[Durham Giant]

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 6:41 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Have you read some of the suggested planned protests on the Hudds board to stick it to the RFL?
Protesting at Hull this week, protesting at Magic weekend, even.....wouldn't it be great if the team beat the record of most DG's in a match to show them buggers at the RFL!

THat one person has mentioned and most other posters think it is faintly ridiculous and pointless but dont let the facts get in the way.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:02 pm  

I am a great believer in democracy, but Hudds would have still lost out in a democratic vote taken at the ground on Sunday. The reason being, there were more Saints fans there.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:08 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

I heard both Nigel Wood and Steve Ganson had a direct line into Phil Bentham's earpiece and told him not to give it.

I heard that Hetherington was also involved in the conference call to Bentham in not wanting the drop goal to be given. He's still cheesed off that Leeds were knocked out by Hudds last year (they had a player sent off in that game too) and he wanted to remove the possibility of a repeat in 2014. "I'd much wather we were wewarded with a dwaw against St Helens so do not award that dwop goal to Bwoughy" he allegedly scweamed.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:09 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

THat one person has mentioned and most other posters think it is faintly ridiculous and pointless but dont let the facts get in the way.

he only posted that there were some suggested protests on the hudds board, which is true, he didn't specify how many or how few hudds fans wanted to participate.

But don't let reading comprehension get in the way of your attempt to try and make your fans seem less idiotic and feckwitted.

May I refer to the original post that started this thread:

Durham Giant wrote:

YOU ROBBONG GET BENTHAM.

YOU WENT TOP THE VR FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DENY The GIants the game.

When you should have gone to the VR for the drop goal you did not.

YOU are a cheat, cheat cheat.

Feckwits indeed.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:11 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

THat one person has mentioned and most other posters think it is faintly ridiculous and pointless but dont let the facts get in the way.

To be fair to him he was lead down the wrong path by. ReationAry types.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:18 pm  

redex113 wrote:

I am a great believer in democracy, but Hudds would have still lost out in a democratic vote taken at the ground on Sunday. The reason being, there were more Saints fans there.

Immediately after the game on Sunday, the vote at the ground was...
It was a drop goal = 2,783
It wasn't a drop goal = 2,783 + Bentham

Since the Paintshop Pro & Crayons Kid got involved?
It was a drop goal = All 52 Huddersfield fans
It wasn't a drop goal = 52 others who still care either way
Don't care/Just slit my wrists instead = 1,546,223

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:53 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

THat one person has mentioned and most other posters think it is faintly ridiculous and pointless but dont let the facts get in the way.

FlexWheeler does a pretty good job of summing it up above. Touchy much, that your club and fans have had a sh*tfit over what has turned out to be nothing and made themselves look silly?

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 7:57 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

FlexWheeler does a pretty good job of summing it up above. Touchy much, that your club and fans have had a sh*tfit over what has turned out to be nothing and made themselves look silly?

Huddersfield's main mistake was concentrating too much on the DG and completely ignoring the penalty that Saints received for dropping the ball on the 5th tackle.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:40 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Have you read some of the suggested planned protests on the Hudds board to stick it to the RFL?
Protesting at Hull this week, protesting at Magic weekend, even.....wouldn't it be great if the team beat the record of most DG's in a match to show them buggers at the RFL!

to be fair, that was one poster who got shot down by most of us a non starter, most of us who prefer to put our energy and voices into supporting the team on thursday ( there will be a few of us there!)

i admire his sentiments though and do agree that if the wider RL public who are concerned about the standard of officiating in the game got together to voice their displeasure it could make the governing body listen to the fans,
as for protesting about last sunday,then i, like many others , did not want any part of it, again, fair play to him for wanting to air his grievances but it wouldn't have done us, as supporters or as a club any good at all.

Re: phil bentham : Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:43 pm  

redex113 wrote:

I am a great believer in democracy, but Hudds would have still lost out in a democratic vote taken at the ground on Sunday. The reason being, there were more Saints fans there.

no there wasn't
the crowd was 5,566 of which 1,799 were st helens fans, good numbers( most you've brought for a few years) and very vocal but definately not more