36 replies to this topic

[BatleyFanAndy]

I set off to Post Office Road wanting a win and at one point I thought we might get it, but I suppose a BP will suffice as we couldn't seem to snuff out that 6 and gave Finn way too much room.......again.

The Fev fans were a little disappointed to say the least with Mr Laughton, but he and his 2 TJs were appalling for both sides. I actually though they got away with a lot of laying on and some bad sportsmanship towards the end of the game, but I'm not going to go on about that.

Anyway, good luck next week against Halifax, to the Rovers. See you in the playoffs!

PS a message to RFL, if you appoint a time keeper, make sure they know how to use a clock. They didn't even bother stopping it when Ronnie called it off. Bit of a joke TBH.

[Matt J]

It carries on and is set back to the original time... so no worries about that.

[MR C]

Could you list the events which accuse the Featherstone players of bad sportsmanship? Was this when Preece stood up to play the ball near the end of the second half and stamped on Dickens head and batley got the penalty after the tj came on?
Featherstone laying on? I thought batley were laying on and had fallen asleep under the sunshine at most of the tackles they made!!😄😄
Ps regarding the time keeping. The electronic scoreboard carries on counting when the clock is stopped. When play is restarted by the ref it's then restarted to the moment the ref stopped time. The rfl don't appoint timekeepers. There was 1 Featherstone and 1 batley timekeeper and they both observe stoppages and restarts etc.
Pps Laughton must be the worst referee in any sport and as a police officer I'd be surprised if any of his arrests went to court as I'd never believe him!!!!!😁😁😁

[Robin Evans]

I set off to Post Office Road wanting a win and at one point I thought we might get it, but I suppose a BP will suffice as we couldn't seem to snuff out that 6 and gave Finn way too much room.......again.

The Fev fans were a little disappointed to say the least with Mr Laughton, but he and his 2 TJs were appalling for both sides. I actually though they got away with a lot of laying on and some bad sportsmanship towards the end of the game, but I'm not going to go on about that.

Anyway, good luck next week against Halifax, to the Rovers. See you in the playoffs!

PS a message to RFL, if you appoint a time keeper, make sure they know how to use a clock. They didn't even bother stopping it when Ronnie called it off. Bit of a joke TBH.

The clock is NOT an official clock Andy - the time-keepers have that. It's just a guide.
However, if a player is injured and the ref stops the clock with 11mins 20secs left, the clock will continue to run down until the ref re-starts the game when the clock will be re-set to 11mins 20secs! As I said, it is the same at every ground that has a clock - it is only for a guide. The fev and batley time-keepers officiate on that

[BatleyFanAndy]

In that case regarding the clock, I never knew that, BUT I never saw it go back either after the ref waved time on.

As for sportsmanship, the laying on was mainly done by Rovers, let's be honest. The biggest one that really disappointed me was Dickens knocking the ball down whilst Batley were passing it through for a quick 20 metre restart, right in front of Laughton too. Professional foul is that.

And what with the amount of kicking out of tackles? Can really cause serious injuries can that.

[Cush]

Andy, I thought you played some good rugby mate...both sides played the percentage game re risks,and we got away with some so did you.

A good game of Rugby in my view with some shocking reffing on both sides but a good advert for championship Rugby.

I have been going on about the Kear factor since he joined you lot,I rate him as a coach and I rate Batley as a top of the table side...Well Played !

Edited by Cush, 22 July 2012 - 05:24 PM.

[NEW DOG]

Ok ill give this a go. Firstly lets' be fair and say that Laughton was poor for both sides. Numerous head highs not given to Dogs in first half and we got away with a few things in the second. I wanna look more at our big game mentality. Fetherstone (home & Away), second half against Sheffield last week, Keighley at home. We just dont seem to play with our heads. We have as good as team as any in this league and in my honest (and bias) opinion we have just as good as 1 -17 in the league as anyone else. The thing we lack sometimes is intelligence in play in some of the above games. Moore kicking in the second tackle when we had game momentum, Brown going for the touchline on the first, dropping the ball on the first or second tackle 2 or 3 times. It seems to be something that happens week in week out on the big games. Feel we need a leader or someone to step up to the mark during the 80 mins. On the whole thought we did well especially in the second half. Walmsley really changed the game giving us some fantastic meters to do some damage. Unlucky with a few kicks we dropped in goal. Mr Hardman needs to look at himself for the x2 elbows on preece (no doubt Fev fans will moan about Preece & Dickens altercation though) didnt see enough of it to comment so I wont. 3 good games for us to really put a run together before the big one at Fax at the end. Good luck next week Fev. Makes sure you beat the Batley B team.

Edited by NEW DOG, 22 July 2012 - 05:38 PM.

[BatleyFanAndy]

Andy, I thought you played some good rugby mate...both sides played the percentage game re risks,and we got away with some so did you.

A good game of Rugby in my view with some shocking reffing on both sides but a good advert for championship Rugby.

I have been going on about the Kear factor since he joined you lot,I rate him as a coach and I rate Batley as a top of the table side...Well Played !

Good post.

I also saw it just like you said. Good luck against Fax! I hope you do them!

[MR C]

Didn't see dickens knock the ball down when you tried for a quick restart. I saw a ball thrown for a quick restart and it hit Maloney on the back of the head then bounce away right in front of Laughton. Didn't see any other times of a restart been slowed down. I did see 1 occasion where main in the first half was laying on and in frustration a kick out occurred and you got a penalty. Well milked. Second half dickens holds down, Preece gets up and clearly stamps on his head. Touch judge comes on and batley get a penalty for holding down!!!
Still waiting for you to list all the bad sportsmanship by the Featherstone players.

[sidnee]

Who's Henderson?

[RPH]

and another ECHO....
Good luck next week Fev. Make sure you beat the Batley B team.

Its an amazing day out.......even more so when you win............erm.........awesome

Edited by RPH, 22 July 2012 - 05:37 PM.

[NEW DOG]

Who's Henderson?

I meant Hardman - oooopps

[Matt J]

In that case regarding the clock, I never knew that, BUT I never saw it go back either after the ref waved time on.

As for sportsmanship, the laying on was mainly done by Rovers, let's be honest. The biggest one that really disappointed me was Dickens knocking the ball down whilst Batley were passing it through for a quick 20 metre restart, right in front of Laughton too. Professional foul is that.

And what with the amount of kicking out of tackles? Can really cause serious injuries can that.

By 'Dickens knocking it down' you mean 'Come off the back of Anthony Englands head' right?

By the way, by what measure is using somebodies neck as a point of leverage 'sportsmanship'?

[snake1985]

Never liked Ronnie and never will, always looking for reasons to penalise us, notice how no-one has mentioned the worthington try chalked off for a forward pass.... was at least 2 yards backwards!!! Ronnie summed himself up in 2nd half when giving Batley a penalty for dickens "ripping the ball out" even thought the batley player still had the ball!! he quickly decide to give the penalty for "holding down" rubbish ref that spoiled what was a good game, Batley are always a tough task so glad to get you guys out of the way!! Good luck for rest of season and maybe see you in playoffs

[Paul Gibbins]

The so called knock on by spears when he intercepted resulting in the scrum that led to Batleys last try wasa horrendous call, I turned to the bloke next to me and said what a fantastic take that was............ certainly never touched the ground.

The stamping incident will no doubt be reviewed by the RFL and quite rightly, it was a good game spoiled by rubbish officials but there is some hope, After a pathetic performance reffing fev v hunslet last week Sharrad was demoted this week, Laughton will surely suffer the same fate this week, he's reffed us three times this season and is getting closer than ever to being on the winning side against us

[Matt J]

Never liked Ronnie and never will, always looking for reasons to penalise us, notice how no-one has mentioned the worthington try chalked off for a forward pass.... was at least 2 yards backwards!!! Ronnie summed himself up in 2nd half when giving Batley a penalty for dickens "ripping the ball out" even thought the batley player still had the ball!! he quickly decide to give the penalty for "holding down" rubbish ref that spoiled what was a good game, Batley are always a tough task so glad to get you guys out of the way!! Good luck for rest of season and maybe see you in playoffs

Don't forget Batley offloading the ball and receiving a penalty for it for a strip, and they have to say he wasn't biased

[thundergaz]

Don't forget Batley offloading the ball and receiving a penalty for it for a strip, and they have to say he wasn't biased

Ive gone over the game in my head and i dont think he was biased but i think the important calls in the game went against us so i think thats why we thought that way straight after the game.Batley are a very good team and when a ref gets calls wrong it does'nt help but im so glad that was'nt a cup final because if it was the ref would have won or lost it for us or batley.Its about time ronnie steps down because he causes these debates with other fans if the ref did his job properly today it would have been a great game instead ronnie wanted to be the center of attention as per usual.

Edited by thundergaz, 22 July 2012 - 07:16 PM.

[bulldogtrev]

Could you list the events which accuse the Featherstone players of bad sportsmanship? Was this when Preece stood up to play the ball near the end of the second half and stamped on Dickens head and batley got the penalty after the tj came on?
Featherstone laying on? I thought batley were laying on and had fallen asleep under the sunshine at most of the tackles they made!!������������
Ps regarding the time keeping. The electronic scoreboard carries on counting when the clock is stopped. When play is restarted by the ref it's then restarted to the moment the ref stopped time. The rfl don't appoint timekeepers. There was 1 Featherstone and 1 batley timekeeper and they both observe stoppages and restarts etc.
Pps Laughton must be the worst referee in any sport and as a police officer I'd be surprised if any of his arrests went to court as I'd never believe him!!!!!������������������

In regards to the Preece/Dickens incident. Dickens was penalised for holding down which he was clearly doing. Preece did not delibrately stamp on Dickens head it was an accident.He was trying to play the ball but Dickens would not roll away. In regards to sportsmanship Dickens in the second half dived on the floor more than once when playing the ball trying to milk the penalty.There where incidents involving both sides which is expected in a game of rugby.
In the first half featherstone where the better side and deserved the lead at half-time but in the second half Batley improved and where the better side and should have won the game which included dropping the ball three times over the line.The contest was a good advert for the game.
Powell will be happy going into the NRC Final knowing his players had to bend there backs and looking at the score at Hunslet it look like Halifax had a touch rugby game.

[Batley Bob]

Ive gone over the game in my head and i dont think he was biased but i think the important calls in the game went against us so i think thats why we thought that way straight after the game.Batley are a very good team and when a ref gets calls wrong it does'nt help but im so glad that was'nt a cup final because if it was the ref would have won or lost it for us or batley.Its about time ronnie steps down because he causes these debates with other fans if the ref did his job properly today it would have been a great game instead ronnie wanted to be the center of attention as per usual.

PHEW !!!!!!!! glad thats sorted then , thought youd fallen out wi us

[Matt J]

In regards to the Preece/Dickens incident. Dickens was penalised for holding down which he was clearly doing. Preece did not delibrately stamp on Dickens head it was an accident.He was trying to play the ball but Dickens would not roll away.

But the other way round is still a penalty against the player with the ball in hand... How do you look round then stamp and claim innocence?