Quote J20="J20"First off hello Fax fans! Ended up at your gaffe for the day today and had a really good time. I thought the turnout for the Siddal game was impressive all around and the Siddal lads gave a very good account of themselves and rightly were given great support from the locals and also Widnes support who gave them a well earned applause and support during the game.
Which leads me onto the title of the thread, what on earth was that all about with your fans and the Lock Lane lads? Nothing short of embarrassing at times. We met some cracking people in and around the ground and had a good few chats but some of the vile spilled out to an un-paid amateur side not even in the top division was appalling. 'who are ya?' Seriously? Come on! 70 - 06 up and calling the Ref a 'crook' and all and sunder, yes he may have let the odd thing go a little but FFS your playing an amateur side who want to enjoy their big game and never give up.
The players weren't much better either (ok if my side may have seen the funny side so maybe getting a bit carried away) but passing a ball in the in goal area? White throwing the ball at players etc? Embarrassing for a guy who gets paid for his job! And people wondered why they put a few high shots in the end? Fax played the usual good flowing stuff which was good to watch and the likes of Fairbank seemed to enjoy a good run out too enjoyed going to see a bit of your game as may as well make the most of it eh.
As I say had a cracking day, enjoyed the atmosphere, full credit to the Siddal lads and good speaking with a lot of you Fax supporters but the one's giving the local amateurs a barrel full really IMO need to take a look at themselves and get a sense of perspective surely?'"
Yer okay maybe a bit of an over reaction by us at times BUT the Ref gave a try that blatantly was not, he allowed constant slowing the play the ball down by the Lock Lane lads, can't blame them you would if you can get away with it and the high shots just kept coming and like others have put this is all okay because they are amateurs???
I wonder if York had a Ref with the same attitude today, I very much doubt it.
The thing is it is not up to the Ref to balance things this is a professional game, players need protection and we did not get it today, oh and the Rob Worrincy try that was disallowed by the linesman when it was the LL player who hit the flag.
So you saying we have to be nice after stuff like this?
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Only joking of course. Where did the Vuvusala go inbetween games?
