Sat 13th-Sun 14th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[Griff]

6 minutes ago, POR said:

You forget aston went down like a sack of spuds after kirmond tackle RED CARD Did aston  play on Yes Did he play next week  Yes Can't have been that bad, can it 

Yeah, I don't know what Danny was trying to do there. You don't tackle or block a kick with a bent arm. We'll never know, I suppose.

[roversspud]

52 minutes ago, Griff said:

The referee thought so.  No penalty.  Play on.

Ah but, the referee reconsidered and raised the issue with the disciplinary panel who subsequently banned Aston. Realised it should have been a penalty and a yellow at the very least!

[The Phantom Horseman]

56 minutes ago, Griff said:

Remind me about all those HIAs yesterday.

 

Ok.

Fleming looked to have a clash of heads with his own player.

Eckersley was stopped in his tracks by a superb tackle which nobody who saw it would have described as anything but a great tackle.

Hatton dived head first into Riley Dean's legs/knees as Dean jumped for a high ball and unsurprisingly injured himself.

It's usually best to have seen incidents before making a fool of oneself.

 

[Griff]

6 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Ok.

Fleming looked to have a clash of heads with his own player.

Eckersley was stopped in his tracks by a superb tackle which nobody who saw it would have described as anything but a great tackle.

Hatton dived head first into Riley Dean's legs/knees as Dean jumped for a high ball and unsurprisingly injured himself.

It's usually best to have seen incidents before making a fool of oneself.

 

Just a series of unfortunate events.

[Wolfey Rovers]

Tubbs having a cry again about referee decisions. Bloke needs a new hobby 

[kiggy]

On 13/05/2023 at 21:51, distantdog said:

Both teams really good this afternoon. Batley dug in deep after playing Widnes on Monday but defended like demons against a good, physical side. Woods proving the value of a drop goal yet again.

Batley played well, although TO didn't... apparently. Missed Shorrocks who pulled out on the Saturday morning.

Interesting stat I was told today. Batley didn't give away a single penalty, knock on or six-again in the whole 80 minutes. Isn't that some sort of record?

[distantdog]

1 hour ago, kiggy said:

Batley played well, although TO didn't... apparently. Missed Shorrocks who pulled out on the Saturday morning.

Interesting stat I was told today. Batley didn't give away a single penalty, knock on or six-again in the whole 80 minutes. Isn't that some sort of record?

I am not sure that that is true, I seem to remember Ben White knocking on. On your first point, I think Toulouse played well for 5 minutes either side of half-time, but didn't look great generally. Though, when they did throw the ball about for those ten minutes, they looked impressive.