Cold hard truth is we are in the relegation battle because we didn't win enough matches not because Batley played an illegible player, simple.

Batley and the DR fiasco was our 'get out of jail free card ' , and whatever the rights and wrongs of the RFL's handling of the matter ,that's now been taken away so its back to where the game should be decided , on the field.

Its not just me then. Last year, I was going to Rhinos on Fridays and Cougars on Sundays. This year, just been to 2 games in total all year, partly because of work, but if i'm honest, just not felt inspired to go to a game when i've not been working, and the Batley shambles hasn't helped my current feelings for the game.

I work late most evenings. Sat is a very busy day for me.
Sun is the day i can spent it with my partner and our kids if they want to come out with us.
Every other Sun we dont do anything as i go to watch Cougars at home.
I pick the odd away game to go to.
Now if i do that and at the end of the season. We go down because the rfl will not punish a team. There really isnt any point in spending my hard earned money and time i could spent with very important people in my life.

what if?

We'd have beaten any or all of: Leigh at home, Batley home and away, NWC at home. Other posters are correct, we've had plenty of chances to make sure we weren't in the position we find ourselves in.

What if teams got winning bonus points for beating the opposition by more than 12 points. It never seems fair to me that some matches yield 4 points for the teams involved (win by less than 12 points or a draw) and others only 3!

The only live rugby i've seen this year is Worthing Vs Wharfedale!

You might see more next Season 333 if we're relegated as a result of the RFL being either corrupt or pathetic!

if we win the next 5 games we'd be champions of this division

The inept RFL can't even organise a 3rd tier competition where everyone plays each other twice! You only play the 4 teams geographically furthest away from you once, and everybody else twice. How is that fair? How many teams in the division will end the season having played exactly the same teams? There will be on suck comparison. RL is a laughing stock. It's embarrassing.

Fair enough but I think the arrangements for League 1 next season are not bad in all the circumstances. And that's why you can get promoted via the playoffs as well as by finishing top of the league. Just hope Cougars aren't in that division.

All championship clubs (except Batley and Doncaster) should get together and put a motion forward to be voted on by ALL clubs at the next full rugby league Council meeting such that the central funding each club outside super league gets in 2015 is based on what the final championship table would have been in 2014 IF BATLEY AND DONCASTER HAD BEEN DEDUCTED THE 3 points each.

That will mean nothing if we are down.

It would.

I don't know the exact figures. But say in 2015 you get £225,000 if you finish third and only £175,000 if you finish 5th. If Doncaster actually finish third but with 3 points deducted they would have finished 5th then they only get the £175,000 .

Likewise, let's say League 1 clubs in 2015 get £50,000 each but if you finish 9th in the Championship this year you get £125,000. Then, if Cougars get relegated and Batley finish 9th and stay up, but, if Batley had had the3 points deducted they would have been relegated with Cougars finishing 9th, then under above proposal Cougars get £125,000 next season and Batley only £50,000. Some consolation should Cougars actually go down.

But if we had played better and won the games we should have
We wouldn't be in this situation.
We can all theorise all we want at the end of the day it boils down
To the fact that if we are relegated it is because we were not good enough.
Sad but true

IF Cougars are relegated, it will be as a consequence of a Batley win in which an ineligible Super League player played and scored for them.