Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles v Dewsbury : Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:05 am  

duggs413 wrote:

I got the prediction of a low scoring game wrong !!! We got lucky with the weather the storms subsided by Kick Off, A superb kicking performance and excellent organised and professional display now onto Halifax on Thursday its not great we have only 3 days rest but its on TV so thats OK but who chose the kick off time (7PM) if it is down to Halifax shame on you !!! many off us Sheffield supporters who are working on Thursday probably wont be able to get to the game. If you are working till 5 it is impossible to get there by public transport even if you are driving with rush hour traffic you might miss the start. A lot of our players have full time jobs what happens if they cant leave work early not an ideal preparation for one of the biggest games of the season

Coming from a fan of a club that plays the vast majority of its home games on a Friday evening with a 7.30 kick-off, I suggest that you suck it up.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles v Dewsbury : Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:38 am  

Agree, people in glass houses and all that. Plus it's nothing to do with Halifax, Premier Sports have made it a 7pm kick off due to there being a Super Duper League game on sky with an 8pm kick off.

I thought we were excellent tonight, and to be honest it was thoroughly unexpected. Best performance for weeks. Should give us real confidence and momentum going into Thursday. It will be tough with the short turnaround, but I think I'm right in saying we played Sunday - Thursday en route to the final last year? Or the season before - if not both!

Roll on Thursday.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles v Dewsbury : Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:00 am  

Best performance for weeks in surprisingly benign conditions. Good luck on Thursday, we shall be away on holiday so will miss.

Incidentally the lead story on Look North last night was about the Eagles plight.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles v Dewsbury : Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:19 am  

E.S.O wrote:

. It will be tough with the short turnaround, but I think I'm right in saying we played Sunday - Thursday en route to the final last year? Or the season before - if not both!

Yeah, we did. Stop moaning.

Re: Official Match Thread - Eagles v Dewsbury : Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:35 am  

I did not realise that it was Premier Sports that asked for it to be played at 7pm so i apologise to all you Halifax fans I thought you were trying to get an unfair advantage and yes i do realise that we played 12/21 home games on a friday night it is the clubs decision not the fans i have stated in the past that it would be better for our attendances if we played on Sunday Afternoons at least if we move to Owlerton we wont be able to play on Friday Nights any more !!!

I guess I will have to watch the match on TV i would normally have gone but with a 7PM kick off it is impossible