Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:13 pm  

What a fantastic performance that was from Fax. Loads to be positive about especially the return of Cally and Brandon Douglas. That's like having two new signings. I still think Woody is wasted at half back but that is the coaches choice. What we need to do now is take that performance into next week's game at Sheffield. Up The Fax!

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:18 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

Today's game isn't even advertised on the boards around The Shay. The Barrow game in two weeks time is. That is just downright amateurish.

Yes we know but on the other hand the real reason is the club chose to put the Barrow sign up before the cup draw was made was to give as much notice to the regular season as possible and having done that promoted the Cup game through numerous other channels.

After a performance like the lads have put on today you want to call that amateurish and focus on that then do so.

However IMHO that is just downright pathetic to be honest.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:24 pm  

So my observations on the three games is that the pack look as good as ever , Douglas promises to be the prop we've been crying out for , hird looks solid , calcott carrying on from were he left off, dixon did 12 mins then another short stint but with match fitness looks another strong forward . Hanson is getting better and defensively looks than keyes , whilst having woody at 6 may surrender some attacking flair him and hanson are better in d than jouffret and keyes . With tangata and Davies to bolster the pack and some additions from saints there's bags of potential . Main thing for me is the discipline is alot better, combined resilience in d where games are nip n tuck bodes well for the future.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:41 pm  

Listenup94 wrote:

So my observations on the three games is that the pack look as good as ever , Douglas promises to be the prop we've been crying out for , hird looks solid , calcott carrying on from were he left off, dixon did 12 mins then another short stint but with match fitness looks another strong forward . Hanson is getting better and defensively looks than keyes , whilst having woody at 6 may surrender some attacking flair him and hanson are better in d than jouffret and keyes . With tangata and Davies to bolster the pack and some additions from saints there's bags of potential . Main thing for me is the discipline is alot better, combined resilience in d where games are nip n tuck bodes well for the future.

My observations on the three games is that the team of players looks better than ever.

And.

My observations on the team of the three moaning bleeders on here are as bad as ever.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:46 pm  

Frustrating thing was that if Hanson takes that pass clean then he goes the length of the field and puts us in front with about 15 minutes to go and in the position where a shock could have been a real possibility. The ref missing that Catalans knock hurt as well but who would have thought a 0-0 half time score and that sort of showing. Kyle Eastmond must be delighted with that.

To add to that we were really quite impressive in poor ball situations and made a lot of yards against such a good team has to be a good sign for the championship season.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:50 pm  

Apparently a loose flyer blew into Hanson’s face as he made the break otherwise it could have been game on.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:47 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Frustrating thing was that if Hanson takes that pass clean then he goes the length of the field and puts us in front with about 15 minutes to go and in the position where a shock could have been a real possibility. The ref missing that Catalans knock hurt as well but who would have thought a 0-0 half time score and that sort of showing. Kyle Eastmond must be delighted with that.

To add to that we were really quite impressive in poor ball situations and made a lot of yards against such a good team has to be a good sign for the championship season.

Aye, it would have been interesting to see if Hansen could have gone the length although Charlie Graham would have been up in support, unlucky.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:49 pm  

That was a cracking performance from the lads full of desire and commitment. We put some nice moves on in attack too which we just couldn't nail a couple of moments from Hanson when he just cant reel in the intercept and he makes a break and kicks the ball away instead of taking the tackle close but no cigar. The ref missed a knock on by them when we was attacking there line which at that stage of the game we really could of done with. All in all that should give us plenty to look forward to for the season ahead roll on Sheffield.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:34 pm  

faxcar wrote:

Apparently a loose flyer blew into Hanson’s face as he made the break otherwise it could have been game on.

It can't have been as I doubt he would have noticed it.

Re: Catalans again. : Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:04 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

It can't have been as I doubt he would have noticed it.

I’m led to believe, albeit on questionable authority that you’d be surprised at the power of the flyer.