Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Fri May 24, 2019 7:28 am  

Behind the sticks at Halifax is somewhere that the home fans are able to see and judge forward passes and offsides. Strangely however they are blind, when it comes to their own side.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Fri May 24, 2019 7:41 am  

I know very few home fans that ever see their own team offside it's always the others.
Never been in the "stand" upper level at trailfinders though so cant compare.
When am not involved I tend to stand at the side by the second pitch or behind the sticks, I dont like getting too high or away from the pitch. When I go to games as a neutral at other grounds I spend a lot of time watching where the ref is positioned so behind sticks sometimes is better for that.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Fri May 24, 2019 9:32 am  

If you are more interested in watching the game (rather than the ref) the upper tier of the ST holders stand has a great view.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Fri May 24, 2019 6:17 pm  

It certainly does and gives a totally different perspective of the game. Maybe you should join the people up there and see why they dont reckon the refs very much.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Fri May 24, 2019 10:01 pm  

Or could stay closer to the action and see what's actually going on rather than calling things from 80 mtrs away

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Sat May 25, 2019 1:59 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

Or could stay closer to the action and see what's actually going on rather than calling things from 80 mtrs away

Interesting that the coaches go for a high position on the half way line as the best vantage point yet being in a similar position on the opposite side is not. Have you advised Danny Ward he's in the wrong place also?

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Sat May 25, 2019 4:49 pm  

Traffic wrote:

Interesting that the coaches go for a high position on the half way line as the best vantage point yet being in a similar position on the opposite side is not. Have you advised Danny Ward he's in the wrong place also?

But he's not there to admire the officials.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Sat May 25, 2019 5:26 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

But he's not there to admire the officials.

Quite funny how he can see so much more than the coaches and those in the stands on half way (even more so when he's behind the sticks and has possibly the worst view then)

Don't understand why Sky don't ask him to carry a camera for ref watch given he has such a good view or why Sky put some of their cameras anywhere other than where he is.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Sun May 26, 2019 6:49 am  

Traffic wrote:

Don't understand why Sky don't ask him to carry a camera for ref watch

They did......and they offered to pay the club for this service, so St Dave of Swinton immediately said "no", as it might have made us 1% less reliant on his benevolence.

Re: Yet Another win against Wakefield time travellers : Sun May 26, 2019 4:10 pm  

Difference with coaches sitting high up is they are looking at patterns of play looking for chinks in play.
What I find interesting is the fan sat at back of stand shouting at the ref for holding down when they cant hear the surrender or dominant call. Or same fan sat in the stand who can judge a knock on from 80 mtrs away better than the refs that are 10 mtrs away