Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:28 am  

FFA wrote:

yep as i said the forwards were anonymous after the first 25 but we didn't look fluent at all with the ball and other than a few murrell kicks we never made a break

Our bench which has been so effective in recent games didn't have the same input.
Sams push on Finn and daft pass near our own line Andy Brachec knocked on with his first touch all had us going backwards, Ashy and Casey didn't have any effect.

At the end of the day though we were out gunned and out played as you say after the first 25 mins.

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:13 am  

The first half was as good a first half of rugby I've seen in a couple of years. Full tilt blood n snot rugby from two teams committed to the game. I detected that Fax were starting to tire at the end of the half, but that could just have been my hyper-manic observations.
We scored two early on and left Fax playing catch up and with Fax's discipline being as it was yesterday, it was never going to happen. A great show from Fax fans who came in numbers.... fab atmos!
All in all a good afternoon from my perspective, less so from yours.
The Fev/Fax game nowadays has a little "edge" to it, that I don't mind really. It maintain's some interest does the rivalry. But all we got is 3 points and keeps Fax in sight. A loss yesterday would have almost certainly meant Fax were gone out of our site. Now there's nowt in the top 5!!

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:37 am  

If you pick any of my posts out where I mention George Stokes is clear to see that I think he is the worst, most inconsistent ref in the league. He did little to change my mind yesterday and no team can expect to win a game against decent opposition on the back of the penalty count we had yesterday.

That wasnt the only thing that affected the outcome of the game though. Like has been mentioned we made a load of stupid errors like going 12-4 up and then Barlow trying to offload off the floor in a 3 man tackle, just pure stupidity. We didnt play that well in the first half but took the chances we had but it was clear we were tired and any team defending set after set for whatever reason on your own line is going to crack.

Positives we can take out of the game are that despite been so tired I think we actually defended well considering we probably made twice as many tackles as Fev during the game. Nobody really stood out but I guess thats credit to Fev but a few players didnt step up to the plate.

Back to ref and a lot of the penalties were justified, some were questionable but I think its the inconsistency that frustrates fans. Sat on the side it was clear both sets of players were offside on every defensive set yet it took him until the second half when we were under the cosh to pull out a penalty for it. Yes we were probably offside but we were the set before and the set before. As for the try where Murrell got mugged, theres not a chance that would have been a try if it had been a tv game. Unfortunately for us that was probably the game breaker.

Its a set back but if you only lose a couple of games during the season make sure its against top opposition and we are still in the driving seat for the top spot with plenty to work on and plenty of improvement in us. I think we would have taken that at the beginning of the season.

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:02 am  

faxcar wrote:

Our bench which has been so effective in recent games didn't have the same input.
Sams push on Finn and daft pass near our own line Andy Brachec knocked on with his first touch all had us going backwards, Ashy and Casey didn't have any effect.

At the end of the day though we were out gunned and out played as you say after the first 25 mins.

Thought that this was the game changing moment. We looked relatively in control until that stupid lack of discipline but Fev got two further quick penalties on the back of that and got over the line - and never looked back.

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:15 am  

Fax4Life wrote:

Ouch that hurt, we did so well first half stuck at it when they had a lot of sets of six near our line and kicked well, Murrell was terrific that 40/20 was a great idea.
But second half we fell away they looked quicker and faster than us and my biggest disappointment was our pack got out muscled for once which I never expected. We got caned in the penalty count and some of it was ill discipline but some was that ginger tosspot going with the crowd.
We gave them some easy field position which hurt us big time, we need to learn to use the ball better get it wider in these kinds of games, thats how Sheffield did them in the GF, when it got tight we struggled today so big disappointment.
Great support from both fans today must have been 1K Fax fans, shame we did not even get a bonus point. Lets move on and this year we shall do them down the Shay - hopefully!

Good turn out but never 1k they gave you last 2 sections of the stand around 500 seats, there wernt another 500 scattered about

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:21 am  

halifaxjohn wrote:

It's just something supporters do when they are top of the league, it's called fun.
I promised To myself that I wouldn't mention this, but your comment has made me change my mind.
We payed £17 to sit in our "segregated" stand, there was no room so we were ushered to behind the posts.
We were a group of 10 adults and 7 children, as we walked in front of the Fev part of the Stand we were greeted with "wanky etc etc with the hand signs, nothing wrong with that you say, well actually there was, the only reason Fev fans would have known we were from Halifax was that all 7 children had Fax shirts on, none of us adults had.
Don't think "we are top of the league" compares.
Right that of my chest, well done Fev, won the forward battle, won the backs battle, no sour grapes, as I was leaving one of our fans said, " it was the fault of the ref and the touch judges"
Bol"ocks, we were out played.
Simple as that.
Good luck to Fev most of us wish you the best of luck, we just wish you could find a new song.

Its £17 to get in the ground come what may there is no extra charge for sitting down
The people that were singing that were about the same age as those kids you mention, and im pretty certain they will hear much worse in the playground, and as for new songs I think exactly the same when I hear that very annoying ow hali, hali song

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:22 am  

Todays results has made the Top 5 places wide open ,its anybody in any order , i think there are many twists and turns yet to come , and think the League is very wide open , it promises to be a good Summer for rugby in our League .

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:29 am  

gingdong wrote:

Good turn out but never 1k they gave you last 2 sections of the stand around 500 seats, there wernt another 500 scattered about

gingdong wrote:

Nothing would please me more than the 800 seats your given to be not enough. Going back to the early 70s I always looked forward to Fax visiting fev you always brought a big vocal following, it was always a game I looked forward to when the fixtures were brought out. Time to move on lets get drunk and support our teams the right way and all go home in one piece

It was 800 a few days ago...

Oh and how are you going to pay people?

gingdong wrote:

you talk utter shiiiite lad, £20 says you don't bring 400

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:34 am  

I really don't care how many you brought. You brought enough to make a crackin atmos and makes some of the SL crowds look even more embarrassing!!

Re: Fev v Fax final score : Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:39 am  

a.n Other wrote:

It was 800 a few days ago...

Oh and how are you going to pay people?

I said the stand holds 1600 and if they give you half that is 800, they didn't give you half however just the last 2 sections around 500 seats.
As for paying out non of you had the balls to take the bet on did you, that's how bets work son you have to put your money on the table 1st