From Batley forum... www.totalrl.com/index.php?showtopic=175969

From Batley forum... www.totalrl.com/index.php?showtopic=175969

We don't actually have any relegation rivals.
We are going down.....whoever cares to join us is their worry.
Batley and Doncaster are effectively relegated...NOW!
The rest can relax.
Sheffield and Gateshead are too good to go down.
We and Batley have to perform at better than previous for the rest of the season....it's not going to happen.
So none of it matters.....let them all go.

Indeed a sad day, we should just cut our losses and give up now.

Reading the Batley site they have had Karl Harrison working for free....A proven Super League and coach who has won promotion from the national leagues working for free on a very small budget.

I think my personal association with the club is now coming to an end.

No-one is too good to go down. And from what i've seen this season, we aren't very good anyway.

We've just given away 2 of our better players to teams in the same league.

Thats progressive management

Wonder who will be next to be snapped up.

While I get your point I don't think it been an entirely free willed diecsion to just give these (or the others to follow) players away for the hell of it or as part of what was percieved as a mangement decision, but the decisions have been made very badly at soime stage for this to happen by any means

But regardless of that it is indeed very very demoralising




Saying all that, we've had worse individual circumstances, but it keeps happening and happening and that's what get's to us the most

Has anyone ever had a really sick dog?

Has anyone had a dead dog?
This forum is going to be buzzing tonight when folk get home from work.
I don't think folk should start falling out between themselves....but probably that's where it will end.
Two camps...the optimists and the pessimists.
How can you be optimistic?

What is the point of running a club the way we are?....the crowds will only fall and it will get worse.
If this is running a club within budget....then what will we have left entertaining to watch?

The crowds will fall slightly but then again there will always be the die hard fans who turn up and have turned up through thin and thinner,got to agreed with Jemmo we've known far worse than this and survived to tell the tale and so we will again.So what ,we go down who gives a providing we still have a team (whoever is playing ) in Doncaster.

Don't think there'll be many optimists to be arguing with to be honest

And then?
At least when we were in Div2 we had a good team.....I don't think that will be the case next year.....it will be more of the same.
Pay as you play.

TBH I've always thought that level should only be Pay as you Play

The majority of the optomist have also become disgruntled with the never ending cycle of boom and bust tho this time there has been no boom.

We were told we were spending within budget and we'd be competative both it appears are now untrue I think thats what rankles most people.

Its the same story and has been for many a year, the appointment of a new commercial manager seems a little after the horse has bolted and could also pave the way for the departure of Andreas from the club.

The club needs some decent financial investment not an advisory board, teams such as Sheffield, York, Rochdale, Batley, Oldham all manage to survive without this cycle of doom. And are almost always competative on the pitch and when not actively do something about it rather than just sit on there hands.

Was speaking to a bloke the other day who has been at the top with a club and he put a very good point across about all players outside of super league being on "pay as you play" terms instead of contracts,it would help the clubs out no end,granted some clubs would be paying more than others but thats how it is now.At least it would be a more level playing field as lower clubs would be able to attract lads that are not getting into other sides.