Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:45 pm  

We only have ourselves to blame for losing it all last night. We didn't put anywhere near enough pressure on the Fev half backs Finn & Cain. We didn't show any urgency to pressure their kicking game and sadly that dogger decision from the ref to not rule the knock on in the dieing seconds was the final nail in the coffin. On a brighter note, to get back to 34-24 and within seconds of the BP was a superb effort from the boys when you consider that the only decent possession that we had in the 2nd half resulted in those 2 tries.
Onto Donny & the play-offs.

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:04 pm  

I'd have been gutted if that "knock on" had been given against us. Didn't go forward for me. At worst, it went straight down. Maybe look to earlier in the game if you're looking for points where the game was lost ?

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:08 pm  

duggs413 wrote:

Bloody Bonus Points once we get rid of them the better !! If we were playing by super league rules we would still be leading the competition by 2 points !!!. Featherstone dont deserve to be league winners but they will, Hunslet need the points desperately but Featherstone should win by 12 points plus on Sunday so Mark Aston please give up on the Championship shield we had our chance but the stupid rules have conspired against us. Please play the academy team against Doncaster, the players have played brilliantly this season but are looking tired so please rest them now so they can come back fully recharged for the playoffs

Well, them's the rules, as the saying goes. Announced before the start of the season.

Why does it matter to us whether Fev win by more or less than 12 ?

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:04 am  

griff1998 wrote:

Why does it matter to us whether Fev win by more or less than 12 ?

Griff,

It doesn't.

Though I do think that a 4-3-2-1-0 would have been better than the current 3-2-1-0 (i.e. if you win by more that 12 points you get 4 league points). Giving the winning side something to play for when 8-18 points up with 5 minutes rather than just the losing side.

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:09 am  

FevGrinder wrote:

Griff,

It doesn't.

Though I do think that a 4-3-2-1-0 would have been better than the current 3-2-1-0 (i.e. if you win by more that 12 points you get 4 league points). Giving the winning side something to play for when 8-18 points up with 5 minutes rather than just the losing side.

Not going to happen Dave.

The bonus point is there to promote closer games. Why would you offer a point to make the margins wider?

It's all about rewarding teams for doing what you want them to do. Not symmetry.

Incidentally, I never hear anyone moan that there are sometimes three points awarded in soccer games, sometimes two. We RL fans just look too hard at things sometimes.

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:52 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Not going to happen Dave.

The bonus point is there to promote closer games. Why would you offer a point to make the margins wider?

It's all about rewarding teams for doing what you want them to do. Not symmetry.

Incidentally, I never hear anyone moan that there are sometimes three points awarded in soccer games, sometimes two. We RL fans just look too hard at things sometimes.

And I thought it was about entertaining games.....

When are 2 points offer in soccer? 3-1-0 points system.

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:16 pm  

FevGrinder wrote:

And I thought it was about entertaining games.....

When are 2 points offer in soccer? 3-1-0 points system.

When it's a draw. 2 x 1 = 2

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:18 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

When it's a draw. 2 x 1 = 2

glad you've caught up

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:06 pm  

FevGrinder wrote:

glad you've caught up

you did lol well it looked like you did

Re: Mark Aston please play the academy side on Sunday : Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:13 pm  

duggs413 wrote:

Bloody Bonus Points once we get rid of them the better !! If we were playing by super league rules we would still be leading the competition by 2 points !!!. Featherstone dont deserve to be league winners but they will, Hunslet need the points desperately but Featherstone should win by 12 points plus on Sunday so Mark Aston please give up on the Championship shield we had our chance but the stupid rules have conspired against us. Please play the academy team against Doncaster, the players have played brilliantly this season but are looking tired so please rest them now so they can come back fully recharged for the playoffs

How don't Fev deserve to be League Winners? They throw away points against York, Swinton & Doncaster, yet still finish top because they have the best record against the top clubs:- Fax, home & away, Leigh, home & away, Batley, home & away, Eagles, home, narrow defeat away. . .Eagles do well against Fev, but seem to have problems facing Fax!