Only thing I can think it's either a fiddle or they haven't counted the tickets the bulls had the print themselves yet. I'm sure there chairman will want to get it into the press

Referee Stokes is the worst ref in the business. We had him at Leigh v Broncos and i swear i will not attend a another game when he is in charge.

Lowes said on the radio that he took off the players he believed were cuplable for their "soft tries".

I wonder how much we have paid Lauaki per minute played so far?

Shaw deserves huge credit for nailing that conversion. I very much doubt we would have got the subsequent try if that hadn't gone over.

You would have thought we had beaten Leeds at the end. Very entertaining, if not always high on quality, and a terrific effort by Batley.

Well, getting the win was a relief. I think that the better team lost today. It does show we can still get a result when we play badly. We will be better with Purtell and Baille in the centres and I think Davis will be huge for us when he's fit. I really think that the player we need back is Addy. At the moment everything goes through Gaskell, Addy can offer short passes and has a kicking game to add to Gaskell. As a previous poster mentione Siejka is a waste of a shirt. I was on the terrace end we were playing to in the first half and he was clueless with the ball. He either shipped it straight to Gaskell or drove it in. He adds nothing and it means Mullaney wasn't up there in the thick of it. Mullaney, Gaskell and Addy will offer real quality options I think. On a positive note I thought Jay Pitts played well and was one of our best forwards. He plays way above his weight. I would not like to be in the changing room with Lowes though.

You sound just like a Wigan/Salford/Widnes fan

And Leigh.

Let's give Siejka a chance before we make him chief scapegoat when Walker is out. He's only just gone 23 so he's still fairly inexperienced and will still be finding his feet within our setup. If he going to be the key player who will lead us back into SL? Probably not but with time he might well strike up a complimentary partnership alongside Gaskell.

While ever Henry is his ran him out of room each time.

Henry and Ulugia looked they'd never met each other before

Did get out of jail, I think Batley were up for the job and on balance were the better side on the day as someone said earlier, a typical John Kear coached side. Played it simple, not many mistakes and defended as it their life depended on it. Their pack never took a backward step and the three quarters worked well inside to support them so we never managed to dominate up front.

We did look out of ideas for much of the second half but maybe that was credit to Batley.

Its still early doors though, no trophies handed out at this time of the year.

Bad day at office. Thought we were guilty of trying to score with every play in first half. Showed composure we would have lacked last year to grind out win. Hopefully a few players back over next couple of weeks plus Fleming and lauaki getting match fitness will settle things down. Bit early to judge sjelka IMO. Needs a few more games to gel with Gaskell.

We more than matched the much lauded Bulls today, and as many Bulls supporters said, we lost the game rather than the Bulls winning it. We have to be proud of our Club, and the way we conduct ourselves on and off the field. Much hard work went into today, and raps to the Bulls supporters who turned out in numbers to play their part in creating a fully charged atmosphere for a gripping no - nonsense toe to toe game of rugby league.

Batley Bulldogs, we are proud of you!

I think Sjieka and Gaskill need a bit more game time together, the latter's suspension hasn't helped them gel as a partnership. Although not yet providing much in attack, I thought Sjieka defended well.

The ref, I feel, can be rightly lambasted today for the questionable way he policed the ruck and for missing 2 blatant crossing incidents one of which lead to a try.

As others have said, we got out of jail today and a lot of that was down to composure. The players need to understand that they don't need to score on every play. It is alright just to put in 5 drives and a kick on some sets.

But the fact is we played poorly and still got the 2 points. We have players to return from injury or rotate back into the side and still another 19 games to play before the middle 8s kick off

didn't say EVERY single season.....