Mrs Barista wrote:You're missing the point. FC are also playing more players than Berrigan with injury, but we also had 9 players unavailable i.e. Not able to take the pitch at all, whereas you were without only Gene, who, in all likelihood would not have been selected. Even you must see the disparity here, especially when none of our 4 first choice props were available? Rovers won because of some very special plays by Cooke and because of Lovegrove being the diffeence between the packs. You should have mullered us in the forwards but didn't. Quite pleased we were able to keep it to 6 points and finally showed a bit of pride. We didn't look so far behind that, had Fisher been spelled you'd have won by 50, but guess we don't all see the game with Zodvision.
Two crucial factors why the game was close were:-
1) Briscoe's injury which prevented Fitzhenry carrying on his great form ay hooker.
2) You haven't played the 2nd round or QF of the Challenge Cup.
At 12-0, we would have smashed you all over the park had we been able to spell our hookers.
