: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:31 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

Great win, although not particularly entertaining it was just what was needed in the conditions and with the injuries weve got. A bit concerned by our halves kicking game, poor at best. Was always a worry with Orr and Dorn in the halves but i think we'll pay for it a few times this season. Randall can't kick from dummy half every set....or can he?!?

Having slogged it out for the full 80 mts I dont think a few pidly kicks would bother him Lets face it no one else can kick a 40/20

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:25 pm  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

Regarding the field kicking there were a bunch of idiots behind me who kept whining everytime Chad or Danny deliberately kicked the ball dead to get a Hull restart on the 20. They were under the delusion that it was a bad kick, as opposed to a very good, deliberate tactic to make Hull play their way out of their own half on a night not suited to free running rugby.

The people around me were saying the exact same.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:26 pm  

tim791 wrote:

You've got to admit, he was very quick, he was just to quick, if he was running abit slower, he might of got it at the right time for that awkward bounce.

Yer that would have been a magic try, but wouldn't have made up for his 79 minutes of invisibility.

(And yes before anybody pipes up, I realise it was a forwards match but I guess that further emphasises that Dorn is a cr*p flat track bully)

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:33 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

The people around me were saying the exact same.

Did they have to shout to make themselves heard

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:42 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

The people around me were saying the exact same.

Dave Lister wrote:

Yer that would have been a magic try, but wouldn't have made up for his 79 minutes of invisibility.

(And yes before anybody pipes up, I realise it was a forwards match but I guess that further emphasises that Dorn is a cr*p flat track bully)

I think although he was once again rather invisible he was not given much of an opportunity to assert himself. He is only really given the ball when we are close to the opposition try line and that didn't happen very often on saturday. The rest of the time it is quite clear that it is left to Orr and Randall to run the show. Which I think is a good tactic by Brian McDermott.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:14 am  

Kelvin
why does that make him a cheat? sorry but have to stick up for the ref here, why on earth would he cheat? Dont forget that they are wired up and talk to each other, TJ may have called "might have been fwd" or "it was fwd" its still down to the ref to decide if it was the rediculous momentum pass!!
Do you know what the TJ signal actually is for a fwd pass?

Still need to watch the game again for the other calls which seemed odd from the stand and they will probably balance out over the game
BUT cheat!!!! why would he?

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:52 am  

the one call that annoyed me as a Hull fan was giving a knock on against us in the 2nd half. Manu offloaded backwards, yeamo then tried to pick it up but knocked it backwards yet a scrum was awarded??

I think it was that set that the 40/20 came from and soon as that was given i knew the game had gone

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:58 am  

Irregs #16 wrote:

the one call that annoyed me as a Hull fan was giving a knock on against us in the 2nd half. Manu offloaded backwards, yeamo then tried to pick it up but knocked it backwards yet a scrum was awarded??

I think it was that set that the 40/20 came from and soon as that was given i knew the game had gone

No that was the one that lead to Clubb's try. but it all worked out even in the end as you got a try when think it was Tickle knocked on in the tackle and ref gave you a penalty as he claimed howell had tried to steal the ball with two in the tackle, (think thats how they explained it on Sky )

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:14 pm  

Irregs #16 wrote:

the one call that annoyed me as a Hull fan was giving a knock on against us in the 2nd half. Manu offloaded backwards, yeamo then tried to pick it up but knocked it backwards yet a scrum was awarded??

I think it was that set that the 40/20 came from and soon as that was given i knew the game had gone

This happens all the time and happened at least once to us on Saturday. As soon as someone fumbles the ball the ref's looking to give a knock on regarless of whether ir not it went forward. Ludicrous really considering the number of blatant forward passes that are allowed to go. I suppose if the ref can't be sure it went forward or not and it's obviously a fumble he's not going to give that team the benefit of the doubt.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:16 pm  

I think both teams got some "dodgy" decisions.

Mr Silverwood got some stick from our end during the first half just after the first hull try.

What happened to Gafa, any news?