Match thread: Pre-Season friendly. Featherstone Rovers v Dewsbury. Saturday 18th January 2025. 4.00pm.

[Featherstonerovers2000]

17 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Addy too, so that's four of our regular middles. Arnold has a knock but my guess is that Fordy wants to keep some of our "senior" middles as fresh as possible at this stage of the season - perhaps we will see them against Huddersfield? 

He said in club house that he know what type of players addy,akauola and king are so he using these two first preseason games as a opportunity for others to earn a spot in team 

and we have some injuries in 

Arnold had hamstring injury 

day elbow injury 

gale broke 3 ribs against Bradford in last game of last season leading to him still recovering 

 

[Phil Briscoe]

Fair enough makes sense and goes some way to suggesting which front rowers might be in the 17.

[POR]

7 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

The game and kick off time was announced on 13th December and hasn't been changed since.

That said, I think it's fair to say that our website is rather lacking in information in some aspects - the full season schedule still isn't up there and the "team" list is still last year's.

i think the team will appe

[POR]

1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Addy too, so that's four of our regular middles. Arnold has a knock but my guess is that Fordy wants to keep some of our "senior" middles as fresh as possible at this stage of the season - perhaps we will see them against Huddersfield? 

Don't forget cc game before giants

[fevnut]

13 hours ago, Featherstonerovers2000 said:

I don’t want to be picky but dan Clarke is  a half back not second row and Louie walker is a fullback/half

I don't regard that as picky. If someone knows better than me I welcome corrections!

[Phil Briscoe]

Easy mistake to make Dan Clarke is a big boy and surely will have to go into a loose forward ball handling role in the near future. He’s the biggest half back I’ve seen since Jordan Abdull!!! Big King in commentary couldn’t believe it when he came on in the halves on Tuesday. 

[The Phantom Horseman]

10 hours ago, Featherstonerovers2000 said:

 

gale broke 3 ribs against Bradford in last game of last season leading to him still recovering 

 

Just out of interest, was it definitely the last game at Odsal where Gaz injured his ribs, and not the earlier league game?

Reason I ask is he played right to the end in the play-off game but went off in the first half of the league game and didn't return, having looked to be injured in that area. I did wonder in the weeks after that league game if he was carrying an injury.

 

 

 

[marklaspalmas]

47 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Just out of interest, was it definitely the last game at Odsal where Gaz injured his ribs, and not the earlier league game?

Reason I ask is he played right to the end in the play-off game but went off in the first half of the league game and didn't return, having looked to be injured in that area. I did wonder in the weeks after that league game if he was carrying an injury

Gaz said at the open day that the injury he's got now had been troubling him the last few weeks of 2024 season and he was taking his time to get it right.

[The Phantom Horseman]

1 hour ago, marklaspalmas said:

Gaz said at the open day that the injury he's got now had been troubling him the last few weeks of 2024 season and he was taking his time to get it right.

Thanks, that seems to confirm it then. I thought he was playing through an injury during the last few weeks (same with Minikin and one or two others too), these players are so tough.

[Rovers fev]

Does anyone know if akuala is even with the squad not seen him on any social media photos or any mention of him ?

[Featherstonerovers2000]

2 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Just out of interest, was it definitely the last game at Odsal where Gaz injured his ribs, and not the earlier league game?

Reason I ask is he played right to the end in the play-off game but went off in the first half of the league game and didn't return, having looked to be injured in that area. I did wonder in the weeks after that league game if he was carrying an injury.

 

 

 

I’m not sure to be honest I just know he broke 3 ribs and tried playing on pain killers but was still in pain as u could imagine 

[sentoffagain2]

    If you are anywhere near the middle it's not the game to be playing until your ribs have healed.Still a bit tender for a few weeks after.I did my ankle ligaments and could never get right.Coach used to go mad at all the strapping i had to use to support it.

[Blind side johnny]

23 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

You could say that about any time. For instance Leeds are at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday lunchtime and given a lot of Fev fans also follow Leeds you could argue that would impact the attendance. And in 2025 people work on Sundays too.

Do you know why the game is being played on the Saturday? I don't, which is why I wouldn't call it a stupid decision - there may be a very good reason for it. I don't disgree that Saturdays in general will probably produce smaller crowds than Sundays, but it's hard to have a balanced view on individual decisions without knowing the reasons.

Maybe the fact that Dewsbury are getting the gate money was something to do with it?

[Fevrover]

2 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

Maybe the fact that Dewsbury are getting the gate money was something to do with it?

Why on earth would that make a difference? Fans will turn up or not despite time/ day if they want to,hopefully Dewsbury will come in their usual 1000's lol. ( sorry couldn't resist it ). Hopefully Rams fans do come if moneys for their club.

Edited January 18 by Fevrover

[Fevrover]

Game abandoned at HT 22-0 ,floodlight failure.

[gazza77]

48 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Game abandoned at HT 22-0 ,floodlight failure.

I understand it's a power cut in the wider area, rather than specific to the ground.

[Maureen T-k]

29 minutes ago, gazza77 said:

I understand it's a power cut in the wider area, rather than specific to the ground.

I live two streets away and mines still on, and another person who lives practically alongside ground theirs were still on too 

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[fevnut]

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[SUPERSTUD]

3 hours ago, Maureen T-k said:

I live two streets away and mines still on, and another person who lives practically alongside ground theirs were still on too 

Club will tag onto the wider area issue! But regardless those floodlights need sorting and have done for a while now.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

3 hours ago, Maureen T-k said:

I live two streets away and mines still on, and another person who lives practically alongside ground theirs were still on too 

Northern Powergrid were showing an outage for the ground's postcode.

[gazza77]

1 hour ago, SUPERSTUD said:

Club will tag onto the wider area issue! But regardless those floodlights need sorting and have done for a while now.

From the video footage from last week, they seem improved but still poor. That said, if they meet standards and don't improve IMG scores, why prioritise over those things that can help the club progress for now. It's not as if they're user regularly through much of the season.

[sentoffagain2]

  Although i criticised the day and kick off time it is sheer bad luck that the game could not be completed .These things happen from time to time.I would hope that some of the bigger SL clubs could have a back up generator to overcome power issues.

[fevnut]

11 hours ago, gazza77 said:

From the video footage from last week, they seem improved but still poor. That said, if they meet standards and don't improve IMG scores, why prioritise over those things that can help the club progress for now. It's not as if they're user regularly through much of the season.

The problem is not so much about the IMG scores but more the very poor viewing for spectators. It could help if the lights were better aligned. That could be a big improvement at a fraction of the cost of new lights.

[Blind side johnny]

19 hours ago, Fevrover said:

Why on earth would that make a difference? Fans will turn up or not despite time/ day if they want to,hopefully Dewsbury will come in their usual 1000's lol. ( sorry couldn't resist it ). Hopefully Rams fans do come if moneys for their club.

I meant that the choice of kick-off times might be less influenced by the financial benefits to the club. I know that many Rams fans weren't inclined to attend mainly due to the timing, however.