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Not a bad squad all things considered. If he plays Gaskell we'll need some cover on the bench in case he breaks down again. Also with Arundel and Myers back there's a decision to make as regards playing the two loanees from Hull.

Utterly pathetic. Same old. Turn up for big games. Don't have the back bone for lesser ugly wins. Without Lawrence we look utterly clueless.

I don't think the Ott at halfback works, no creativity. Until Gaskell is back I would have Holmes at 6, Mcgown at 1 with Taufua back at 5. Ott back on bench.

Well that was pretty awful.

what a show ... time and time again these last few years, we are up for the top sides but fail so much against the bottom

lol ... poop was used instead of sh*t

york .. batley ... games we should be putting to bed but we always find a way to lose lol

Sadly all very predictable - why can't we string 6 or 7 wins together? Seems like we win 2 or 3 matches and we know a half d effort is on its way!

I imagine they were aiming for 2nd or 3rd this year, unless they get out of this habit they can forget it.

As others have said, very disappointing and sadly very predictable.

There really does seem a mental block to these lesser games, especially away from home. I thought lessons may have been learnt around complacency and game management, it would appear not.

It makes those big wins seem like a bit of a waste of time pffft

way off being good enough to finish second this season.

Again, looked comfortable for 20minutes, totally in control. Started to bring the bench on and we looked soft in defence. Still had enough chances to finish the game off but poor decisions and game management screwed us. Interesting to see the replay as the last Batley try was right in front of us and looked like a knock on.

i get where you are coming from ... but we shouldnt be looking at one incident during the the game. .... we should be making our own luck

Shows how important Lawrence is to us. I'd love to see the win/loss ratio when he's not in the side particularly against teams towards the bottom. Drives me nuts that because he may not have the explosivness of a Scurr or Doro some fans think he doesn't do anything. Most important player for me.

Yep. He is wearing 13. Baldwinson is rusty, but we could go Baldwinson and * Doro to start. Fenton & Scurr on the bench. And Lawrence can play the full 80 as a 13. He’s got the skills and the nous for it. He can nearly manage 80 as a prop!

We are consistently inconsistent. Another frustrating afternoon that reminded me of the dark days of Kear/Dunning.

Despite showing our capability by defeating some of the top teams in the league, our inconsistency against some of the lower-ranked teams remains a persistent issue. During the game, we were unable to capitalise on several scoring opportunities and made numerous unforced errors, ultimately falling short against a Batley team that did the simple things right and won the game. Our game management in the final 5 minutes was appallingly bad. It's very unlike Lilley to miss so many chances to win the game.

This pattern of underperformance against weaker teams continues to plague the club, highlighting a longstanding challenge that we have yet to overcome. Barrow at home next week will be another massive challenge and they will be riding high after beating Featherstone.