spanishknight Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, kiggy said: Every game is winnable. To step onto the pitch with a mindset that you are going to lose you might as well stay on the bus. That's Kear for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiggy Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: Can't really blame him. Bradford very unlikely to win the game with a full team against a fresh Toulouse team but not only that it has remifications for next week if the players get battered as they usually do against such a big team. Toulouse are still missing 5 players from being battered by Oldham, some won't be back before, at least, the semifinals. Just because you are a "little" team, doesn't mean you can't leave a mark on a "big" team 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Yeds by 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Horseman Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 11 hours ago, kiggy said: Toulouse are still missing 5 players from being battered by Oldham, some won't be back before, at least, the semifinals. Just because you are a "little" team, doesn't mean you can't leave a mark on a "big" team Which five players are missing from the Oldham game? I know about Schaumkell and Dixon. Who are the other three? Aside of long-term absentee Paul Marcon I'm struggling to think who else might have been injured from last week's game, unless they have named players in the 21 who they know to be injured? I am not one of those people who think Toulouse have been "favoured" by circumstances this year btw- indeed I think they have done everything asked of them and more - but their reduced number of games has definitely turned out to be an advantage for them in terms of injuries, especially when they don't contest either the Challenge Cup or the 1895 Cup. It will be interesting to see how that impacts the play-offs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwalker71 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said: but their reduced number of games has definitely turned out to be an advantage for them in terms of injuries, ***Shock revelation*** "Rugby League players perform better when asked to play less games than when they are flogged week in week out"!!!! Who knew? Perhaps fixture planners night even take this into account going forward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said: Which five players are missing from the Oldham game? I know about Schaumkell and Dixon. Who are the other three? Aside of long-term absentee Paul Marcon I'm struggling to think who else might have been injured from last week's game, unless they have named players in the 21 who they know to be injured? I am not one of those people who think Toulouse have been "favoured" by circumstances this year btw- indeed I think they have done everything asked of them and more - but their reduced number of games has definitely turned out to be an advantage for them in terms of injuries, especially when they don't contest either the Challenge Cup or the 1895 Cup. It will be interesting to see how that impacts the play-offs. Had Batley, Featherstone, London and Halifax travelled to Toulouse the league leaders shield would probably be over by now. How a club that has to travel from the South of France and back (same day, 1600 miles) each week is deemed to have an advantage is absolutely nuts! Edited September 5, 2021 by Scubby 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Horseman Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Scubby said: Had Batley, Featherstone, London and Halifax travelled to Toulouse the league leaders shield would probably be over by now. How a club that has to travel from the South of France and back in a day, (1600 miles) each week is deemed to have an advantage is absolutely nuts! I agree completely if you read the start of my second paragraph. I don't think that invalidates the point I was making though that having played a lot fewer games might prove a big advantage for them at the business end of the season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Horseman Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, paulwalker71 said: ***Shock revelation*** "Rugby League players perform better when asked to play less games than when they are flogged week in week out"!!!! Who knew? Perhaps fixture planners night even take this into account going forward Yep a valid point of course, albeit a slightly different one to the one I was making. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fevrover Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Didn't Toulouse realise they would have to travel when they joined the ENGLISH RL ? Some fans make me laugh. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Horseman Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Whitehaven have beaten Batley at the Mount which puts the cat amongst the pigeons a little bit. Haven arguably the number 3 form team in the league right now and if they sneak into the play-offs they'll fancy their chances of turning over whoever finishes third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls2487 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) After watching Toulouse today I can't see past them for Promotion to SL. Level above any other team we have played this season. Threats all over the pitch and defence is top class. Edited September 5, 2021 by Bulls2487 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield Ram Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said: Whitehaven have beaten Batley at the Mount which puts the cat amongst the pigeons a little bit. Haven arguably the number 3 form team in the league right now and if they sneak into the play-offs they'll fancy their chances of turning over whoever finishes third. Batley beaten and Widnes secure Dewsbury from relegation by turning a 60 point defeat last week into a 60 point win this week. Truly remarkable turnround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fevrover Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bulls2487 said: After watching Toulouse today I can't see past them from Promotion to SL. Level above any other team we have played this season. Threats all over the pitch and defence is top class. Yeah got to agree with that, full time certainly makes a difference but it is what it is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulls2487 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Fevrover said: Yeah got to agree with that, full time certainly makes a difference but it is what it is. It is defo an advantage when FT. I think the playoffs will be exciting when they start in 3 weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwalker71 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Fevrover said: Didn't Toulouse realise they would have to travel when they joined the ENGLISH RL ? Some fans make me laugh. Yes, and they probably assumed that the other teams would travel to their place as well 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Fevrover said: Didn't Toulouse realise they would have to travel when they joined the ENGLISH RL ? Some fans make me laugh. Yep but the probably expected to play half their games at home too? They are established members of the Championship like everyone else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiggy Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, Fevrover said: Yeah got to agree with that, full time certainly makes a difference but it is what it is. Just a suggestion, but they could have two leagues. One with full time teams and one with part time teams. That would make the games a bit fairer. It does seem very unfair at the moment on the part timers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiggy Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Scubby said: Had Batley, Featherstone, London and Halifax travelled to Toulouse the league leaders shield would probably be over by now. How a club that has to travel from the South of France and back (same day, 1600 miles) each week is deemed to have an advantage is absolutely nuts! Toulouse have gone back to flying scutter air now, they have a nice relaxing weekend to enjoy their time in the UK. It's phenomenly cheaper too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiggy Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 32 minutes ago, Bulls2487 said: It is defo an advantage when FT. I think the playoffs will be exciting when they start in 3 weeks. If Toulouse give away the same number of penalties as today they will be in trouble against a fired up Fev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 London nearly bottle it vs Swinton. London losing next week and could come down to final week of season. Think whoever plays fev or Toulouse is getting tonked so I'd take a playoff semi as a fantastic season for Bradford. Good to see Widnes turn it on before we play them next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PECETTO Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 56 minutes ago, Fevrover said: Didn't Toulouse realise they would have to travel when they joined the ENGLISH RL ? Some fans make me laugh. Yes, and Also have home matchs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Fax totally outmatched today against Fev. Fev are just a huge team and physically are as big a team we have played this season apart from Toulouse. They probably scored about 3 tries that involved a little bit of luck(We got one back in the 2nd half) but we made so many basic errors that the result was inevitable. Them and Toulouse are a class above everyone else and I do hope for the good of the game they both end up in the final as I think both deserve it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: Fax totally outmatched today against Fev. Fev are just a huge team and physically are as big a team we have played this season apart from Toulouse. They probably scored about 3 tries that involved a little bit of luck(We got one back in the 2nd half) but we made so many basic errors that the result was inevitable. Them and Toulouse are a class above everyone else and I do hope for the good of the game they both end up in the final as I think both deserve it. This one clearly very well worked at on the training pitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said: This one clearly very well worked at on the training pitch Just one of 3 kick offs we dropped. Did Fev score 4 tries off balls going to ground? Maybe have been 5 that could be a record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 minute ago, The Blues Ox said: Just one of 3 kick offs we dropped. Did Fev score 4 tries off balls going to ground? Maybe have been 5 that could be a record. Can remember 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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