Much has been spoken on this forum regarding our current situation. We have gone from finishing the last Championship season as the second best defensive team. This makes our present shambolic performances so hard to take. There is no point in critising Paul March, everyone can see how our performances have deteriated, his direct responsibility.

The time has come for the board to either
(A) Bury thier heads in the sand,ignore relegation and continue to back PM untill its too late... Paying loosing pay has its benefits!!
Mr Fawcett's ridiculous comments in the Keighley News has made all the board look ridiculous.
Or (b) Show fans and potential sponsors you do have ambition and start the process immediately by advertising for a player coach and get a leader on the field... Paying five loosing pays has already saved you £10,000 from your budget to help fund this. By acting now we can have the new coach in post before we play four key games against winnable opposition.

It's never easy replacing a coach it takes some bottle but when the future of our club is at stake it has to be done. Failure to sort this out quickly we WILL be relegated and we will hold you totally responsible...You will be pleasantly surprised by the potential candidates that will jump at the chance to coach the Cougars, so don't delay sort this shambles out NOW!!!

Paying the price for the unnecessary "big names" last season hence no cash this season

Seconded.

Come on Mr Fawcett , Have you got what it takes to sort it out or are you going
to join the rest of the naysayers and say it's too early .

Time to put on your big boys pants and salvage the season.

Relegation would be a total disaster ,masses of supporters would walk away
and yes we would hold you responsible.

For your information Mrs C A lot of the 'big names' last season came and played on the same
win / lose pay as the rest of team as a favour to JD.

The players need the support of supporters now more than ever. There's no point knocking the board; I'm sure if a group of people put themselves forward as a potential new board and demonstrated that they had the wherewithall to take the Cougars forward in a materially better way, the present board would feel under pressure to step down. Until then, Keighley needs to stick together.

JD, Coleman, Tadulala, Obst, Korkidas, Haythornthwaite and now Wray.

Paul March has lost almost half of last seasons starting 17. Even a top team would struggle to cope with such a large turnover of talent.

I agree we must support the players, as always, but this can only go so far. Many comments have been raised on this forum and I don't see any response from the Directors......namely Mr Fawcett.

I attend all match's and Mr. Fawcett never seems to interact with supporters.

We are in a very serious situation. Is it time to call for a supporters meeting, so the 'board' can inform us what the heck is going on ? or am I just a supporter who should keep his nose out. Well not for long Mr Fawcett.

I look forward to response !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you actually emailed Mr Fawcett?

I couldn't agree more losing the likes of JD, Obst & Korkidas was always going to leave a big void this season was always going to be a tough order for you. Lets hope Korkidas' butchers shop gets shut down in another horse meat scandal & he comes out of retirement & back to Cougar Park Chins up guys you did play some decent rugby in the first half good luck for the season & I hope to see you at the LSV

Can I be 'devil's disciple' here and put another point? I would suggest the call for Marchie's sacking is useless as he is a proven coach whose record speaks for itself. Looking back who can remember criticisms about Phil Larder when we got a tonking up at Whitehaven, the team was bood off the pitch and he eventually left in the wake of relative failure? Jason Demetriou's ability was questioned when we lost at London Skolars and South Wales. We were within 40 minutes of a disastrous season in the 2011 play-offs but came back in the second half against Rochdale. Some people look back to the 'golden days' of 2012 season but many others considered it a failure that the 'Manchester City' of the Championship could not mix it with the Featherstone's and Halifax's.
Looking back at yesterday's game, for twenty minutes we had Leigh rocking and I would suggest that it was only when Buster Feather went off that Leigh began to run through our defence; have a look at the stats. Marchie's recruits such as Paul White and Sean Hesketh to name two, have been in my opinion the stand-out successes this term and it is only some of the long-standing players who have still to step up to the mark.
I am sure that the gloom on the terraces transmits to the players and we may be partly responsible for some of the results. Marchie's dismissal can only destabilize the club when we need it the least. Lets get behind Marchie and our team and give them all the support we can – in any way we can.

Some pretty fair points there.



This is just what we said - our game changes markedly when we hit the interchanges. Is this a tactical issue or a player issue?

Times like this are difficult for fans, players, coaches and directors alike. We have not only lost players from last year but we have a significant injury list too. I'm not a fan of "knee jerk" reactions and would much sooner sort this internally, we would emerge a much stronger team if we could. The only problem is the clock is ticking and no one wants relegation to the division of death.

It's never been easy being a Keighley fan, this year more than most.

Seems to me that cougar fans are looking for a scapegoat, rather than supporting the team and the club. A lot of things on the forum are aimed at Mr Fawcett and Paul March. I will say one thing before Mr Fawcett can do anything he will have to talk to board of directors and it has to be agreed just like most board of directors of any company does, nothing else you can do!! Paul is trying his best for his team esp we have lost a few good players such as Korki, JD, Obst, etc but we have to get this team up to where we was last year or better. A lot of these players feel the lost of the game when we do lose, but do most of you actually support the players? stay behind wait in the bar and chat to them BECAUSE thats when they do feel the support as well as being out on the terrences. I didnt see many of you staying behind, can name a few! very quick to be on here seems to be the important thing at the mo for some of you!
Yes i agree Lawkholme Len with what you have put, but some people are quick to slate coach, team, and board!
Well Thursday we know we are going to lose as Fev are a good team, but get over it, we will get there if we just continue to give out postives to the team rather than the negatives!

here is a postive from Leigh Coach,
Rowley added: “Keighley aren’t a bad side. They’ve been through a big transition and they’ll get better over time. They’ve some good personnel.

“Everyone talks about Paul March being rugged, but he’s also a smart footballer and people forget that at times. He epitomises what Keighley are all about.”

Right, lets sit back and 'give them time ' ,see what happens , let them gell etc etc etc,
the only problem is we don't have time,,the league of doom is stood on it's tiptoes
peering over the wall at us ....... ending up back down there would be total disaster.

Also about the comments about supporting the players , I and 99.9% of others do, I have done
for over 35 years that's why I do not want ti see them relegated to the basement division.

thinhs must change and quick.

Yes you are right things must change, but new team, new coach, takes time, working as a team doesnt happen overnight, yes good point of sit back and give them time, and it will get better over in time as we go along. After all its the players and coach that play on that pitch and do all the hard work!

Well Burleycougar support them instead of slating coach and directors then!

Maybe instead of the gloom that you are bring with you to Cougars, maybe bring a bit of sunshine