Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:15 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Obviously didn't stop you wanting to start a fight every set.

With ball in hand, i thought Keighley looked good. No need for the Bull$h1t.

Edited my first post after realising how it came across, pretty much agree with you.

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:22 pm  

BD20Cougar wrote:

Look at the penalty count, how much protection do you want?
I'll admit our discipline was awful today and probably lost us the game all things considered. Hopefully with league points at stake we'll do a better job of keeping our heads.

Agreed. As i said, before Tahraouri(spelling?) losing his cool, i thought Keighley looked on top and played some brilliant rugby with ball in hand. 17 v 17 for 80mins at your place and i don't think we're favourites IMO

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:23 pm  

What a complete poop show the second half was. Countless stoppages in play, idiotic behaviour, and a referee that completely lost control of the game. Four sendings off in any game is ludicrous, never mind in a pre season friendly. Can anyone clarify what Ethan Ryan did to deserve a red card? I missed that. Also do red card bans in pre season carry over to the regular season? It was so cold I kept looking over at the clock to find another minute had ticked by, expecting that 5 had gone by, as if I'd stepped into a ridiculously cold space time continuum that was being perpetuated by silly plays and stoppages.

Liam Johnson was good value for his two tries. He ran well, busted loads of tackles, think he won the collision every time he went in and made countless metres. Deserved MoM for me.

Also looked like a medical emergency on the way out. Loads of people crowding round a bloke near the exit to Rooley Lane closest to Top House. Had blood coming from his nose and looked like some was doing CPR. Hope he is ok, whoever he is.

[Bullseye]

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:26 pm  

Ryan certainly deserved his red card. He ran into a fracas and jumped over a player to chin someone. Not sure what Minchella did but it had all kicked off.

Samir is spitting at the crowd after being sent off was a bit naughty.

Disappointed with our red cards especially as it was a nothing game.

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:18 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Ryan certainly deserved his red card. He ran into a fracas and jumped over a player to chin someone. Not sure what Minchella did but it had all kicked off.

Samir is spitting at the crowd after being sent off was a bit naughty.

Disappointed with our red cards especially as it was a nothing game.

Their number 7 did that to one of our lot at the end of the first half in the altercation that lead to the first sin binning. No such punishment.

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:14 pm  

Today’s game reminded me of our first game in the Championship away at Leigh. Some really poor discipline from both sides with the final 15 mins becoming a bit of circus.

The Cougars self imploded today. If they’d have kept their discipline they could have snatched it. Samir’s brain fart after his sin bin swayed the game in our favour. Some good break away attacking rugby from Keighley as well.

Good to see Keyes back from injury and doing the full 80 mins. Not sure who will partner him in the halves for the York game? Garside and Peltier impressed me today.

Any news on McNally’s injury?

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:09 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Ryan certainly deserved his red card. He ran into a fracas and jumped over a player to chin someone. Not sure what Minchella did but it had all kicked off.

Samir is spitting at the crowd after being sent off was a bit naughty.

Disappointed with our red cards especially as it was a nothing game.

Filthy and a certain people of a specific region spring to mind.

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:26 am  

Minchella got the red for retaliation. Their player smack Minchella and Minchella clocked him one back. That's what kicked off the huge brawl at the end. No complaints about that in my opinion. You get smacked like that you are entitled to crack them back. Ryan's was for leaping over the crowd of players and chinning someone I think.

All in all Keighley dragged us down to their level. We were poor in parts. Got caught out on our right? hand side a few times. Was happy with Keyes, Johnson and Andrade (in his stint). We'll be better for having this test as the lads now know what to expect.

Samir Tahraoui is absolutely disgusting. Hope he gets a very long ban. The fighting I can accept to some extent. The spitting towards fans was just despicable. Complete tool. I mean you get sin binned then start fighting again on the way off. How stupid is he? Showed more aggression in those 5 minutes than he did in a full season for us

York will be a very tough test. But hopefully we'll be better. Also the fella near the exit had a heart attack I think. I hope he's okay but it didn't look good. Feel for his family.

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:41 am  

Worth a view on Bulls TV, seems an eventful match

Re: Friendly Vs Cougars : Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:46 am  

The man who had a heart attack on his way out sadly passed away last night, a friend of mine. Was stood with him at the game, he left the game with a few minutes to go, said his goodbyes to everyone and said see you all at York next week, unbelievable
Was a long time friend of the family