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Nobody will predict a positive result for us today. I hope we can compete with both the home team and the heat. Toulouse 52-12 Dewsbury FTS: Butterworth MoM: Ferguson Att: 2388

I am sure Batley will have the upper hand on this fixture, especially after we trounced them in our only success this season. Everything is stacked against us, but then again, it couldn’t be anything else playing Batley, after all it’s never an even playing field is it! Batley 42-12 Dewsbury FTS: Hookem MoM: O’Connor Att: 1200

Been my thought for some time.

I think you have covered it all there Coolie, but I don’t think you should have aired your comments on here ‘cos now Batley fans will be telling Moxon and making him aware of all our faults!

It will be close to a miracle for Dewsbury to beat Widnes (I’ll reserve the miracle for beating Wakefield), so expect another heavy defeat on Sunday. Widnes 44-10 Dewsbury FTS: Restall MoM: Beckett Att: 2186

Another great effort today, but if Sykes’ injury changed our play, then we are still too reliant on him being there. It was another second half of struggling to get out of our half and not scoring a try, although we nearly did and would likely have won if O’Connor’s goal kicking skills were anything to go by. It was liking having another “just boot it” Danny Brough on the field. Who knew O’Connor could kick like that? When Donny equalised, am I the only one who thought his conversion attempt went wide of the posts?

He came on as 18th man for a player, who had a head injury and therefore should not be able to play today.

Dare I feel optimistic for this one after the much improved performance against Bradford (which team today in Toulouse had a much changed side and drew)? Go on then: Dewsbury 20-18 Doncaster FTS: Sykes MoM: O’Connor Att: 765 It could all depend on how the referee controls the game (better than his last appearance in charge of us I hope). Billington won’t be playing as he made his debut for Huffersandpuffersfield notsoGiant Giants against Warrington.

Does a move to Halifax increase the quality of their back line though?

Much better performance than I expected today, with a good team effort. We may not have won, but we did score in both halves and must be the kings of the 40/20, with two more today. We just need to learn to score from them. I may have a bias towards my home town team, but it’s not quite like those of Bulls supporters near me. They seem to think that their players can do no wrong; they never lay on in the tackle, move offside and pass the ball forward, but in their eyes we do it all the time. They also like to influence the referee’s decision making and won a couple of penalties that way (my opinion of course). I look forward to seeing the highlights to find out if their first try (?) was a forward pass and should Restall have been allowed to continue to race for the line after picking up the ball in our in-goal, or was the referee correct in awarding the Bradford player the try? Finally, did we score at the end, or was it a double movement? I came away much happier than from some previous games. I would like to think that we have turned the corner, or at least, arrived at it.

They did and all the players got on the coach after the game. I understand the players at Whitehaven did just about the same and didn’t acknowledge those supporters who went to the match. I would like to know if this can be confirmed though.

I foresee no improvement on our status and expect another tough day. Dewsbury 6-44 Bradford Try scorer: O’Connor MoM: Butterworth Att: 2021

If we cannot score in the second half of a match then, to me, it’s obvious the players are not fit and the coaching staff have no new moves to offer the players. Those Whitehaven supporters on here have quickly sussed our methods of play, well known to us, but it seems, not the players. Troubled times for us all at Dewsbury.

We never do and I’ll bet our passing was slow and to a stationary man.

No win for Dewsbury today. Whitehaven 42-10 Dewsbury (Yes I think we will score.) FTS: O’Connor MoM: Butterworth Att:654