Quote: urbancarrot "The referee actually said the substitution could be made. It was John Holdsworth that stopped it along with 4th official who ended up randomly running on the field.. It probably worked out better for Batley as Gaz Moore could barely walk properly.
As for MC's comments. What does he expect teams to do against a team that's sole gameplan is to play off the back of the ruck? Hello Mr Gannon.. Sure you can get a quick play the ball for Penky to cause havoc don't mind us.. Champion teams overcome these sort of issues..'"
Mr Carrot. I dont mind who stopped Moore coming on. If the ref was going to allow it, that would just add fuel to those who think that he was giving everything to Batley. My point was that Karl knew he couldnt put him on, but tried anyway (hey I am not saying that we are whiter than white, its just a comment on the situation)
I also dont have a real issue with Batley trying to slow the play of the ball down, the issue, as always, is inconsistant refereeing, again it was just a comment about what Calland said.
By all accounts Mr Schofield was also a little bit vocal about the refereeing this weekend????
We have to really just put this behind us, move on to Whitehaven and do the business. We will have better games this season and we will have more frustrating games, thats the nature of this sport, and probably what keeps us coming back week after week
As it has been said time and time again "its not boring supporting Halifax"