Yes Batley have gone sadly backwards, out played, out enthused by Dewsbury. the crowd though was un officially 2,887

Thackeray made a couple of mistakes but also lots of good work.Handforth has got a real gob on him,could hear some of what he was shouting from front of stand,needs to concentrate on the game not on gobbing at his teammates

Maybe you should coach the team instead of Harrison ?

Why on earth do you think he brought Tiger with him & let Blacky go ?
Maybe some of the forwards needed a kick up the backside to get them into the groove.

Exactly. A half back that dosnt talk? That would be crazy. Handforth was just what we lacked last season. I was actually impressed with how much talking and organizing you could see him doing on the pitch.

He had his own little noisy/boozy fan club too at the front left of the south stand, maybe they're some of the amateur club lads he coaches. He was straight over to chat with them at the full time hooter.