Re: Tom Briscoe : Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:48 am  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

Out of interest why on earth wasn't the offside checked for that final try? The Catalans players looked to be well within the 10 so regardless of Briscoe's error (in fact their proximity probably led to it) it could have been chalked off.

I had the impression the Leeds player either dummied to play it (to either delay or get a penalty), causing the Catalan players to set off and then stop en masse, or the ball got tangled in his legs, so that the Catalan players were offside when the ball cleared the ruck but wasn't checked as it was the fault of the Leeds player. If the Leeds player did dummy, its his fault that Williams was so close to collect the spilled ball.

Re: Tom Briscoe : Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:23 am  

FlexWheeler wrote:

Coming from wigan fans

Saints fans maybe, but wigan fans?

You seem to be quite the mature poster.

Re: Tom Briscoe : Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:21 am  

number 6 wrote:

because bentham never asked for it to be checked, he was more than happy the catalans were onside, it was no worse than both teams line speed throughout the match and confirmed by jon wells at the end that the dragons players were all onside!

...but they weren't. The Catalans players started moving before the ball was played.

However, McDermott was correct in the post match interview. We hadn't done enough in that game to deserve the victory.

Re: Tom Briscoe : Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:44 am  

EHW wrote:

7th actually now after todays results.....with 5 of the best players in their positions in the league.


Its not been a great weekend for the Dream Team. Roby completely outclassed Clarke, Ryan Hall had a complete nightmare (whist Monaghan scored a hat-trick), Shenton got sinbinned in an otherwise completely anonymous performance, Kevin Brown looked impressive for 15 minutes then disappeared and Escare looked more than a match for Hardaker at full back.

The dream team is a very subjective thing. No one is going to agree 100%. The one Leeds player who suprised me in the selection is Watkins didn't think he deserved to be in there personally. You might not agree with some of the Leeds players in there but all of them were there or there abouts for selection.

Regarding the game the team were poor and have been since just before the CC final. We seem to love to single out players but the truth is he was the final mistake but there were many more leading up to it. We didn't deserve to win that's sport.