Re: Limoux : Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:39 pm  

duggs413 wrote:

To be honest we played so many games last season the lack of pre season games probably helped us although our first game last season was away to halifax we played well in poor conditions however it looked like we were lacking a bit of match fitness but i guess on the other hand the fewer friendlies you have the less the risk of your players getting injured

Wasn't so much lack of match fitness for me, duggs - more that our kicking game was tripe.

Re: Limoux : Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:18 pm  

HalfOwlHalfEagle wrote:

Do any other sides only have just a couple of friendlies like this? York will be on at least their 3rd when they play the Eagles, I saw them at Castleford (and get hammered). Both Featherstone and Leigh have had a few as well.

To me, new to rugby league doesn't make sense not to have friendlies. That said you can have 8 friendlies pre-season in football and be more in the dark than before you started!

To me most of them are less useful than a decent training session - I remember us playing wakey a few seasons ago I went because I thought it would be good to see us against super league skills but most of the wakefield team were kids being given a try out. The french game would have been Tubbs doing the same with our young lads - there must be a better way - prehaps a paly ourselves - "likelies" against "hopefulls" !!! with a free gate!

Re: Limoux : Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:43 pm  

I don't think we played well in that Halifax game. Absolute dog of a match IIRC.

Re: Limoux : Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:25 pm  

westridingeagle wrote:

......with a free gate!

Suddenly you've created costs. We don't own our ground.

Re: Limoux : Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:26 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

I don't think we played well in that Halifax game. Absolute dog of a match IIRC.

You're right. Nothing to do with match fitness.

Re: Limoux : Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:57 am  

We looked very rusty in that game Halifax looked less rusty...... I wonder why

Re: Limoux : Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:03 pm  

Duckzilla wrote:

We looked very rusty in that game Halifax looked less rusty...... I wonder why

Halifax had less steel ?

Re: Limoux : Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:11 pm  

Fax don't have steel - maybe a bit of tin!