes certainly aren't living up to the favourites tag just yet. IMO we're really struggling to find any sort of form and my own personal opinion is that we could do with freshening up in the coaching department. It jst hasn't worked with McCormack in the past and no signs of it changing any time soon - how long is Neil Kelly's contract with Leigh?

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:35 pm  

I didn't take much in the way of notes as it wasn't a paid gig, you are of course right regarding the Paul O'Connor "no try"

Thanks for the correction