Wakefield Ram

And since 2010 aside from a L1 title we've achieved nothing except two relegations. Our pack lacks size, we only had one prop on Boxing Day and Toby Everett is the other but suffered with injuries last season. Boxing Day for Dewsbury was just a re-run of the same problems from last season and can't see much changing. We got into the Batley half four times in the first half due to our lack of size in the pack and poor kicking game and only completed one set in Batley's half in 40 minutes. Batley didn't have to do anything more than complete their sets and kick well which they did. We are a weaker team than last season and we will be up against better sides this season.

I think Fev will make the start line but will be mid-table at best. They will need time to re-group. I would have thought even our modest playing budget would exceed the costs of owning and running the ground esp when income from car boot, pitch hire are taken into account? Mark Sawyer could put say £100,000 into this year's playing budget, we might make a couple of play-off games and then the season is forgotten. Sheffield's backers put in £3m over the last 5 seasons and it didn't get them very far. We will never be a SL club in the current climate, but if the next TV deal doesn't produce the required increase in income, it might see SL back down to 12......and those that have spent £millions to gain "promotion" hoping the drawbridge will shut behind them, might find themselves back in the wilderness of the Championship.

Hence why Mr Wood might be better advised not to share a registered address associated with particular clubs.

Doncaster's backer is Terry Bramhall worth over £400m so think they should be okay this season.

Neil Kelly did well in his 2nd spell. But since then I guess Lee Greenwood kept us up. But after maybe £2-3 million and 20+ years think Mark Sawyer can be forgiven for not wanting to spend even more of his kids inheritance on trying to get a few places up the ladder. I'd settle for a well organised team that plays to their ability.

Registered offices are as you say just a nominal address, so there is nothing to be implied from using the same registered office. It could be argued that it might look better from the outside if Mr Wood used a different registered office to avoid any insinuations. I'm not a fan of how things have happened through the last few months, but registered office is genuinely irrelevant.

Dewsbury v Batley attendance reported as 2,400

There's a gulf between L1 and the Championship so I doubt Midlands or North Wales will be in contention. But Doncaster have spent a lot so think they'll be top 2-3.

You're right that more money would get better players but we just don't look organised and some of the player selections are questionable. Paul Sykes is still our best half back. Best goalkicker and field kicker, best distribution, organiser and best defender of our half backs. Hookem is a more dangerous runner and tries hard but I do wonder if the rest of the team now what he's going to do. Now if either of Hookem or Coates were 20 year old stars in the making, then it'd make sense to play them ahead of Sykes. But they aren't. Hookem is a very good hooker who asks questions of defences. How many runs did our hookers do from acting half yesterday? None I can remember. Jack Briggs is a far better player than Joe Summers. Faster, fitter, much better defender and gets through far more work. I counted 5 hit ups from Summers and a good few missed tackles yesterday. Dane Manning must have got through 3-4 times the amount of work Summers did and he's 10 years older. When Summers played prop last season against Swinton, I thought he had his best game. But March will play Summers ahead of Briggs every time this season, regardless of how little Summers does. But most of all we just don't look organised, like we are playing to any sort of structure especially when we get to the opposition 20. We managed one completed set in the Batley half in the first 40 minutes yesterday. Even our warm-up looked like an amateur effort compared to Batley's. Brad Graham is a great catcher of the high ball and under Liam Finn he scored a number of tries from catching kicks near the line. Under March, I can't remember one. So it'll be interesting to see if we score any now Graham is back. My guess is we won't even try.

Think you'll be in top 5 this season. Good coach and recruited some good players. Barely had to get out of 2nd gear, whereas we only have one year and think we'll be bottom 5.

Well it was a nice day and a very good crowd. Pitch looked good for this time of year. Batley looked like the experienced, well-coached team they are. They didn't need to do anything more than complete their sets to win. And they've got Ben Reynolds to come. And Dewsbury? Some good individual performances from Bentley, Bateman and esp Luke Nelmes who ran himself into the ground. But the team lacks size in the forwards, we spent most of the first half in our own half. And on the few occasions we did, we lost possession or kicked early for no reason. We completed one set in the opposition half in the first 40. We defended well, but offered next to nothing on attack. We had one scoring chance in 80 minutes. Kicking game was mediocre, Sykes is still our best half back, so no idea why March left him on the bench for 60 minutes. I debated whether to buy a Season ticket but the £120 offer swung it. But it looks like it being another struggle this season and think the playoffs will be beyond us. If only we could get a coach like James Ford, some big props and a couple of good half-backs. Until Paul March leaves, it's hard to see any hope of improvement. Hopefully this will be his last season.

Too much management speak and don't really see what his plans for the future are. So there's been a "strategic review" but it's not actually written down in a report. Totally unfit to be RFL CEO. Just a load of meaningless waffle. Anyone any ideas what he is actually saying?

I'd go with your selection but think Dan Coates will be at 6. Don't think Sykes will play. Our shortage of props is a concern. Thought Joe Summers should play at prop, when he did against Swinton, thought he had one of his best games. And Jack Briggs play out wide, he's quicker. Sadly I think it will be a comfortable win for Batley.

£20 and £2 it's on FB but not the website https://tickets.dewsburyrams.shop/ticket/rams-v-batley/

Fev and Salford would have been A last season, not so sure about this season.