Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:02 pm  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote:

Good hard fought win missing 2 important in form players in Ambler and Fieldhouse. It sounded in the commentary that we didnt respect possession and kept throwing silly passes. Maybe with better patience and better decision making and passing we could have hit 50. We need to be a bit more disciplined when playing the likes of Fev, Sheffield etc in this area. Glad Whitehaven got a bonus point, as would rather see the cumbrians in our league over Swinton and Hunslet to be honest

i honestly believe that if the bonus point came off what we got for win, then fax and others would step up another gear to stop opponents gaining them.

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:09 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

i honestly believe that if the bonus point came off what we got for win, then fax and others would step up another gear to stop opponents gaining them.

Swifty, that's a great idea & that's coming from me, a fan of the bonus point. Well done you, let the revolutiuon commence

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:20 pm  

marillion man wrote:

Swifty, that's a great idea & that's coming from me, a fan of the bonus point. Well done you, let the revolutiuon commence

It was quite interesting to listen to Radio Leeds/Cumbria, one of the presenters said he was not in favour of the bonus point, he said "why should a team be rewarded for losing"

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:39 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

It was quite interesting to listen to Radio Leeds/Cumbria, one of the presenters said he was not in favour of the bonus point, he said "why should a team be rewarded for losing"

And on the other hand, why should Widnes still be in SL, going on about their youth system for yonks & yesterday their average age in the forwards was a ridiculous 31 or something like that, yet they get beaten by a bunch of kids who scored 60 odd points ?

We're all experts with opinions. Maybe a bonus point in SL wouldn't give us such blowout scores ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:59 pm  

If you are going to reward teams for losing by less than 12 why not reward teams for winning by more than 12.. Be consistant

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:18 pm  

urbancarrot wrote:

If you are going to reward teams for losing by less than 12 why not reward teams for winning by more than 12.. Be consistant

thats what i said.

Re: Game on : Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:23 pm  

mr t hall wrote:

Got turned back on A595 15 miles from Whitehaven at 220,police said there were 100 vehicles stuck in snow.Was it just me who went a dumb way or did others have problems ?

We went up the motorway route then across via Keswick and Cockermouth to Whitehaven no problems at all lovely scenery snow topped mountains and a nice sunny day 4C in Whitehaven no snow at all on the lowlands a good day for rugby pitch was perfect.
But came back via the Dales which was okay until we hit snowdrifts blocking half the road on the Flappit and all through the outskirts of Denholme it was a bit hairy tbh in parts, amazing really a main road nearly blocked off with massive snow drifts will try get some pictures loaded.

Re: Game on : Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:17 am  

We made the mistake of going up the Denholme way and decided it would be better coming back via the motorway.

Re: Game on : Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:27 am  

Fax4Life wrote:

We went up the motorway route then across via Keswick and Cockermouth to Whitehaven no problems at all lovely scenery snow topped mountains and a nice sunny day 4C in Whitehaven no snow at all on the lowlands a good day for rugby pitch was perfect.
But came back via the Dales which was okay until we hit snowdrifts blocking half the road on the Flappit and all through the outskirts of Denholme it was a bit hairy tbh in parts, amazing really a main road nearly blocked off with massive snow drifts will try get some pictures loaded.

We came back that we too. Must not have enough money Bradford council to pay for gritters/snow plows. Did not risk queensbury so went through illingworth and that was as bad. Lookely we got through would not have wanted to be stuck in illingworth

Re: Game on : Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:32 am  

I thought we dominated the game for long periods without actually putting the points on the board again. Reality was we could have scored a lot more points than we did and apart from 5 minutes at the beginning of the 2nd half Haven didnt really trouble us much and our defence was solid.

A quick word for George Stokes who was his normal terrible self. I thought he could have given a lot more penalties than he did for both sides and some of his decisions for and against us were quite simply baffling.

As for our players, Sheriffe didnt look confident at FB and I feel unless we see an improvement in his game he will be the next player from the backs dropped as for me he has on the whole been below average all season. Patterson did ok without doing anything special. Bowman probably played his last game at centre for us. Heaton looked pretty good, his catch for his try in the first half was something special. He looks really good on our left hand side and I would play him there as I feel he could get a lot of trys for us there. I would also play Worrincy on the left as well. It seems a waste having our best winger on the side where he dosnt touch the ball. He popped up with more of the ball on the left than his normal wing. Says a lot about our attack.

Thackery had a poor first half but a really good second half, I still think we need another half back though to put a bit of pressure on him as he is guaranteed his place each week. I thought Handforth had a quiet game for a change and the same for Murrell to some extent but in been quiet he still looked pretty good.

Tonks was a monster, he showed yesterday why he is regarded by many as the best prop in the league. Bracek and a really good game as well and got through a ton of work in the absence of Ambler. I thought Divorty was steady away and again didnt really notice Casey, another who will struggle for a place when people are fit. Manning went really well again.

I thought Robinson had an off day and seems to be very hit or miss. Barlow had another decent game and seems to be hitting a bit of form. Tyrer didnt really get much of a chance but will be back in in front of Bowman I suspect and Ashall probably had one of his better games but again will struggle for a place and will have to work hard when people are fit.