Agree with the above, you can't really draw any conclusions from 1 game, especially one played in these conditions. Allegedly the pitch was fine the previous day when Gateshead FC played on it but there was such heavy rain during the night and morning (as anyone who travelled up the A1 will testify) that there were large pools all over. It seemed for a while that the 2 guys with the squeegee mops were trying to obliterate the lines that the other groundsman was trying to put down.

I said I wasn't going to criticise referees as much so I will just say that it was a typical Rocket Ronnie show!

The new home shirt looked good from a distance – for the first 5 mins at least after which the design was masked by at the mud etc.

The staff on the gates were a bit disorganised!

Stop whinging!

Stop whinging!

can't help noticing that woods and cording were playing at st helens for shuddersfield, is this a sign of things to come??

The video is on the Thunder site. www.thunderrugby.com/article.php?id=3752 Will be on Eagles TV in August.................

The video is on the Thunder site. www.thunderrugby.com/article.php?id=3752 Will be on Eagles TV in August.................

Im still waiting for the guy's work commitments to finish so we can have the Barrow game from last July on Eagles TV, he must have one hell of a job

Not keen on that kit,Bit Hull KR ish,Surely the red and white stripes should be going vertical

More Leigh/Batley/Wigan.

You forgot Oldham.

It's all about having a new kit every year, isn't it ? Eventually, you run out of kit designs.

I like the front of the kit but I'm not keen on the back being so different. Get a few players facing you and some with their backs to you and it looks like there are three teams on the field. And I think the numbers could be better. I'd rather just have white numbers on the red background - I don't see the need for the black bit in the middle.

Stop whinging

(Actually I agree about the red bit on the backs)

BLUE Square Bet Premier club Gateshead have become embroiled in a pitch battle with rugby league ground-sharers Gateshead Thunder www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/fo ... -28147781/ I reckon the blokes with the squeejies did most of the damage

BLUE Square Bet Premier club Gateshead have become embroiled in a pitch battle with rugby league ground-sharers Gateshead Thunder www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/fo ... -28147781/ I reckon the blokes with the squeejies did most of the damage

The only game I've been to where the game kicked off with some bloke still marking out the pitch. Laughable!

Hope you're not blaming the ref for that.

They're always right.

I cant believe that Gateshead FC manager Ian Bogie is picking on Thunder like that!!