: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:37 pm  

haven't seen the game, but it sounds like we played poorly/averagely...but a big difference is that we've done that and come home with 2 points, which at the end of the day is all that matters, we can 'peak' later in the season and play awesome rugby then!

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:05 pm  

libbysdad wrote:

Sounds like Caravan Park.

Caravan Park compared to Brewery Feld is like the KC compared to Caravan Park

[Kosh]

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:09 pm  

UllFC wrote:

haven't seen the game, but it sounds like we played poorly/averagely...

That was true for large parts of the game, unfortunately. Especially disappointing was our almost total inability to prevent the offload and letting in two soft tries on our left flank.

I thought that Tickle, Dowes, R Horne and Berro were our best players. A few others need to up their games, including Thacks and Manu.

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:18 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Brewery Field isn't a great venue. The standing stand has the shallowest steps ever and the toilets were a joke - half a dozen temporary cubicles

Should have gone inside the stand at the back, just near the toilets. Indoor toilets!

Not too impressed with those Hull fans who chose to pick fights in the away stand.

[Kosh]

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:22 pm  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Should have gone inside the stand at the back, just near the toilets. Indoor toilets!

We had prior experience with the facilities at Brewery Field, so opted to use the loos at Tesco instead.

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Not too impressed with those Hull fans who chose to pick fights in the away stand.

I saw the stewards arrive off to the right of me but didn't see any actual punch up.

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:29 pm  

Kosh wrote:

I saw the stewards arrive off to the right of me but didn't see any actual punch up.

Mate I was with had gone to the loos and came back saying she saw a fight as she went. She just missed the one that was happening in front of me when she got back. One guy provoked the other, stewards came and took the guy away 5 mins later. Stewards also took two lads away later on, not sure why though, don't think it was fighting, but some people in the upper tier of the stand pointed them our for something.

: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:34 pm  

From wot i could make out from blunderside commentary crusaders had a great start for 15-20 mins then hull put pressure on for short bursts but didnt capitalise on some decisions/metres made for 2nd and 3rd quarters and slowed in last quarter...heard alot about dowes.

[Kosh]

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:38 pm  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Mate I was with had gone to the loos and came back saying she saw a fight as she went. She just missed the one that was happening in front of me when she got back. One guy provoked the other, stewards came and took the guy away 5 mins later. Stewards also took two lads away later on, not sure why though, don't think it was fighting, but some people in the upper tier of the stand pointed them our for something.

That was the 'incident' I saw.

Re: Thoughts on tonight : Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:22 am  

Cardiff_05 wrote:

Should have gone inside the stand at the back, just near the toilets. Indoor toilets!

Not too impressed with those Hull fans who chose to pick fights in the away stand.

Total tossers, pulled a couple of these n0bs of the celtic fan they was having a go with, who was on his own w@nkers

: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:46 am  

I thought the Crusaders started very well, helped in no small quarter by FC's inability to prevent the offload and their reluctance to step up off the mark and put pressure on the Crusaders at the play the ball. FC looked good in spells, but that's all it was, spells. We had plenty of possession but didn't seem able to do much with it at times. The stand out performance has got to be Danny Tickle, he was on fire tonight. Berro, RH and Dowes were the other players worth a mention. The kicking game though was awful with almost every kick going straight down the throat of the Crusaders.

It's difficult to say how satisfactory the performance actually was due it being such an emotional night for the Crusaders and the extra fire they had in their bellies, especially the first 15-20 mins. Once FC got on the score board the tide turned and the Crusaders never really looked like winning the game, but at the same time, FC never looked like being able to truly kill the game off. All in all though, a win is a win and if the boys continue to improve then there is no reason why we can't finish in the top 6. Oh, and it was a nice birthday pressie for me

Got to mention the Burger bar in the town where we grabbed a bite to eat before going to the ground. I ordered food for the four of us but they forgot to do my lads burger so we had to wait for them to cook it, then the guy serving us apologised and gave us a free 10" pizza. Top bloke