Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:50 am  

bren2k wrote:

If you're in any doubt that calling off was the right decision - you need to give your head a wobble and stop playing the hard man; the consequences of any health and safety incident would be *catastrophic* for the club; and if you were in charge, would you want the consequences of an incident like that on your conscience?

Aside from all that, this will by no means have been MC deciding he couldn't be ar5ed - there will have been numerous parties involved in the decision to cancel - including the RFL.

And if you're lolling about the storm and talking about snowflakes, spare a thought for our comrades in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd - losing their homes and businesses - again - because of the weather and incomplete flood defences.

I'm as anti-snowflake as they come but this analogy some are using is ridiculous.

Apart from the things you've rightly just highlighted, the pitch will be waterlogged. Correct me if I'm wrong, I am after all a mere summer RL person but weren't games called off in the old 'hard as nails' days due to waterlogged pitches?

As an aside, going on last weekends show, I'd have thought most on here would be delighted to see the game postponed. We don't look ready to beat Catalan so the chance to face them later in the season with hopefully some key players back and finding form is a godsend. Luck can work both ways even for us.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:00 am  

Fishermanscap wrote:

As an aside, going on last weekends show, I'd have thought most on here would be delighted to see the game postponed. We don't look ready to beat Catalan so the chance to face them later in the season with hopefully some key players back and finding form is a godsend. Luck can work both ways even for us.

Quite - although it means our first home game will be Wire, which is likely to be a bloodbath on recent showings; let's hope the wrath of god makes that one unplayable an all.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:15 am  

Fishermanscap wrote:

I'm as anti-snowflake as they come but this analogy some are using is ridiculous.

Apart from the things you've rightly just highlighted, the pitch will be waterlogged. Correct me if I'm wrong, I am after all a mere summer RL person but weren't games called off in the old 'hard as nails' days due to waterlogged pitches?

As an aside, going on last weekends show, I'd have thought most on here would be delighted to see the game postponed. We don't look ready to beat Catalan so the chance to face them later in the season with hopefully some key players back and finding form is a godsend. Luck can work both ways even for us.

i remember the 'good old days' and have actually turned up at the ground more than once to find the game had been postponed at literally the last minute.
unlike now, rarely did a season pass without one or more postponed games.
like you say, may be a blessing in disguise.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:35 am  

bren2k wrote:

If you're in any doubt that calling off was the right decision - you need to give your head a wobble and stop playing the hard man; the consequences of any health and safety incident would be *catastrophic* for the club; and if you were in charge, would you want the consequences of an incident like that on your conscience?

Aside from all that, this will by no means have been MC deciding he couldn't be ar5ed - there will have been numerous parties involved in the decision to cancel - including the RFL.

And if you're lolling about the storm and talking about snowflakes, spare a thought for our comrades in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd - losing their homes and businesses - again - because of the weather and incomplete flood defences.

As I said in my post Bren I was 100% behind yesterday’s postponement and if the pitch is not up to standard today well fair do’s but to bring the flooding in Hebron bridge into the cancellation of a game of rl is a strange one to me. Maybe if people didn’t build houses on flood plains and all the rest but that’s another debate entirely.Nothing about a tough man in my post was kinda saying that we live in the north of England not the Balearics and it’s called Winter for a reason.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:41 am  

Summer rugby you can't beat it. From a personal point I used to enjoy wrapping up to watch a game with two pairs of socks on , warm over coat scalf and a hot cup of bovril from the cabin.
Great memories and some great matches seen in attrousiose playing conditions. One that sticks in the memory bank was Widnes at home . The snow had been cleared showing the line markings and a brown ball used. Particularly enjoyed the banter with Woods the Widnes full back he was as tough as nails and dirty in to the bargain.
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Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:15 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Summer rugby you can't beat it. From a personal point I used to enjoy wrapping up to watch a game with two pairs of socks on , warm over coat scalf and a hot cup of bovril from the cabin.

Hot half-time pork pies. *barf*

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:51 pm  

I'm a bit of a pie expert slugger. The best pork pie used to be at Bramley closely followed by Rochdale., the best meat and potatoes at Wire before the move.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:49 pm  

Catalan should have been awarded the 2 points due to poor reasoning of calling the game off, it was only a bit of rain and wind. However when you play in a stadium as old and run down as yours you have to take care I suppose

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:09 pm  

Did somebody say something or was it the gale force wind blowing all the cŕrrrrap about again.

Re: Catalans game : Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:11 pm  

KingRoss11 wrote:

Catalan should have been awarded the 2 points due to poor reasoning of calling the game off, it was only a bit of rain and wind. However when you play in a stadium as old and run down as yours you have to take care I suppose

And talking of wind!!!