rodney_trotter wrote:I think we lacked composure tonight and neither team played to their potential. I'm not disappointed with the effort but it's a shame we gifted them their first try. Apart from that it was a good game and we nearly sneaked it. Some of our first teamers getting unnecessary stick as per usual on this forum and it's more like a crèche on here sometimes. If the team doesn't play as well as we can do, then it seems unfair to pin the blame on individual players. I understand people blaming the red because they are upset with the result but they really need to look closer to home because it was not his fault we lost tonight
You certainly cant blame the ref, the disallowed try was disappointing but fair enough. Very hard to judge whether or not it travelled forward so it hinged on the on field decision, and the 50/50 went against us. It happens. Individuals errors were what ultimately cost us.
Lets face it, even if the gap to Cas had closed to 5 points we would have faced a mountain to catch them given the cup distraction. It would have been an outside chance at best. A win would have been nice to strengthen our top 4 place, but in reality we arent in much danger of slipping out. So tonight was really a bonus. I saw nothing at all from Cas to concern me if we have to play them again in the semis, even at their place. We can comfortably handle their pack. We have their passing plays all figured out, and we know we can break them down as long as we are patient. There might never be a better chance to win the GF than this year. Its there for the taking if we can manage our resources right leading to the playoffs.
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Tinkerman23 wrote:It hit the top of his shoulder and carried on the same direction it was thrown , backwards! I think your having a laugh
The thing is anyway.... Even if that was given....you would of started your next set on your own line. The try was dissalowed and you scored 2 minutes later roughly??? The game would have been different and who knows even if you would have scored after that..... Nobody knows so you can't say it cost you the match. (Plus it still didn't clearly go backwards )
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Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:I take it the second half went pretty much as you expected too Mrs B? The day I look to you for Rugby insight is the day I stop watching the sport.
Pretty much - if you gift Cas a 3 score lead at home by HT you're done for. Terrific comeback but still likely to end the weekend 4th. As previously discussed. We are finishing games really well right now. We were behind the sticks and Cas looked shot in the last 15 whereas we were just getting warmed up.
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Armavinit wrote:Very sad. Try Whisky, it numbs the brain more quickly, espescially if you have one. FC were the better team on the night. These refs are rubbish. If he'd signalled Try on field it would have been given upstairs.
Sorry but thats not true - Cas controlled the game for 60 mins - stick in some FC brain farts and dropped balls from Watts and they was better
cas all the way wrote:The thing is anyway.... Even if that was given....you would of started your next set on your own line. The try was dissalowed and you scored 2 minutes later roughly??? The game would have been different and who knows even if you would have scored after that..... Nobody knows so you can't say it cost you the match. (Plus it still didn't clearly go backwards )
Im not saying it cost us the match , just a poor decision imo . Hope we meet again in the gf, think we are the 2 best teams this year so far quite comfortably
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cas all the way wrote:You definitely are the best team we have played. The only team who has stopped us playing our usual game. Outplaying us in the forwards each match too.
I thought you didn't let us play in the first half. Tight finish but you played the conditions better. No ref complaints from me, Radford saying it was fair enough. Till we meet again
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Tinkerman23 wrote:Im not saying it cost us the match , just a poor decision imo . Hope we meet again in the gf, think we are the 2 best teams this here so far quite comfortably
Here here. Don't tell Wigan that though. Another excuse for them to say how poor this year's competition is.
Mrs Barista wrote:Pretty much - if you gift Cas a 3 score lead at home by HT you're done for. Terrific comeback but still likely to end the weekend 4th. As previously discussed. We are finishing games really well right now. We were behind the sticks and Cas looked shot in the last 15 whereas we were just getting warmed up.
Sebasteeno wrote:Sorry but thats not true - Cas controlled the game for 60 mins - stick in some FC brain farts and dropped balls from Watts and they was better
Cas were the better team for 60 minutes but that was more down to what we did wrong tham what they did right. They defended really well at times and played with good intensity, but they offered very little attacking threat. We didnt necessarily deserve to win, but there are a few moral victories to take from that.
Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:Cas were the better team for 60 minutes but that was more down to what we did wrong tham what they did right. They defended really well at times and played with good intensity, but they offered very little attacking threat. We didnt necessarily deserve to win, but there are a few moral victories to take from that.
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