York 26 Keighley 28 : Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:31 pm
So what do we reckon then?Firstly we weren't at full strength, unlike what some on the York forum would lead you to believe. Jones, Barnett and March were all out just to name a few.
Obviously it easy to read a lot in to what was really a meaningless pre-season game. A bloomin' expensive one at £14 to get in mind. We showed all the signs of a team still trying to gel, some of our timing was out, some of our defence a bit loose and when the ball goes to ground we seem to end up conceding a lot, it's a real weakness of ours we just seem to completely lose shape.
The single most impressive thing was the young lads coming in, none of them looked out of their depth, worked their socks off and all looked to have a bit about them. Obst really looks a class act, James H had another good game at full back, Semi took both his tries well as you would expect. As for Korki, well he's just a beast.
I thought we were in control for large periods of the game and if it wasn't for York ruthlessly capitalising on our errors and Danny Lawton having a better day with the boot the margin of victory would have been a lot wider. Fair play to York though, they had a fair few players out and still looked a decent side.
Oh and i'm not going to say he was biased one way or another, just that Ronnie Laughton is still not fit to referee an under 9s game never mind at semi-pro level he is completely and utterly useless.