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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamk View Post
    You seem to be the only one who takes this point of view. If you look at the video of the "forearm in the face" you will see that there was very little in it and the retaliation was utterly unwarranted. There is a history of opposition team's play makers being targeted by Wigan players hence my post which I stand by and is not in any way ridiculous.
    am I?

    Read the Twitter comments further down this linkl

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29586010

    or go to Sky sports, or any daily newspaper. I am most definitely not the only one who claims that LH conducted a forearm strike to the face

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyl View Post
    am I?

    Read the Twitter comments further down this linkl

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29586010

    or go to Sky sports, or any daily newspaper. I am most definitely not the only one who claims that LH conducted a forearm strike to the face
    And you stand by something joey barton says.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyl View Post
    am I?

    Read the Twitter comments further down this linkl

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/29586010

    or go to Sky sports, or any daily newspaper. I am most definitely not the only one who claims that LH conducted a forearm strike to the face
    You are seriously quoting Sky Sports as a source of informed, reliable, unbiased, factually correct information??????
    Sorry, anyone who attaches any credence to the outpourings of delusional media gurus whose sole purpose in life is to peddle their respective employer's scripted viewpoints is not one to be considered a serious poster. I rest my case.
    Funny how only Saints supporters can come to verbal blows after winning the double isn't it? Anyway that's me done, some of us have a life outside cyberspace.

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    When the claim was that I "am the only person with this view"....then yes, it is a credible source of evidence. It isnt evidence that the view is correct, it is evidence that there are other people with that view.

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    Quote Originally Posted by St Steve View Post
    And you stand by something joey barton says.
    amongst others...you appear to have forgotton those people. Strange that....

    is it at all possible that a significant number of people on here have severely red tinted specs to the point that they can not admit to what neutrals can see with their own eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyl View Post
    amongst others...you appear to have forgotton those people. Strange that....

    is it at all possible that a significant number of people on here have severely red tinted specs to the point that they can not admit to what neutrals can see with their own eyes.
    Martin offiah. Not biased is he.
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    Firstly, I thought the match felt like much more of an event that usual. The flags, mosaic and James' pre-match performance made the match seem like a big deal, credit to the RFL for that.

    We started the game in the right way, with two huge shots on Wigan players, the only way we could have won is by beating them up the middle. Ben Flower's actions were awful, the worst thing I've ever seen on a rugby pitch. Sad that this has been the main talking point of the match and not Saints winning with Wellens and Turner at 6 and 7. That disrupted us and much as it did them. They had one less forward. We had to move Wello to 6, Makinson to 1, Percival to the wing, LMS to centre, bring on a sub early and play with 1 less sub for the whole match. We weren't great in the first half, we went away from our gameplan and tried to go around them.

    Brown obviously told them at HT to stick to the gameplan, and go down the middle. He appeared really calm in the dressing room, he's been criticised for that, but this was needed. We were patient, played to our strengths and ground out the win. Brown has now won as many SL titles as Daniel Anderson, and hopefully some of the nonsensical criticism of him will now stop.

    I didn't think we could do it. After that defeat against Hull, no-one thought we could. We've been written off and insulted by the press. We defended heroically and got what we deserved. Similar game to the '99 final, no hopers, incredible defence, incredible victory. Particularly delighted for Wello. A local lad, and you could tell how much that meant to him. One of the best crowd celebration in years following the Makinson try as well! We've overcome the hoodoo, ended the streak and ended Wigan's reign. Our first title in 8 years, the sweetest since '96. And with our squad, a bright future for the next few years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by St Steve View Post
    Martin offiah. Not biased is he.
    there are a significant number of people saying the same thing. People spanning twitter accounts, different sports and numerous media sources...so we have all these people who say

    "Lance hit flower, Flower hit him back and then Flower hit him again which was unacceptable"

    compared to a version (which is bizzarely only present on a Saints forum)

    "Flower hit lance, Lance ran over for a discussion over tea and scones, Lance did nothing, Flower hit him, Flower hit him again...Flower should be killed for this"

    hmmmm....which version appears balanced.

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    I thought the first punch by Flower was bad enough. Its a half backs job to rile up opposing props especially but you rarely see a prop knock out a half back even though they may feel like doing, usually just get hold of 'em by the scruff of the neck and threaten to do it. The game has changed a lot though, is faster with less time to think .
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    Quote Originally Posted by RV12 View Post
    Brown has now won as many SL titles as Daniel Anderson, and hopefully some of the nonsensical criticism of him will now stop.
    With a lot less to work with

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    Default Saints Vs. Wigan - GRAND FINAL THREAD

    Getting back to the game I thought Turner was spot on in defence. He gets slated for it but came out the line well last night. Thompson was magnificent and the world is really the oyster for him. Future captain without doubt, tough as teak and ran hard all night.

    Makinson was awesome at full back and Roby was just Roby.

    However I also thought we got the rub of the green for once. A couple of decisions went our way and we got lucky with Wigans lack of composure at times when they broke.

    I don't think we can moan about Bentham last night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Houghwood Saint View Post
    I thought the first punch by Flower was bad enough. Its a half backs job to rile up opposing props especially but you rarely see a prop knock out a half back even though they may feel like doing, usually just get hold of 'em by the scruff of the neck and threaten to do it. The game has changed a lot though, is faster with less time to think .
    Maybe you'll get sued for that, I know that I won't cos I'll just pass on your details.


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    screaming in the family corner, scaring the kiddies

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishy3005 View Post
    Obviously Derek McVey in disguise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedVee Admin View Post
    Maybe you'll get sued for that, I know that I won't cos I'll just pass on your details.
    Last edited by Houghwood Saint; 12th October 2014 at 21:00.

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    Thank you for that.


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