20 penalties given yesterday!

did hemingway even play???

i know their number 7 went down like a pro footballer alot

no he wasn't playing. i asked their three fans behind us why not and they said
he didn't play for them which seemed very strange. i then saw him walk across the pitch to their dug out at the start of the second half so obviusly injured or rested.
Their two halves were Gareth Moore who won a game for Wakey against us a couple of years back and Ben Black (aussie ex Halifax)

We weren't as bad as certain posters are making out. When we tackled they were stopped in their tracks, whilst our forwards managed to make another 5 meters with 3 or 4 geezers on their back.

They scored 1 try from a flukey kick and apart from that never looked to threaten our line.

What really spoiled it for me was a right gobby git behind who spent the whole game having a go at Eorl, and was still gobbing off as he made his way out. For that reason alone I won't be giving them any of my hard earned in future.

A flukey kick ??? I think you need to open your eyes mate and accept that the best team on the day lost.
They must have forced half a dozen drop outs, they were held up over the line at least twice and knocked on 3 times a metre out with the line beckoning and had far more territory in the game. Murphy was immense at the back and had to be.........i really cant work out what you were watching pal but if you believe that tripe you have written then your deluded.
As a neutral they were unlucky not to cause a huge upset and you scraped through by the skin of your teeth

Bit like Leeds then.

Yep, not far wrong there - i actually thought we were gonna lose and just like in 2011 it was our fitness and the fact we were determined not to lose that saw us home.
Dont think either side were better than the other as we had chances just as they did - they gave everything for an hour and it took it out of them allowing us back into the game....

yeah we scraped through a bit more comfortably against a SL side though.......just like we probably will in the next round too.......you know some sides can handle the big games and some sides cant and choke


anyway I dont want to derail a thread i just thought the guy that posted that utter rubbish needs his eyes and head testing if thats what he saw.....this was not a dig at Huddersfield only the clown posting something so wide of the truth it was laughable....

Thank God it's not a big game then.

The better team on the day actually won.

Spot the difference:
They go over the line and were held up;
We go over the line and score.

There was never any danger of us losing.

Whilst we were nowhere near our best, and perhaps not in total control, we were the beter side.

No disrespect to Batley at all. They gave their all.

It was a classic cup tie and enjoyable to watch.

I'm with keefie on this.

The key is batley probably played the best rugby they have played all year - and credit to them for doing so whilst we were no where near our best which is disappointing but im sure the team have plenty in the tank for two hard games against catalan and Warrington and we have the opportunity to knock Leeds out in the next round.

A close call on Sunday although not at our best Batley played well, made use of the slope, tackled like demons and with the effort they put in made us look poor at times. They drew us into a dogfight and on another day they could easily have won. Batley have a decent team and Kears no mug and he'd obviously done his homework and got his tactics spot on. It's a good job we'd got near enough a full strength team playing or it's very likely Batley would have got the victory. Batley's not a great place to go for visiting teams and it's not easy trying to cope with the slope and the sometimes unusual climatic conditions you get there, the slope and wind on Sunday helped Batley to level the playing field. Thought it was an entertaining game and was well pleased/relieved with the result although not pleased with the way we gave possession and needless penalties away. Although Batley played well and the score was close I never actually thought we'd lose once we'd scored the 1st try and Batley began to tire and we started to find the gaps in the later stages. Thought Lunt, Murphy and Brough had good games and if they'd been wearing Batley shirts we'd certainly have lost. Although I don't think Robbo is having a great season by his standards he was badly missed, we badly need some cover for him and Brough should they get injured because I think we could be deep in the poo should one of them get a prolonged injury.