spanishbob wrote:I dont blame people for not going, not because of last years result, just because of the poor ground that is Don Valley.
I went along, as I did last year, and enjoyed the game. But the players are too far away and because of the open nature of the ground there is absolutely no atmosphere.
And also the OTT pricing. £14 for adults, which is fair enough, but £10 for concessions and £7 for juniors? Call me a short armed long pocketed Yorkshire student but that seems a little pricey for me. Especially for that ground.
In terms of what was on the pitch, very satisfying winning there, but still some little nags. Where is David Wrench? Yes, Cherryholme does try his heart out but he doesn't have the same class and experience as Wrench, we know Wilson can do the job, he just needs more match fitness.
Penky and Gleeson were just on a class on their own today, along with other partners in crime Watene and Said. The play got even faster when both Gleeson and Penky were on, because if one made a darting run out of acting-half, the other was reading the script and was right up with him.
Black had a fairly ordinary game, maybe it was the condensed pitch but he didn't impose himself as much as usual and was throwing out some awful passes in some instances. Our defence was sound in general, yes they did score 18 points but its on a pitch they love.
