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The Phantom Horseman

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  1. That's a fairly accurate description of what happened but in terms of overall context the "imploding" happened to both teams at different teams (Fev gifted lots of field position to Batley in the first 20 minutes through poor discipline), and indeed the reason Batley found themselves with a scrum 10m out in the closing stages was because two Fev players went for the same high kick and knocked on, that was the first time Batley were in an attacking position in the second half. Overall it was a fairly typical game at the Mount in that the slope had its usual massive impact. Fev as mentioned were very poor in the first 20 minutes and Batley were very good and full value for their 18-point lead. Fev got a lifeline with a late first half try and just as had Fev had given Batley field position through mistakes/poor discipline playing uphill, the reverse happened in the second half with Batley errors helping Fev dominate. Fev will feel they got out of jail, Batley will feel like it's one that got away.
  2. Paul Turner has now arrived in the UK. Hoping we'll get to see him in the next 2 or 3 weeks.
  3. Willie Peters via Matthew Shaw: "Zach Fishwick played for Featherstone at the weekend and we've got a few more going to Featherstone again this week." https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-krs-loan-market-conundrum-9162484 Not surprising as Fordy has said all along that DR players would feature and the start of the league season was always where we were likely to see the first significant batch.
  4. Indeed. When we beat them early in the season they had Kieran Dixon and Tom Nisbet on the wing. By the time we played them again, it was Blake Ferguson and Krisnan Inu! They'd also added Ipape and O'Donnell by then.
  5. Think Turner might need a week or two once he arrives as he was recovering from an injury until fairly recently. Interesting that in his post-game interview on Sunday Fordy said "there's some new players coming in next week", we know about Turner but I wonder if he meant players returning from injury, DR additions or maybe someone else? We'll need to keep an eye on Batley's new prolific tryscoring sensation, with 4 tries already this season this L Cooper fella has been terrorising defences.
  6. "I'm not putting up with losing at Fev, SIGN SOMEBODY." "Let's not panic, there's nobody any good available at the moment. I mean there's a winger who Leeds have been trying to move on for ages, but surely..." "I SAID SIGN SOMEBODY!!!!!" https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/derrell-olpherts-leaves-leeds-rhinos-28802069
  7. On the General forum someone was spouting off about the pitch being "the usual mudbath" so I pointed out the only time in the last year or two where pitch conditions in the WF postcode had caused injuries... https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-trinity-pitch-pictures-impact-26390411 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/tom-johnstone-wakefield-pitch-injuries-26281719
  8. Here's another quote I've stolen from Wakefield's social media..."who do we want in the sixth round?" For me...obviously Cas at home would be top of the list. But any SL team at home would be good, or a big SL team away. The ones we want to avoid...Catalans away would be the nightmare draw by a long way. London away would be not good either, though less expensive and at least a chance of winning. Probably wouldn't want Sheffield away either as that wouldn't be much of a gate.
  9. Think that's the one draw nobody at the club would want, from a financial/expenses point of view it would negate what would have been a lucrative gate against Wakefield. Plus very little realistic chance of winning.
  10. My favouite comment so far from the Wakefield RLFans forum... "Luck and a pigsty of a pitch won the game for rovers. Their ground is barely championship standard."
  11. I was thinking, when was the last time you saw such sheer delight on the players' faces at the end of a game? There's something about being the underdog that suits this club, honestly I would have felt pretty upbeat about that game even if we'd lost on golden point.
  12. I thought it would still be 10-10 after the 20 minutes or however long they allow, I couldn't see anyone getting a drop goal off the ground in those conditions.
  13. I've been pleasantly surprised by him too, and he seems to be able to play in the middle or back row.
  14. Before my time that, but there's been at least one Cup game against Wakefield since then. February 1976, a game notable for the debut of Fev legend Steve Quinn. Fev won that one too!
  15. Yep, the two might be connected of course as all the intended interchanges go out of the window when someone is ruled out so early. FWIW I thought we finished the stronger in the last 15 minutes of regulation time and again in golden point time, so fair play to Fordy. Did Addy do 80+ minutes? He was immense today but so were many others...Gadwin...Josh...Gaz...both halves played their socks off...Brad England gives it his all doesn't he...80+ minmutes for Jonesy too.
  16. To answer your question...Manoa Wacokecoke came from Hull Ionians, having been released by Hull FC without making a first-grade appearance. He's in his first first-grade season, he's 19 and is still very raw. He's one of a number of players in the Fev squad who have arrived from pretty humble backgrounds. We've got a guy we signed from Hunslet amateurs (who played big minutes today), a guy we signed from Upton, a guy who was released by Doncaster, another who was released by Keighley, another we signed from Pontefract rugby union. Our makeshift half back today was Harry Bowes who was a hooker released by Wakefield. Still plenty of quality in the Fev squad but there are a lot of relatively unknown/inexperienced players in the squad, unlike previous years when we had almost an embarrasment of riches.
  17. Terrific contest, old-school cup tie in every way and hope it was as entertaining for neutrals watching as it was for fans of either team.
  18. Wow, how good was that?!?! Proper old-school cuptie. I said beforehand I just hoped we had a dig, and did we ever! We'll be watching that game again on RoversTV Gold in years to come like so many of the classics. Backs to the wall, lost Bussey after 2 minutes, yet saw it out and in my very biased opinion were deserving winners. Great to have the feelgood factor back, and it's while since we've been able to relish being underdogs.
  19. I get that it won't be everyone's cup of tea but for me this has been a cracking old school cup tie so far.
  20. Oh dear, entitled much? Nothing wrong with the pitch at Fev which, by the way, has been full size for a number of years...do try and keep up. Don't remember having many complaints about it causing injures like this from last year, anyway... https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-trinity-pitch-pictures-impact-26390411 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/tom-johnstone-wakefield-pitch-injuries-26281719
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