Probably, but the point remains that in this run out games against lower league opposition only the kids give it 100%. Wood will know where he stands and nothing he did at Batley will change that. Nobody should care about the score or how most players played, we should just be glad we got no injuries and a bit more fitness.

The team to play Widnes played Cas with the almost certain addition of Wilkes, Raleigh and probably Mariano though I accept Kirmond may well be chosen before him.

Let's face it Batley are a very good championship side, had home advantage and a coach and one or two players with a point to prove. They were up against a mostly young inexperienced side. I don't think the result is anything to be ashamed of or an indication that the players didn't try.
We have short memories but surely the way we played against Cas was a far more accurate pointer of what we can expect.
As someone else said, the match was another chance for players to try different things and enhance match fitness.
Let's focus on Widnes because it seems like they think the points are in the bag!
We'll have to be at our very best because a fired up home crowd and biased sky commentary are assured!

I think that Kirmond will be in and Wilkes, not sure about Raleigh, he didn't impress me that much yesterday, also I think Marriano iis still a bit away from being match fit, Walshaw is not a million miles away for SL IMO shows good pace/strength and deffense, just need to have a bit of vision for offloading and passing and then job sorted, I also think when matt james comes back from Fax in March he will almost certainly be straight in to the 1st team