[Match thread: Championship Rd 21 Summer Bash. Featherstone Rovers v Leigh. Saturday 30th July 2022.]

9 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

We're in the east stand and terrace , bloody rubbish view , still get wet if it rains , and the sun in our eyes if it shines  

So who's got the south ? 

Not sure, maybe ‘fax. A dulls fan I know reckons they’re on western too which seems daft. 

[Match thread: Championship Rd 21 Summer Bash. Featherstone Rovers v Leigh. Saturday 30th July 2022.]

20 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

You lot in the south stand ? 

Western terrace

Think some might be sat in North

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

41 minutes ago, Jughead said:

So nobody was “forced” then. At no point did The RFL tell people they must or threatened to label anybody racist. 

Can you point out where I said anyone was "forced".

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

1 minute ago, Jughead said:

They weren’t at all. 

The game announced they’d have time allocated for an anti discrimination message. Nobody was instructed that they must take the knee or that they would be labelled as a racist if they didn’t (many didn’t and haven’t been labelled as such but let’s not let the truth spoil the rage). 

Bit of selective amnesia there.

There was huge pressure on players of all sports to take the knee. Many who bravely refused were vilified on social media and in the mainstream press.

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

20 minutes ago, Jughead said:

The thing is, in 2022 in some countries people who are gay don’t have basic human rights. 32 countries on the planet allow gay marriage. It’s 2022 and that’s what, 22-25% of the planet? In many countries, gay people don’t have the basic human rights so many others are allowed and I struggle to support the Manly players for reasons posted here about the makeup of Manly’s existing sponsors based on religious grounds, where teachings are typically to show respect and understanding to others. 

All of that is true and should be campaigned against.  You're going after the wrong target in 7 Manly players who for their own perfect valid reasons (even if I disagree with them, and I do) do no want to participate.

Not convinced by the arguments around alcohol sponsorship. Didn't Jesus magic some booze from somewhere? Are those Belgian monks that make ale sinners? And I honestly don't know enough about the issue of gambling and religion to comment.   

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Thank you for questioning the make up of every Pride event in every country ever. 

Which I didn't do. I was clearly speaking of my own experiences, you just invented all of that in your head.

[Kevin proctor-sacked for Vaping]

6 hours ago, Kayakman said:

Why would anyone want to post a of video of them vaping in a shitter?

I just don't get it.

Our friendship group has a tradition of taking a picture of a bride on her wedding day sat on the bog in full wedding attire.

However, that's probably a bit specialist even for the internet. Luckily my wife's only exists on film.

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

4 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I find it ironic that the next post after this one literally said "I'm not in favour of trans rights" and you gave it a like.

He was expressing a view that he is entitled to. I like on the basis that he had the courage to stand up and share it in the knowledge that the correct thinkers would be along to shoot him down.

I'm torn on the issue myself, although I'm struggling to see what "rights" trans people are lacking in this country.

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Which is part of the reason events like Pride and LGBTQ community events exist, to bring attention to such issues across the planet where basic human rights aren’t met because of their feelings. 

Being unable to want basic human rights for everybody doesn’t seem very religious-y to me. 

Have you ever been on a Pride march?

They are 80% straight people virtue signaling and having a day on the ale, 19% Gay people celebrating their community and 1% brain impaired revolutionaries that think being anything other than trans means you're sub-human.

Me and my daughter hated it, we'll never go on another.

At no point did Loiner ever suggest that LGBT people should not have the same human rights as everyone else.

I'm not religious at all, in fact I struggle to believe that anyone is.  However, billions of people around the world are and their views must be respected. 

 

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

5 minutes ago, Loiner said:

Where did I say they shouldn't have basic human rights? What about the human rights of the players who don't want to wear the shirt.

This is the problem with debates about issues like this. You made a perfectly reasonable point but instead of getting a reasonable response, it was insinuated that you didn't think LGBT people should have the same human rights as everyone else.

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

5 minutes ago, Loiner said:

Good for them, I think people in general are sick to the back teeth of have lgbtq+ constantly rammed down our throats (No pun intended). I've no problem with people living there lives how they want to but don't subject me to it.

Exactly.  Live and let live.

I don't even know why anyone in western democracies protests about LGBT rights anymore. There are no impediments on the lives of LGBT people. They are absolutely equal and rightly so. It's a total non-issue to 99.9% of people. And the 0.01% are the kind of folk that would moan about anything.

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

7 minutes ago, paulwalker71 said:

 

I don't think anyone on this thread has said otherwise

 To me, it's about the hypocrisy. They are perfectly happy to run out in a jersey with a betting company as main sponsor - and industry which ruins a large number of lives every year.

But a jersey which supports a community of people who cause no harm to anyone is suddenly 'against their religion'

Either take a proper stand on the bible - or don't. But don't cherry pick when it suits.

Fair point

[Match thread: Championship Rd 21 Summer Bash. Featherstone Rovers v Leigh. Saturday 30th July 2022.]

We had a 10 minute spell yesterday when we put some ooomph into defense and played some rugby.

Play like that for 80 mins and we've a chance.

Play like we did for the other 70 mins yesterday and it'll be a score that wouldn't look out of place on the other Headingley pitch. 

[Manly players refusing to wear Pride Jersey]

5 hours ago, Jughead said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Danny_Weidler/status/1551462666434396160

Depressing. 

Is it depressing? They're standing up for their personal religious beliefs. They are perfectly entitled to do so. I'm an atheist, but I respect other's beliefs. 

I'm also the proud father of a gay daughter.  I wouldn't wear a pride shirt either (and neither would she).

It's a pathetic "look at me and what a nice person I am" thing that straight people have jumped on.

 

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

1 hour ago, tim2 said:

This is true and why I hate the format. I still have Leigh as massive favourites, and I'm even 100% sure at this stage that they'll be playing Fev either, for the same reason. Fev are only a bit better than the challengers and one stupid red card and/or a couple of injuries before and on the day might be enough for them to lose the semi-final.

The final is more likely to be Leigh v 'fax or Batley.

Fev are not as good as either of them.

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

I think the disruption to the Cas team for the final game re Zac Hardacre went a long way to disrupting Castleford both tactically and between the ear holes which helped Leeds no end in winning the game.

Who in the Leigh camp is our best bet for doing a Zak? 

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

1 minute ago, georgeb1 said:

oh well , see you next season for this to be continued

I should have been clearer.  Featherstone were absolute dross.

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

12 minutes ago, wasginger said:

This league must be absolutely terrible if Fev can be in 2nd place. Especially considering today Fev only had 15 fit players for about an hour, after Riley Jacks and Jack Bussey both went off injured. Fev have been absolutely terrible this season. I'm sat shaking my head.

We were lucky today that York are in even worse form than we are.  80 minutes of absolute dross.

[MOM Featherstone Rovers v York]

Jones 

Hall

Davies

 

Terrible team performance all round. Picked Jones because we actually had a 10 minute spell of playing rugby that he was the instigator of.  Hall tackled like a man possessed and Davies just did Davies stuff.  The rest were complete garbage. 

[Match thread: Championship Rd 20. Featherstone Rovers v York. Sunday 24th July 2022.]

Absolutely awful performance.

Is there even any point forking out for a bash ticket?

 

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

 

And on to the bash, I am taking nothing for granted.

I’d put my mortgage of Leigh winning by more than 50

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

52 minutes ago, clogdance said:

Blimey, York haven't been great in recent weeks have they ? Still think you'll win though, unless you lot are saving yourselves for next week !

80-0 next week. We’re like a brand new under 9s team

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

2 minutes ago, clogdance said:

Really ?

Yep. It’s only York not been able to catch that’s kept us in it.

worst half of rugby I’ve seen since Bastian was coach.

 

[Sat 23rd-Sun 24th Jul: The Betfred Championship Match Thread]

Fev are absolutely awful. Tempted to leave at 1/2 time

[Squad 2022]

25 minutes ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

Hasn't the transfer window closed and hence even if there is an announcement it's not likely to be a signing for this season.

I think as long as the paperwork was filed before the deadline, it's OK.