Post by kingsheathlad on Feb 15, 2013 22:17:31 GMT
At least the score looks better than our home game. I was not expecting a win or a losing bonus point. Roll on Doncaster for a possible defining game of the season, no one wants to lose.
Post by Gerald the Fish on Feb 15, 2013 23:01:16 GMT
I've got to admit I listened to the whole game and it seemed we were cut apart by two early tries, then one in the middle close to half time, and finally three towards the end as we were tiring. Pity was at the death Newcastle had a guy sent off and we still conceded tries. Still the result is better than our home game and in fairness to the commentators on BBC Newcastle they said how well Moseley were playing for much of the game. If,... no when, we produce this kind of performance against the rest of them that still have to come to the common we'll give one or two a good hiding. AND we'll be safe. Come on MOSE..........LEY!!!
I only listened to about the last 5mins of the game when the comentators were saying that Moseley were a tired team but it was obvious from the comentary background that our "16th Man" was still in full voice and supporting the lads to the end. The cries of "Moseley, Moseley, Moseley......" were to be heard untill the last whistle. The travelling fans did us proud. I'm sure the team appreciated it. I wish I could have been there. Come on you Mooooose and Mose Fans.
I noticed that Moseley support as well studlyken and I heard it through to all but the first ten minutes of the commentary which I missed. By the time I started listening Moseley were 12 - 3 down.
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.
I think the press hospitality must be quite good at Falcons. Brian seems that have caught the same mellow attitude as the BBC commentators with their praise of Moz. I heard nothing to suggest that Moz set any real problems for Falcons, it was more a matter of Falcons confidence levels and their own fears. Once they recognised Moseleys inability to defend to any great degree and had their half time review the game was never in doubt. Moseley predictably allowed an early second half try and so the mould was set.
The concerning thing, I have to believe for our coaches, is the lack of tries at any opposition level and we seem to be only in any way confident in scrums on their line or relying on penalties. There seems little flair to puncture defences. The commentator noticed that when we were slinging the ball around - usually in mid field - we tended to be going backwards!
Nevertheless..................come on Mozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................!!!!!!!!!!!
'Orrible thoughts from abroad (well Moseley village actually0
Jersey v Nottingham
Notts top 4 but 21 points behind Falcons BUT 10 points ahead of 5th Leeds.
Will Jersey game prove difficult for Notts?
Oh! Dear. I will take the Moseley air, contemplate, deflate or elate, resuscitate or congratulate!...........................................................................................
'Orrible thoughts from abroad (well Moseley village actually0
Jersey v Nottingham
Notts top 4 but 21 points behind Falcons BUT 10 points ahead of 5th Leeds.
Will Jersey game prove difficult for Notts?
Oh! Dear. I will take the Moseley air, contemplate, deflate or elate, resuscitate or congratulate!...........................................................................................
Got back yesterday a bit disppointed. Was quietly amused by the people who were not at the game speculating (understandably!) so thought I'd add my observations.
Firstly the Newcastle team was great and played the game very well and executed at great pace. Compared with the game at Billesley when Falcons's backs appeared pedestrian, this time they seemed electric. The ground was not the heavy boggy one which the team had experienced in the narrow victories against Leeds or London Scottish but one excellent for running rugby.
Even to a myopic Moseley man like me, Falcons first try was an absolute peach. Beautiful low accurate cross kick, well caught by the left winger and some slick interpassing led to a great score in the opening minutes. Falcons pressed throughout this half but our defence was generally excellent. Glyn Hughes missed a sitter in front of the posts on the 10 yard which would have made the score 10-6 at half time.
Second half Falcons came out again with all guns blazing but I missed the try as I was trying to get a crossly overpriced pastie at the time! Most pressure was from Falcons but on the occasions when we got some ball, we let ourselves down by making crucial errors at key times - knock on for example in the first half after a few good ball phases from us . The general lack of good quick clean ball from us was a key factor here and demonstrated the difference in pace at which the two teams were playing. It also showed how well Newcastle defended to not allow us any decent ball.
Couple of other lcrucial errors in the game. Pinear missed a key tackle on the Falcons centre who went hrough to score. Our line out was working quite well but at least two disastrous overthrows to the back by Caves lost us crucial momentum in good attacking positions. We scrummaged well at times and got a few penalties from that area. However what really sent me away feeling disappointed was that Falcons scored a pushover try with only seven men in the scrum in injury time! (Wilkes had replaced Caves by that time). If you consider the Falcons hooker had first to hook the ball, that meant that there were eight of ours pushing against six of theirs when the ball came in and we still were pushed over our line! Very embarrassing. That took the score up from 29 to 36-3. Powell also seems may be undertandably a bit off match fitness and didn't seem fully in the game. He and a couple of others were replaced on 57 minutes.
Geordie fans were great and someone may have mistaking "Falcons" for "Moseley" ringing round the ground despite the noise some of us were trying to make!
Other disappointments - shared by Geordie fans - was the paucity of decent ales. Only one real ale on the West side which ran out after about an hour and two in a special bar on the East side which did likewise. Food was grossly overpriced and - despite recent rumblings at home - was not as good as Billesley (£4.50 for a pork bap!!, "£2 for a small plastic tray of chips, £4 for a poor pastie or pie!)! Didn't particularly like the main "barn" area under the main stand. Made me appreciate the proper rugby club atmosphere with plenty of great beers which we have at Billesley even if we only have basic facilities there! (Upstairs corporate hospitality and bar seemed very good though). We left soon after the end, disappointed by the lack of decent beer and reasonable food. Most Moseley supporters seemed to have done the same as we couldn't find any there aftrwards either!
Overall dispappointed that we didn't play as well as we can espcially at the end but there was no disgrace in losing to an excellent Falcons side on a good pitch, tempered also of course by the hospitable Geordie fans! We will give the remaining teams in the league some hard games and are not far off being a decent team.
Re the pushover try at the end, it was my understanding from the radio commentary that they replaced a wing for a forward at the time of the binning so as to stop us from our own pushover try, so their pushover try at the end was with a full pack - happy to be corrected though.
Rich, you may be correct however this should not have happened even with a full pack or if a winger had joined the scrum especially as we had been scrummaged well and driving them back on a couple of occasions beforehand. We should really have defended our own line much better. I also forgot to add that we had a good series of forward drives off line outs and then penalties in the last twenty minutes and had been progressing towards Falcons line only for them to clear and eventually drive down our end. We have to take our chances against teams like this.
Disappointed that Newcastle caught Moseley cold - twice, twice - and scored a try within 2 minutes and about 10 minutes of the first half and again within 1 minute and about 10 minutes into the second half. That's was at least 20 points against us just to start each half of the game.
To put a positive spin on the Moseley performance take that twenty minute when Moseley went AWOL out of the final result and the 7 points Newcastle scored at the death then Newcastle only scored 7 points in about 60 minutes of play. So, for the bulk of the game the lads gave as good as they got. Not bad eh, eh???
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.
Because this season's away shirt isn't different enough, I'd have thought. Newcastle play in mainly black, so both of our current kits are no good. I must admit I did wonder whether this would happen. I bet we'll have to use the old kit in Penzance as well.
Actually I liked last years kit and somebody clearly screwed up this year! I'm told the Championship regulations state we need one kit "predominantly dark" and the other "predominantly light". The black and white shirt was particulary silly as it was both!! And on heavy wet grounds shirts can get mudied easily. What needs to be learned is that it is a spectator sport and spectators need to can see in all games. Its not just sufficient that the ref and the coaches on the half way line can differentiate between the teams, you need to be able to do that on a dark day in the gloaming when the play is at the other end of the field and the players are covered in mud!Hopefully lessons will have been learned and we can get back to the light alternative strip. I look forward to seeing it in Cornwall!
Meanwhile, sorry if I cam across too disheartened about the Newcastle game. We were very competitive even if I was liittle disappointed that we didn't do as well as we can and that last minute push over try just upset me after we had had soem decent scrummages..
