Very disaplined and dertermind display from Barrow tonight never gave fax a sniff





Bit dissapointed by the crowd tonight though only shy of 2,900, thought about 3500 was expected.


Very happy bunny tonight.

500/1? Have you ever placed a bet?

Saving themselves for the final?

Never seen a team play so different within the same season, it reminds me slightly of us in 2007 when Cas were in our league, but at laest we won the Northern Rail Cup before we fell apart!

Well done to Barrow... box ticked for them too now.

It's taken a lot of investment and it proves you can buy a winning team.

Hopefully see you in the final although we have a hell of a lot of work to do yet.

I have!

What would your odds be, and how would you work it out?

Depends on the bookies mate. I'd say anything between 80/1 and 100/1.
500/1 would be the price for no points.

tbf he is right. The chances of a drop goal being the first scoring play are very slim indeed. But I'd be amazed if the bookie gave anything higher than 50/1.

Just checked with my online bookie Bet365 and they're offering 80/1.

I agree with the original poster that 12/1 are ridiculously poor odds for a drop goal being the first score. I've been watching rugby league for over 40 years, well over 500 live games, and only once have I seen a game where a drop goal was the first score (Martin Offiah for Salford, I think against Wigan) and there were suspicions about the reason for that. 500/1 would seem about right as long as the players had not been nobbled. It is interesting that no-one last night even attempted a drop goal until Barrow had scored their first try.

More than likely it went down to 12/1 exactly because too many people were backing it and so the bookies panicked.
Tote offer 50/1 with most other bookmakers offering 80/1 or 100/1.
I have a bet every weekend and it has never occurred to me in over 10 years to back first score drop goal.

It also happened for Simms Cross away at Wigan in the cup a few years back, but there was no malice in that - it was just so the fans could take pictures of the scoreboard when they were beating Wigan! You just wouldn't consider 12/1 unless there was something up. Lot of chinese whispers in Cumbria yesterday.





That's what I was getting at. You aren't going to get fair odds from a bookie (100 tops) and 500 is about right IMO.

Thats better than I thought tbh, I don't tend to bet on drop goals much.



I think I've only even seen one game where a drop goal was the first scoring play, that was an U21 final that finished 1-0.

Bet you were glad you went to that game?


Lowest I can remember was a 4-2 in Australia. Luckily it was played behind a pub

Barrow won fair and square. I blame the ref.

Widnes beat Bradford once by a score of 2-1, all points from dropped goals.

Andy Gregory scored the winner - would have been about 6 November 1983.

About 6 November 1983? Could you not be a bit more specific?

Must be omething about paying against Braffut - Offiah's dropped goal was v them at the Willows. Allowed the chant of "one - nil" anyway.
We lost: xx - 1!

Good times.

About 4.15pm and it was slightly overcast


Happy now

Terrible attendance. RL is obviously big business and a massive attraction oop norf.
Kick em both out and get Skolars in

Sky really does have an effect on Thursday night games, moreso in the Championship. No doubt alot more Fax fans would have gone up there.

We had a shocking attendance against Haven (around 2,300) which is very low for us. Tonight we play Fev which isn't on Sky so it will interesting to see the difference...........

You have got to blame SKY for this one, if this match was played over the weekend it could have been 3500+. Sky OWN the RFL, they are not bothered about rising attendances (supporters) they are more interested in viewing figures.

100% correct!!