Was morro in charge ? Morro out

Good performance by our young team now onto widnes away with the full team looking forward to a big season

I reckon we should sign that Gareth Moore, he looks like a good player.

Poor quallity game but a hard workout and thats always needed, tough Batley side that defended very well and deserved the win (no doubt JK enjoyed it)

Hope MW is ok he looked shook up to say the least.

Shame more Batley fans did not turn out.

Why OMG? talk about over reacting!

That was a turgid affair. The kids put the effort in but the application in the main was poor, not helped by some pedantic refereeing. Fair to say nobody stood out and demanded selection on Friday. Positives were Olly got some game time in his legs and ran the ball in strongly. Wood kicked well first half and Trout put plenty of decent work in. The young winger Fletcher seems to have a bit of promise. Of the first team candidates, Amor and Raleigh did a stint each, Amor was Solid, Raleigh looked like a back rower playing prop. Mariano looked a little off the pace to be honest whilst Motu Tony was busy without really achieving much. Walshaw really needs to learn to pass when he makes a break. Wildie was in cloud cuckoo land when he was helped off. Both Ellis and Davey were quiet, wouldn't be surprised to see Wood get the interchange hooker spot on friday. Morton didn't do much other than one touchline conversion out of three and a dropped bomb near the end.

Yes thought Kyle Wood was by far our best player.

Any body know who was the guy wearing 6 who came on for the last 20 mins or so

Thought Ellis's defending was imense in the first half. He made the first four tackles in the game.
His distribution was good, apart from one forward pass and I am sure he will be better with quicker play the balls, (they were very slow today), and the regular half backs.

Think his name is Danny Ansell? Not sure though

It was a pretty dour affair, but it served a purpose; certainly demonstrated that of the young players that some people demand Agar includes in the first 17, many are not ready.

Having said that, Trout ran hard, Slater was impressive and Walshaw is full of promise, despite making some dodgy decisions.

A decent work-out - well done Batley.

Danny Ansell
Used to play 6 at Stanley Rangers.

I think this is an important point to note. A lot of our kids have bags of potential but are probably a year away from being able to compete at the top level. A glut of injuries early on this year and we will struggle, the kids need work over the next 12 months to prepare them. If they got thrown in now it would be detrimental to their development.

who took the pass from the Amor break in the 1st half? I had it as 21 the Batley fan I went with said 2 whoever it was he lacks any pace it was try time.

Think the young lads put in a good effort but must say I expected more from Mariano,Ellis,Tony and Wood and I will say it again Raleigh is never a prop and I have real doubts if Wilkes is add Johnson and we have 3 back row forwards in the front row that will be exposed in SL and Agar must address the lack of grunt in the pack
9 first team squad players in today with 3 of our so called front line props who were out muscled to be honest Batley well worth the win

was on Wakey books as a 16year old but left and spent 14years
At hudds were he was wasted, hopefully under Morrison he can get some game time.