distantdog
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1. Walshaw - He looked a bit sluggish early on, not surprising due to limited games and in that heat, but worked his way into it and that second half was a reminder of his old self.
2. Woods - Led the team around the pitch alomgside his fellow half back partner, 100% kicking success and took the line on more than I've ever seen.
3. Moore - 100% everytime.
Special mention for Greensmith - I know he looked (very) dodgy under the high ball, but what potential this lad has. I hope Kear is able to develop that potential and get the best out of him.
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1 hour ago, 9' oller said:
1. Did linners get a good reception?!
2. Not having much fun on the full time coaching front...
3. Not much mentioned on the ex players thing. Did they all get on the pitch
1. From who?
2. Judging by his post match interview - no!
3. Yes.
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19 minutes ago, bromleybulldog said:
Was Liu, I think, not Gill who scored the last try
Nope, Gill. You can watch the game highlights if you search for the Sheffield Eagles highlights.
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Right, here goes.
1. Greensmith - for scoring, and for consistently being our most dangerous attacking threat.
2. White - always trying to get on the front foot.
3. Moore - 100% everytime.
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Why not just wait and see!
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14 hours ago, Keep The Faith said:
Render - Broken ribs vs bulls, Walshaw be lucky if he plays next 2-3 weeks maybe even longer waiting on results
Thanks for the update.
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12 hours ago, Total Rugby League said:
BATLEY BULLDOGS coach Mark Moxon says morale is high as his team fight to overcome a slow start to the season and escape the Championship...
What did he vow?
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Nonsense decision.
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35 minutes ago, Mick the Miller said:Anyone know the half time draw number?
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Well I'll kick it off!
1. White - He occasionally looked like making a break.
2. Butterworth - generally fielded the kicks well, with the obvious exception
3. Parsons - He adds that bit of extra pace to our movement forward.
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1 minute ago, Keep The Faith said:
Let’s be honest we haven’t had the same 17 if we have it for the next 2/3 weeks we’ll be fine…
I agree. But yesterday we lacked that grunt upfront. Making ground seemed to be a real effort, especially returning uphill from Harris' kicks. We just need a it of stability in selection now. which I guess is your point.
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Not a great performance as mentioned above. York better than us across the park but especially in the forwards which allowed Harris to dictate play. Saying that, l thought the first half was fairly even, we had a couple of good chances to get on the board and Gledhill was held up over the line.
At half time l still thought we were in the game, and a couple of times we were within a try of them but our overall performance didn't deserve a win.
I think this was the game where all our absentees in the forwards caught up with us. Having a full pack of Championship forwards missing told, especially with their first try uphill where we looked lightweight defensively in the middle. Also, Gledhill was playing his first rugby since last year, and it showed.
Because we were dominated in the middle, Greensmith and Myers never really got going and our wingers never had space in front of them.
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Shame you're not playing on the green, green grass of home!
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2 hours ago, bromleybulldog said:
And another on the bench, so 4 in all. Look to be a bit lightweight overall.
This is what happens when you go for a small squad and rely on DR
Maybe, but as mentioned in other posts, I don't think we could have anticipated the level of injuries and suspensions we have had so early on. What size squad would we have had if we hadn't gone with DR?
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2 hours ago, il cattivo said:
well we have 2 hookers at prop this afternoon....things must be bad in the front row department.
kibula
gledhill
brown
cooper
Flynn
all missing.
either injured or unavailable.
grim indeed.
Plus Manning and Walshaw missing. Quite the pack out!
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1 hour ago, Keep The Faith said:
Same last week & Oldham I think we are making moxon either grey or age 20 years
The thing is, other than the opening 15/20 minutes of those games, we've been pretty dominant without playing that well. If we could keep most of our squad playing, there is so much more to come from these players.
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1 hour ago, Keep The Faith said:
Cut the errors and penalties out teams don’t look like scoring against us
I’d be ###### off if I was moxon because he knows what’s going to happen every week but we somehow have the will power to stay in the game
Agree. They scored all of their points off the back of our errors. We were saying that we just had to complete our sets and be patient and we'd score. And stop giving teams two tries start!
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1. Greensmith
2. Wood
3. White
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I don't think we were great today, but when we played with patience and discipline, we looked good. Both the last 15 minutes of each half we were OK. We need to start off the games quicker and stop letting teams get a two try start.
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32 minutes ago, Keep The Faith said:
He didn't even sit on the bench
Did he stand up?
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1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
I watched the Batley v Bradford game today as a neutral having obviously read plenty about it online.
The penalty count against the Bulls was explained by Bradford apparently being "sucked into dark places" by Batley, with the Bulldogs apparently showing their "council house mongrel" credentials (he said this more than once).
I'm not sure what the referee was supposed to do on Sunday, it was a full-blooded game with lots of errors and infringements and as a neutral he seemed to have on okay game but he seemed to be blamed for players losing their cool, I thought he took action where he could (as seven cards testifies) and I think far too often people in RL are inclined to turn their wrath on the officials when the blame lies elsewhere.
I was there as a Batley supporter and enjoyed what was, for 75 minutes a tough uncompromising game with lots of tough challenges, hard rugby and plenty of mistakes ... in short, a typical game of Rugby league. I have no idea what happened to Manning to make him react as he did. Perhaps nothing, but he will deservedly get a decent sanction! It wasn't that bad tempered up to that point, and blaming the ref is just an excuse for Bradford's poor discipline. If, as a team that expect to beat teams well this season they think opponents will just roll over for them, they will be in for a shock! Batley simply got stuck in. Perhaps the team and commentator believed the one-eyed supporters behind the posts, who bayed and moaned at every contact or incident. Their personal abuse of one player specifically was simply obnoxious.
As for the commentator, he can be as biased as he wants to be, but then cannot claim to be a serious journalist if so! I am not sure he is that much of an asset to the wider game. I found Oldham community radio the week before to be as knowledgeable and more balanced!
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Clearly Solitaire isn't the only game in town on Sunday.
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5 hours ago, Wolford6 said:
The Telegraph and Argus reported that Dane Manning had hit Waqa Blake but that is underplaying it. Unless prior verbals were involved, Dane Manning seemingly launched himself at the unexpecting Waqa Blake . . . head-punching him three times. Blake never flinched, did not hit the floor and, as far as I could see at fulltime, was not bleeding.
Whatever punishment the Disciplinary Committee gives him, Dane Manning will have suffered lasting damage to his hardman reputation.
I love going to Batley and their fans on the terrace were great. Unfortunately, we've got some gobscheidt chanters behind the goal who think swearing is clever. Just support your own team lads; there's no need to denigrate the opposition. Let's face it, 90% of you will never have played a game of open-age rugby.
The game itself? The ref tried to keep the game flowing in the first half but the laying-on-in-the tackle became ever more blatant by both sides. As a result, frustration set in and we ended up with a second-half slugfest. The ref had no option but to produce those seven cards . . . both sides lost their cool. The Bulls deserved to win but they should have used its superior class in the backline to make a bigger difference to the score.
A fair assessment of the game and incidents! Manning will get a lengthy ban, deservedly, unless there are some unknown mitigating factors that come to light. I have no particular issue with the yellows, but can never come to terms with the 'put on report' decisions. I am never sure that they solve anything and often create that bit more tension. You are right about the chanting behind the sticks - simply not needed!
Regardless, I really enjoyed the game and thought it was a missed opportunity for Batley. While Bradford were definitely dominant in the first half, they never really made many scoring opportunities after their second try! The Bulls might have deserved to win, but only marginally. There is a lot of skill, pace and size in the side but Batley got in amongst them and nullified much of what they did.
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I thought l just answered your questions!
Anyway, on ...
I thought the ground was relatively 'buzzy' yesterday, but l suppose it's a low bar against Sheffield.