Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:22 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Without knowing for sure he does seem to be the unsettling influence. So much talent going to waste if that's the case.

That's certainly the word on the street & it hopefully he has already gone..
Let's not get carried away though last night was a well grafted win with bags of effort hopefully showing green shoots of recovery.
The club is light years away from a promo push.
Think it will take more than a few of season changes of playing staff for that..

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:37 am  

I'd be surprised to see Patton here next year. Dunning was hardly quick to protect him after his gouging charge. Shame has the talent is there, but just looks like he doesn't have the temperament to be a regular HB anywhere.

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:48 am  

Other than the massive defence effort, the most pleasing aspect of the game was watching the boy Lawford's performance. Yes, he dropped a couple of catches under pressure, but he really looked comfortable slipping into the half back role. Sam Hallas didn't do too bad either, and Kear had his usual solid game at full back. But difficult to nominate a player of the match for me, as there were a few good performances. On the Patton issue - we'll now see if the catalyst of our performance problems has now departed (which i suspect could be the case)

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:08 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

Without knowing for sure he does seem to be the unsettling influence. So much talent going to waste if that's the case.

I'm not sure where all this "unsettling influence" comes from. He has been our main attacking threat this season and his goalkicking has been ghe best in the league. I agree the gouging incident was bad but other players have had brain farts in their careers. He was helping young Lawford all game last week which was good to see so let's give the bloke a chance.

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:22 am  

Well well well. Watch it last night on Premier Sports. Great effort, especially in the 2nd half. Agree the big thug Pauli Pauli should have been sent to put the kettle on for that cheap shot.
Great win!

[Bullseye]

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:52 am  

Was good to see some genuine effort and will to win. That got us the win. If we see that kind of effort each week then you can't complain whatever the result.

As for Patton I think we're better off without him, there are a lot of rumours going around about his attitude and you do wonder if there's no smoke without fire.

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:06 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Was good to see some genuine effort and will to win. That got us the win. If we see that kind of effort each week then you can't complain whatever the result.
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What was pleasing was when York had repeated sets of six midway through the second half and the commentators saying that a try would result in the next few seconds. It was a superb effort.

We should also have been awarded a try after about 73 when the ref claimed the ball had been held-up. Looked fine to me.

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:52 am  

mystic eddie wrote:

We should also have been awarded a try after about 73 when the ref claimed the ball had been held-up. Looked fine to me.

That was a try any day of the week.

For one thing, once Ant Walker slides in with the ball under him, there's no way anyone is getting their hands and feet underneath the ball!

[Pumpetypump]

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:19 am  

Towards the end of that when we were keeping York at bay, I thought to myself that I'd be sad to see us lose but be incredible heartened by the sheer effort. The icing on the cake was to see us hold on for the win. That's the most hardworking and gutsy performance I've seen us have in quite a while and it's a bit of a tonic.

Re: York away : Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:53 am  

Just remember “it’s not the same if you’re not at the game…..!”