Whilst I agree with all of the comments about 'partnering', if we can't beat them then we have to join them - or be left behind.

Check the Keighley News website for this10

ok then which 2 cas players do we think we'll see on sunday, I reckon 2 from these 3
Nathan Massey
Jordan Tansey
Steve Nash

Well that's me finished . I shall not darken the doors of Cougar Park again.

Amateur RL for me from now on.

Sorry to say this but your club has now lost it's ambition as have the other clubs who have gone down this route.

It will bite your club on the bum.

Your attendances will be hit by this as will other foolish clubs who have gone down this route.

We play Hunslet Sunday. They will play 2 Leeds players who have been in the game too long to have qualified under the old style DC agreements.

You aren't Keighley Cougars anymore you are Castlefords Cougars.

Feel sorry for you fans i would be gutted if Rovers went down that route, were luck we dont have to at the min, but i still reckon your better with your own players they didnt do Swinton much good, the players you get will just go through the motions to get some game time depriving one of your own a game, it stinks

I am personally glad about the partnership.

How many of our players are Keighley lads. A percentage.

With the injuries we have, if the Club stood back and did nothing we would be playing with one hand behind our back.

I for one would not look forward to a season in Championship 1.
Infact, I think it would all but kill the club.

We are not Castleford Cougars, we are Keighley Cougars with a
couple of players on loan.

It may not please everybody, but I think it will be a good business decision
and hopefully those who want Cougars to survive will continue to support
the Keighley lads.

Did we say the same to Leeds Rhinos Jake Normington when he scored 2
tries for us in the last Grand Final. He was a loan player.

Like many fans I would have liked to have kept keighley cougars from becoming a feeder club and I like everyone else agreed that that is what we wanted to do.

However as time has gone on and more clubs have signed up to this idea I have felt we were getting way out of our depth here, would the cougars be able to rise to the challenge of beating not only the best of the championship but some of the best of the superleague too, answer, NO, we would have finished towards the bottom, most probably being relegated and losing what little fan base we have.

I say, bring it on, we either join them or shut up shop, JD knew the score with becoming a feeder club as the RFL wanted to run the same system as the NRL, and JD made us all aware of it.

Mickey, I agree with your comments, the last thing I want to see is the demise of the cougars through relegation, at least we will get to watch good rugby in the newly formed Keighley Cougars.

We should be thanking Castleford

Out of interest, How many superleague teams are left to buddy up to exactly?

Anyone who didn't see this as inevitable from the day the youth structure and dual regs were announced was naive. I would love to standby our principles and what is right for the game and not ize "our" team with SL players but in the current climate not to do so would be lunacy. Ultimately our principals however laudable would cost us our club! What we can do is keep developing our youth in the hope that one day we become strong enough both financially and in playing staff to afford our principals. Those that attended the PIRAG meeting where we discussed this subject had it brutally outlined to us by JD.
I still believe and have "Pride in the Red & Green"

Will it help you financially when away fans dont come because of this ?

With respect you will end up as a feeder club where Cas will decide who out of their squad they think would benefit from a game at Keighley rather than doing nothing.

This is a foolish decision which will see the end of fans turning up to watch Cas reserves (why would they ?) rather than Keighley Cougars. I could understand it if you supported Cas. Not just getting at you but also at other clubs who have also gone down this ridiculous route.

The RFL who have allowed this to come about should hang their heads in shame. They are incompetant short sighted idiots who will bring about the Championships demise. I despair. It is not a conspiracy theory to say they are RFU plants.

very disappointed with this decision by Keighley and the RFL.
I was looking forward to this season but I am now going to think long and hard about whether I want to spend my time and money watching a feeder club. It as been said it was naive to think we could continue without the support of super league but can we continue without a dream.

Really sorry to hear that. But i am not surprised to be honest.

I was speaking to two long time Keighley fans today. They both said they are not going down any more. Makes you wonder how many more will say enough is enough.

Isn't it great to see such undying support from 'Obeone' and 'Stealth Comic' and the comments posted by 'Salfordlad' and the 'ex-Leigh Director' (according to his RLFans profile) 'Starbug'.

If you truly are a 'Cougar' then you must accept that you have to move with the times - as I said in my opening 'post'.

Had we not agreed a partnering role with Castleford then we would have been playing uphill, as we were in the first half last week at Batley. We have to ensure that we play on as level a playing field as is possible or sink into the oblivion which is 'Championship 1'!

I've been supporting Keighley and the Cougars for over 50 years as have my children, for almost 20 years. JD was amazed when I told him this last year and I felt that he realised how much Keighley and the Cougars meant to TRUE fans and supporters, who I believed that 'Obeone' and 'Stealth Comic' were. Possibly 'Stealth' is only a 'Comic' and not a supporter?

I have no time whatsoever for Salford, nor Leigh as they have had their chances in Superleague (and Salford still do), so why do they pass such comments?

The alternative is for 'Obeone' and 'Stealth Comic' to invest in the Club so that their principles can be maintained and ensure that the Club is successful.

Watch that video with your coach.

Cas fans are being encouraged to watch your team Oh yeh they'll replace your real fans won't they ?