21 Sept: Championship Semi-Final: York City Knights v Featherstone Rovers KO 3pm (TV)

[spanishknight]

23 hours ago, Simon Hall said:

York 146 - Featherstone 1

What, you think Fev will score?.

[Simon Hall]

3 hours ago, spanishknight said:

What, you think Fev will score?.

Yeah, first. 

[Denton Rovers RLFC]

Hopefully York, even more so after a significant element of Fevs disgusting fans have shown their true colours.

[Steve Slater]

York have been consistent all season while Fev have had their off days which have prevented them finishing above the Knights. The recent surrender of commanding leads against Toulouse and York themselves, and shock home defeats to Dewsbury and Barrow were due to complacency. I don't think there will be any complacency on Saturday!

[Nate90]

I think this will be a tight game.

[Cardypaul]

I think a lot will depend on whether Fev take their chances. If they do I think they will win convincingly as happened at Fev and Blackpool if they don’t and it goes to a tight finish got a feeling York may pinch it as they have done on numerous occasions this season. Interesting game to watch!!!

[Trojan]

Fev fans remember your flat caps and your bottle caps.  Let's thwart them in this if in nothing else!

[The Phantom Horseman]

1 hour ago, Cardypaul said:

I think a lot will depend on whether Fev take their chances. If they do I think they will win convincingly as happened at Fev and Blackpool if they don’t and it goes to a tight finish got a feeling York may pinch it as they have done on numerous occasions this season. Interesting game to watch!!!

Yes York's record in tight games this season is amazing. They have been in 11 games that have been decided by one score or less (six points) and they have won ten of them!

Normally you'd say they were prime candidates to regress to the mean next season (assuming they don't get promoted which of course is still a possibility), but I think there's more to it than just coincidence that they have managed to see out so many tight games.

[marklaspalmas]

It's going to be a cracking game this.

I thought last Sunday's game was quality and even though FEv were on top I thought the Centurions played well.

More of the same quality on Saturday.

[Eleftherios]

I'm going for York by 6 points. Looking forward to attending this game. Lovely city.

[hunslet ramone]

Good luck to Fev . Fev to win by 12

[Lowdesert]

No doubt a difficult game for both clubs and tipsters.  Won’t be much in it.  IMO, the slugging last week won’t have done York any good and Fev, with indifferent form sometimes, have a shot.

York by 2.

[Bleep1673]

Featherstone by 24, because York will bottle it, sorry.

[wilsontown]

The one thing we won't do is bottle it. We might lose, hey ho, but this team will fight to the end.

[Stirlin]

 

looking good.

[The Phantom Horseman]

5 hours ago, Stirlin said:

 

looking good.

Wait, Tim Spears, Jordan Baldwinson AND Andy Ellis? The ghost of Fevs team from 4 or 5 years ago lives on, you'll be telling us you're signing Will Sharp next...

[spanishknight]

8 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

Featherstone by 24, because York will bottle it, sorry.

They've been saying that all season.

[The Phantom Horseman]

7 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

Featherstone by 24, because York will bottle it, sorry.

That's much the weirdest comment on this thread. 11 league games decided by one score this year and York won ten of them, they are the absolute opposite of bottle merchants. 

I dont think the verb "bottle" (or lack of it) applies to rugby league players anyway, but if it did, the only appropriate use in these play offs would be if Toronto don't qualify again.

[Gav Wilson]

11 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

Featherstone by 24, because York will bottle it, sorry.

Odd comment, that.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

On 19/09/2019 at 09:47, The Phantom Horseman said:

Yes York's record in tight games this season is amazing. They have been in 11 games that have been decided by one score or less (six points) and they have won ten of them!

Normally you'd say they were prime candidates to regress to the mean next season (assuming they don't get promoted which of course is still a possibility), but I think there's more to it than just coincidence that they have managed to see out so many tight games.

Not too disimilar to Batley in 2016 who won 5, and drew 1, of the 8 games that they were involved in where 6 or fewer points separated the teams.

[Blind side johnny]

Fev will hope to emulate the big boys up the road and keep winning away from home.

Should be a cracker.

[MADREDNIGE]

7 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Wait, Tim Spears, Jordan Baldwinson AND Andy Ellis? The ghost of Fevs team from 4 or 5 years ago lives on, you'll be telling us you're signing Will Sharp next...

Yeah but three good players for Fev. 

[Bleep1673]

7 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:

Odd comment, that.

What is odd?

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

7 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

Fev will hope to emulate the big boys up the road and keep winning away from home.

Should be a cracker.

Surely the 'big boys' were emulating Fev?

[GaryHall]

Is the trainer/physio going to be on the field longer than Chisholm was in the league fixture. I hope so because his backside was the difference between both teams when Conner's kick hit it and the Knights scored from the resulting scrum.