Sat 24th-Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[Barley Mow]

Sat 24th-Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Please stick to discussing the matches in question and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum.

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique KO 18:00

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00

[Normy_Rover]

9 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:

Sat 24th-Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Please stick to discussing the matches in question and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum.

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique KO 18:00

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00

Some intriguing encounters this week, only confident with Trinity beating Fax

Edited August 21 by Normy_Rover

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Toulouse, Barrow, Dewsbury (possibly a bye), Doncaster, Wakey, Widnes, York.

[doc]

On 21/08/2024 at 10:32, Barley Mow said:

Sat 24th-Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique KO 18:00

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00

 

[The Blues Ox]

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique Fev by 4

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions Swinton by 4
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven Whitehaven by 4
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls Doncaster by 4
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity Wakefield by 44
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles Widnes by 4
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs Batley by 4

[Fevrover]

50 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique Fev by 4

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions Swinton by 4
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven Whitehaven by 4
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls Doncaster by 4
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity Wakefield by 44
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles Widnes by 4
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs Batley by 4

I hope your FOURtunate with your predicted FOURcast. ☺ 

[Agbrigg]

Bookies have Tolouse getting two. Or should I say TWOlose

[Blind side johnny]

On 21/08/2024 at 10:32, Barley Mow said:

Sat 24th-Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique KO 18:00

SUNDAY 25th AUGUST

Barrow Raiders v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Doncaster v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Wakefield Trinity KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
York Knights v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00

 

[ivans82]

Fev  ,  Barrow  ,  Haven  ,  Doncaster  ,  Wakefield  ,  Widnes  ,  York .

[David Shepherd]

I'm laid up after an emergency operation. Do French TV stream TOXIII away games?

[Rene_Artois]

8 minutes ago, David Shepherd said:

I'm laid up after an emergency operation. Do French TV stream TOXIII away games?

Only home games I think. Worth trying the Ocitaine channel though just in case

[The Phantom Horseman]

Fev 22 Toulouse 10, another tremendously resilient performance from Fev who with a few players back seem unrecognisable from a few weeks ago.

[sentoffagain2]

      The game was a credit to The Championship.

[Simon Hall]

Do the Fev fans still want Fordy out or have they cheered up a bit now? 

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Simon Hall said:

Do the Fev fans still want Fordy out or have they cheered up a bit now? 

No us who didn't still don't. Not everyone wanted him out.

[Michael Bates]

11 hours ago, Simon Hall said:

Do the Fev fans still want Fordy out or have they cheered up a bit now? 

I still want him gone and have done since he coached us to third in a one horse race.

[POR]

Here you go all the tries

 

Edited August 25 by POR

[The Phantom Horseman]

12 hours ago, Simon Hall said:

Do the Fev fans still want Fordy out or have they cheered up a bit now? 

The easy narrative is always to blame the coach when things go wrong. For instance Applegarth was widely regarded by Wakefield fans as being totally out of his depth last year and there were multiple threads after each loss on their forum wondering how on earth he was still in a job (they also didn't rate Fordy!). Put Applegarth in a different situation this year and it's a different story.

A lot of fans take a very short-term view, and there were plenty wanted Ford out last October even though he'd been in the job less than 2 months.

This year Fev undoubtedly had some shocking performances but like many clubs we were racked by injuries especially at half back, and as a York fan you'll have seen ample evidence over the last couple of years that losing your half backs can cripple a team.

Fev have had players playing out of position and carrying knocks all year - again, so have plenty of other teams, but it's no coincidence that finally getting a number of players back from injury/suspension, coupled with some astute signings, has seen improved performances. To me this highlights the fact that there's often more to a team's performances than the coach being great/rubbish.

The "Fordyball" detractors would have seen plenty to back up their theories this year with plenty of five-drives-and-a-kick stuff but that's partly been down to the personnel we've had and we were more fluent yesterday with 2 proper half backs than we have been all year. I'm not necessarily a detractor nor an unconditional fan of our current coach, but we've had something like 10 coaches in the last 10 seasons and I just think a bit of stability would be a good idea.

[Agbrigg]

Yes looks like Fev are hitting a bit of form at the right time. Championship GF at Belle Vue against Wakey would be a packed house with a fantastic atmosphere.

[DEANO]

23 minutes ago, Agbrigg said:

Yes looks like Fev are hitting a bit of form at the right time. Championship GF at Belle Vue against Wakey would be a packed house with a fantastic atmosphere.

Yes. All the glory fans who are staying away will be back

[Fevrover]

4 hours ago, DEANO said:

Yes. All the glory fans who are staying away will be back

So long as the trouble makers aren't- been nice without em.

[bromleybulldog]

Whitehaven name just 14 players at Dewsbury

[Colin James]

49 minutes ago, bromleybulldog said:

Whitehaven name just 14 players at Dewsbury

Have they got all 14 on the pitch at once?

[JonM]

Widnes 19 Sheffield E 0 HT

Sheffield probably ahead on territory and possession, but a bit lacking in threat near the line and Widnes have defended their line well. Widnes, on the other hand, have scored pretty much every time they've been near the Sheffield goal line. Definitely not over yet.

[LeeF]

Dewsbury 0 Whitehaven 16 HT

Dewsbury are down to 12 after a red card late on in the first half.