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It's not a lack of faith Scrim, it's utter confusion sometimes!

What a massive win that is, fight to the end! Top marks from Mokko downwards.

Butterworth, Render, Myers, Kear, Burton, White Woods. Gledhill, Parsons, Bayliss-Brow, Greensmith, Blake, Moore. Leak, Ward, Brown, Staveley-Carr. Atkinson. Worried as to why Hepworth is no longer in the picture.

Point is we're swapping and changing, we're not getting a great deal of consistency which means Mokko having to spend more time bedding in different players whilst knowing at the back of his mind tgat ge might be wasting his time cos Joe Bloggs mightn't be here next week. Surely you can see this?

Bit low on DR/loans this week, a bad sign IMO. Peposhi, Martin, Thomas, High gone, where's the Trinity partnership gone? Shame as this was a game to target as a win.

Referee Ryan Cox from Liverpool, always found him confident and consistent m, didn't he have the Widnes game?

That's a really positive move, hope the same is offered to Kieran Hepworth. May it serve as notice to others that Batley are open for business for those bubbling under in SL development squads.

Sorry, done it again!

Mom v Halifax. Ward. 3 votes. Moore. 3 votes. Myers. 3 votes. Parsons. 3 votes. Greensmith 2 votes. White. 2 votes. Butterworth 1 vote. Woods. 1 vote. The top 3 gained their votes a a 1st place, Parsons from a 2nd and 3rd. As there are only 6 points available to top 3 will get 2 points each Totaliser; Woods. 8pts. Butterworth. 7pts. Greensmith. 7pts. Brown. 5pts. Manning. 5pts. Parsons. 4pts. White. 4pts. Leak. 3pts. Moore. 2pts. Myers. 2pts. Ward. 2pts.

Will also be reliant on tge state of Trinity's injury list, I know they're not positions we're struggling with but both Russells broke bones last night. Marshall from Warrington has now gone to Eagles.

We need DR/loans of players who fit the position, not ones who are a 'one size fits all' type. We had Shaw and High who were props, reasonably experienced whereas the 2 lads from Warrington, promising as they may be, are still developing. Smith was a great little player but that particular day he was 1 of 5 hookers and I wouldn't want to move Parsons onto the back burner. Centres; Goldsmith and Myers, Joe Burton is a great finishing winger but gets over-run by opposing centres who often are much bigger. Martin is a really good second rower, who it's hoped we can afford to keep him in the long term. Jowett is out at Trinity so Rourke won't be available short term, again am I the only one championing Butterworth? Sorry again, great service and everything but halves aren't influencing anything at the moment. I know Mokko can't just wade in and say 'oi, I want' but you'd also hope that the guy he's dealing with has a good ear.

And I thought I was the one always accused of belittling players....

This is going to play havoc now with the end of season play-off idea intended to level up all the divisions. Alternatively a return to West and East and the crossover fixtures, or Bedford step in to Div1.

When has Robbie been POOR this season? Had a struggle early last season yes, who wouldn't when you come to a new club and get told you have to develop a new positional skill set? Can't see it this season. He has plenty pace, his tries have come taking on opposition centres and no1's, how is that poor? It was great when we were cheering Hooley for the same thing...

So Cornwall bites the dust, who is really surprised? Will Bedford Tigers buy the franchise and take their place for 2026?

Won't get many takers Roger....

Butterworth's timing is awful when coming into the line, really? He's our top try-scorer, sort of puts that argument to bed. Dropped 1 kick all afternoon, that being late in the second half when he had 2 men ready to break his ribs. I'll agree about the 1 dimensional game plan though, every kick from hand is the same, hard and long, every one a pass to fb or wing, no Oulton type high ball to compete for, (give him a ring sonebody!) no chip n chase, no ground balls, ricochet etc. Kick offs same, a bit of variety eh? Along the ground, short and chase....everybody going on about injuries, playing loans etc but nobody out there is being forced, as someone else said, they weren't forced to come, they've all played the game, all know about tackling and running in. Square pegs, round holes....we had players who could have played more or less in their regular spots.

What say was it TODAY? Other than Monday 31st March, the end of a certain month? What big meeting?

....at The Mount today, who were they playing? Are they coming to the next game?

Is Kieran Hepworth actually signed on as a Batley player? I don't follow why, when we were struggling for PROPER forwards, we let a player CHOOSE to play an amateur game when he has already impressed at this level. That would already suggest that summat's up. More so in the fact that a couple didn't look interested in being at Batley today.

Lights are a requisite DF, got to be done, used or not. So, no lights, no club. I know, no players also is no club, but when the lights are done we won't have to spend any more money for years so should have money for players EXCEPT RFL will keep cutting funding to the bone so we still won't have money for players....

Tough, tough, tough....17 distinctly not even average performances. 3 stood up a little: Ward, just plugged away. Parsons looked a touch more interested than most. Butterworth, got peppered all day in the wind, took all but one with 2 tacklers in his ribs, and looked like our best chance of scoring for 70+ minutes.

He wasn't wrong, even if he was wrong!

Agree Il cattivo, an absolutely appalling show, no togetherness, beaten by basic rugby at speed. Nobody looks interested, field kicking is poor, straight down a throat, no variation. This is not acceptable, this is a bottom 2 team.