Unless Gatehead and Tolouse collapse in this currently climax they are all but guaranteed there place in SL because they arent from Yorkshire and Lancashire and no doubt it will be a red and a white county team that will come down so i can see why people arent interested in going to games and paying there money, the RFL have balls'ed up big time and im afraid many more teams will end up like Donny. The fans want to see R&P thats why we go......

More fans = more money = better players = stronger clubs = stronger leagues

IMO

...and by the time the penny finally drops or sky lose interest, the game will have lost some great clubs

mAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A fAX AND PASSED TO CAP AROUND ONLY TO FIND MEGABUCKS FROM SOMEWHERE

Ha, Ha, im a Batley supporter i was just photographing the game for the papers.

In one word...Quality.

In every department on and off the field.

I would say it's more than 2 or 3, without going OTT.
There's 'quite a few' I'd happily never see in a Leigh shirt again.

surely even they can't get any poorer, can they ?

Pace -

Not had an outside back with pace for years. Looking at Worrincy yesterday made me realise that. Other teams manage to find 'em so why can't we? Adebisi @ Haven, MacGilvery @ Batley etc. etc.

Fitness -

We don't have a fitness and conditioning coach and rely on Rowley and Knox to set up fitness programmes for the whole squad.

Adaptability -

Most of the squad are one trick ponies and are specialists in their positions. We have no utility players who can slot in to different positions with ease.

the list is endless........

That man said it.

This is one area that Fax strengthed last year. Getting Andy Proctor on board to look after the conditioning of the team. Our players this year look much more muscular and we seem to be much more powerfull in both attack and defence. Last year we had Gibbo doing it this year we have a guy who lectures on sports science.

Nope, but I bet you hear more of them on Sunday, than real Geordies!

('Howay the lads, cobber')