Halifax Panthers - 1895 Cup final 17:30

[il cattivo]

29 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

None of your players disappointed - they left everything out there.

I hope that you all had a great day.

indeed they did.

ultimately that's all we can ask.

 

 

[Batley Bob]

 

[distantdog]

The game.

Thought we were rushed and flustered in the first half and tried to be too ambitious too early in our sets. Halifax played it conservatively and just picked up points on our errors backed up with a really tight defence. The last 20 we got it right but sadly just too late. I thought our defence was strong but we seemed flat going forward for much of the time. But what a last 20 and both tries were exceptional, especially with the new 'Wembley's greatest try.'

Saying that, what an experience. It was wonderful to see my team walk out at Wembley and regardless of the result it was such a memorable experience. It was an emotional time from start to finish, not just our game.

Finally, if you haven't seen the video of KN reading out the names of those who could sadly not make the game, do. A simple, yet emotional and worthy tribute to past supporters, many of whom were prominent members of the club community when I first started watching 50 years ago. It proved to me how the past is recognised and how those supporters played a part in our present day successes.

I have never been prouder of the team and the club!

 

Edited August 13 by distantdog

[SUPERSTUD]

Not just this final but the past few years I am not always sure as to how much some of your supporters appreciate how well you guys have done as a club. Honestly the whole group have been fantastic and an absolute credit to the game. 

[gittinsfan]

2 hours ago, distantdog said:

The game.

Thought we were rushed and flustered in the first half and tried to be too ambitious too early in our sets. Halifax played it conservatively and just picked up points on our errors backed up with a really tight defence. The last 20 we got it right but sadly just too late. I thought our defence was strong but we seemed flat going forward for much of the time. But what a last 20 and both tries were exceptional, especially with the new 'Wembley's greatest try.'

Saying that, what an experience. It was wonderful to see my team walk out at Wembley and regardless of the result it was such a memorable experience. It was an emotional time from start to finish, not just our game.

Finally, if you haven't seen the video of KN reading out the names of those who could sadly not make the game, do. A simple, yet emotional and worthy tribute to past supporters, many of whom were prominent members of the club community when I first started watching 50 years ago. It proved to me how the past is recognised and how those supporters played a part in our present day successes.

I have never been prouder of the team and the club!

 

Looked up the video on U Tube and you're right,it's well worth a watch.

It shows the respect that Kevin and the club have for the supporters.

[frank]

Who would have thought that a soft try  would prevent a Dogs win and that's  what happened. We looked very lethargic until the last ten minutes even so Halifax could not break the Dogs defence.  We were all over them in those last ten minutes and they looked to be st-ffed by that stage. Just left it too late to snatch the win.

[Batley Bob]