Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:55 am  

Airborne can you PM me your mobile number so I can text about Friday please. I asked HL for it last night but I suspect he has a headache today.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:42 am  

After all the whinging about the venue, I really enjoyed it. Granted, if it had been pissing down with rain I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it half as much but the sun shone, the burgers cooked and the beer flowed so everyone was a winner. Good performance after a sluggish start, the last couple of tries in particular were great moves. Onwards and upwards, three points in the South of France next weekend and we're looking set.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:07 pm  

Yes - what a great "good weather" venue. Congratulations to everyone who made the event a success.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:30 pm  

I liked the comment on the Dewsbury forum about the field next door from where you could watch the game for free.

Yes, if you bring a big stepladder and binoculars.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:06 pm  

Good game, the "ground" was miles better than I thought it would be and well done to the club for sorting everything out, good BBQ & if them benches were turned into an actually covered seating stands it would be better than some grounds i've been too!

The signs on the road up to the game were quite funny!

Anyway the game, again excellent game from Rowe & for me our best forward & contender for player of the season, his running game & how he breaks the line so often, especially near the try line is a outstanding.

Thought Hanson had another good game, wish him & Battye were in the 17 every week, would really help improve their game and having 2 lads born in Sheffield & brought through the ranks would be a great thing for the club!

The game was never in doubt last night, good win & lets get another 3 points in France next week and if we carry on I think we could get a top four finish but two games against Barrow & Fev and another game against Leigh & Widnes it will be tough...

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:52 pm  

We can beat anyone on our day, fact. Leigh are quite obviously on a downer at the moment with things off the field, and if the Halifax game is anything to go by, it could affect them on the field. Barrow home and away will be tough but I'd back us to pick up at least one win. We'll lose at Widnes (as always) and will find it tough going against Fev, I'd take two points from the Fev games if offered now, but think we are capable of sneaking a win, we were the only team to beat them in the league last year and generally do pretty well at Post Office Road. I keep saying it and they keep proving me wrong but I still don't think Batley will last the pace. I think top 4 is definitely a realistic aim.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Dewsbury Rams OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD : Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:05 am  

I think top 6 is reachable but we still have Barrow and Fev to play twice as well as Widnes and Leigh away (still tough despite publicised problems). Call me defeatist but if we win in France next week then that's 25 points, which should be enough to avoid the drop. That's always the first target. So let's hope we can bring the points home from our European tour.

All that said I genuinely hope we win every game and the Grand Final!