Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:39 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Good result, played really well in patches, but poor in others, really didn't handle those kicks well at all.

Salford are a good side with some good players, so happy with the performance,

Last word to Jake Connor, such a talented player who is too good not to be in the 13.

We just dont attack kicks. letting the ball bounce is starting to cause us problems.
Connor is a difficult one when we have everyone fit,because Radford will go with Sneyd/Kelly at half back.
In my opinion Connor is a far better centre than Griffin and offers much more in both attack and defence.
That said if Radford goes with Michaels back to the wing and Fonua to centre then at best its a bench spot for Connor.

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:40 pm  

Relieved to get the two points. I think it was a good thing to be playing another team involved in the Challenge Cup semis.

Although the errors crept in at times, we had spells especially in the second half where we looked very good. Connor impressed, Houghton was excellent as always and Ellis was typically powerful. Carlos showed what an important player he is for us.

Hopefully Radford continues to have selection headaches.

[Chris71]

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:00 pm  

Good to get the 2pts with a scratchy performance not helped by the spoiling tactics from Salford and a shocking ref.
Thought Connor stepped up in the absence of Sneyd & Griffin seems to be getting better every game.

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:11 pm  

Scratchy tonight. Too many errors, missed tackles and penalties again. Thankfully salford were even worse but the 2 points is all that matters.

Connor and Griffin the pick of the bunch for me and Thompson went well from the bench

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:18 pm  

Enjoyable game, both sides came to play but looked jaded, unsurprisingly. Important couple of points. On we go.

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:24 pm  

lui was class for salford tonight, that inside ball to evans was a beauty

chalk n cheese from us tonight, but a win is a win

less said about the officials the better, 2 maybe 3 yellow card incidents against welham (twice0) and kopczak bottled by smith

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:46 pm  

number 6 wrote:

lui was class for salford tonight, that inside ball to evans was a beauty

chalk n cheese from us tonight, but a win is a win

less said about the officials the better, 2 maybe 3 yellow card incidents against welham (twice0) and kopczak bottled by smith

Tend to agree about the referee. As you say bottled a couple of decisions but stark contrast with Bentham and didn't really police the 10.

Re: Round 24 : Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:52 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Tend to agree about the referee. As you say bottled a couple of decisions but stark contrast with Bentham and didn't really police the 10.

These inexperienced ref try to exert authority by constantly blowing the whistle whereas the more experienced ones have the brains to let the games flow and penalise where it really makes a difference and the players respect it and respond. Isn't the one tonight the one who was fast tracked? He was really awful tonight and out of his depth

Re: Round 24 : Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:32 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

These inexperienced ref try to exert authority by constantly blowing the whistle whereas the more experienced ones have the brains to let the games flow and penalise where it really makes a difference and the players respect it and respond. Isn't the one tonight the one who was fast tracked? He was really awful tonight and out of his depth

Indeed, he was woeful, the game is less of a spectacle because of the standard of officials. It's all well and good bleating in the papers about fans getting on their back, but there is a simple remedy, officiate the game according to the rules. It's a job, some say "we wouldn't have a game without them", I'd counter that and say we have a game, despite them. With attendance costs likely to hit £30 a game in coming seasons this can't be allowed to continue. We may as well not have had touch judges (referees assistants, linesmen, call them what you want) given what has been shown in recent weeks. There were some calls last night that were, at best, dubious, and at worst, blatantly inept. Players tackled without the ball, off side at kicks, poor or no attempts to play the ball, offside at the play the ball, forward passes, the list goes on.

But what can we do about it, mobilise social media? (Do the RFL even take any note of what the paying supporters think?) The clubs, and not just FC, have largely given up commenting on the officials because the clubs get fined and nothing changes. Ranging Chase caught, again, taking drugs, he should be banned from playing full stop, but the RFL will do nothing.

What happened to team warnings, sin bin for professional fouls, head shots, constant lying on and backchat being penalised. Salford conned the referee all game last night. It was a win, but you could tell by the players at full time that they weren't happy with the performance they had put in. Play like that against Saints and Huddersfield and we'll be going to Wembley full of fear. BUT, we won, so it's a game best forgotten, save learning that we really shouldn't let the ball bounce and coming inside and leaving your wing exposed is an invite to the opposition to score.

We made Vatuvai (sp?) look good at times. (There's no doubting his ability, but he doesn't need gifts like FC gave him last night)

Re: Round 24 : Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:41 am  

DannyB wrote:

Ref overrules in goal judge from a kickoff when he's over 30 meters out, absolute joke

Interesting that one as a referee can't overule a touch judge on touch and touch in goal but overuled a ingoal judge on kick off I reckon the long touch judge (touch judge on the opposite side to the benches) has come in on the communication system and he's gone with that (ingoal judges have no communication system so not miced up) instead of the ingoal judge