Exeter Chiefs
An evening marred by some poor decisions.
By Big Bob
February 27 2011
Big Bob does the double by adding a review of the Bath match to add to bhis preview. Q - if so many tribe members are happy to start threads about games why is it so hard to find pre abd reviewers?
An evening marred by some poor decisions.
The first poor decision of the evening was made by me when I arrived at the start of the England match, to find the members bar packed (nice bit of extra bar takings for the club).
It was unfortunate that after giving away one penalty in the first half which did not result in a score against us, one of our players (no names no pack drill) gave away a second very soon after which did. Unless the ref got it wrong, it the offence was unnecessary. I am not naming names because I am not saying that it was this player’s fault that we lost – we gave away three penalties.
With Bath putting on several fresh pairs of legs in the second half what use was it putting on Nemani for three minutes?
After having watched Jason Shoemark being taken out when chasing his kick ( I have rewatched it several times on the computer) and as this was seen by Mr Rose this too was not a great decision in my opinion. I agree with those posters who have commented that the ref and those running the line did not have the best of evenings. At another point in the second half Jason was taken out off the ball and he gestured to the linesman who did nothing (I did attend the evening with the Pearce’s recently and know that those running the line can’t do that much! and this was graphically demonstrated!).
Overall Bath shaded in for me, at times with skill and at other times by being “street wise”.
There were many positives:
- the three first half breaks (the could have been tries!),
- the great work rate by the lads, even when the gain line could not be made in the second half,
- some good leadership from James Scaysbrook who called the players in for a talking to when Tommy was talking to the ref or receiving medical attention (I can’t remember which).
- the crowd - in good voice (just a shame about the few idiots whistling when Bath took their last kick).
- bearing in mind that Bath are a rich man’s play thing and we are a members club, our teams were “in the same league”, when you add into the mix, Bath’s long history in the top flight compared to us, things look even better.
Rob and co will have a lot to think about this week prior to Northampton’s visit. With five league losses on the bounce they will be desperate to leave Sandy Park with a win but I will leave that discussion to next week’s reviewer – it could be you!
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27/02/2011 10:32
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a great feel of the game covering (usualy) the whole 80.
They are written well and are often funny.
Now many ,me included have VERY selective recall and would
be unbalanced and uninteresting to the majority of readers so
you are just going to have to carry on for us BB.
Pleeease.
Dissapointment showing but a good review glad you saw the
Shoey incident the way I did.
