Quote: The Lucky Black Cat "Fev won and rightly so. The score flattered them to be honest as thought maybe a 16 point margin was a fair reflection not 30. I expect and hope Fev win the Grand Final-Best team all season and hope they do the double.
Fax have done very well so far with so many injuries and problems that could have easily seen players lose concentration. My thought about Calland remain. He cant coach his teams to defend and has no plan B. He has been robbed of some of his best players and we are short on numbers. But he had a big say in whether to run a second team (Reserve/Academy). So its partly his fault we could not really rest or properly bring back players. We are unpredictable and play a good brand of Rugby League that is great to watch, when it comes off. However when we cant do that we struggle to do the basics and we lose concentration. I fear that while it looks good, it will not win us any trophies, especially with our defence and coaching tactics.
Fev have been the best team by far and deserve the success they have earned. They have a good coaching team and quality players. However they have been very lucky with injuries. Fax, Widnes, Barrow have had problems due to injuries in games with the Halfbacks and Hookers. Fev have managed to avoid that. Had Briggs, Dickens and Finn missed or played injured for weeks, would Fev have been so good? Maybe another factor is that Barrow, Fax, Widnes have all had off field problems that have likely effected some things. Players are effected by this. Fev have had the luck this year and took advantage of the others failings. The problem they face now is how to keep the progress going and keep hold off players and Coach. Nice problem to have though.'"
Agree with most of your points but one in particular is way off the mark......... off field problems
Barrow have a disruptive chairman... their own fault
Fax have had stanley gene to contend with .... fair point
Windnes have had the coach's wifes ilness and death to deal with.... fair enough
One of the fev players was killed and another critically injured........ i'd say it (rightly) affected his colleagues for a few weeks after
As for fev's lack of injuries we have an excellent conditioning and fitness team who have done a massive job in keeping players fit and fresh... its not all down to luck
