A win’s a win, for a’ that, and let’s not forget that this was a win. Scrappy, yes. Ugly at times, certainly. But after three games, two of them away, Sale are still 4th in the table, with two wins and a narrow, last-minute loss.
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Exciting, engrossing, enthralling, epic. These are just some of the words that absolutely nobody used to describe this game.
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TOO. MANY. PENALTIES. Get a grip, guys, this is getting ridiculous.
Name any referee and every supporter of every team will swear blind that said ref has got it in for their team. It’s an immutable law of the universe — by comparison, the 2nd law of thermodynamics is a mere suggestion. So it was that Ian Tempest was the villain who penalised Sale 17 times from about midway through the first half until the end of the game (for context, Saints gave up about three penalties in that time).
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Trans-Pennine Trail, Cheshire
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Trans-Pennine Way, Cheshire
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This is how the season ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
Ok, that ignores the small matter of the PRC win, but with the final game of the regular season being called off at the 11th hour, the immediate sense of let-down takes a bit of a shine off of winning what is, after all, a pretty minor competition in the great scheme of things.
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In his pre-match interview, Dimes made an off-the-cuff comment about how Manu had stayed injury-free for several games. He really needs to shut up, sometimes.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that the final of any competition in any sport is rarely a showcase for the finer aspects of that sport. Or, to put it another way, finals are usually crap.
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Let’s not pretend: that was poor.
Yes, I know we’re still fourth and only two points away from second. I know we’ve achieved amazing things this season. I’ve heard all the comforting phrases used to soften the disappointment of a performance that was dreadful when we needed amazing. Do you think Exeter fans or Saracens fans would console themselves with that after a bad defeat? Do you think the Sale players are consoling themselves with those thoughts? I hope not. Indeed, I’m damn sure they are inconsolable, knowing how much they buggered up just when they needed to front up.
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