Fev 18 Wakefield 10, hope the second half is a lot, lot better! Featherstone showing what enthusiasm means and should be further in front..

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Getting pushed off in the tackle on numerous occasions, no support, ridiculous offloads, just dying with the ball instead of pushing forward...
We haven't got a first choice team out but you can at least try to do the basics!

Our kid has gone, says it is mostly fringe players and playing uphill in first half with not much ball.
Don't have a problem with this, BS will gain more from what's happening, than if we had gone with a full first team and beaten Fev.

18-24 FT

14-0 to Wakefield in the 2nd half

'Nuff said.
Alls well that ends well.

It's a friendly. I'm sure BS has a lot more positives from it.

So it begins, a game and a half into pre-season matches.

It’s going to be another long year.

Thought we did ok with quite a few young lads in. Ref didn't give us much either. Tansey finally smacked one into bottom right hand corner which was crying out for most of 2nd half. Fev looked knackered 10 mins into 2nd half and our kids looked really fit .

Sounds like they came good against probably a good Featherstone side.
So, that's two away matches played and two won - bloody rubbish!

If this exercise has given players a run out without injury and allowed BS change to see what fringe players need to focus upon before they meet competitive opposition then all has been achieved. We need to remember that we have had a lot more players in than is ideal.

I would rather a loss and give players opportunities to show what they can and cannot do than a meaningless win.

As soon as we gained some ball and looked after it, we were ok but, it took 60+ minutes to start to play.
Great for the rest of the squad to get a run out and Hall did well to create a score in the 2nd half and Well done to Jowitt to score the winner (the grounding might have gone t=to the VR if there had been one though

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Much credit to Fev, who were certainly up for the game and probably a bit unlucky not to get something from the game.

Child was absolutely awful, as bad as any ref in living memory

We didn't really have much at half back (which is a lesson itself) which meant we simply ran it in for 6 tackles but at least we stuck at it.

But I really liked the look of Walton. Ran strong and looked very keen.
Jowett needs confidence but can play when he gets the chance. I like him.
England was only on for a little bit but he looks the part for me.

As a whole though, they looked like a team on their first run out.
Molloy and Tupou looked knackered after their stints.

I'm happy with Howarth covering hooker. He's really stepping up.

Who were are scorers please.

Tansey, Lyne, Gibson and Jowitt. Tansey with the goals.

Cheers

Cheers

We have and can play better, but it was just a run out.

I was sat in the main stand with Brian Smith and the subs just below me. One of the trainers had the headset and walkie talkie and was taking to someone, obviously not Brain Smith as he was stood 2 yards away. Brian smith did make some suggestions, but as i could not see Stuart Dickens i am guessing that Stuart (or a.n.other) was in the stand and in charge of the team/tactics while Brian just added a few insights here and there.

Ground out a result,down to fitness more than anything else which was pleasing.It was never going to be a classic on that pitch.Well done Wakey,job done.Great support by Max for the winning try

Walker looks to have trimmed up as well

They played with a lot better attitude in the second half which is what you are looking for in pre season friendlies, that is what was so disappointing about the first half, most of the players today will have to fight to get into the 17 against Widnes and I'd struggle to name one in the first 40 who put his name forward! I'm sure Brian told them this at half time, hence an improvement in attitude if not exactly technique in the second half...

We did gift Fev the majority of their 1st half points. Fortunately they were unable to take advantage of similar gifts in the 2nd half. Thought Walton stood out for us and utilised his knowledge of playing against Championship opposition by matching Fev with equal effort and aggression.

Oh give over it's a friendly not an exibition match and means nothing - as ever you just love to be negative and create miscief.

You did noitice the pitch, the lack of halves and the use of 20+ players in varying positions - bares no resemblence to the 17 we'll play against Widnes

Also that sloped pitch makes any game a lottery when it's as wet as it was. The team thats going downhill has a huge advantage in the first 20 minutes and oddly it's always Fev.

Players got game time, no one injure, Hall and Tansey given a pop at H/B. Verdict one or other could do a job if needed but you wouldn't want them both - extra HB required.

You can be unimaginative and shallow and give the fans a false a sense of superiority by bashing teams in pre season friendlies, or you can be smart and see what the rest of the squad has to offer, if injuries prevail?
Answers on a postcard.

Seriously, the slope isn't that big a deal. I did a check a couple of seasons ago and there were more points scored by home & away going uphill than downhill, and the slope has been levelled off to a degree since then. Now the hill at Batley, that's a different matter....

I agree childs was poor but the worst decision for me was giving Gibson his try ,he clearly missed touching down by a couple of feet, came out a minute from the end thought the score was 22 18 can't work out avengers 14 0 second half did we kick a goal in the last minute like to know