Re: Fev (A) : Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:36 pm  

Whoops! Not directed at you, Bull Mania.

Your lads look like having a good season. Plenty of credit should be given to Dunning.

Re: Fev (A) : Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:14 pm  

Lacked a bit of direction and quality in attack but the effort was there in abundance so hard to be overly critical. Suspect Dunning and co will be disappointed we didn’t do better with some of our opportunities, with a bit more pressure applied I think they would have been there for the taking.

Just not quite good enough on the night. Plenty of positives to take away and improve on though.

Re: Fev (A) : Mon Mar 06, 2023 11:27 pm  

Thought there was opportunities to win that. Ref was shocking, I know we got one with Holmes offside but how Pickersgill wasn’t binned for a professional foul I’ll never know. Briscoe’s knock on from the kick (which they scored on their set) went unseen. If Roby got a yellow, how wasn’t theirs a yellow especially after he followed through with it??

Thought Patton and Holmes was poor with ball in hand today. Patton absolutely cacked himself when Leilua shot out of the line which is poor. Catch the ball take the hit. Patton unusually poor with kicks but he’s normally quality so chalk that as a one off.

Some shocking, dumb errors again today. Things like being caught offside at the scrum etc. Although holding the ball in the scrum is a crap rule anyway.

Scramble defence was class. Goal line defence was great as well. Some good tackles going in.

My only concerns with defence is that we allowed the offload numerous times with 3/4 men in the tackle. And the big one for me, is line speed. Every team we’ve played gets over the advantage line quite easy. Too many times we give up yards in sets.

We still look devoid of options in attack. Too slow to spread the ball and to predictable.

Thought the pack were great today. Really stood up to Fev. Rodgers, Thompson and Johnson were great today. Thought we missed Butler.

Why didn’t he put Appo on in the first half going downhill?

Roby was great when he was on the field! Flanagan needs to stop trying to be ‘Mr Big’. He never gets in their heads. Just focus on the game. Again, he does stupid stuff, then rips the ball on the 4th. I’d drop him and play Lilley there or start Roby.

Thought the effort was there today. Could see that in the scramble. 26-12 is respectable there. Proud of the effort but Fev could have been beat tonight and its a shame we couldn’t quite do it. Looking forward to them coming to Odsal!

[Bullseye]

Re: Fev (A) : Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:18 am  

Two concussions in two successive games for Thompson. Hope he's OK.

Re: Fev (A) : Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:26 pm  

Always felt that Fev would come away with the win but again fair credit has to go to the team for the effort and determination put in. Last year that would have been 50pts plus. As it was it ended up being a great game between two decent sides. Long and Pryce seem to have a better connection to the squad than McDermott did so I think they will be a different beast by the end of the season.

Didn't go last night as I refuse to go back to POR due to the vile abuse the supposed Rovers fans dish out. Friends who went have said it was worse than ever... disgusting chants (which could be clearly heard on the radio), fans being challenged to fight by groups of flat cappers (classy to call out a dad with three kids under the age of 12 at his side) and reports of cars and coaches being stoned as they left.

Its all well and good the chairman calling out people for not attending games, but if he really wants crowds to increase, he needs to sort this awful behaviour as its surely going to put off both local families from attending, as well as a good number of away fans.

Re: Fev (A) : Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:57 am  

bullinenemyland wrote:

Didn't go last night as I refuse to go back to POR due to the vile abuse the supposed Rovers fans dish out. Friends who went have said it was worse than ever... disgusting chants (which could be clearly heard on the radio), fans being challenged to fight by groups of flat cappers (classy to call out a dad with three kids under the age of 12 at his side) and reports of cars and coaches being stoned as they left.

Its all well and good the chairman calling out people for not attending games, but if he really wants crowds to increase, he needs to sort this awful behaviour as its surely going to put off both local families from attending, as well as a good number of away fans.

If you look at the on-line exchange between the Fev chairman and one of our supporters on one of the Fans Facebook groups it's clear that he's just as bad as the scum who behave so badly. I feel sorry for the decent Fev fans, although they seem to be in denial and constantly dismiss the complaints of other club's fans about their club.

Re: Fev (A) : Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:43 pm  

Terry Price's knee wrote:

If you look at the on-line exchange between the Fev chairman and one of our supporters on one of the Fans Facebook groups it's clear that he's just as bad as the scum who behave so badly. I feel sorry for the decent Fev fans, although they seem to be in denial and constantly dismiss the complaints of other club's fans about their club.

Which fans' Facebook page was this? The only thing I have seen was when a Bradford fan contacted Mark Campbell via what appears to have been Facebook messenger (ie he went looking for Campbell's FB page) making a general comment about the club's "absolutely vile" fans, even though this was around midnight Campbell replied in a very courteous manner asking for more details and the rough time of the incident, at which point the Bulls fan replied stating he wasn't even at the ground! Unsurprisingly he was given very short shrift by Campbell after that and quite rightly so.

I am categorically not defending any Fev fans if they have done anything wrong and the RFL will no doubt investigate, but it's perhaps not surprising if some Fev fans seem to "constantly dismiss the claims of other clubs' fans" when you've got people making accusations who weren't even there.

[Bullseye]

Re: Fev (A) : Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:49 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

but it's perhaps not surprising if some Fev fans seem to "constantly dismiss the claims of other clubs' fans" when you've got people making accusations who weren't even there.

Can't argue with that.

However, I thought Campbell's interaction with the fan would've been better if he'd kept it more professional. "Thank you for raising this issue, it will be looked into" would be better than getting into a slanging match.

Re: Fev (A) : Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:57 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Can't argue with that.

However, I thought Campbell's interaction with the fan would've been better if he'd kept it more professional. "Thank you for raising this issue, it will be looked into" would be better than getting into a slanging match.

Yes, you're probably right. But reading the message, do you think that's the response the Bradford fan was looking for? To me, he was just showing up to throw insults.

[Bullseye]

Re: Fev (A) : Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:01 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Yes, you're probably right. But reading the message, do you think that's the response the Bradford fan was looking for? To me, he was just showing up to throw insults.

All the more reason to shut the conversation down professionally.