Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:52 am  

Barrow certainly knew how to play the ref and we never wised up to.

He gave a penalty for a high shot when he had his back to the tackle. Their No5 was jumping up and down like he'd stood on a lego brick barefooted and the whistle went straight to his mouth. It was that ridiculous it was actually funny.

We turned up on 60mins, went through them, believed the hype and let them come straight back. Most infuriating game I've ever seen thanks to our stupidity and the ref's playing up to the camera Ganson-style

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:59 am  

Poor game management , silly penalties and lack of conviction.
I thought Scurr was outstanding coming off the bench , Lawrence carried strongly in the final quarter but the rest of the squad were poor.

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:25 am  

Was there an issue with Matongo? He did one stint in the first half and then never returned. Did he pick up an injury?

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:25 am  

On the biting incident, if he has bitten him he shouldn't play for us again. Horrible act.

But watching it on Viaplay just left me bemused. Barrows player arms around the mouth but there isn't a biting/clamping and then disappear behind the bodies. Barrow player then gets up waving his arm around for a good 2-3 seconds accusing of being bitten. Ref then calls time off (not give a penalty) looks at the arm then says he's seen it and sends off Taufua. Just bemusing how the camera angle showing the incident clearly didn't show anything, yet the ref saw the incident through all those bodies and yet didn't blow for a penalty and called time off after the player made a complaint. I think hes seen a mark on an arm and decided that's sufficient evidence. Again if he has bitten him, he shouldn't play again.

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:32 am  

Just dumb dumb rugby. I have been a supporter of Patten in the past but I think he's getting to be a liability. I would let him go and offer Lawford his wage to try and keep him to play alongside Gaskell.

We've also got to move heaven and earth to keep Scurr.

On a side note why only one turnstile open in the car park and queues going back to Stadium Road. This just p****s supporters off. Come on Bulls it's not difficult and very un-professional.

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:40 am  

On a positive note, I thought Myers looked the part!

[Bullseye]

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:53 am  

Positives - Lilley off the bench (should've started), Scurr, Lawrence and Myers.

Negatives - The attitude. As mentioned above. Far too many of these players think they have a pre ordained right to win. We came out and went through the motions for the first half. No line speed, no marker defence, in attack it was aimless kicking and poor decision making and no visible gameplan at all. The discipline was non-existent. It was like watching a load of petulant teenagers getting "old manned" by a more experienced opposition, yet many of our players are old enough to know better. Getting on the wrong side of the ref means all the 50-50 calls will go against you.

Time to bin Patton off. He's far too inconsistent and when he doesn't fancy it like last night he's a liability. I feel similarly about Flanagan snr. He supposedly brings enthusiasm but IMO this should amount to more than clapping your hands and shouting loudly to team mates. When Lilley came on for him the line speed and marker defence improved 1000%.

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:01 am  

I'm away on Holiday and by the sounds of it our performance was dire, just glad that I missed it.

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:43 am  

Am I right in thinking that the ref didn't stop the clock on at least 2 occassions when Shaw was taking conversions? I'm not saying it would have made a difference but it's just not right. Aren't kickers allowed 1 minute before the clock is stopped?

[Bullseye]

Re: Barrow at home : Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:43 am  

Shaw took ages but the ref did stop the clock from what I saw.