Wakefield Ram

There's no point coming on here with your facts and figures Have you looked back to the Hull side back in 1978(?). They won all 26 games and definitely had a better squad than Leigh...

There's always a Leigh reference on every thread

You're right, the start will be really important. Potentially could win 3 out of 4, but after that looks like only one game with any chance out of the next five. If we don't get some early wins, then six wins looks optimistic. The more I look at it, think there's no chance of Top 10. We're weaker than last season and other teams like Goole seemed to have strengthened. So realistically 15th or 16th looks likeliest.

Yazz and the Plastic Population Not sure what game Paul March was watching but he thought there were a lot of positives. The only reason we kept the score down was we had 23 players to rotate so we didn't tire as much defensively. And we created one half chance to score in 80 minutes. Batley didn't have to get out of 2nd gear. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/boxing-day-reaction-james-ford-pleased-in-first-outing-as-batley-bulldogs-head-coach-as-paul-march-bemoans-dewsbury-rams-errors-5455867

Happy New Year 2026 - full game https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php?/topic/419595-dewsbury-v-batley-261225-the-full-match/&do=findComment&comment=5484664

Looking at next season's fixtures, my guess is we will win 6-10 league games. If we can get a couple more props on loan, we might be nearer 10, if not probably nearer 6 wins. Possible wins? Home and/or away Keighley Newcastle (depends on what team they field) Goole Workington Whitehaven Rochdale Unlikely to win any home or away Batley Barrow Sheffield Widnes Halifax Hunslet

He's reviewed the match and couldn't see any Dewsbury highlights ...

Not sure there will be any highlights, can't remember seeing the video man. Anyway from Dewsbury's perspective there were no highlights....

Back of the "open stand" at the old Dewsbury Crown Flatt

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.