sorry to go off subject but I couldn't make the game because I was stuck on the coach cos some t0sser decided to jump off a bridge before KO time how inconsiderate LOL No but seriously does anyone know if he survived

Thats a fair call then but let it be policed to the letter of the law in every game. Otherwise it makes it a mockery or some refs offer some degree of leniency ( it was n`t like SM was wasting time because we were n`t gaining a BP at time of the SB.... So surely SM delaying the restart had a detrimental affect on us and not Fev........ The pedantic clown with the flag will allow that offence to go with without penalty 90% of the time in that occurence )

Complete B0ii0x!!!!

He had the ball on the dead ball line and just dropped it behind him.
Pity these linesmen don't see important issues in a game like high shots, knees in back, forward passes. I was more furious about this incident than us losing. The game is becoming a joke. What should he have done ? legged it to the 25 line and handed the ball to a Fev player? I wish i could use swear words on here

Quote ="leyther_geezer"sorry to go off subject but I couldn't make the game because I was stuck on the coach cos some t0sser decided to jump off a bridge before KO time how inconsiderate LOL No but seriously does anyone know if he survived '" Yup, he's fine menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... way_delays Quote ="Manchester Evening News"Motorists were hit by long delays on the M60 and M62 motorways while police successfully talked down a man who was threatening to jump off a bridge. Police closed both carriageways of the M60 for two hours from 5.40pm on Thursday after the man was spotted on the wrong side of a safety fence on a bridge above the motorway at junction 17 in Prestwich. Many of those in the queues got out of their cars and some even played football on the closed clockwise carriageway at junction 17. Queues were stretching back to Eccles interchange on the clockwise carriageway and beyond junction 19 at Heywood on the M62. Commuters also reported long delays on the other roads around junction 17 where the A56 meets the M60 at Prestwich.'" Tool.

Quote ="leyther_geezer"sorry to go off subject but I couldn't make the game because I was stuck on the coach cos some t0sser decided to jump off a bridge before KO time how inconsiderate LOL No but seriously does anyone know if he survived '" Yup, he's fine menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... way_delays Quote ="Manchester Evening News"Motorists were hit by long delays on the M60 and M62 motorways while police successfully talked down a man who was threatening to jump off a bridge. Police closed both carriageways of the M60 for two hours from 5.40pm on Thursday after the man was spotted on the wrong side of a safety fence on a bridge above the motorway at junction 17 in Prestwich. Many of those in the queues got out of their cars and some even played football on the closed clockwise carriageway at junction 17. Queues were stretching back to Eccles interchange on the clockwise carriageway and beyond junction 19 at Heywood on the M62. Commuters also reported long delays on the other roads around junction 17 where the A56 meets the M60 at Prestwich.'" Tool.

Watch the replay, he doesn't drop it, he tries to throw it, but straight into the advertising boards.

Did it merit a SB...... I think not ... It was n`t an act which had a detrimental advantage to Fev, IMO a slowing down of the play was more in your favour. So to the pedantic flag waver be prepared to police the said occurence with the same amount of vigour.

And the advertising boards are how far away from where he threw it? A metre? 39 whole inches? I would not even call it a throw, more like a drop backwards. Not a yellow card offence whatever you say!

It's still a throw! it was the funniest movement to drop it if we go by your interpretation!

So if he had thrown it in the direction of the spot where the tap was to be made and it rolled away maybe 10 metres would he have been sin binned?
What should he do? throw it on the ground in front of him? at the side of him? behind him (sorry, he did that) throw it a metre or so into an empty area but in the direction of the tap but still further away from a Fev player than what he actually did.?

Whatever you say it was a very poor decision - I will watch closely next time and look where a player throws the ball after a knock on, forward pass or any other error. The linesman was a 4n08 'ed - end of!

I'll take the point

As for the Maden ' Incident '

Joke

now that you mention 'end of!' I cant really respond can I? next time the ball goes dead, Mr Maden wont be tempted to try and 'drop' it away from any opposing players.

Fev played with an NRL mentality of controlling the ball, using territory and accurate passing. We did none of that, saying that it was the best we have played in weeks and Duffy looked dangerous. Robbie still needs a rest.

We looked miles better when Duffy and Hill came on, despite Hill's mistake at 18-16.

take it i was on tv again!?

Yeah mate, right at the beginning!

That was a great tackle on Hilly, ball and all.

Lets clear this up. The main issue was him picking the ball up and then throwing it a way. The ball had rolled dead, he did not have it in his possession when it went dead, so he had no need to pick the ball up at all and to compound this he then attempted to throw it away. So say what you will but if he had not picked the ball up after it being deemed dead, him throwing it or dropping it would have been immaterial.

I'm going to have to say Maden was an idiot for what he did. It's that lack of proffessionalism that lets this team down more than the lack of pace.

Correct.

At least when teams beat us with pace they a. have to have pace themselves and b. have to actually do something to beat us. The way we are unproffessional just hands the game to the opposition without them having to do anything at all.

If I was going to coach a team against Leigh, i'd tell my team to just drive in and take tackles, no offloads, wait for Leigh to start giving penalties away and then go out wide.

We were our own worst enemy last night and gifted them 4 tries through individual errors and stupidity. AGAIN!

that Maden incident was a joke though, on at least two occassions did a Fax player slam the ball to the ground after a bad call or error, similar 'indiscipline' to Maden. If thats what having 9 year old linesmen does for the game then we're better of getting a Dad from each team to run the line.

Anyrode, I think Featherstone are without doubt the best side in this league so far.

I've seen them as much as Barrow and Fax, and you dont get to where Fev are by being lucky every week.

They do the simple things right, have a big mobile pack, and with the likes of Briggs and Flynn have creative players who have have been head and shoulders about the 'superstars' of this league.

They fully deserve to be where they are.

I can imagine what the response will be next time a player touches a ball behind the goal line in front of the north stand

If that is the rule , then at virtually every goal line drop out a player will be sin binned , quite often at least 2 players will pick up the ball and then drop it before the actual ' kicker ' picks it up

It only 'counts' if its an opposing teams player

No it doesn't/shouldn't if a defending player deliberately throws the ball away to delay his team from restarting he can also be sinbinned as happened to a Celtic player at Fax 4/5 years ago

The Maden incident was an absolute pants of a decision he throw the ball all of what, a metre and in fact it landed practically at the feet of a Fev player,and i would have said the same if it had been a Fev player sent off PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,and as for Maden being stupid no,he only did what you see constantly week in week out,having said that i thought we played very well with 12 men ,some of the best rugby of the game

aye, the decision was crapola!! Absolutely crapola! Not the first @rse he's made of a decision tho this year - not by any means!