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Post by fozzie on Apr 25, 2019 8:12:47 GMT
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Could Eagles keep our dreams alive and take it to a head to head on Sunday?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 8:38:28 GMT
A Friday night in Newcastle. There's not many better places and times to win the league.
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Post by LTFan on Apr 25, 2019 10:51:22 GMT
Really hoping for a Lions win here. I know all neutral fans will want it to come down to a final ‘winner takes all’ game of the season, Lions/Riders on Sunday, but as a Lions fan I’m not sure I could take that stress. I think I’d feel physically sick, and I’m not even playing in the game.
It’ll be interesting to see what kind of fight Eagles put up for this one. They’ve finished 3rd in the league, nothing is going to change that, so surely they’ll want to focus on the Play-Offs and not risk any more injuries (I say in hope).
Forget the Cup and Trophy Finals, this is the most important game of the season for Lions. In fact you could argue this might just be their most important game ever.
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 25, 2019 10:57:44 GMT
Really hoping for a Lions win here. I know all neutral fans will want it to come down to a final ‘winner takes all’ game of the season, Lions/Riders on Sunday, but as a Lions fan I’m not sure I could take that stress. I think I’d feel physically sick, and I’m not even playing in the game. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of fight Eagles put up for this one. They’ve finished 3rd in the league, nothing is going to change that, so surely they’ll want to focus on the Play-Offs and not risk any more injuries (I say in hope). Forget the Cup and Trophy Finals, this is the most important game of the season for Lions. In fact you could argue this might just be their most important game ever. Didn't they just lose their most important game ever on Sunday? If they lose Friday then this Sunday becomes their most important game ever!! 3 in a row!! I'm fearing the worst TBH. And not expecting Eagles to be full strength, And normally they don't beat teams like Lions without being full strength. But at least there's a chance. I didn't even expect this chance |
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Post by fozzie on Apr 25, 2019 11:23:17 GMT
Really hoping for a Lions win here. I know all neutral fans will want it to come down to a final ‘winner takes all’ game of the season, Lions/Riders on Sunday, but as a Lions fan I’m not sure I could take that stress. I think I’d feel physically sick, and I’m not even playing in the game. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of fight Eagles put up for this one. They’ve finished 3rd in the league, nothing is going to change that, so surely they’ll want to focus on the Play-Offs and not risk any more injuries (I say in hope). Forget the Cup and Trophy Finals, this is the most important game of the season for Lions. In fact you could argue this might just be their most important game ever. Didn't they just lose their most important game ever on Sunday? If they lose Friday then this Sunday becomes their most important game ever!! 3 in a row!! I'm fearing the worst TBH. And not expecting Eagles to be full strength, And normally they don't beat teams like Lions without being full strength. But at least there's a chance. I didn't even expect this chance Have faith - the title wil be ours! Lions have biggest budget (2nd according to Bigz), 3 professional coaches yet still bottled it in last quarter against Nix and Royals twice recently - once in Cup final. How they didn't close those games out is crazy. Hopefully they will start Bristol - their biggest liability and waste of a huge chunk of their budget. Fouled out again on Sunday with 6 points. (London's answer to Willie Clayton), cost them their 2nd trophy and only a good game every 4 or so. Robbie will be well up for Sunday if it gets that far! |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 25, 2019 11:42:51 GMT
Didn't they just lose their most important game ever on Sunday? If they lose Friday then this Sunday becomes their most important game ever!! 3 in a row!! I'm fearing the worst TBH. And not expecting Eagles to be full strength, And normally they don't beat teams like Lions without being full strength. But at least there's a chance. I didn't even expect this chance Have faith - the title wil be ours! Lions have biggest budget (2nd according to Bigz), 3 professional coaches yet still bottled it in last quarter against Nix and Royals twice recently - once in Cup final. How they didn't close those games out is crazy. Hopefully they will start Bristol - their biggest liability and waste of a huge chunk of their budget. Fouled out again on Sunday with 6 points. (London's answer to Willie Clayton), cost them their 2nd trophy and only a good game every 4 or so. Robbie will be well up for Sunday if it gets that far! I'm very confident we would beat them Sunday if it matters I'm not very confident it will matter |
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Post by sussexbantam on Apr 25, 2019 14:49:00 GMT
Lions will win this comfortably - even the Scorchers nearly beat the Eagles !
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Post by LTFan on Apr 25, 2019 15:24:28 GMT
Really hoping for a Lions win here. I know all neutral fans will want it to come down to a final ‘winner takes all’ game of the season, Lions/Riders on Sunday, but as a Lions fan I’m not sure I could take that stress. I think I’d feel physically sick, and I’m not even playing in the game. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of fight Eagles put up for this one. They’ve finished 3rd in the league, nothing is going to change that, so surely they’ll want to focus on the Play-Offs and not risk any more injuries (I say in hope). Forget the Cup and Trophy Finals, this is the most important game of the season for Lions. In fact you could argue this might just be their most important game ever. Didn't they just lose their most important game ever on Sunday? If they lose Friday then this Sunday becomes their most important game ever!! I’m not going to disagree with that. Any game where a win will get them their first ever Championship title becomes their most important game ever in my opinion. |
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Post by LTFan on Apr 25, 2019 15:27:18 GMT
Have faith - the title wil be ours! Lions have biggest budget (2nd according to Bigz), 3 professional coaches yet still bottled it in last quarter against Nix and Royals twice recently - once in Cup final. How they didn't close those games out is crazy. Hopefully they will start Bristol - their biggest liability and waste of a huge chunk of their budget. Fouled out again on Sunday with 6 points. (London's answer to Willie Clayton), cost them their 2nd trophy and only a good game every 4 or so. Robbie will be well up for Sunday if it gets that far! I'm very confident we would beat them Sunday if it matters I'm not very confident it will matter How can you be so sure Britol’s absence cost us the Trophy final when you also think he only has a good game every 4 games or so? That seems a contradictory statement. But for what it’s worth I think Britol’s absence possibly did cost us the Trophy final. But we’ll never know for sure. |
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Post by LTFan on Apr 25, 2019 15:32:29 GMT
Lions will win this comfortably - even the Scorchers nearly beat the Eagles ! But even Cheshire (8th) beat Lions (1st) at the Copper Box when the Championship title was theirs to win. It’s been a strange season, with a lot more unexpected results that Eagles beating Lions. Of course I hope this one goes as the statistics suggest it should! |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 25, 2019 16:20:50 GMT
Lions will win this comfortably - even the Scorchers nearly beat the Eagles ! But even Cheshire (8th) beat Lions (1st) at the Copper Box when the Championship title was theirs to win. It’s been a strange season, with a lot more unexpected results that Eagles beating Lions. Of course I hope this one goes as the statistics suggest it should! A full strength eagles playing to win and we would all be thinking they have a shout |
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Post by saintpat on Apr 25, 2019 19:48:55 GMT
When I realised that we'd be playing Riders last game of the season I wanted us to be presented the league trophy at that game before tip-off.
However I now want us to win the league at home, therefore I want us to win it against Riders! Simple really!
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 25, 2019 19:55:10 GMT
When I realised that we'd be playing Riders last game of the season I wanted us to be presented the league trophy at that game before tip-off. However I now want us to win the league at home, therefore I want us to win it against Riders! Simple really! No chance If you don't win the game at eagles you will never win the league Tomorrow is your big opportunity |
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Post by saintpat on Apr 25, 2019 20:20:20 GMT
No, if it goes to Sunday we're going to rip you apart.
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Post by gloryeagle on Apr 25, 2019 20:30:17 GMT
I'd back Riders if it goes to Sunday I must admit.
We'll be short handed again tomorrow night but we will play to win no doubts.
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Post by stevetino on Apr 25, 2019 21:19:46 GMT
When I realised that we'd be playing Riders last game of the season I wanted us to be presented the league trophy at that game before tip-off. However I now want us to win the league at home, therefore I want us to win it against Riders! Simple really! No chance If you don't win the game at eagles you will never win the league Tomorrow is your big opportunity I couldn’t care less now, we need to be ready for the playoffs not this |
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Post by sonjel on Apr 25, 2019 21:40:52 GMT
No, if it goes to Sunday we're going to rip you apart. |
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Post by baldereagle on Apr 25, 2019 22:35:33 GMT
Don’t write the Eagles off yet - they may not want to risk injuries, they may not want to offer Riders any favours, but they certainly did NOT build the ECA to watch another team celebrating the championship !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2019 6:11:30 GMT
I don't think they built it to let Riders win the title either though. Tough call!
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 26, 2019 6:49:26 GMT
I don't think they built it to let Riders win the title either though. Tough call! Eagles will try to win the game I'm sure of that But it's a big ask with current squad Lions may be impacted by nerves though |
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Post by ecrider on Apr 26, 2019 7:46:46 GMT
Don’t write the Eagles off yet - they may not want to risk injuries, they may not want to offer Riders any favours, but they certainly did NOT build the ECA to watch another team celebrating the championship ! This is Riders best hope that Eagles pride will mean they turn up tonight |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 26, 2019 7:49:28 GMT
Don’t write the Eagles off yet - they may not want to risk injuries, they may not want to offer Riders any favours, but they certainly did NOT build the ECA to watch another team celebrating the championship ! This is Riders best hope that Eagles pride will mean they turn up tonight I'm certain they won't just roll over They will give it their best You never know what might happen |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Apr 26, 2019 7:50:28 GMT
No, if it goes to Sunday we're going to rip you apart. That's Pat doing his best to turn a negative into a positive! (In his own head) |
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Post by 2NFR on Apr 26, 2019 8:24:59 GMT
As long as its a close game and we look OK ... I'm happy No expectations for this game ... bring on the play-offs  edit ...as for what happens in the Championship !! ... Doing other teams a favour ? ... ya avin a giraffe  Mehh!! ... As far as I'm concerned ... that's a Riders-Lions problem !! ... just saying  |
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Post by LTFan on Apr 26, 2019 9:08:34 GMT
When I realised that we'd be playing Riders last game of the season I wanted us to be presented the league trophy at that game before tip-off. However I now want us to win the league at home, therefore I want us to win it against Riders! Simple really! Seriously? I understand wanting to win the Championship in front of a home crowd, but we had that opportunity on Monday. And frankly, we blew it. Now I want us to win it tonight in Newcastle, and Sunday’s game can be a celebratory one before the Play-Offs start next weekend. You can’t seriously want Lions to lose tonight just so they have the opportunity to win the Championship at home? That’s far too risky. Get the away win tonight, celebrate at home on Sunday. |
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