We did get a lot of tries with kicks to the wing but also scored a lot from breaks from deep where we had supporting runners bursting through the middle, Myler, Atkins, Hodgson. Also Michael Monaghan was pretty good at making things happen inside the other team's 20. We didn't exactly play champagne rugby eg Saints under Millward or Cas in 2017 but we had a lot of ways to overrun teams who were generally backpedalling against our pack.

We did. The most potent Warrington attack threat I have seen since Tony Barrow's1986 side with Andy Gregory, Mark Robert, Mike Greg, Boyd, et al

What a team that was.

Pornography, along with the 11 and 12 sides

Yep, been 10 years of sad, slow decline.

Think you need to check the definition of “slow”,our decline this season has accelerated like one of those Higgs Boasen thingy mejigs.

Very true lol. Over the previous 9 years then it was slow.

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Loved that team drinking with players in touchdown club that night was a memory i.ll never forget..top bunch of guys who were only happy to chat..great night

Gregory’s passes to Roberts in full flight were just poetry in motion.

Our greatest attacking team was in 2011 before Hodgson signed for us. Although he was truly a world class player. How in gods name we didn't win the GF between 2010-13 beggars belief.

Quote runningman29="runningman29"Gregory’s passes to Roberts in full flight were just poetry in motion.'" The accuracy and timing of the pass was perfect, the line and pace of Roberts outstanding. Something I have never seen since. The defence never seemed to touch him. I'm sure we will be told how we have embellished it, but in my memory it was amazing. Ado that run around move we did, although this was Kelly and Bishop and Roberts didn't score. Gregory and Boyd. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY?t=551 Rugby League was better then.

Quote runningman29="runningman29"Gregory’s passes to Roberts in full flight were just poetry in motion.'" The accuracy and timing of the pass was perfect, the line and pace of Roberts outstanding. Something I have never seen since. The defence never seemed to touch him. I'm sure we will be told how we have embellished it, but in my memory it was amazing. Ado that run around move we did, although this was Kelly and Bishop and Roberts didn't score. Gregory and Boyd. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY?t=551 Rugby League was better then.

EVERYONE who saw him play puts roberts in their all time wire second row.

Too right shame it ended with him getting injured..what a player and a thoroughly decent lad

This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY

This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY

Quote Wires71="Wires71"This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY'" 8 tries and only 35 points scored. Well, Bishop did get sent off in the first half! . Elland Road 86 aside, probably the best wire performance I ever saw(and yes, I was at Wembley in 2019!)

Quote Wires71="Wires71"This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY'" 8 tries and only 35 points scored. Well, Bishop did get sent off in the first half! . Elland Road 86 aside, probably the best wire performance I ever saw(and yes, I was at Wembley in 2019!)

2022 Super League is not in my top 5 sports.

Imagine a mark Roberts type of player and Andy Greg type of player playing today..it would be a joy to watch..only in wire colours tho

Quote Wires71="Wires71"This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY'" Brilliant watch that. Brian Johnson was one hell of a player too.

Quote Wires71="Wires71"This game had it all. Skill, pace, hard tackles, biff, local tribal rivalry, big crowd, crowd singing. Boyd vs Sorensen. Tell me 2022 Super League is better sporting entertainment. https://youtu.be/UD9z12CXSdY'" Brilliant watch that. Brian Johnson was one hell of a player too.

Message to Douglas Black, Moe, SAM, Wires 71, runningman29, et al



It's you that's crying, not me.











(sniff)

Damn, there were some thinking 2010-14 were great times, but they were nearly 30 years out.



Well as they say, even nostalgia isn't as good as it use to be.

I not only agree with you but I wonder how anyone can put it down to lack of professionalism or “culture”? Sometimes the rugby gods are just against you…

In his book, Lee Briers mentions how Tony Smith changed the "mentality of the team" from 2009 onwards - that's the professionalism & culture that was different than the preceding years, but still the small onfield margins might always inhibit success.

We were done by a battle-hardened Leeds side in both 2011 and 12, which I can live with. However, I still maintain we were a Joel Monaghan and Stefan Ratchford injuries away from victory in 2013, which were down to lady luck and some dubiously cynical tactics on behalf of the opposition.



The 2013 final always feels like the one that was stolen rather than lost for me.

Good bit of gamesmanship in all three finals ,playing the ref can be the difference in one off games where there's a reluctance to send players off.

The fact that Smith filled our bench with forwards, when he could have included Brett Hodgson on our bench, meant that those 2 injuries impacted on our team so badly.



We ended up with Briers at fullback and Bridge on the wing and a totally unbalanced team.