Re: Haifax : Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:40 am  

We were up to our usual tricks, failing to complete sets and giving away penalties.
They came back when Soward was off, with thirteen on the pitch they could not match us.
A bit of catching practice would not go amiss.

Re: Haifax : Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:22 am  

As pleasing as it was to win yesterday, let’s get some context. Halifax were a shadow of the side that played us at home, Tangata and Calahane were anonymous and Moore (G) very quiet. I think once they realised Batley were on the up, their heads went down, only generating any real momentum when Soward was sin binned.

Positives:

We scored some decent tries, Battye double unheard of, and one from Eliab inexplicably struck off.

Bustin did not let himself down and copped a shoulder charge from Moore, which knocked the stuffing out of him.

Game management with the drop goal.

Negatives:

I lost count of the number of dropped ball, Soward, Kear, Api, Magrin, Macani, Macani, Macani, it was painful to watch at times.

Similarly unforced errors, Api being particularly at fault.

At times we made Murrell look like Darren Lockyer, he was picking holes in our defensive line at will.

Our defensive effort was far too mixed, at times we were dominant, more often than not, ‘casual’

Too much reliance on Soward, every 5th the oppo know where the ball is going regardless if he is in a good position or not.

I’d love to know what our completion rate was !!!

Frankly, if we play like we did in the 8s we are going to get pumped.

Halifax fans are possibly the most blinkered bunch of clowns ever. Every pass was forward, every defensive line off side, and they could see this from 90m away. They are conditioned to say forward or off side regardless of whether they believe it or not. Thankfully we won’t see them again until 2017.

Re: Haifax : Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:09 pm  

Fax fans cannot be as blinkered as the pies fans. Think the best fwd pass calls are from behind the sticks

Re: Haifax : Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:13 pm  

Seem to be more negatives than positives it's a worry. Hope we are not back to previous years training need. Throw ball catch ball repeat !
Offside calls are the best especially when they are not involved or effecting play it matters nit a jot where they are stood, shame some fans don't know that

Re: Haifax : Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:26 pm  

Plum is quite right. The Halifax fans seemed to have been conditioned to call every pass from us forward and defensive line offside.
Standing behind the posts as we were. It really was impossible to tell. Not that it mattered to them.
The fact that they were throwing things at us did not endear us to them either.
However, met some really nice fans in the bar after the game.

Re: Haifax : Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:46 pm  

Hey its the joy of being a fan, altho the fact they were chucking stuff makes it sound like Salford in the old days, not having a dig at Salford but you did have to wear a rain coat.
How many times did the ref call fwd or offside coz the crowd called it?????
It is how fans look at games though at some places, every pass from the opposition is fwd and every play they are offside, although when they are in posession its exactly the opposite and they are never offside. spookily its always the refs fault when they lose as well!