Top effort by the lads today considering the small pitch, not being cocky but we still have room for improvement imo, when we cut out some of the silly passes and more of them stick we will destroy teams.
Sheffield tried hard they came at us quick but we held firm most of the time, we are a much more solid team this year.

Enjoyed the macth today - but we didn't look as potent with Dana and Cherryholme in the front row.

Looking forward to seeing Wrench being given a run out on Wednesday (hopefully) with Dave Larder.

I thought that Sheffield were poor, but maybe they don't take this comp that seriously - felt sorry for Gibbo on the kick and chase - did he take a dive or was he pushed over?

There are a few pics of todays game on the Club web site already . . see Gallery

more to follow tomorrow

So pleased with the way the defence is shaping up this year, really put bodies on the line at times. Thought the passing was a tad erratic at times but hey if the defence is there you can afford to risk it. Still (pessimistic hat on) slightly concerned with goalkicking though, James does ok but he's not a top class kicker lets hope it doesn't effect us this season. Great showing overall lads though, definately buried the ghost at the Don Valley.

lets hope we can do the same with the whitehaven ghost this year,

Do me a favour could you take this hook out of my mouth as I'm trying to drink a glass of red wine and it's going everywhere

lots more pics on the Club web site now. . . . see Gallery

Sadly not. After all, even Rotherham United are playing there now. The two big soccer grounds are too big and expensive and the others don't meet standards.

A lot of Eagles fans stay away from this competition becuase the club are effectively using it as pre-season trial games. Last year they managed to let London Skolars put 50 on them at Don Valley so don't get carried away.

And also the OTT pricing. £14 for adults, which is fair enough, but £10 for concessions and £7 for juniors? Call me a short armed long pocketed Yorkshire student but that seems a little pricey for me. Especially for that ground.

In terms of what was on the pitch, very satisfying winning there, but still some little nags. Where is David Wrench? Yes, Cherryholme does try his heart out but he doesn't have the same class and experience as Wrench, we know Wilson can do the job, he just needs more match fitness.

Penky and Gleeson were just on a class on their own today, along with other partners in crime Watene and Said. The play got even faster when both Gleeson and Penky were on, because if one made a darting run out of acting-half, the other was reading the script and was right up with him.

Black had a fairly ordinary game, maybe it was the condensed pitch but he didn't impose himself as much as usual and was throwing out some awful passes in some instances. Our defence was sound in general, yes they did score 18 points but its on a pitch they love.

anybody know who that nige is that text's the courier???,
he is off another planet, the goal kicking might cause us a prob, i know we force the ball a bit to much at times,but what he his saying is just a joke, look lost going forward






50 points fax but still look lost going forward and no goalkicker missing holroyd nige

You think he might be taking the piddle?

If you take it seriously, Steve Bowyer, Paul Beeby and Michael Hunt had great games for Fax yesterday according to Radio Leeds text-in