Quote: Scarey71 "I though we were the better team for long periods.
Again though, the opposition team were constantly talking to the ref and so I got the feeling it was reffed to their expectations that we had to adjust to that.
Not saying the ref was poor but they constantly, shall we say, sought guidance and as such the ruck was policed to their requirements. The constant holding down, flops and general pratting about at the PTB was a little irritating.
All in all I went away happy as during most of the second half I felt sure we'd nick it and my expectations were that we'd have capitulated on 60 mins and gone down by 30.
The score certainly flattered them.'"
Sorry, can't agree that that it was reffed to Fev's expectations. How many 6 agains did Bradford get? Far more than Fev, and rightly so as I thought we were guilty in laying on too long. So to say the ruck was policed to our requirements is clearly wrong. There was no way Fordy would have wanted all those 6 agains against us with the extra tackling that ensues.
I too thought Bradford had a dig without ever really threatening to beat Fev. Bradford made no breaks up the middle. DFJ had couple of runs up the wing that petered out and both tries had an element of luck: the bounce that fell nicely for the first, and the awful drop out that led to a penalty 10 out which Bradford were able to capitalise on.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
