Magic week-end

Well all rugby league fans are we looking forward to the "Magic Weekend" up at Newcastle ,should be a good week -end out ,sunny weather forecast too all the makings for some smashing RUGBY IF anyone is going stay safe and enjoy it . G.B.

Golden Bear

I will, especially when Wigan are playing!

on at the same time as the cup final .

I shall watch the Cup Final, record Wigan and watch it straight after. 8am kick off here for the cup final.

Good idea broady I'll record the rugby

Made a very last minute decision to watch the rugby from the kick off. Certainly not one of my better decisions. Very poor.

Awful again and this has been coming we couldn’t arc their strategy strength and skill our half backs again ultra poor

The inconsistency is as bad as it was under Wane and Lam since the departure of Maguire and perhaps may have something to do with the "keep it in the family" culture that exists on the coaching side of the club with Briers last season being a exception

You only have to look at the way that Lam as made more impact as a Head Coach at Leigh and the way that Peters at Hull KR and Powell at Warrington have transformed their clubs with players unfamiliar to them.

Very poor in the transfer market coupled with too many homegrown players playing too soon….the management are failing the fans

roylew

At the beginning of the season, IL made a bold comment that this season's squad was the best put together for a while.

If that is so in the eyes of himself and KR, then the problem can only rest with those in charge of the coaching and scouting.

On the other hand, the financial state of the club may also have a bearing on the situation, especially when nearly every day all we see is news about money raising events and new sponsorships coupled with two new directors being appointed.

It can’t be any different at other clubs…I hate to say it but it’s the old boys club again….Leulai never seems to talk to Peet…our forwards are no match against”foreign “ forwards…Mago is the best of our recruits but he wouldn’t get into most teams…Harry Smith is having a nightmare season…only his kicking in open play is keeping in the team…he’s gone backwards since Lee Briers left..and Cust…well he wouldn’t get on Ashton Bears second team…Peet made some bad decisions yesterday fair enough we all do but playing Cust as a hooker instead of O’Connell was massive

First of all,2nd best in every dept...really poor all round
secondly,I don't go along with this old boys mantra, we have won quite a bit of silverware since Madge left in 2012 including a double!
Yes at the moment
we are very inconsistant,maybe with a new pack of forwards this will be sorted. More speculation about coaches not talking...what rubbish are you reading, the teenage fans forum? BTW...who's O'Connell?
Don't know about Cust,but Smith couldn't get a game at the Bears either
Very disappointed,after making the effort,won't be going again

duplicate

I watched City win yesterday and recorded the Wigan game and watched it last night, For the first time ever I turned it off 15 mins into the second half Wigan were awful.

Joe Maplin

I think roylew means O'Neill Who is no better than Cust or Powell
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Come back, Mickey Mac, the club needs you!

p.s. Forber is the solution for number 9 in the future!

I agree about Forber,looks the part now

when are the coaches at wigan going to realise that the pack isnt big enough which has been like that for years ? .

When Spurs were 5-0 down at Newcastle after 21 minutes of the game they refunded their traveling fans for such a trouncing
Following yesterday’s capitulation by the Warriors, allowing Catalan to post 46 points in the first sixty minutes, can we expect a similar reimbursement for such a shocking display?

And three FACTS on the current team:

1. Take Field and French out of the side and they are simply a very AVERAGE side
2. Smithies is NOT a loose forward
3. Smith is NOT Wigan class

Another try for Leigh today and they would have been above us in the league. This time next week i think they will be

A new coach maybe?

Going to be very difficult against saints in this kind of weather I can see another 40 plus points against us coming…I can’t see any special moves coming off…plenty of of interceptions me thinks for saints

Saints just warming up with 48 points today. Dreading Friday. That Saints pack will demolish the Wigan pack.

Everything is negative about this club at the moment…even o’loughlin needs to pull his shorts up….it’s disappointing..we keep getting a win that gives us hope….then crash….

Can’t remember exactly but they said it was Smithies first try for an awful long time yesterday ( and most of us on here could have scored it) He is another that isn’t good enough.

Saints getting back to form,
Good game to watch.

I fear Friday

Looks like we now need another Maurice Lindsay and a gang of four!

Our management and owner must have blinkers on..French and Field especially had a mediocre game…and the rest couldn’t handle it

French is reaching burn out,Field is short of game time,it's time the big lumps up front did some heavy lifting,and stop looking for these two to
rescue games imo

It saddens me to say this but at this moment what is going on with the Warriors looks AKIN to what is happening at the same ground with
Wigan Athletic !! I was upset at a remark by sky commentators saying that
"""Wigan Had been scraping along all season """ I took unbridge at that ,but after a while into the game i suddenly realised they were correct !!!! It's not shaping up well for the next game my tip is stay home watch it on telly and save some cash !!!!!! My Q is this ,,,, IS it not time we got rid of Lennigan ?????? G.B.

I was reading that the Super League are pleased with the week-ends attendances ,they boast it is up on last years , 62,154 last time ,this time
63, 269 speckies . My question is are they not getting carried away with themselves???? Equals 1,115 Extra fans more this year !!!For me it's Not really good enough , i mean come on eleven hundred more WOW!!!
When one actually breaks the figures down it works out at 10,544 PER GAME . broke down . So let's not get ahead of ourselves ,and i appreciate there were other spports going on too!! I have to say me ? I am not a fan of this """magic week-end nonsense """ It's ok for the farty -harty types on tv saying this or that the fact remains that herd pressed genuine fans have to dig deep into their pockets to attend this jamboree ,also by the way it does help an ARAB by putting cash into Newcastle Club too ,which i think they don't need . gripe over . G.B.

Don’t like watching matches in half empty big stadiums and that includes the DW with 12000 on…if we could only turn the clock back to 1999 and build a stadium to suit the town…17000 is more than enough

I can guarantee this GB,there will be one less there next year...me!
On the Lennegan bit,can't see how you can "get rid" of someone
who owns the club

Thank you JOE . PS could hire a sniper eh???
G.B.

Golden Bear

The crowds may not be the same as in football, but at least like in cricket and rugby union those who do attend enjoy themselves in a atmosphere of friendliness, safety and no segregation and can even drink on the terraces and seating areas.

A bit like football was in the past!

AH the good old days ,when OC had all his marbles

Handsomeminer

A bagful of them and the metal ones were better than the glass ones!

All the same when you've lost em

Magic week-end !