Wigg'n wrote:Definitely. Watched the full game today. Stevo’s commentary is phenomenal. The first 10 minutes of the game was incredible as well. The battles all over the pitch made it a classic - Farrell v Scully, Newton v Cunningham, Dallas v Albert, Radlinski and Wellens. One big thing I noticed is how Kirkpatrick really let the game flow - loads of the tackles would now be considered high (rightly or wrongly) and probably 3 or 4 sin bins in the first 5 mins. The fight alone there would be at least 5 red cards but one sin bin each and the game went on.
I agree there, these days that brawl would have seen it down to 10 v 10! He reffed the game spot on throughout IIRC which added to the spectacle. I know I’m not one to harp back to the past but if refs could let games flow now as in this game we would have a better spectacle each week.
The names mentioned for the 1 on 1 battles are just sheer quality. Everything about that game was phenomenal. I was a teenager back then and went the game with my mates stood up on the terraces and it was probably one of the best games I’ve been to. You just couldn’t recreate those types of atmospheres if we tried
