Congrats!

Impressive half time team talk "The bonus are for making the play-offs not missing them". And the response was instanteneous. Feel sorry for Keighley. A try from avoiding relegation.

I have absolutely no idea where that second half came from, but fair play, was some shift. I might just chip in to keep Dean Whare here next year, what a player

Thought it was a poor performance overall, yes did enough to win it in the end but shocking. Far to many needless penalties. Thought will lovell in particular was poor, not what we want to see from the captain. Last tackle kick options again rubbish.
On a positive bill Leyland is developing into a decent player. Whare showed a bit of class.
Big improvement needed if we want more than one more game

First half they out enthused us and had a good kick and chase game. They are a really big side and maybe the didn’t have the legs for the second half. My memory must be failing me but Ioine looks about twice the size he used to be- he was a real handful and they had a couple of other decent players as well. IMHO they were better than some of the others down near the bottom but a salutary lesson in what happens when you pull the plug half way through the season. We were rubbish in the first half. No energy, loads of handling errors and we looked very lightweight compared to them. Agree with others that it must have been a stern half time team talk. Agreed that Bill Leyland did well and Whare and Norman have been real assets. Special mention for Macani. I’m not sure he has got the top speed that is required but he keeps going even when he gets a knock and did well in the second half. Keighley were well supported and quite a few in corporate - using last week’s ‘official’ attendance figures as a guide -I’d say about 900.

BT yup agreed, talking to a few Keighley fans they couldn't understand why lovegrove was sacked, results after he went tells the tale! When did our season turnround hmmmm Mr lovegrove seems to be the common denominator

Last week's official announcement was cobblers.....but to be clear, it won't be anywhere near the 5,000 target set by Hughes so I'm of the opinion that someone or something has to change at the club or we will cease to exist inside the next 5 years.

Did a rough headcount, reckon around same as last week, a good number of couger fans, so around 700 actually in the ground, over 100 in the lounge seats

Some penalties for dissent were frustrating to see early doors, particualry the one that led to them scoring. Opposing teams are investing a lot in slowing the ruck down and we need to be a bit smarter/have a different option when that happens. Quite telling how tough we find it up front without Lewis as an option or Paul and Alex making those runs from out back.

Can't knock the ref for consistency, both teams pinged for back chat. Both teams penalised for offside at the scrum. Both teams caught offside on try line.
We should have been better than that, dumb play.

Yes we gave that try away basically. Cant afford to do that against top teams.
We could do with adding some wingers to our squad. Boafo?
What did you make of O Leyland as player of the season Knocker? It wasn’t immediately obvious to me who would win it as Norman hasn’t played enough games but confess I was a bit surprised although I think Oli’s been decent. Horseman on the other hand seems to have slipped slightly out of the picture. Injuries seemed to have harmed his development. Wonder if he’ll be retained.

Yeah I wasn't criticising the ref necessarily, we need to be better in all those elements. The back-chat from our lot just struck me as unusual, not something we have been guilty of for most of the season. High emotions in a tight game maybe.

Also two weeks running now where I've seen an opposition player make an error at a tap restart and the referee has just got them to replay the ball. Not sure where in the rule book that one is, maybe someone can direct me to it.

That's a good question BT. I must admit I was slightly surprised Oli got the shout over Alex, who I think has been fantastic this season and who got my vote. You could also make a very strong case for Ethan, who has been excellent since game one and super consistent. I'm not taking anything away from Oli however, as I think he has had a fantastic season, just maybe his performances have dipped a little towards the backend of the season, which is always a factor with younger players. No doubt he is one of our key pieces moving forward though.

I think it's easy to forget the amount of work Oli was having to get through prior to Corey signing. I said when we signed Henry that I thought he and Oli were too similar in their style of play and we lacked a controlling half with a decent long kicking game. I guess that was borne out with us bringing Corey in. Had Corey been part of the squad since game one, then I think we would probably be having a very different conversation.

Horsman was in the blue shirt running water yesterday and I think that probably tells you a lot about where he is at currently. Would I be surprised if he stayed on next season? Probably not, we are not exactly blessed with halfbacks coming through our system and it is such a difficult position to recruit for generally. Probably in his best interest and ours to offer a basic deal for next season, with the reassurance we have someone who can come in and do a job when required. The ideal thing for him would be a move to a club that would be able to build something around him and give him a season or two run of games.

I see us probably going down the overseas route for our 7 next season, whether that is Henry, Corey or someone else remains to be seen.

Here's the view from the Broncos Bar after Keighley's first try...

Atmosphere was decent enough but what are the club going to do differently next season to attract a crowd ? I suspect nothing much.