Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:09 am  

Forgot to mention Jonny Woodcock, was great to see him back, he proved he's still more than capable at this level, even if he has lost a yard of pace.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:48 pm  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

To add a bit of spin to the drop goal,Sombody in the bar said it was disalowed because it didnt touch the floor before it was kicked

Maybe......

But why did Mr Laughton then give the "drop goal missed" signal and award a 20mtr optional kick? If it never touched the ground, it therefore went out of the full and should have been a penalty to Batley.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:52 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

Oh dear we'll have to wait for Griff.

I must've been the only person in the ground who thought the drop goal went wide. Incidentally doctor, what did you think was wrong with the interception try? From where I was stood, we charged the kick down, their player gathered it then lost it in the tackle, Dane picked it up and scored. What's wrong with that?

The Batley player kicked through, it then hit another Batley player who was in front of him (offside) then was picked up by another Batley player who passed it only for Dane to intercept. Should have been a penalty, no advantage.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:04 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

The Batley player kicked through, it then hit another Batley player who was in front of him (offside) then was picked up by another Batley player who passed it only for Dane to intercept. Should have been a penalty, no advantage.

What ? It's better to have a penalty in your own half than a try ?

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:06 pm  

EAGLEBLADE II wrote:

To add a bit of spin to the drop goal,Sombody in the bar said it was disalowed because it didnt touch the floor before it was kicked

Rubbish. The Match Commissioner said the referee said that, in his opinion, it missed.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:08 pm  

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:10 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

Maybe......

But why did Mr Laughton then give the "drop goal missed" signal and award a 20mtr optional kick? If it never touched the ground, it therefore went out of the full and should have been a penalty to Batley.

Whaaaaaat ?



Optional kick on the 20m line. Doesn't matter whether it's on the full or not.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:20 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

Oh dear we'll have to wait for Griff.

I first noticed that the stadium clock was behind us when there were 6 minutes left and the stadium had about 6.30 to go. Probably caused by them not restarting when the game restarted. I said to the Great Man at the time that that might just give us an edge if they had the ball in the last set. Anyway, they were stopping the clock at scrums like nobody's business as time ran down and it must've happened again because they ended up over a minute behind. I told the Great Man it'd probably be a four tackle set as they kicked off and that's what it turned out to be.

Gordon and I agreed on the time and that's what matters.

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:25 pm  

The great man? Why were you asking Sachin Tendulkar about time keeping?

Re: Sheffield Eagles vs Batley Bulldogs OFFICIAL MATCH THREA : Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:27 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

The great man? Why were you asking Sachin Tendulkar about time keeping?