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Re: That famous night... : Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:45 pm  
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I like the concept but hate being in it.

I've seen Wakefield at Wembley and in the Yorkshire Cup Final and playing the Aussies, but good as all those were, the Cas million pound game is the most memorable to me.
For the Lowes or the Bradford fans to bemoan it implies they think they shouldn't be relegated.
The only difference between the game and coming bottom is that you have a get out of jail game to stop the drop. The result if you lose is no different to going or staying down without the game.

It goes wrong when expectations are raised to a level where you expect or think it's your right to be in SL. And in Bradford's case financially cheat (or at least badly manage) the system to do exactly that.

I like the 8s concept. If there was an improvement to make it is in the top 8 not the Middle 8. The middle 8 is far more exciting.


In some ways, I think the build up was better than the game itself.
Having to win 4 from our last 6 games and get some help from Salford (who beat Cas to ensure that there was a last chance saloon to drink in), set the game up nicely for Trinity.
Cas were on the slide and relatively speaking, we were on the up and with Kear full of confidence (at least outwardly), the game was set.
Belle Vue full to the rafters, supporters trying to get a glimpse of the action from wherever they could, it was fantastic.
But, the tension, during the game was unbearable and even though they are our our closest rivals, you had to spare a though for the Cas fans.
Trinity had sent them down (again) and another of the "Cat's" nine lives had been used up.
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Re: That famous night... : Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:24 pm  
Thanks for the tips guys
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:04 pm  
Joined that site and watched the original MPG back, for the first time in ages.

Interesting to hear Eddie and Stevo being as negative about Wakey as they've continued to be to this day; in the opening few minutes, Stevo says "it's good to see this place with an atmosphere for once..."

The most striking thing about that team though, is that it contained only 1 British born player in the starting 13 - it's a good thing that can't happen any more.
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:34 pm  
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Joined that site and watched the original MPG back, for the first time in ages.

Interesting to hear Eddie and Stevo being as negative about Wakey as they've continued to be to this day; in the opening few minutes, Stevo says "it's good to see this place with an atmosphere for once..."

The most striking thing about that team though, is that it contained only 1 British born player in the starting 13 - it's a good thing that can't happen any more.


Although, if I remember correctly, Kear went on to build a predominently British squad which did very well.

For me, the most memorable recent Wakey game is definitely the 'original' MPG vs Cas. Very scary and tense although I always felt we would win even though Cas were leading at HT. I couldn't get to the Bradford MPG, being based overseas but watched a live stream. I like the concept although I don't want us to be there again thank you very much!
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:37 pm  
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Joined that site and watched the original MPG back, for the first time in ages.

Interesting to hear Eddie and Stevo being as negative about Wakey as they've continued to be to this day; in the opening few minutes, Stevo says "it's good to see this place with an atmosphere for once..."

The most striking thing about that team though, is that it contained only 1 British born player in the starting 13 - it's a good thing that can't happen any more.


There were three British born players in the 17 that night, Jamie Rooney, one of the March's and Kevin Henderson.


Wakefield: Halpenny, Demetriou, Evans, Henderson, Tadulala, Rooney, Jeffries, Watene, Obst, Korkidas, Solomona, MacGillivray, Betham.
Replacements: March, Elima, Catic, Latu

I wasn't nervous for this game as I always had faith we would win. The MPG against Bradford was a different matter. 80 minutes spent touching cloth.
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:39 pm  
bren2k wrote:
Joined that site and watched the original MPG back, for the first time in ages.

Interesting to hear Eddie and Stevo being as negative about Wakey as they've continued to be to this day; in the opening few minutes, Stevo says "it's good to see this place with an atmosphere for once..."

The most striking thing about that team though, is that it contained only 1 British born player in the starting 13 - it's a good thing that can't happen any more.


Wonder if the atmosphere was as great as that that Stevo experienced week in week out from the 450 spectators at Crown Flatt???
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:25 pm  
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I wasn't nervous for this game as I always had faith we would win. The MPG against Bradford was a different matter. 80 minutes spent touching cloth.


Complete opposite for me funnily enough. Always knew we would beat Bradford, they were awful.
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Re: That famous night... : Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:22 pm  
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Complete opposite for me funnily enough. Always knew we would beat Bradford, they were awful.

Are you kidding? If Bradford's kick from Addy had gone over I think we'd have been turned over.
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Re: That famous night... : Thu Dec 01, 2016 8:35 am  
Yet we'd put 50+ past Bradford a few weeks earlier. I was quietly more confident of beating Bradford than Cas.
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Re: That famous night... : Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:15 am  
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There were three British born players in the 17 that night, Jamie Rooney, one of the March's and Kevin Henderson.


I know - that's why I specified "in the starting 13."

It's not a criticism in particular - they were the rules at the time and every club used a lot of overseas players; I'm just glad it doesn't happen any more to the same extent.
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