Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:54 pm  

Well, like the Halifax of old, goes to show we are no worse off without Calland, but could do we Noble for the rest of the season to "steady the ship".

Penkywicz, though pretty error prone today, made the difference again setting up a number of tries.
Barlow had one of his off days. Azuie made some huge surges in attack. Paul Smith is starting to impress again, Worrincy showed his "gaff-prone" mode tonight but White was very good and that pick up of the ball for his last try was sublime. The ref made some poor decisions. First, he awarded Toulouse a try which had a hint of obstruction then awarded Danny Jones a try when I think half his body was in the dead ball zone, and he allowed Toulouse to push up in defence a little too quick for most of the game and made a few incorrect decisions when the ball had gone to ground.

If any other team barring York or maybe Dewsbury were playing us today, we would have got beat.
Though I'll greatfully take the 3 points.

The bottom line is, if Noble doesn't stay on, we ain't getting anywhere near to the Grand Final.

Jacob Fairbank started in the 13 for Huddersfield today, and with no Black, Nash, Bannister & Patterson, a results a result I suppose.

MOM for me

Azuie
Penkywicz
White

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:04 am  

Well all I can say is the 3 points gained, ron weasley had a poor performance as ref and tried hiding behind Harry Potter.....but he was not anywhere to be seen!!!! Azui was quality as usual, as looked like he enjoyed the chants, penky fas as.....speedy gonzalez out of dummy half!!! Danny Jones got through a load of effort in defence!!!!

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:12 am  

jeffvickers wrote:

Well, like the Halifax of old, goes to show we are no worse off without Calland, but could do we Noble for the rest of the season to "steady the ship".

Penkywicz, though pretty error prone today, made the difference again setting up a number of tries.
Barlow had one of his off days. Azuie made some huge surges in attack. Paul Smith is starting to impress again, Worrincy showed his "gaff-prone" mode tonight but White was very good and that pick up of the ball for his last try was sublime. The ref made some poor decisions. First, he awarded Toulouse a try which had a hint of obstruction then awarded Danny Jones a try when I think half his body was in the dead ball zone, and he allowed Toulouse to push up in defence a little too quick for most of the game and made a few incorrect decisions when the ball had gone to ground.

If any other team barring York or maybe Dewsbury were playing us today, we would have got beat.
Though I'll greatfully take the 3 points.

The bottom line is, if Noble doesn't stay on, we ain't getting anywhere near to the Grand Final.

Jacob Fairbank started in the 13 for Huddersfield today, and with no Black, Nash, Bannister & Patterson, a results a result I suppose.

MOM for me

Azuie
Penkywicz
White

Noble as agreed to help Ball until the end of the season he as been away because his mum had a heart attack

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:14 am  

I'm pretty sure that Bannister played. But, the reality was that we didn't need a "full" team to deal with Toulouse. Batley will give us a better clue as to prospects for rest of the season (post Calland), but clearly, we need to up our game significantly from today to make progress in the playoffs.

Aizue MOM for me. He was unplayable at times.

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:37 am  

Not great was it. Both teams poor defensively . Toulouse better than I thought they would be - they ran some very good lines. White our best back while aizue had a stormer. Mixed bag from penky - thought his quick thinking and clever kick for the last try was brilliant.

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:39 am  

Ps. Goddard looks as if he is getting back to his old self. Took his try really well.

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:21 am  

rickster wrote:

Ps. Goddard looks as if he is getting back to his old self. Took his try really well.

Damaged the same ribs again and could be his season over. Poor lad was gutted after the game

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:45 pm  

What was the official attendance today ? just wondering if the SL decision had an adverse effect on the crowd figure

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:48 pm  

RitaSueandBobto wrote:

What was the official attendance today ? just wondering if the SL decision had an adverse effect on the crowd figure

I am fairly sure that it was announced around the 1900 mark, which given that Toulouse only brought a couple of players wives, wasnt bad at all, given the week when we have well and truly been kicked in the gonads......

Re: Halifax 44 Toulouse 28 Match reaction : Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:55 pm  

spanishbob wrote:

I am fairly sure that it was announced around the 1900 mark, which given that Toulouse only brought a couple of players wives, wasnt bad at all, given the week when we have well and truly been kicked in the gonads......

In complete contrast, there was apparently almost 6500 at Belle Vue today.