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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.

MoM v York White. 12 votes. 3pts Butterworth. 11 votes. 2pts Parsons. 11 votes. 2pts Arundel. 10 votes. No 3rd pt. Woods. 8 votes . Brown/Moore. 5 votes. Myers. 3 votes. Ward. 1 votes Totaliser Woods. 8 pts Butterworth. 7 pts Greensmith. 7 pts Brown. 5 pts Manning. 5 pts Parsons. 4 pts White. 4 pts Leak. 3 pts

Because I think he's worth a place in the 17..

And in Moor's Saturday team....Same DR/loan players, hope we get a good run out of them. Halifax have only named 19, referee M. Lynn.

Yet why is Kieran Hepworth back playing with The Moor, considering )a we're bggered for forwards and b) he's worth a place?

Wasn't there yesterday so have only seen the highlights, which were quite brief. People complaining about Gledhill need a shake, he's been through a lot personally this last few months, short on game time but he's back on 1 week team training. As someone else said, we're swapping and changing the team set-up weekly, we really need to get dr/loans coming regularly and also missing Walshaw, Manning, Flynn has a real effect. One thing I have noticed in most of our games and again on the highlights, what seems to be letting us down and putting us on the back foot is that we're missing a large chunk of first tackles and sometimes following on with missed 2nd tackles and we don't cover the ball enough. Considering the upheaval we're not a half bad team but it needs knitting together as I said with regular players.

Sorry, don't know why the list isn't coming out as a list!

MoM v Leigh Greensmith 6 votes. 3pts Leak. 3 votes. 2pts Woods. 2 votes. 1pt. Ward. 1 vote Totaliser Woods. 8pts. Greensmith. 7pts. Butterworth, Brown, Manning 5pts. Leak. 3pts. Parsons. 2pts. White. 1pt.

Regarding Toffee and Bully talking about centres, I'll say again; we're playing (my sponsored player) Elliot Kear, an international centre with SL experience but now 36 on the wing and a try scoring phenomenon for us last season on the wing as his centre. Because Joe Arundel played almost a full game v Widnes with a busted calf he had to miss out at Leigh so Blake was put up there but then broke down pre-match so the bench gad to becee-arranged. Next biggest guy in the squad was Ollie G who had to go into the pack, although Alfie is a big lad who could have gone in their. A team has to be turned out and we know that at the moment we're playing more than 1 square peg in a round hole, but it's how we get by. 36-0 down at half-time and everybody in Rugby League would have been expecting Leigh double it and more but we lost the 2nd half 26-4 by doing what we do, kept going, kept tackling, kept competing. With DR/loan men back this week (hopefully) I still expect us to beat York at home. Things just gave to get better soon!

Agree KTF, York game is a double-edged sword; they've had a shocking start, point in our favour, point against us is that they'll fancy changing it against a side at their level. I don't see York as any better than Widnes, so a similar or slightly raised performance and with the return of rated loans/DR we should be OK.

Understood S I B!

Also lost Blake in the warm-up. Need to be ttying to make some loans into long term, reckon Mokko will be losing hair over this injury lark. I've been the biggest critic in the past about not bringing in players and our spending but I can see that we're so bound by poor central funding and other things. We do what we do despite these things. As long as we have a squad of players giving what they have and we can see that then what else can we do?

Now Manning Roger. Regarding hookers, we had 5 in the 17 against Bradford, Leaky, Parsons, Moore, Blake and Smith. The expected return if Gkeds might help somewhat and let's hope at least Martin gets back.

MoM v Widnes; Greensmith. 34 votes. 3pts Brown. 14 votes. 2pts. Leak. 12 votes. 1pt. Woods. 11 votes. Martin. 6 votes. Moore. 4 votes. Burton. 4 votes. White. 3 votes. Totaliser Woods. 6pts Butterworth. 5pts Manning. 5pts Brown. 5pts Greensmith. 4pts Parsons. 2pts Leak. 1pt White. 1pt