Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:24 am  

Irregs#16 wrote:

I can't figure out our fixtures at all this year! 3pm on a Saturday, our next home game I'm pretty sure is 6.45pm on a Sunday night!

Our next home game after Salford is against Huddersfield on Sunday 20th March at 3pm.

[Chris71]

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:29 am  

Irregs#16 wrote:

I can't figure out our fixtures at all this year! 3pm on a Saturday, our next home game I'm pretty sure is 6.45pm on a Sunday night!

Must admit I'm mystified by our home fixtures this year as they are just all over the shop rather than being a more regular day/time.

I can't honestly see what benefit arranging our home fixtures the way they have brings unless the club are going to see which ones where the best attended at the end of the season and then use that for next season?

There just seems to be no logic with them.

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:30 am  

Rugby Raider wrote:

Our next home game after Salford is against Huddersfield on Sunday 20th March at 3pm.

Think it is Catalan that is the Sunday night one

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:48 am  

Glad it's not just me who thinks the ko time is daft!

I know we don't particularly travel in numbers to Hull in general but I think maybe as many as a third of those who would've travelled for a Sunday 3pm ko might skip it due to the footy clashes. I'm still deliberating between Hull/Swindon for the footy and gutted I'll have to miss out on one or t'other.

PS. Not sure if we've got a ref assigned yet for the match but I hope to god it's not Griffiths. He was utter dog poop yesterday!!!

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:56 am  

The guy who sent Connor off for a shoulder tackle that slipped up.

Sironen full on arm to sataes face, just a penalty.

We've suffered from Griffiths, kendall and vid clown Liam Moore so far.

Where do they find them

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:08 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

I know we don't particularly travel in numbers to Hull in general but I think maybe as many as a third of those who would've travelled for a Sunday 3pm ko might skip it due to the footy clashes. :

How about Friday night's? All our fixtures against you for the last 8 years have been Fridays, the only 2 Saturday matches were at your place.

[Chris71]

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:13 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

Glad it's not just me who thinks the ko time is daft!

I know we don't particularly travel in numbers to Hull in general but I think maybe as many as a third of those who would've travelled for a Sunday 3pm ko might skip it due to the footy clashes. I'm still deliberating between Hull/Swindon for the footy and gutted I'll have to miss out on one or t'other.

PS. Not sure if we've got a ref assigned yet for the match but I hope to god it's not Griffiths. He was utter dog poop yesterday!!! ops:

In regards to the officials I'm not sure who is currently the better of a very poor set of officials and probably the poorest I can ever remember the game having. The game has moved on but the officials are generally for me poor and as full time professionals they seem more incompetent than when we had part time officials and certainly very little accountability.

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:22 pm  

ccs wrote:

How about Friday night's? All our fixtures against you for the last 8 years have been Fridays, the only 2 Saturday matches were at your place.

Personally I don't mind Friday nights but then again I'm single so only have to account for myself and not wife/kids etc. I've also got a 9-5 job and WFH so getting an early dart isn't an issue. Having been to a few of those Friday matches I know you're only looking at maybe 250-300 Salford fans making the trip. Might push those numbers up to 500 or so on a Sunday afternoon but I guess it's more about how many home fans you'll get through the turnstiles when you're talking about such low numbers of away fans.

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:25 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

In regards to the officials I'm not sure who is currently the better of a very poor set of officials and probably the poorest I can ever remember the game having. The game has moved on but the officials are generally for me poor and as full time professionals they seem more incompetent than when we had part time officials and certainly very little accountability.

Yeah I'm not sure it says much about the standard when Thaler is the best of a bad bunch! I know we can't offer the same sort of £££ as Union officials get but the level of officiating in RU is streets ahead.

Re: Round 3 v Salford : Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:14 pm  

So who plays Scrum Half for the next couple of months?

Do we play Jake there and have Shaul/Wynne/Swift/McKintosh at Full Back?

Or do we play Ben McNamara at Scrum Half?

Personally I’d go for Jake at Scrum Half and start Shaul at Full Back. See how he goes for 2-3 matches and then review.

Frustrating times….