Here starts the recovery... well done.

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Who's got the Pizzas tonight then, well done Sale.

Thanks. The result, of course, was never in doubt.

Cheers Guys! of course we never doubted......

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Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

Not out of the woods yet. But its a start.

Doubt? Doubt? As a full time member of the Happy police (allegedly) I never doubted anything, and haven't all season.

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RIP 275

....and you can't prove I did either!!!

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RIP 275

Thank goodness for that result

That was more like it. Still too much kicking without a credible chase for my liking but hey, let's not quibble over detail.

I trust that this will have improved the confidence of the squad and move them onwards and upwards.

Well done, guys!

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Well done Sharks on the win - Good luck for the rest of the season!
Buttoi (wasp)

Thought we chased very well. Briggs workrate extraordinary. Jones majestic in lineout. Ormsby a better option at 8. Much better attitude all round. Great banter on pizza. Pizza chant greeted Wasps as they came off. All the Wasps fancy boys Sackey ,Varndell and cipriani were dreadful. Shaun left the stand before the end!! Brilliant to deny them a bonus point. They deserved absolutely nothing from this and got exactly that.

And now Chris White. Has he lost his yellow card? One should have gone in the first half in the failed attempt at a try that ended in a penalty in front of goal. Secondly blatantly pulling a guy back who could have scored deserved another. Very very spinelesss.

congrats to all , we deserve that tonight. got two nights booked at oirish next weekend, lets kick on from here

Apparently we were actually quite good, Hodgson amazing as usual. Quote off report: "Sale lacked sparkle in their own backline but they were superior in the scrum". So it looks like the forwards came good in the end

Well done, Sharkies!

Keeps things interesting!

Briggs easily m-o-m. Outstanding forwards, and even the worrying centre partnership was solid for most of the game! Still too much pointless kicking, and even sillier penalties, but a great win. Bit of heart and passion as well!

Nice

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LONDON IRISH ? TO THE BACK BONE !!

Wow!!! Fantastic

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Re: congratulations Sale Posted by: Buttoi (IP Logged)
Date: 19 March, 2010 22:16


Well done Sharks on the win - Good luck for the rest of the season!
Buttoi (wasp)

Cheers for having the courage to come on to the board and offering those best wishes.

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RIP 275

Wasps were lucky to get away with just that level of loss, as they should have had two sin bins in the last 20 minutes. I really enjoyed the hostile reception they got from the crowd, and I feel they deserved it. Still, it was good of Wasps to play, and seeing them feeding the ball in to the scrum is cetainly an improvement on feeding pizza into their face.

On a more positive note, Well done Sale. I'm proud of your performance. Thanks

Good in parts. Scores on the doors:-

Vakecegu 5 got turned over twice, scored - or should have done
Cohen 6 - better than usual
Kennedy 3 - missed too many tackles
MacLeod 6 - nothing in attack save the kick ahead.
James 6 - tackled ok
CH 7 - all good bar poor up and unders, conditions plus blitz asked for grubbers through. Acted as captain.
Wiggy 7 - poor kicking from hand,battled through.

Eifion 6 - scrummed well, played the ruck guard Sheridan role. Has played a lot of rugby and it shows.
Briggs 8 - human dynamo, occasional poor throw.
Forster 7 - strong and involved.
Jones 9 motm - pinched important throws, solid on ours, put himself about a lot. Deacon please note.
Schofield 5 - carrying an injury apparently.
Sisa 5 - didn't cut it at 6
Abrahams 7 - his kind of game, exposed when Wimps stepped it up after h-t
Ormsby 8 - good tackling stint, linked with Wiggy better than Sisa does.

Subs:-

Bishop 6 made some tackles
Seymour 6 put more pace into back row
Fearns 6 on too late imho
Jones M 6 big shoes to fill

CH took a knock which won't be welcome news. Whether it was Pizzagate or relegation threat but we had some attitude tonight.

Marvellous - season starts now. Weekend going to be a good one. I'd like to see scores on the doors because the BBC report only really mentioned Charlie and I'm sure that turning the tide of defeat will have required a team performance, not a one man show.

Well done lads - hope you're enjoying a celebratory tipple or two. I am!

Thanks Mrs T, psychic posting!

well done all round, for us saints, win - win situation from the win =) have to say seeing sale beat pizza hut at the top made me giggle, gl through the rest of the season, hope you can beat the drop...its tiem for worcster to go.

Well done Sale. Let's both press on.

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what a great night =] and i thought the atmosphere was amazing.
well done all around, now lets get crackin up that table

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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and preserved piece BUT to slide across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting

GERONIMO!!!

Well done guys...I feel justice was done in today game!

I wouldnt wish being relegated to any team so wont send wishes to you and not the others, so Ill say best of luck for rest of season, from a saints fan

Loads of guys putting their bodies on the line tomight. Great stuff.

The last game I attended we beat Quins. Now we've beaten wasps. I've never seen us win at the Madjeski but I'll be there next week looking for a hat-trick of wins

well done sale, and like others have said justice has been done, good luck with the rest of the season

Well my weekend is made, superb night at EP, team, crowd, DR and coaches, plus a big thanks to Swanny for his thread, may be it helped to get us and the boys in the right mind set, just make sure you don't have to repeat it !
More of the same please and we are safe.

Only downer was Charlie limping towards the end after getting stuck at the bottom of a ruck; praying it's just a twinge nothing serious. The man's a legend

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"Charlie for Captain"

If you don't fancy the drop then a few more like that will do the trick - Falcons & Wuss at EP should get you 8 more points!

Charlie had cramp. He had been unwell all week but wanted to play

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Charlie had cramp. He had been unwell all week but wanted to play

Thanks Swanny, that is good news, what a guy, just watched our namesakes win in Dunedin first in 5, looks the momentum is with us Sharks. Does this mean we've done basking

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"Charlie for Captain"

Well done Sale.

Nothing like a bit of good old fashioned poetic justice. And Charlie's boot apparently!

Nicksb (Quins)

Well done guys! It's been a while since I've had cause for such celebration on a Friday night. Some inspired performances and Wasps got what they deserved after their tactical walk out last time.

We have tough fixtures away and with renewed focus, belief and the continuing loyal support, we should win all remaining home games and live to fight on in the GP.

Life is for learning; let's avoid this situation next season.

Mrs T ,very harsh call on the player scores, where you and I at the same match ?
That was the most spirited and commited performance since the opening game of the season,and atmosphere to match.No player deserved less than a 6,perhaps sisa,and dafyd just making it .Our makeshift backs (JK and McCloud at centre!) contained a talented wasps backline (we would have loved to have players of cip's,varndell's and waldouks talent on the bench),although sackey was shocking,just not interested.Wiggy had a great game and his box kicks the best I've seen this season,his attitude despite his leaving was brilliant.
Our forwards were fantastic,Briggsie and CJ fabulous workrate,and the engage and hit on the scrum awesome,the lineout both ours and steals first class with good hooker throwing.The coaches deserve a lot of credit,obviously been beasting the pack all week.
The only blots on the night were poor officiating,Chris White used to be the best,but age and indecision(1 blatant yellow,once possible missed)are affecting his game,and the linesmen were atrocious and no help to the ref. The crooked feeds at the scrum were a joke,as were the wasps forwards constantly offside at ruck.
Back to the theme CONGRATULATIONS SALE !!

Brilliant job boys! If it is any consolation I feel very, very unwell this morning - the result of lots of very aggressive clapping and jumping about like a looney. Still, it is worth every ache and pain I am suffering from. Taken my tablets and had massive infusion of coffee so by the time the England match is on telly I will be ready to start screaming all over again. (I have pre-warned my neighbours and they are going to go out!).

The atmosphere was fantastic and I loved the booing and jeering. Like panto. Serves them right! I can cope with anything (almost) now we have beaten THEM. Have to agree that some of the ref decisions were a bit odd; until I called him a fairy! I find the gentle approach often works best.

Well done again. Keep it up and onwards and upwards.

Well done for last night from a LI supporter.
Looking forward to seeing you at The Madstad on 28th.

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Like camshark, I think that's harsh. He put in some massive clearances when we were under pressure in our half.

Kicking the ball out of Cipriani's reach to claim the try was just the kind of sharpness we want to see from the team too.

Yep the emails worked and the supporters definitely played their part in both the build up to the game and during the 80 minutes of game time.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend I will!

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I think all decent fair-minded rugby supporters join together and congratulate you on your win last night. Well done!

Congrats from another (relative) neutral.

It could be argued that a win at this stage on the season is much more valuable to team confidence than a win at the original 'pizzagate' time. It could ultimately work in your favour.

Onwards and upwards.

See you at EP in April.... and in the 10/11 season.
A Fez.

Thank you to all the supporters from other teams who have taken time to leave their kind messages. It is appreciated!

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Wiggy's superior kicking game, compared to Peel made a difference.

We instigated the kick chase tactics better than any other game this season.

White never gives cards, apart from foul play. Which is why I don't rate him as a ref. They should have had 2 yellows.

Though, they should have been 14 points up, so I guess luck evened itself out.

A collective victory for the team, the coaches and the game plan this one - I haven't seen the set piece so solid all season. Sure the kicking tactic was still present (and I have moaned bitterly about this all season) but it seemed to be to a plan and constructive, and the execution was just that much better than normal. Would still like to see a better chase though.

PS - IMHO a Premiership ref needs to have the conviction to understand when a yellow card is approporiate... Mr White should examine himself and maybe grow a pair...