RobLambert
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1. Aekins - Possibly his best game for the club for me
2. Wynne - Looked a real danger whenever he touched the ball.
3. Springer - Back to his unstoppable best in that 2nd half
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A vast improvement today. The returning players made a massive difference of course.
I thought that quite a few had their best games for a long time.
An odd game in some respects in that London did (a bit worryingly) make several clear breaks particularly in the first half. Nevertheless imo the scoreline didn't flatter us one bit. With more successful conversions and with some of Wynne's disallowed efforts reversed it could have easily been 50.
Serious question but did Wilde actually touch the ball ? Did he go off injured ?
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1. Day
2. Beckett
3. Gorman (I'm critical of DR and I'm not sure he's up to scratch at this level but you can't fault his effort which stands out in this years bunch)
Always interesting to see other's MOM votes and whilst we might look for different things - how on earth has Vuniyawa received several votes for his usual ineffective 15 minute stint. Am I looking at someone else ??
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12 hours ago, Michael Bates said:
Having just watched the "highlights", is Olpherts and Barley the worst defensive centre/wing pairing that's ever played the game?
I'm sure there must have been but I'm struggling to think of one at the minute.
I'm reminded of the Major on Fawlty Towers. Noooo... There was that hotel at Eastbourne......
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30 minutes ago, fevnut said:
RFL Match Centre and League Express also have it as 3pm on Sunday. It's shameful that the club's own website don't have the game listed at all in the Fixtures section although there are links on the page to buy tickets for three matches that have been and gone!
Shameful indeed. I had a look at a random sample of websites the other day. None were worse than ours. Cornwall's is fantastic.
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38 minutes ago, coolie said:
I'm starting to take no pleasure in your current plight mate
And it's becoming a bit of a worry
Is this going to get turned around??
Anytime soon?
Not seen nowt of Phil Lox for a while is he OK?
Talking to a fev fan mate and he was quite critical of recruitment, current playing squad, and direction the club is going in, any new personnel coming in? How's C Turner doing? How's O'connor playing for me he was the best signing from us, Beckett was a solid lad how is he shaping up in the championship as he's used to playing in a struggling team, how's your crowds holding up paying top dollar and been served up the rugby their getting
You'll be fine you might need a clear out like we did to freshen the team up... Done us some good.
For me the Dews lads have done well. Beckett is our best middle. O'Connor a mystery to some of us why he doesn't start - especially when he's losing out to DR. Turner maybe unfairly been a scapegoat given that he was really a 4th choice HB. I think he's done ok though. As for the rest imo its been the worst season for recruitment I can recall. Its been a worrying trend in recent seasons in that we sign anyone that becomes available but this year takes the biscuit
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2 hours ago, Squidward said:
Don't like to single out players and after today's performance it would be unfair as the majority were very substandard but I'm a bit angry so...
Barley. Why?
Gale Hardcastle and O'Connor were all in the squad. Hardcastle never let's you down. Gale even in his current under performing mode drives in hard and is defensively sound. O'Connor has been good on attack and defence.
Barley clearly has speed but his tackling is nonexistent. Armitage and Gill had the time of their lives. In mitigation Barley was hardly helped by Olpherts.
Josh, O'Connor and Gale in the centre for me or even Wynne with Gale on the wing.
Gorman next. Someone a week ago compared him with Steadman. That made me laugh. Steady found ways to beat players. Sidestep, show and go, chip, grubber etc. Gorman is way more limited but even being compared to Steady is a compliment. Saying that I like Gorman. He's enthusiastic and committed with a great engine. My biggest problem with him is that he's driving the ball in every set. I believe he did it twice in one set today. He's the smallest man on the pitch and doesn't take any juice out of the tacklers. Why is this happening like last week. Surely its a coaching issue or is he just doing what he wants. Why isn't the captain reigning this in or is it without the likes of Josh and GG there's no one to stick their hand up for the one man carries.
I realise the big problem is with the half backs and it was highlighted so well today by Meadows in particular running at and then across the line. Our creativity in the absence of Reynolds is virtually nil.
I'll be there next week. Hopefully PC and his coaching team will have learnt a few things today.
Agree with all this. Apart from whether I go next week. I'll decide when I see who Cooke selects. Some players not fit to wear the shirt this season - especially today. I'm fed up of hearing on this forum about how we are losing games because we have some middles out and we have a slightly smaller pack. We've been turned over before in recent times all too often when a more mobile pack wanted it more (e.g. London '23) Today was more about no heart and effort from us and maybe the most important thing - one or two completely useless wastes of space we've signed that are maybe just dragging the team down in terms of attitude and being paid too much. As has also been suggested I don't look at the return of the injured players as being the end of the problems. Something else seems to be very wrong.
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Anyone know if there were any known injuries from yesterday ? I think it was O' Connor that pulled up as he passed the ball to Wynne for his long range try ?
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7 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Actually there was an update on the Blue Wall Voice FB page from one of their representatives the other day:
"Ben Reynolds has had an operation on his ankle and will be out for several weeks and all options are being considered in a highly competitive area for a short term acquisition"Thanks. I need to get into this facebook thing.
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1 hour ago, marklaspalmas said:
.......although it's generally known Reynolds has done his ankle.
Serious point but how do you get to find out about the generally known stuff. The only thing I recall seeing about Reynolds (on this forum I think) was that he'd done his hamstring. All very frustrating given the lack of official news - especially when a hamstring is more likely to be weeks / months with an ankle anything up to season ending ?
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2 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Still no Boothroyd or Springer, Vuniyayawa missing too. Wynne returns as expected.
Vuniyayawa probably needs a rest
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6 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Poor man's Des in my opinion.
I genuinely keep forgetting his first name so I have to call him Tom
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8 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
It will be interesting to see what Cooke's thoughts are on the pecking order on the wing now Wynne is available again. I've seen a few people on FB saying they'd drop Gale, and it's true that he hasn't really been at his best carrying the ball so far this season, but he's our best defender amongst the threequarters by a country mile and fans never seem to take this into account; he probably saved two tries on our left edge by well-timed interventions against Sheffield whereas the right edge was vulnerable every time the ball went that way.
For me Wynne is our number 1 winger at the moment. (He's got a lot better in the last few weeks though). For whatever reason I don't think Gaz has been at his best for a long time. He seems to have lost confidence in his ability to run straight over the top of his opposite number. Nevertheless I would still have Olpherts as 3rd choice. On Sundays showing alone I would have dropped him - In terms of errors, brainless play and poor attitude he was horrendous. It will be interesting to see how Cooke sees it.
I wonder if Carlos in the halves is still an option - or was that just something suggested on here ? Might be worth trying something different and, as has been said above, I would like to see Tom O'Connor and Arnold get a game. Hopefully Boothroyd and / or Springer are in contention ?? We need to shake things up wherever we can based on Sunday's showing.
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1. Beckett - It makes me wonder if the lad looks at 'King' and Akauola and thinks how the hell do they get away with only doing a couple of 12 minute spells in games (and probably getting paid twice as much)
2. Hardcastle - Never has a bad game.
3. Turner - From other comments I doubt this is a popular vote but I think he did ok - again. With another half back on the pitch today we'd have won imo.
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2 hours ago, Fevrover said:
I didn't know that with having a ST.
Its news to me
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I don't get the negativity. We look to have moved quickly on this and secured a quality half back who is arguably way better than the 2 we have lost - put together. I mean yesterday did we think we'd have a new half back for the Sheffield game ? - I certainly didn't. So how many games will he miss ? Assuming the above comments are true - Ryan may be fit in 4-6 weeks (lets say 5). He'll miss Catalans (do we care ?) and another week which is blank on my fixture list (1895 cup ??) so may only miss 2 league games after Sheff ? Plus given that we've lost Reynolds for an unknown period of time it wouldn't surprise me if the club are looking for someone else on a short term basis at least.
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2 hours ago, Featherstonerovers2000 said:
Well the Tuimavava at 6 won’t work as he isn’t named in 21 man squad
Has he left on alleged compassionate grounds as well
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Is Paddy Handley Irish ? or is that like the Pope pooing in the woods thing ?
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52 minutes ago, Michael Bates said:
He should have been sacked when we lost to London in the playoffs in 23. It baffles me that he's still in a job, despite showing no improvement.
I'd take no improvement...... It's got worse lol.
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33 minutes ago, Chris Taylor said:
We just lost our two starting half-backs, Lacans has just come back from a serious injury - this result doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Would love to know who you all think would be our next coach!
Maybe in terms of a lack of creativity it is understandable to some degree but Lacans looked sharp in pre-season and I'd been impressed with Turner. Plus London tried to hand us the win and we threw it away. Would Reynolds / Herring have been able to change that ? We should have had the quality to win this game. But yet again we've been (can't believe I'm using this term already) out-enthused. Looking at the results overall since Ford took over - the shock Fev defeats v Surprise Fev wins ratio is dire. Plus given the dull way we play the results almost need to be better than expected to bring the fans back. We have no ideas / last tackle options & poor execution too often imo.
As for a new coach as I've said before - anyone will do.
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1. Reynolds
2. Webb
3. Hatton
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1 hour ago, Mark T said:
Fix
Well I know the old warm balls in the bag thing has been a joke for years and those of us that question it are seen as idiots but I'd turn that argument on its head and say... how many times do we have to get the same draw before we suspect that something is not quite right. Forgetting Fev though - I'm a statto and also believe that luck evens itself out and as I've said before its virtually implausible that year after year clubs below SL progress no further than the last 16 as they are kept apart in the draw.
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1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:
You could predict it. How many times have we been drawn against them. Awful draw. Arguably the worst in the bag.
No argument. For many reasons it is the worst draw by a mile (well nearly 1000 miles)
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All 5 clubs below SL kept apart and only 1 of the 5 getting a home draw. Just saying. No conspiracy theory here though
Match thread. Championship Round 6. Oldham v Featherstone Rovers. Sunday 13th April 2025, 3.00pm
in Featherstone Rovers
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Oldham had a few moments but I think overall we caused them more problems than they did us. Bet side lost for me.