: Mon May 04, 2009 8:59 pm  

optimist wrote:

Agreed, very accurate report. However another referee incurs the wrath of the Leigh faithful.
Ian Mort goes clear in the 1st half but the the move gets halted due to crossing?
Brawl on half time clearly started by a Batley player, decision - blow the whistle to end play and take no action?
Knock on by Batley player followed by a Leigh player, decision - Batley feed?
Sin binning of Aaron Smith, please could somebody tell me what it was for?
Try by Armitstead, looked perfectly good but gets disallowed for offside?
Sin binning of Mort can't disagree with, but felt he had to do it.

Week in, week out we're getting hammered by these officials and i for one am of the opinion that Leigh should ask for an interpretation in regard to these decisions. The performance of the majority of officials in this division is inept to put it politely, and as such is seriously now becoming detremental to our enjoyment of Rugby League.
Myself and Mrs Optimist shamefully did berate the officials when they left the field at full time, wasn't helped by the 3 of them all wearing smug smiles. Mr and Mrs Optimist are pretty objective regarding officials, and we fully understand that it's not an easy job, but we are now of the opinion that the this current bunch are sub standard.
Having said all that, well done to Leigh.....Never was going to be easy, poor pitch, poor weather conditions, and an even poorer set of officials.

What WAS the penalty count today? We didn't seem get many especially in the 2nd half.

batley v leigh latest : Mon May 04, 2009 9:10 pm  

Agree about the ref as I mentioned on another thread.

Another decision in the second half seemed very odd to me.

Watson kicked the ball towards Batley,s posts. It hit the Batley fullback on the shin and bounced forward into a Batley player,s hands and ref gives play on. Remarkable in view of the fact ref saw it and waved play on.

Re: batley v leigh latest : Mon May 04, 2009 9:13 pm  

frankb wrote:

Agree about the ref as I mentioned on another thread.

Another decision in the second half seemed very odd to me.

Watson kicked the ball towards Batley,s posts. It hit the Batley fullback on the shin and bounced forward into a Batley player,s hands and ref gives play on. Remarkable in view of the fact ref saw it and waved play on.

Think the ref didn't think the full back touched it. Although from behind the sticks it looked blatantly obvious that it did, I can understand the referee's unwillingness to give offside (even accidental offside) on that occasion.

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:19 pm  

We seem to struggle with discipline and our second half performances. The discipline problem should be resolved by the coach, but is there a problem with our fitness level in the 2nd half of games?

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:21 pm  

plonk loner wrote:

We seem to struggle with discipline and our second half performances. The discipline problem should be resolved by the coach, but is there a problem with our fitness level in the 2nd half of games?

Think it was as much a problem with ball retention than fitness today, especially with Batley gaining momentum with playing downhill. In fact, I reckon they should practice winning a coin toss a lot more often in training

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:24 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Think it was as much a problem with ball retention than fitness today, especially with Batley gaining momentum with playing downhill. In fact, I reckon they should practice a toss a lot more often in training

think they may be trying too hard!

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:40 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Think it was as much a problem with ball retention than fitness today, especially with Batley gaining momentum with playing downhill. In fact, I reckon they should practice winning a coin toss a lot more often in training

Exactly, the slope at Batley is always going to be a big deciding factor.
No disrespect to Batley, and believe me we really enjoy the time we spend here, great community club who actually do the best they can on limited resources, not unlike many other teams, ourselves included. But the pitch really is difficult to play on.
We stood at the side and surveyed the slope and came to the opinion that abseiling gear in the 1st half and climbing gear in the 2nd half would of been appropriate

: Mon May 04, 2009 9:58 pm  

The slope, the little supporters bar, the kids running round at the back, the lopsided ground, the 100 yard long queue for cheesy chips (no I didnt ), the little wooden scoreboard, changing ends at half time.......its what makes RL great and is long forgotten by those in SL who spout about all seater stadium, baby changing facilities, and corporate sponsors.

Give me Mount Pleasant over Murrayfield any day of the week.

: Mon May 04, 2009 10:24 pm  

Alexs Dad wrote:

The slope, the little supporters bar, the kids running round at the back, the lopsided ground, the 100 yard long queue for cheesy chips (no I didnt ), the little wooden scoreboard, changing ends at half time.......its what makes RL great and is long forgotten by those in SL who spout about all seater stadium, baby changing facilities, and corporate sponsors.

Give me Mount Pleasant over Murrayfield any day of the week.

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I,ll second that great club great atmosphere very nice people
and best of all Batley know how to treat the people that matter
the Supporters £2 for kids £12 adults cheap prices for good food
mmmmmmm many clubs throughout rl could learn from Batley
My favourite Club after LEIGH

: Mon May 04, 2009 10:29 pm  

DETROITSOUL wrote:

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I,ll second that great club great atmosphere very nice people
and best of all Batley know how to treat the people that matter
the Supporters £2 for kids £12 adults cheap prices for good food
mmmmmmm many clubs throughout rl could learn from Batley
My favourite Club after LEIGH

And yet apparentley they had very few home fans there today