Force v Rebels: Match Report

[BDAVEY]

you all forget... last year they came back and beat the Crusaders and played well after some crap games... dont get too upset as the boys teams will come over here now and expect to win (ala Blues)

[Burgs]

Piss and moan, piss and moan, piss and moan.
Fair dinkum, some days I wish I don't open this site.
Suck it up for fuck’s sake, it is character building and will make the inevitable premierships all the more pleasurable.
Have an opinion for sure, but all this bullshit about players heart and turning up to matches says far more about the TWF Member than the Force Player.
Yes, I was disappointed with the result but wasn’t angry at all until coming onto this thread.

[Ecky]

OConnor And Charles for try of the week according to Fox

Natahn Charles

Funny spelling, Mr & Mrs Charles

(Fox wouldn't get it wrong, surely?)

[James]

Just in: Hodgson sidelined for a month. No surgery.

[beige]

it is character building

In my case Grumpy from the Seven Dwarves...

[SinBin]

Shame our bye week in week 13 didn't come a little earlier..

[Sheikh]

I have searched high and low throughout this thread and am really struggling to find someone who is blaming the ref for the loss. All I can see is people saying how the players were responsible for it.

What is going on? Surely the ref was the problem? Anyone?

Loved the ref on Saturday. Clear and precise in his communication to the players.

If I had to find fault he may have had the wool pulled over his eyes in the scrum regarding Fairbrother's binding, but that's been an issue for Fairbrother before. I don't have the stats, but it felt like few scrums got completed with Tim on the field, but when Keiran replaced him most scrums got completed.

In fact, I think Keiran's held his own so far this season in facing some international props and after that game I'm less concerned by Fairbrother going north.

[terrycobner]

Piss and moan, piss and moan, piss and moan.
Fair dinkum, some days I wish I don't open this site.
Suck it up for fuck’s sake, it is character building and will make the inevitable premierships all the more pleasurable.
Have an opinion for sure, but all this bullshit about players heart and turning up to matches says far more about the TWF Member than the Force Player.
Yes, I was disappointed with the result but wasn’t angry at all until coming onto this thread.

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[Stone Cold]

Ah what might have been...couldn't bring myself to look here until now...so here are my 2.5 cents worth

The only reason we lost is Sharpies knock on over the line....and the sneaky try
The two main reasons we lost are Sharpies knock on over the line and the sneaky try...and the intercept try
The thre main reasons we lost are Sharpies knock on over the line, the sneaky try, and the intercept try.... and numerous other knock-ons
Amongst the reasons we lost are Sharpies knock on over the line, the sneaky try, the intercept try and numerous other knock-ons


In short we lost by one point due to a series of small rookie mistakes/brain freezes/lucky breaks each of which are not insurmountable. I just don't get why we have to do so many of them every freakin' week! The other problem is we always seem to be in the game which does make it exciting. Just happy that the ref wasn't to blame (I thought he did a pretty good job). Feeling after the game was simply "gutted". Couldn't even force down a couple of beers.

Bring on the 'tahs!

[Happy]

I was gutted, but I'm Happy, I'm over it, I look forward to it, I STILL SUPPORT THE FORCE!

Yes this is tough but fuck it - will just make winning the final even better!

[James]

Loved the ref on Saturday. Clear and precise in his communication to the players.

If I had to find fault he may have had the wool pulled over his eyes in the scrum regarding Fairbrother's binding, but that's been an issue for Fairbrother before. I don't have the stats, but it felt like few scrums got completed with Tim on the field, but when Keiran replaced him most scrums got completed.

In fact, I think Keiran's held his own so far this season in facing some international props and after that game I'm less concerned by Fairbrother going north.

I thought he did a great job. It is a shame the game was plagued by scrum penalties. I agree that Longbottom seems to have knocked it up a notch. Bam.

I thought Cipriani was lucky not to see yellow for his bump, but it seemed like Gerrard saw yellow (instead of just a penalty in what seemed a 50/50 for a yellow) to make up for that.

[jono]

That was a soft as shit yellow!
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[James]

Similar tackles have been given yellow in the past. Plus it isn't as bad as the one Nick Cummins copped against the Sharks. I'd have been happy enough to let it stay as a penalty but no doubt the touch judge was influenced a bit by the Cipriani bump.

[jono]

Yeah. I think it was also because there was it arm contAct. I forget who it was on. But they made it worse by stepping into his outstretched arm causing the clothesline.
Not that the yellow helped us though
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[James]

Yellow was Gerrard for his hit on David Smith.

No it didn't really help us did it. I thought we were tackling really well when the Rebels went through 20 odd phases in our half of the field but then I remembered that we had an extra man on the field. Smart thing for the Rebels to do really.