so it looks like your not allowed to hand off now are we, just because the hand went into his face doesn't mean it gives him the right to swing the elbow round this happens in every game and he shouldn't of lost his temper he could now be looking at another two games ban, kear needs to work on that defense it was awful at times leaving gaps here and there, I had thought Bradford might of been a contender up the league but on that game proves you have a lot of new players to find as for not playing Webster it baffles me that you don't consider Sheffield as a threat to promotion, he should of put his strongest team out there even if it meant playing someone at risk not surprised Lilley was binned for chelping he did learn his trade from maguire
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Pretty much agree with what everyone says about discipline costing them the game. They completely lost it and when you have a ref as clueless as that, you really need to be on your best behaviour. Whilst the ref wasn't wrong at all with the cards he showed, there were truly some baffling decisions, and I actually think Bradford got the better of those crazy calls as a few of them he gave against Sheffield were just unbelievable.
I said earlier in the week that I didn't understand why Magrin was signed again and my opinion didn't change in this game. He is not good enough for Championship level, he should be down at Skolars or somewhere similar.
I would also like to say that I don't think Brandon Pickersgill is a fullback. The kid obviously has some skill and yes he's still young. But his defence is nowhere near good enough for a fullback. You need to have confidence that if someone breaks the line, the fullback is likely to bring him down, but I saw none of that last night. For me, Pickersgill looks like a halfback.
HamsterChops wrote:Pretty much agree with what everyone says about discipline costing them the game. They completely lost it and when you have a ref as clueless as that, you really need to be on your best behaviour. Whilst the ref wasn't wrong at all with the cards he showed, there were truly some baffling decisions, and I actually think Bradford got the better of those crazy calls as a few of them he gave against Sheffield were just unbelievable.
I said earlier in the week that I didn't understand why Magrin was signed again and my opinion didn't change in this game. He is not good enough for Championship level, he should be down at Skolars or somewhere similar.
I would also like to say that I don't think Brandon Pickersgill is a fullback. The kid obviously has some skill and yes he's still young. But his defence is nowhere near good enough for a fullback. You need to have confidence that if someone breaks the line, the fullback is likely to bring him down, but I saw none of that last night. For me, Pickersgill looks like a halfback.
I said this last night and would chance Ryan at full back. He is very good defensively plus hes an attacking threat. He did well when he played there under Toovey
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snowie wrote:so it looks like your not allowed to hand off now are we, just because the hand went into his face doesn't mean it gives him the right to swing the elbow round this happens in every game and he shouldn't of lost his temper he could now be looking at another two games ban, kear needs to work on that defense it was awful at times leaving gaps here and there, I had thought Bradford might of been a contender up the league but on that game proves you have a lot of new players to find as for not playing Webster it baffles me that you don't consider Sheffield as a threat to promotion, he should of put his strongest team out there even if it meant playing someone at risk not surprised Lilley was binned for chelping he did learn his trade from maguire
Literally nobody in this thread is condoning what Green did so not really sure who your first sentence is aimed at? I don't know why Webster didn't play but I don't think our squad selection was disrespectful or showed complacency at all. As for contending at the top, we've only just been promoted and it will take us time again in this division. I think you also need to remember that we were missing half a dozen first team players last night, including both of our first choice halfbacks and our two best props. There isn't a team throughout all divisions that wouldn't feel the effects of that.
HamsterChops wrote:Pretty much agree with what everyone says about discipline costing them the game. They completely lost it and when you have a ref as clueless as that, you really need to be on your best behaviour. Whilst the ref wasn't wrong at all with the cards he showed, there were truly some baffling decisions, and I actually think Bradford got the better of those crazy calls as a few of them he gave against Sheffield were just unbelievable.
there was some very unusual decisions last night, all his effort in trying to keep the game flowing he gave some bad ones to both sides
some how the game has to improve if new refs are to be bought in and at some point a little leniency is required but hopefully not at the cost of a game like what Ganson did
I thought Sheffield always looked more dangerous than us, even in the 1st half when we were leading. They destroyed us round the ruck where our marker defence was shocking. Only our strong line defence and scrambling back saved a bigger scoreline. Once again I will say I don't think Kirk is good enough. As much as I like him and he is a tireless worker he simply does not offer enough going forward. He looks like he is ready to drop as soon as he meets the first line of defence. Has anyone ever seen him bust a tackle? If he has it's very rare. This is not a pop at him as I say he has a great attitude but it takes more than that.
HamsterChops wrote:It seems to have changed this season, although what it is officially is anyone's guess. Last year, there was a week's delay but they were still announced earlier in the week. Now they're coming out on a Friday, but the ban doesn't seem to kick in until after the weekend (I've only seen that because I noticed one of the Swinton players last week copped a ban but was allowed to play against Bradford).
Looking at the other charges, it appears they're from this past weekend's games. So it looks like they're looking at the incidents a bit quicker than previously (later in the same week, rather than a week later), but when the bans come into effect haven't changed.
I'm not acquainted with the facts but is it because he's put in the Early Guilty Plea and the ban starts from when the hearing would have been ?
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