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Quote: urbancarrot "Josh Casey... one of under 20's squad'" So perhaps a little bit of encouragement woud have gone down well? Any way onwards and upwards? www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/h ... -1-6368088 Wel done Fax.

Winger should have come inside. I thought both players ended up looking bad for it. Obvious poor play by the winger and not sure what Cowling was doing with the pass.

Both their first game together so think we can cut a little bit of slack with the rustyness.

Great to see three (four if you include jarrod) of the academy lads on the field together and not looking out of place

Cougars beat Rochdale 58 to 4. Shows how you cant read much into them.

Fev beat Wakey 24-8 today including what appears to be the quickest ever try in RL (timed at 6 secs from wakeys men)

Always nice to get one over a SL team

Next week a much more realistic test though - both teams confidence will be sky high, shaping up to be a cracker even if its only pre season

Golden rule = only pass to a team-mate in a better position. No need to panic pass regardless of where Casey was or wasn't. This type of relationship/partnership forming is what friendlies are intended for i think.... no drama.

Just slightly O/T - anyone remember Dick Fairbank trying to catch passes? If you didn't put it EXACTLY in his bread basket he used to knock on. He even used to pre-shape his arms (upper and lower forearms) at right angles in the catching position as he came in on a run. Used to crease me up

Can I ask who was missing from your team yesterday ?

Johnston
Heaton
Worrincy
Tonks

Robinson
sherrife
?

Tonks, Robinson, Potts, Sheriffe as well.

So probably 5 starters in Potts, Tonks, Robinson, Heaton and Johnson.

Conditions were really bad so its hard to draw conclusions about the game. I would hope we will be a lot better on dryer grounds and Batley had the dual regs missing which showed.

Defence looked really good but Batley didnt really offer much, partly due to the conditions and I would assume been a few new combinations for them.

The real test to have an idea where we are will be next week against Fev. Sheffield and Fev will set the bar again this season so it will be interesting to see how we go.


Edit: Worst catcher of a ball I have seen, rivaling Liam Harrison, was Said Tamghart. Destructive when he had the ball but unless it was placed in his hands was like watching coco the clown juggling.