Another win , thought Emmett had a good game today. The sin binning came at a crucial time & we took advantage . Cookie threw out some good passes which resulted in tries.

A very entertaining game and a good result.
A couple of points ...
The crowd was 653. How pants is that for a team top of the table vs a top team like Oldham?

Hodson ... get some catching practice in.

We were great in the forwards and the forwards scored tries unlike Oldham who probably fancied themselves with their pack.

I thought a forward should have got MOTM. Waterman played well and made a few good breaks, but I thought he got the sympathy MOTM for actually making some tackles.


I'm only kidding Lee, you were great.

L for Lancashire L for lying on.
The Elephant Man needs to go to Specsavers or learn to count what is an acceptable number of seconds for holding down.
it really did gall me when in the second half he penalised one of our players for getting up with his hands on the opposing player's back, when in fact our player was up very quickly and Oldham's players were having a cup of tea at nearly every tackle.

Oh and another thing, that attack on Waterman's left knee was a disgrace, and to my mind a deliberate attempt to badly injure him.

Anyway this all pales into insignificance compared to what happened to Fergie today.

Fran welsh , Kyle kesik , Paul Cooke were the outstanding players for me , kesik wanted to win the game on his own 3 consecutive tackles outstanding, cooke made tries we should not be seeing in this league, welsh pure strength and determination , all the others were just brill, agree about the "tackle" on Lee was deliberate intent to injure , a great performance against the best team to visit us so far

i think events elsewhere was a mitigating circumstance to todays atttendance. and now that the season is over and some floaters may well come, there isnt a home game im ages, thanks to the shambolic fixture list

I thought there was more people ther today than last week i wud of guessed at least 800. Another exciting game well done dons. Cant wait for next week

The Barrow v Workie game managed to attract 1808 despite a full premiership football fixture list and challenge cup games on the tele.

www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 9712695866 Match Photos.

www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 9712695866 Match Photos.

with the greatest of respect, it was a derby game in an area that is hardly a hotbed for football

Quite right, donnyhkr. Although Oldham are one of our closest rivals in this division, it was hardly a derby game. I must admit there did seem to be more folk there than for Rochdale. Maybe we were just spread out more thinly? First time I've had to queue for a ticket so far this season too. Puzzling.

As to the game, was far more satisfied with our defensive performance, especially in the first half, against a resilient Oldham team. Their 4th and last try was just an outrageous piece of good luck. All the other 3 were scored out wide, only one of these down the left hand side and that from a high cross kick from young Holroyd.

....and yet another 40 point haul, a cast-iron certainty we have never done that in 5 consecutive home games before.

As for their no.7, he was lucky to stay on the pitch. Notwithstanding the Waterman tackle, he had cut a tormented figure throughout. Presented Cowling with his try, dropped the ball on numerous occasions, kicked the ball away early on in a hissy fit. His dummying was so good, even his own teammates bought them



A good day at the office. Fortress Keepmoat.

Just dug this out from the memory card from yesterday, didn't think I'd got it at the time.

Nice photo. Think I would be tempted to pass that on to the powers that be.it was a late deliberate act that could have resulted in a career ending injury.

He does look to have deliberately got a hold of one leg at a peculiar angle. Question is, was there any malicious intent?
Only young Gallimore can answer that one.I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.

To be fair, Lee was at an angle to him. I think he would have had a cuff around the ear if any of our players had thought there was malice in it.

The other photos of the set are on my laptop downstairs, I'll have a look and see what the photos either side of that one look like.

Thanks.Wouldn't want to hang him unjustly. I felt quite sorry for the lad. I think he has the makings of a good scrum-half, but his hesitancy yesterday cost him. Frustration is not a bad thing, provided it doesn't lead to thuggery.

Just looking at the picture I've posted though, Lee has both feet planted on the ground, which increases the potential of an injury occuring.

Looked a bad challenge, a needless one i thought, waterman wasn't going anywhere. It's on report so we will see what happens

I dont think there was any malice in the tackle that Dally did. They are mates. I was having a bit of banter with Lee before the game on Jamie's facebook wall yesterday morning.
It's just one of those moments in RL that happens unfortunatly. Neither side were dirty yesterday, and a penalty count of 7-6 supports that.
Congrats on your win yesterday, you were the better side in the 2nd half.

Cheers fella...and thank you for being the first supporter of another team for about 3 years that's said we deserved to win!

Not quite, Jemmo, he/she only said we were better in the second half and only congratulated us on our win, not that we deserved it





Going back to the Lee incident, I have still to be convinced that there was any intent. Surely, he, or any of our players, would have been incensed by it? I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. The only problem I have with the lad is that he wears his heart on his sleeve and another referee might have penalised him more harshly for his petulance.

Oldham scrum-half James Dallimore has been charged with the Grade C offence of dangerous contact (using his body forcefully to twist, bend or otherwise apply pressure to the limb or limbs of an opposing player in a way that involves an unacceptable risk of injury) in the 65th minute in the Championship One fixture at Doncaster on Sunday 13th May.

He's received a 3 match ban. Apparently it was the 4th time in 6 games that his conduct had been referred to the RFL.

From the RFL Disciplinary..









Can I choose to disagree with Chris Hamilton and Jamie Dallimore, given that I had a better view than Hamilton, and a similar view to that of the ref (who was about 10 yards closer to the 'tackle' than I was?

Good!
Despite pleas in his defence he has an attitude problem.
And he DID try to injure Waterman. Or at least had no regard for Waterman's safety.
Just like Lima did for Wigan the other year.
I was sitting right next to the incident at the time.
He attacked Waterman's left knee from the side.