So first you broke the T&A article into three sections, commenting separately on each. Then when challenged about your interpretation of one of those quotes (in order to suit your own agenda), you throw a different quote back? Interesting debating technique.

For what it's worth, I agree wholeheartedly with Beattie when he says that kids can't compete with hardened Championship players. Anyone with a basic understanding of human physiology would say the same, regardless of any rugby league knowledge - to say or think otherwise would be ridiculous.

My comment was aimed at your belief that the owners are not communicating with Beattie. I don't believe (from the T&A quote) that you have proof of this.

From Shaw Cross

James hasn't played for Hunslet for some time.

Well, like against Halifax, for a start.



You think ending the season with +2 points is "safe"? What are you on? Even if it was, what margin for error are you using?

We must have different definitions of "safe".

Haha, my apologies. In some ways that only strengthens my argument in that it shows just how wide we are having to cast our net to find available players.

This isn't a debate and I don't have an agenda unless it is for the Bulls not to be relegated and not fold again. "Agenda"? How ridiculous. Have you been on the conspiracy sites or something?


But there are some who ridiculously think they can. As you see from other posts. Does that include the owners? I don't know. They don't say.


I don't have a "belief", I simply read one thing that Beattie was reported as having said, the import of which seems clear enough to me, but it isn't a matter of "belief". It worried me which is why I commented on it, but it is just one report in one newspaper. He might, just for instance, come out in the next few days and "clarify" what he meant. In the meantime I'm at liberty to comment on what he said, and I did.

As for "proof"? Are you mad? Come on then, [uhow[/u could anyone have "proof" of such a negative? Short of Bugging Beattie 24/7 for an extended period and listening for all conversations he may have with Cha-Low? Is that your suggestion?

I've got to say although I'm hardly a perennial optimist, I am disappointed about some of the panic stations reactions being expressed on these pages, especially as the next few weeks are going to get even tougher with little prospect of another 2 points for quite a while.
However, we only need to finish above Dewsbury and Swinton by the end of the season, remembering that the top 4 will have split off by then, in order to stay up.
Sure, we need some troops to return or get some new ones in.
Sure, we need Toovey's situation sorted.
Sure the announcement of Chisholm brings back memories of the Harris fiasco and was unhelpful.
Sure it would be nice to hear some reassuring words from Chalmers and Lowe.
BUT, now is the time to remain calm, weather the storm, and make sure we have the team ready to win the remaining "4 pointers" towards the end of the season when it really matters.
If we lose those, and go down, then yes I agree we're doomed - but for now let's remain behind the club and be grateful we still have a team to watch, however painful getting hammerings by the top 4 or 5 teams will be.

I am with FA on this.

The single quote of 'You'll have to ask the owners' may well have been intended to be throw away but the fact it came out at all does point to him being frustrated. Otherwise he'd surely have come out with a more diplomatic 'Cha-low are working on bolstering the side and obviously any opportunities will be assesed blah blah blah'

Also +2 isn't a realistic survival points total for me. I am not sure we need to panic just yet but seems there's a hint of complacency and hopefully getting dicked by Fev may just have shaken that?

We need more than 2 Points as it stands now, never mind other teams winning anymore games

Not sure where you'd getting +2 from.

We're on -2 now. The three wins the poster suggested would put us on +4 and (currently) 10th place. Which is what he clearly meant. I think he mistakenly worded it that this is all that was needed, when what he actually meant was 3 wins more than Swinton (as well as 2 more than Dews).

I think some have misinterpreted my post about being 6 points behind. I didn't mean once we caught up that's it job done. I meant in the next 19 games, we have to win 3 MORE games than Dewsbury & Swinton and we stay in this division. Considering we did that in the first 11 fixtures, it's very much game on. My point is lets not panic just because we've had a tough Easter against 2 good team.

I think it's more panic over not getting the likes of Murray back rather than the losing the two games. Short in the pack I didnt expect much out of easter, with a bit of luck we can get Murray back and once this weekend is out of the way maybe we can delve back to Leeds for Oledzki