AT the risk of sounding a bit like Stevo here..have we just witnessed the game of the year?
I’m talking about last night’s thrill-a-minute contest between Warrington and Saints.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game where both teams looked capable of scoring every time they got their paws on the ball.
I’ve just received a text asking if Kevin Penny and Ade Gardner are the best finishers in the game..or the worst.
And that just about sums it up.
Wolves were wonderful to watch, shipping it out wide at every available opportunity. Penny’s trick to step around Gardner for the try of the game was wonderful.
Even then you knew that the soft Cullen underbelly was there for the taking.
If you believe the hype the men in waistcoats playing the parlour game in Sheffield and the fatties throwing darts are ‘brave’. Not for me but battered and bruised Saints were brave last night.
Matt King has played Tests and Origin but was made to look a chump by Paul Clough..a 20-year-old who even looks the wrong shape to compete at that level.
The game was all the more sweeter after a week of drivel from the usual suspects.
Ronaldo blinds us with the revelation he will try to score a goal against Barcelona next week.
And Alex Ferguson stuns the masses by saying Man United will try to win today’s game at Chelsea.
I just sat back at marvelled at the game and our game last night.
Even the commentary was terrific. Tony Rea and Phil Clarke were level-headed and insightful.
It took me about an hour to realise why I was enjoying the commentary so much. No Stevo. No hype when it’s really not needed.
I’d give Rea that second commentating slot now.
He’s controversial – witness Hull KR’s reaction when he had a reasoned pop at Paul Cooke’s contribution. But he has the intelligence to back it up.
When was the last time a coach bit on anything Stevo said? They don’t because they know he’s talking rubbish.
He should go back to Thunderbirds.
