Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:24 pm  

I'm more concerned that our touch-finder from a penalty late in the game failed badly & spewed up possession when a comfortable yard gainer would have put pressure on Leigh & not going for goal at 16-6 up from a penalty with an extra two points on the board would have made it a three scores game but we run it and spew up on the 2nd tackle & yet we opt to take two with the last kick of normal time, what's the difference in which time frame of the game two points are scored ? Poor decisions that cost us dearly.
Yes, Bentham was poor but I felt that Rob's try was more than a yard forward pass.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:42 pm  

Worrancy try was miles forward ! As much as I like him, his positional play is appalling. If blew 2 certain trys to not coming inside. Irrespective, fax are a quality side and both teams need to be commended for another cracking cup tie. As for the ref, if was poor for both sides.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:10 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

The forward pass for Worrincy's try would be the big issue. Gave a ball steal against McNally despite it being a clear one-on-one. Maden being knee'd (is there a word for that?!) in the back in the first half when already tackled. Morrison and his usual 'big man' act with cheap shots when third man in the tackle. Pretty sure Thackery's try came off the back of a poor decision though I can't remember exactly what (the booing from the fans is usually a giveaway!)

Come on Matt, it's RL not tiddlywinks, he fell to the ground to stop being tackled in goal and dived with his back to the oncoming defenders who were already in place, those situations you are bound to get stray joints flying about. Even the Leythers I was standing with agreed there was nothing wrong with it. You can tell if someone is malicious by the player's reactions and there was none whatsoever.

The McNally 'ball steal' is a stupid rule which I don't agree with at all but Bentham got it right. Fieldhouse went into a tackle with two Leigh players, bounced them off and ran into McNally who stole the ball 'one on one' but the other two Leigh players who were bounced off still count as being part of the tackle.

I thought Manning's pass for Worrincy's try was bob on, shame it wasn't him delivering the pass for the bombed try!

Fax could have had the game sewn up but played dumb rugby at crucial times. Stupid penalties from Ambler and Barlow, poor kick choices from Penky, Handforth missing touch, two VERY soft tries. I could go on. Leigh deserved the win but didn't play particularly well. If we had a bit more composure and a bit more intelligence we could have won.

Re: BENTham : Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:36 pm  

In summary, you were still bladdered from Saturday night pal and were watching a different game to the rest of us

Re: BENTham : Tue May 01, 2012 8:09 pm  

That Duffy was constantly offside...I don't think he's able (weighty) to keep running back so doesn't! In the first half he made us drop out...why would 2 fax players watch it roll out if someone had touched it!! Like i know they don't have many GCSE's amongst them but still.....
I cannot remember the last time we had such a poor referee. You can forgive the odd decision but not about 5! He should be demoted to CL1!