Birmingham Moseley 34-13 Old Albanian

[notanotherjohn]

Jan 20, 2018 16:53:40 GMT Mossseeleyyyyy said:

My god that was cold. These are the days you wouldn't want to be a) a back and b) a kicker. Frozen and out

But imagine if the Billesley Breeze had been blowing.

Thoroughly entertaining game. Thought we dominated most aspects apart from kicking for position. But fair enough for their try after all that effort.

Laughed my head off when Cavesy touched down seconds after coming on. Buster inspiring all by showing 100% effort throughout.

[andyj]

Assuming that the BBC have got the scores correct Blackheath, after thrashing Cov last week, lost to Hull today!!!!!!

[kingsheathlad]

Never seen a game with so many penalties given. I must read up on signals for offence, however a good win. Blackheath beaten by Hull I's, a strange league at times. Roll on next week.

[CJB1]

Good result, would have looked better but for four missed conversions. It seemed to be hard work at times, perhaps a heavy pitch and the cold weather didn't help. Anyway, we put six tries past them both home and away, and didn't let them back in near the end as we did at their place.

Ref very poor, seemed to see forward passes that weren't there while not spotting passes that were, and made some very strange decisions at the breakdown. But I suppose he was as bad for both sides.

Some might think it telling that five of our six tries were scored by forwards.

[kingsheathlad]

Unfortunately the conditions I think meant it was going to be a forwards game.

[profiterole]

i have only just defrosted!

good effort from the pack very very pleased with this result.

am saddened to see we are being 'raided' by other clubs or at least according to rolling maul. 3 players here for a season and gone already. Where is the loyalty?

[Mossseeleyyyyy]

Conditions totally dictated that it was a forwards game.

[philhall]

Which three players have gone supposedly profiterole?

[dingle]

Congrats to Bham Moseley on 34-13 win. Few match photos, more at www.dingleimages.com

[profiterole]

Philhall - cant find thread now but from memory lewis bean (big loss) james dickson (big loss) and ryan roach (not end of world but will need to find new 2nd/3rd choice hooker)

[profiterole]

presuming/praying caveman gives us another year!

[anonymous]

All 3 of those would be a big loss, given the conditions the line out throwing in was excellent and in my opinion is much more consistent this year. Adam Caves has been a magnificent servant for the team but we should be looking to the likes of Ryan Roach etc moving forward.

Wonder which Blackheath are turning up next week? They appear to have two versions, outstanding and lower mid-table.

[Phil]

Jan 21, 2018 0:18:06 GMT profiterole said:

Philhall - cant find thread now but from memory lewis bean (big loss) james dickson (big loss) and ryan roach (not end of world but will need to find new 2nd/3rd choice hooker)

It was Tyack, Dixon & Bean but Lewis told us yesterday it was a wind-up.

[mosemad]

profiterole what is your problem with Ryan Roach? You have needlessly called him out twice on this board. He is a cracking player.

I am a long time silent observer of this board and have felt the need to create an account in order to ask.

I agree with 'anonymous' and hope what Phil says holds true

[Rich]

Jan 21, 2018 0:18:06 GMT profiterole said:

Philhall - cant find thread now but from memory lewis bean (big loss) james dickson (big loss) and ryan roach (not end of world but will need to find new 2nd/3rd choice hooker)

#fakenews

What next, Will Butler scraping a game for Oak or a back row starting in the centres...lol

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

[southernmose]

Having left Oxfordshire in reasonable sunshine it was something of a surprise to arrive on the common in a blizzard at 1230 or so...

Nevertheless, I overheard Dave Warren telling someone else that it was a goer so settled down with some food.

God but yesterday was bleak.

I thought Mose started brightly, and never really looked like they were in too much trouble. Our lineout is so vastly improved on recent seasons as to be unrecognisable, and our pack were well in control throughout. Indeed, it became clear after the fist scrum that OA didn't have much to offer there as they looked to recycle the ball out and get it away as quick as possible rather than contest too much. The only scrums they did look they really went for came in the second half - one ended with a penalty to us, and the other we won against the head and pushed them off. Not saying it was easy, but our pack made it *look* easy.

Some of the mauling was joyous. Well, as joyous as mauling can be. I still don't like how difficult it is to defend against under the current laws but at least when it's going well it can look impressive.

Nice to see Caves score within seconds of coming on. I believe that's the definition of an impact replacement!

Anyway, a good day out, from which I have nearly recovered. I can now feel at least 6 of my toes...

With reference to player movements, I've seen the same rumours on Rolling Maul, but very happy to be reassured by Phil in at least one case. People will always move on if they think they can better themselves, I just don't like it when they go elsewhere in the same division! Mose on facilities and support (maybe not wages but who knows) ought to be very attractive to N1 players, but more importantly (and we need to remember this) *very* attractive to up and coming N2 players down who want to to make a name. If people want to go sideways rather than up then that's sad, but we ought to be a leading club for players to move *up* to regardless.

Onwards and upwards.

[andyj]

Jan 21, 2018 9:14:33 GMT anonymous said:

All 3 of those would be a big loss, given the conditions the line out throwing in was excellent and in my opinion is much more consistent this year. Adam Caves has been a magnificent servant for the team but we should be looking to the likes of Ryan Roach etc moving forward.

Wonder which Blackheath are turning up next week? They appear to have two versions, outstanding and lower mid-table.

Are Blackheath’s results influenced by the number of loan players they field?

[southernmose]

Jan 21, 2018 12:19:39 GMT andyj said:

Jan 21, 2018 9:14:33 GMT anonymous said:

All 3 of those would be a big loss, given the conditions the line out throwing in was excellent and in my opinion is much more consistent this year. Adam Caves has been a magnificent servant for the team but we should be looking to the likes of Ryan Roach etc moving forward.

Wonder which Blackheath are turning up next week? They appear to have two versions, outstanding and lower mid-table.

Are Blackheath’s results influenced by the number of loan players they field?

I don't think so - their location means that they don't have regular link-ups (although OE do - for now), and a long history of loan players whingeing about how long it takes them to get there - I know a few Club fans. not sure what's going on there but they do seem to be lurching from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again with the same group of players every week. 

FWIW I always think Blackheath are quite a similar club to us these days. 

[profiterole]

nothing personal mosemad but Beany et al have been starting week in week out where as roach has been up til now a bench warmer

[philhall]

Although Pam and I were bunged up with the flu on Saturday I decided to wrapped up warmly, put mi wooly yat on venture out and thoroughly enjoyed the game. I would have loved to have cheered all the tries as I normally do but although one feeble effort did get some response I was not really up to it.

I thought the Moseley forwards were immense and surprisingly dominent against a hefty looking OA pack - a pack that must have done well to have beaten DM who in turn have thrashed Moseley twice this season and gave Coventry a run for their money.

And when the first two promising Moseley raids into the OA 10 yard area stalled due to a knock-on I thought oh dear, here we go again.

I thought Moseley played the line-out very well with some good steals off OA. But it was in both the tight and the driving maul where the Moseley pack were rampant. It is a long, long time since I last saw such a dominant Moseley pack and it was a joy to behold.

It was quite a chilly day to watch rugby and, unusually for me I did feel the chill and I'm putting that down to the flu. But the result was worth the discomfort, I don't feel as though I did myself any harm going out into the cold but fresher air and if I did the superb win was worth every minute.

I missed going inside after the match to meet the players, as I usually do, but felt it prudent and considerate to other supporters to go straight home instead.

So, as always, come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.

[Phil]

Birmingham Moseley 34 Old Albanian 13: Mose boss happy to see lots of forward thinking

[profiterole]

I see Cov have bought Ravai Fatiaki

I wonder what absolute potato we'll sign in response for our back line :-(

[southernmose]

Jan 26, 2018 9:33:13 GMT profiterole said:

I see Cov have bought Ravai Fatiaki

I wonder what absolute potato we'll sign in response for our back line :-(

Given we've played them twice this season, and almost certainly won't be playing them next season, why do we need to respond?

[kingsheathlad]

Jan 26, 2018 9:33:13 GMT profiterole said:

I see Cov have bought Ravai Fatiaki

I wonder what absolute potato we'll sign in response for our back line :-(

He is signed from a Premiership club.we don"t have the finances to sign a player from that level.Better to stay within our means.

[philhall]

I have heard of Ravai Fatiaki but can't think where he (? ) was playing. And methinks Coventry are getting a bit complacent about their successes. Hartpury never once crowed about their 100% record - which Coventry can't match. Of course they have every chance of finishing top and good luck to them, but the title is not won until the fat woman sings. No doubt we will find out in due course.

Pam and I do not feel well enough to travel to Blackheath tomorrow so, in the meantime,

Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

[donald]

Can anybody shed any light on where Coventry seem to have found the money from to spend on players given one of them is Premiership level?