Good I am glad. Now something I am VERY passionate about is the FaxBuilder Fund!! Which nice folk on here want to help us at home games with certain things??? Why don't you turn that loyalty into something else???

I will be setting up some where in the south stand at next weeks game to start giving out the sponsor forms for the walk to Dewsbury

I agree too. Everyone should agree to disagree!

What do you need help with? I'll try to help if I can.

We need volunteers to help us with the pledge stops. Currently we are selling Easter raffle tickets and any volunteers happy to help us we would be massively grateful! We have an opportunity every week for someone to help us. PM me or let me know on here leaving contact details if you are willing to volunteer for anything this season!!!

whos startin?

Not one I'll lose any sleep over. We were poor, but we were playing only 2 'recognised' props. Jones and Haley were particularly impressive. Worrincy had a poor game but still scored twice, at full strength we'll beat them quite handily in the league.

All that said I'll be more than annoyed if we don't win in midweek.

From what I have read on this thread I think everyone is disappointed in the first half display today. What I would add is it is obvious from today and at Swinton that we cannot go into games with only two recognised props. Players such as Clayton, Chandler, Fairbank and Josh Barlow are not yet front row size. This does not mean that I do not rate them because I do but with the squad I feel we are trying to accomodate players out of position. ie square pegs into round holes at certain positions. Also apart from Penky on the bench we seem to lack that creative spark to come on and get us going.

They hadn't......they had been on the for 5 days solid, it was calland's 'Team Bonding' trip, straight out of the Gary Scofield Rugby Manual !!!

might as well get the bad performances out of our system now though in these pointless nrc games

remember last year

If the week away was just a week on the beer for team bonding then we have to remember that if the Whitehaven game had gone ahead the chances are (without being disrespectful to Whitehaven) we would have already qualified, the fact the game was called off and some of the other results today (Swinton) we have created a bit of pressure for ourselves midweek - but I am sure we will come good. One good thing today was the Beswick attempted drop and the Black drop goal as at least it demonstrates the players are taking the competition seriously. (this does not however make up for a shocking first 40) !!

I wondered when the weakened team excuse would raise its head.......we have had the referee and cheat tactics already.
To be honest Im sure there may be a few more players still to come in......Nash, Patterson, any more worth mentioning Big Frank..... ?? Batley also without Campbell, Walton, Toothill, Robinson, And Flanagan so they were not exactly at full strength either.
FWIW i think Penkywicz is the best hooker in the league and looks dangerous whenever he has the ball and something Batley have been missing for a while now as Lythes is nowhere near as effective, chalk and cheese springs to mind, and once Flanagan is able to resume his career, he will offer a new dimension and threat to Batley and I believe that this will make batley a top four side this year.
I think it is safe to say that this league this season is going to be very competitive and any team can beat any other on any given day and that is what will make this a very exciting, and possibly up and down season for most teams.

Halifax shoule be putting 40 past batley we got far too mush for therm but the players yesterday looked fatigued ill disciplined and showed no pridde

Lets solve this with winning in cumbria wednesday night