Ok with a bit of luck, fewer mistakes etc we could have pulled it off. Their final try had a certain inevitability to it. But what a great try by Shicks! I really think the team did their best and tried their hardest. Great game.

I am already looking forward to next season - i am sure the Chairman/Board/sponsors/coach will do their best to be competitive and put a decent team out. I wish I had funds to invest but I haven't.

COUGARS!

Yes we nearly did it , it was a stormer of a game and well done for todays
Match.
BUT , we should not be in this position and I wish I could share your
Optimism over next season.
The clubs future was there for the taking , it was handed to them on a gilt edged
Plate. But no we make such a mess of it against teams that we should have hammered.
We should not have been relegated .
There is only one person to blame.
Gutted and disgusted.

The Chairman of the RFL appeals committee?

I blame myself

We could share a taxi.

I was proud of the performance today. Yes we came up just short but we gave it everything. It was nice to stay back at the end and be part of the Cougar chant. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and shows what great support this club has got. I honestly thought a BP would be good enough and never saw Batley beating Donny, but hey!

The RFL are doing their best to suck my enjoyment out of the game and a vote of no confidence has to be a very real consideration.

Can you make it a minibus so a few more can jump in!

Shick indicated after the match (before he broke down) that Cougars are a very special club with great support. After a few days of recovery, whatever happens - we'll be back!

Heard Marchy broke down upstairs.

Today was a heart breaker. Should have won the match to be fair. Least we went down with dignity. You can not say the same of Batley this year.

Nope , nothing to do with Batley cheating , we got there on our own merit.

Yes I'll be there next season , already got my season ticket , would just hjave preferred
Watching Keighley play quality teams next year.

Good luck to Keighley next season. As probably the biggest club in Championship 1, you should expect to come straight back up.
In terms of the dual registration fiasco, you need to place the blame firmly at the RFL's door. Did anyone really expect Batley not to appeal when there was a whole raft of unpunished precedent? It's unfortunate that the bungling of the RFL has impacted so badly on your club, but Kevin Nicholas was absolutely right to protect the interests of his club when he discovered that others had previously been allowed to break the rules.
If I was the Keighley chairman, I'd be sueing Nigel and chums for all I could get.

Batley still cheated.

Seconded.

CHEATERS

Stayed upp by cheating.

My views

1st the game V Fev as a game of Championship second tier Rugby LeagueThe Batley situ Again something that has been going round and this was always going to happen with either us or Whitehaven, Batley were always gonna get out of jail. Quickly as a clean looking table rightly we go down everyone knew 5 would go and I think the home defeats to leigh and NYC were telling ones. What happens now in the whole batley fiasco from the clubs point of view needs to hot on the agenda - I don't think for one minute the RFL will do owt or will indeed care what they have done. Batley did cheat and I do belie it was unknowingly but they still have cheated and got away with it because of the RFL's failingings on the same subject in the past. The club itself cant afford a big legal battle for 1 and that might leave them no option just to move on with more bitterness from the famous old foe and if that's the case a statement from the club to the fans needs to come soon stating that and its fully committed to winning championship 1 next season and yes will be the biggest club in that division I have no doubts. I don't know how a battle for compo etc goes but working with the RFL wont get us owt and that's sad lawyers or the CoAS might be the way but again drawn out and expensive. Its not good for the club at all. as the Bottom line is a team has cheated and have been told its all Ok from the people that run the sport meaning this club has been relegated as a result and that is wrong

I was proud of the lads today, they put in the sort of effort I would have liked to have seen in quite a few other games this season. Shick's try was a cracker and what a player he's been for us! I doubt I'll ever meet the lad face to face but if he reads this - thanks Shick, it's been a pleasure watching you play for our team.
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Anyone who's watched the Cougars for any length of time must have seen Fev's try coming in the dying minutes, it's always the way with us. Another kick in the teeth to add to the never-ending list. Another 'what if' to round off a season of 'what ifs...'
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What if Marchy had kept his gob shut at Donny in the dying seconds and we'd got that bonus point?
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What if the ref v Leigh at home had known the rules and not penalised us for a one-on-one ball steal?
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What if Luke Haigh had stuck the ball up his jumper v Batley in the last minute rather than spill it?
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What if DJ's conversion attempt had gone over today instead of hitting the post?
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What if the RFL weren't such a bunch of inept, incompetent cretins? (some hope!)
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Any one of those things would have kept us up, and I'm sure there are more examples, it was that close.

So, we'll be back next season then. I hope a lot of the players think they've a point to prove and sign back on to help get us back up again. I just worry about the revenue side of things. We'll now miss out on some big money and visiting support at Cougar Park will be non-existent for quite a few games. Meanwhile, Batley's bag of money will look pretty healthy...