Quote ="marillion man"Great day out yesterday. I managed to meet up with all my Fev mates at some point or other pre-match & chew the cud, take the pi$$ out of each other, especially over the recent reserve match brawl & ensuing crowd disturbance
( mouthing off by moi & one or two others ).'"
Good craic all round matey. I always have faith in a ginner!!
Quote ="marillion man"For those of you who have never played RL on a hillside, it's far more difficult getting back onside running backwards uphill than it is downhill. We looked shot to pieces in the 2nd half & couldn't stay the pace.
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This is a point my mate ging dong has been ranting on about inanely now to whoever he can get to listen to him for more than a minute without feeling suicidal!
Most people want us running downhill second half.... it's twice as bad getting back up the slope to defend... especially for a fat lad!
Quote ="marillion man"
The crowd/atmosphere: Awesome effort by both sets, but I ask this question, if Fev & Fax weren't such a keen rivalry this last few years would a crowd this size have turned up at any other fixture with the current 14 teams in this division ?'"
Absolutely not. Now without wanting deliberately bring Warrington 2010 into it again.... that day was sh yte for a whole host of reasons... especially for Fev and particularly for Dave SInger.
However, since then, Fax/Fev games have had an edge to them.
Now I don't necessarily find that a bad thing. Without that edge I wouldn't have met you, James at the UFO gig, Mick, John Mart and many others. Folks I would quite happily enjoy a pot with and discuss diets n stuff!!!
The games are well attended now that rivalry exists and no we wouldn't get anywhere near that crowd but for that rivalry.
I enjoy games that have an edge. I can't do wi all the sh yte that goes with it from a very very small minority of both sides!