[Mild Rover]

Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:29 am  

We’re at the halfway point of the regular season and the next couple of fixtures feel especially pivotal. Today will be the difference between saying we’re winning 1 in 3 or 1 in 4.

If we lose, it’ll reinforce that feeling that we can’t beat decent teams and Wakefield becomes a must win to keep even remote hopes of 8th alive. Win and avoiding (or at least traversing) the shizzle 8s is that much easier to imagine.

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:43 am  

Would love us to pick up 2 points today, but with Leeds last 2 results not being great, i think they'll be out to prove a point. A gallant effort by Rovers but a close loss is my prediction.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:03 am  

LifeLongHKRFan wrote:

Would love us to pick up 2 points today, but with Leeds last 2 results not being great, i think they'll be out to prove a point. A gallant effort by Rovers but a close loss is my prediction.

It’s hard to disagree, and make a strong case for a Rovers win. But while we can note the importance of winning most of the games vs the teams around us, if we write off 10+ games against decent teams, shizzle 8s avoidance becomes nearly impossible. That’s why pre-season talk of going with a mobile pack put the wind up me. Across the season we need to 2 or 3 surprise wins to have a chance. Halfway through and we’ve not managed to beat anybody outside the current bottom 4 - it needs to change soon.

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:05 am  

Mild Rover wrote:

It’s hard to disagree, and make a strong case for a Rovers win. But while we can note the importance of winning most of the games vs the teams around us, if we write off 10+ games against decent teams, shizzle 8s avoidance becomes nearly impossible. That’s why pre-season talk of going with a mobile pack put the wind up me. Across the season we need to 2 or 3 surprise wins to have a chance. Halfway through and we’ve not managed to beat anybody outside the current bottom 4 - it needs to change soon.

Over the years we have won games when every body has wrote us off let’s hope this is one of them

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:54 pm  

Absolutely robbed by the officials today, don’t like to come on and whinge about the red after a defeat but it really was bad today. Atkin goes over after they knock on and he pulls it back, no advantage. An then the softest sin bin you’ll see all year on Mose, shocking. Totally outplayed that Leeds team and got nothing from the official once again. Forward passes are an absolute joke also. Only one thrown by them, what a load of tosh

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:04 pm  

moxi1 wrote:

Absolutely robbed by the officials today, don’t like to come on and whinge about the red after a defeat but it really was bad today. Atkin goes over after they knock on and he pulls it back, no advantage. An then the softest sin bin you’ll see all year on Mose, shocking. Totally outplayed that Leeds team and got nothing from the official once again. Forward passes are an absolute joke also. Only one thrown by them, what a load of tosh

got nothing from the official?
wasnt the penalty count 8-1 to you guys in the first half

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:07 pm  

Neruda wrote:

got nothing from the official?
wasnt the penalty count 8-1 to you guys in the first half

Leeds discipline was shocking, they deserved to be on the wrong end of the penalty count. Rovers didn’t get the big calls, and I really don’t need to explain what I mean by that.

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:07 pm  

Neruda wrote:

got nothing from the official?
wasnt the penalty count 8-1 to you guys in the first half

Yeah but the Leeds one shouldn't have been a penalty

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:09 pm  

Child's gifted Catalans 2 points last night by allowing them way too much latitude at the pub but refs aren't biased they're just useless. Until we get 2 refs we won't get better consistency. Far too much going on for one man to police effectively

Re: Leeds game. : Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:14 pm  

Neruda wrote:

got nothing from the official?
wasnt the penalty count 8-1 to you guys in the first half

it was pal but you were on the back foot and he didn't let you cheat, jones buchanan takes the mickey, you were crap today and dodged a bullet from a middle 8s team, we played the better rugby and your defence just hung on , atkins non try and the sin bining won you the game, you cannot say leeds were the better team today can you surely