Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:22 pm  

Thought the first 20 minutes where we were moving the ball we looked pretty good but it was almost as though a message went out to stop that as for the next 60 minutes we were very poor in attack.

We also seem to have become quite a niggly team and we give a lot of needless penalties away which does not help us. In defence we did not look organized and it seems players struggled to fathom out where they should be. Just hope the injuries to Murrell and Tonks are no that bad.

Ive really not seen anything so far that suggests we have caught Sheffield or Fev up in any way and we are going to struggle to compete for top 2 and will be fighting with Batley and Leigh for that third place.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:28 pm  

What a fickle lot you are, judge the coach and players when the season starts.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:33 pm  

After today I'm worried for this season in all honesty... Same trash from last year and half back still looks severely lacking.... Like I say a friendly none the less but realistically 4th - 5th is what we're looking at behind Sheffield, Fev, Leigh and us duelling with Batley....

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:36 pm  

Fevxr2i wrote:

Johnson Brown and Murrell virtually non existent all game

Murrell scored a good early try but that was about it for the day, Brown a good 40/20 but failed to find touch with a later penalty which is criminal, Johnson was appalling and wont solve your number 6 isssues for me

The forwards for fax failed to make too many inroads, Tonks was given a masterclass by Keegan Hirst today in how to make yards, Ambler was slightly better but nothing to write home about

Your strike players were non existent but they got very little ball

Fax did not score 1 point going down the slope in the second half and they didnt look like scoring in it either

I expected better from Fax and im sure better will come but id be worried if i was a fan as that looked a virtual first 13 barring worrincy out there today but correct if wrong

As for us, well for me, an early marker laid down against a division rival, with still a lot of quality to come in

I did not go today but I was puzzled why we picked to play one of our biggest rivals which would show our hand too early as well as give them a psychological lift if as I expected they beat us, why?
Yes it was ONLY a Friendly but as Karl said himself it was going to be like no normal Friendly yet we got well beat by the sound of it.
So again despite some at Fax saying Fev's demise is near they yet again prove otherwise, it is time like I put last year that we learn from clubs who are better than us namely Sheffield and Featherstone.
I hope this kicks us up the backside and things improve but I fear that we are still behind the top 2 which will prove hugely costly to us.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:54 pm  

Fax starting team and subs today - the numbers on the shirts were different

1.Fieldhouse 2.Rettie 3.Heaton 4.Cowling 5.Potts 6. Johnston 7.Brown (2G) 8.Tonks 9.Kaye 10.Ambler 11.Manning 12.Adamson 13.Murrell (T) 14.Mennell 15.Robinson (T) 16.Divorty 17.J.Casey 18.C.Casey 19.Brooks 20.Holmes

Fev straing team and subs - numbers different and some didnt have a number

1. Hardman 2.Sharp 3.Worthington (T) 4.Mendeika 5.Chisholm (2T) 6.Cording 7.Moore (5G) 8.Nicholson 9.Flanagan 10.Dale 11.Roche 12.Walmsley 13.Bennion 14.Hellewell 15.Ellis (T) 16.Spears (T) 17.Crossley 18.Hirst 19.Lockwood 20.James 21.Sunley 22.Teesdale 23.Ormenroyd

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:55 pm  

It's not about being fickle or judging anyone or what may happen over a season it's about the display today.

If you were to pick a joint team from both sides I might put Fieldhouse in at 1 (dropped ball considered) and possibly Heaton or Cowling in one the centre births, the rest of the side would be from Rovers it's as simple as that so no point ignoring it.

As MM said apart from the penalty assissted first 20 we were ordinary and has Chris says boring.

Harrison did say today would show us were we are for good or for bad, it's up to him now to learn from it and do something about it.

No more excuses please.

We have changed our side round again but so have Fev.

When you think how much their side has changed over the last couple of years with key players over that time who were not on the park for them today involving Tonks, Dickings,Smeaton, Finn, Cain, Saxton etc and the entire coaching staff.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:01 pm  

Halifax really need to look at their half back options because the 3 they had on today apart from murrell in spurts did absolute nothing. Johnson has a go but Brown wont go anywhere near the line......

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:07 pm  

Rhino Roy wrote:

Halifax really need to look at their half back options because the 3 they had on today apart from murrell in spurts did absolute nothing. Johnson has a go but Brown wont go anywhere near the line......

Blimey I hope you are all wrong and its not deja vu from the last 2 years, I hope the new guys prove us all wrong but Karl has gambled on two players at half back and that is exactly where you cannot afford to gamble they are the key positions.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:10 pm  

Turnip Head wrote:

What a fickle lot you are, judge the coach and players when the season starts.

Worzel, did you go to the game?
If you did add a constructive opinion, if not then accept what we all are saying say.
We Waz POOR.

Re: Featherstone Friendly : Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:14 pm  

I don't think Harrison can get us where we need to be, that's not me just saying it after today... Today was the first game I've watched this side play yet same plays, same dumb mistakes, one up rugby, no second phase.... I could go on. Sadly the side today has the same problems all our sides have had under KH....... No creativity and clueless playing a poor band of rugby. I've discussed this season many times over an odd pint these last few months and I've been worried that our ambition as a club seems to have disappeared.... No marquee signing, small squad etc, etc. This year was always potentially a big year for Championship sides and we look to have gone backwards under KH. This year I think we may just make up the numbers but not challenge.... Makes me think are we skint.... Watching Halifax RLFC is never boring as they say but for the wrong reasons usually. It would be nice coming into a big season as this feared by the opposition, favourites to win the League etc but I think we've settled for mediocrity and pure survival. It's sensible but not exciting and I pay my cash to be excited and to look forward and this year it's tough just to motivate my ar$e to go watch a team I've supported for well over 30 years.... The magic as gone and Harrison doesn't have the sparkle to reignite it I don't think...
I just hope he proves me wrong but I've not witnessed much in 2 odd years to think he will.....