The scrim reaper

Walshaw Brown Moore

Great win for the boys today! 14 - 0 down and come back to win 24 14 is unbelievable some great performances today from the whole team, walshaw, Moore, and Brown, standing out for me, goes to show what we can do, great second half performance my only criticism is how long it took us to break them down, we defended magnificently hardly allowing Sheffield any ground second half, hopefully this is a step on the right direction, is kear going to pull off another one of his miracles, let's keep our fingers crossedmessage to Roger t, mom won't let you nominate it says it is closed something you need to look at,

Called it 2 days ago! I had a feeling he would be back part time working round his job at wakey, he's known for getting teams out of a fix but I'm not sure if he could pull it off this time and keep us out of the playoff situation,we would have to go on a hell of a winning streak to avoid it, that said if we do end up in the play offs I'm sure he will keep us up

Manning Moore Parsons

The result might not show it but it wasn't a bad performance we made a few stupid errors in the first half, but the second half was a lot better no woods off injured, my only concern is how much time we spent in the bradford half but still couldn't score points we spent a lot of time near the bradford line but still no attacking options we need to come up with something different the 1 man trying to barge over the line doesn't work! It was a lot better performance than recent games hopefully it's a stepping stone towards a couple of wins which we desperately need!

Might be a few contenders on here there's quite a few on here seem think they to know everything!!

I think merging the 2 divisions would be a strong contender I could imagine without it a couple more teams dropping out of league 1 with the way things are at the moment with such poor attendences I'm sure the extra revenue gained from merging the 2 leagues would be welcomed from quite a few teams how they would format it im not quite sure!

Unfortunately I don't think this post will get many answers this week! Leaky Brown Greensmith

Really really poor today we didn't look as tho we had any energy, we looked slow disorganised and missed so many tackles which isn't like us what's worrying for me is the amount of points we are letting in it's 40-50 every game which just isn't like us, something has to change quickly, but unfortunately I can't see where the next win is coming from, I'm afraid I don't see us getting out of the bottom 4 this season which means we will be in the play offs what ever that entails,and the way we are playing i don't think we are guaranteed to survive them even tho we would be playing against lge 1 sides, im afraid that this season Batley are looking at the real prospect of relegation! Which could be the final nail in the coffin for BATLEY Rlfc.

A tough one this one there's obviously a lot of emotion going on at the moment and people are obviously frustrated and venting their anger at mokko, Kevin, and the team, I was as upset at yesterday's performance as anyone but im a strong believer that no one goes out on the field wanting to lose and you don't become bad players over night(look at fax they were flying and I think they have now lost their last 3 games)the championship is a tough division anyone can beat anyone on the day look at (shef v huns) I think the problem for us is for at least the last 3yrs we have had a well rounded and settled squad,but we have had one of the worst injury lists we have had in a long long time and we have not been able to put the same team out 2 weeks on the trot and with players playing out of position it's always going to be difficult for any team to be consistent, yes we have lost the likes of hooley, and meadows, and a few more and I'm sure kev would have done everything possible to keep them if the funds had been available ,but unfortunately they never are because we we don't get the support we should as you all know, we don't have a sugar daddy pumping money into the club and that's just it! kev isn't a multi millionaire and can't magic money out of thin air, I feel myself that this could be the year that unfortunately we will be fighting relagation what ever that entails with the format the RL have come up with, ('id appreciate it if someone could actually clarify what the play offs will be) we have had a lot of good times with batley over the last 10yrs and we have all lapped it up! now is not the time to be moaning and groaning now is the time to show your real support for a club I'm sure we all LOVE,in the meantime all we can do is get behind the boys and mokko and hope for some consistency! UP THE MIGHTY BULLDOGS!

The ref got it right with armitage its a daft rule but it was a bouncing ball across the ground, had the ball been in the air and caught on the full it would have been a penalty! There your all a little bit wiser now!

A very tough watch today,to say we were poor is an understatement, too many soft tries let in from our mistakes, too long a kick off bang down field 3 plays later bradford score the knock on first tackle from the drop out same again, then the offload straight to their player,that's 18 points given away, if not it's 14-6 at ht and possibly in with a shout going downhill second half, but we just got worse despite scoring first,no organisation! how long has gledhill been a half back,, too many missed tackles too many offloads we just didn't look interested, although bradford were better than us we just made it so easy for them,and not just them every week we are giving teams a head start and playing catch up why is it we are so slow to wake up! We have a 2 week break now before fev and we should have a full squad to pick from with manning,walshaw,brown,and blake,back let's see what happens then, I think mokko needs to look at the squad and decide what needs to be done and make some tough decisions, give someone who can make a difference a chance give parson a full run out maybe! Things need to change quickly otherwise we will be fighting the drop which if it did happen would be the end of the club!

Thoughts and predictions for this one! Going to be tough as we know but all we can do is put a team out that can do the job,unfortunately having to chop and change all the time doesn't help the squad, I'm sure which ever team is put out they will be trying their best, personally the one team I love to see get beaten is bradford,

Funny result a draw! You don't wether to fill elated, or deflated, I suppose both teams will be happy with it especially with barrow taking a good early lead and then at the last minute hoping woods would miss the kick to avoid defeat I wonder if the hooter guy came on the barrow bus the kick just at half time and at the end he blew just as woods was about to kick, anyway that little niggle out of the way I thought we showed some real grit and determination today which has been lacking a bit of lately, everyone put a shift in and especially the second half the defense was very good! That said we have to start games a lot better than we have done the last few weeks we don't seem to get going until 20mins into the game when we have already allowed the opposition to put points on the board, and that's definitely something we will have to address for next week you can't be giving bradford a 12-14 point start!

OK let's go! What's everybody's thoughts on this week's game? , barrow seem to be on a bit of a good roll at the mo! Where we seem to be just rolling down hill, thoughts and predictions please!

One thing I would say about him is his positional play, he seems to miles away from the ball at times and doesn't read what's happening in front of him!

Where to start! Totally blown out the water first 20 mins, then with 10 mins to go we decide to show some urgency! Hunslet started off like a house on fire we looked like we were still in bed, Hunslet stand off ran us ragged, even when we got back into the game first half10- 16 we let them in again almost immediately, we didn't seem to have any energy someone said there was a bug in camp! That said why oh why do we not do anything different in attack we are so regimental in our play no individuality and so predictable! Hunslet put us under loads of pressure with their kicks first half, I don't understand why woods was rushing his kicks with 7.5 mins to go, and finally on our last chance of the game leaky although played well 2 metres out doesn't play the ball criminal, we got what we deserved today nothing!

If you want to give a man of match the full game is now on YouTube!

The full match is now on YouTube!

If you go on to London s website the match report is up and the highlights are on there, have to say 2 soft tries we gave away, and to see woods take the line on and break through to score is as rare as the proverbial rocking horse s****e!

Phildog I suggest you go back and read your first statement on this subject it's got lack of faith all over it! Your negativity at the moment is enough to drain anyone! the fact that we have won this game with only 2 duel reg shows there is still a lot of belief within the team itself, hopefully in the next couple of weeks players will start returning from injury which is only good news for the team and supporters!

YES!! UP THE MIGHTY BULLDOGS WHAT A WIN, THAT MIGHT PUT A STOP TO ALL THE MOANING AND DOUBTING GOING ON, AND LEAD PEOPLE TO HAVE A LITTLE FAITH IN THE BOYS!! WELL DONE BOYS!!

Another sad reflection on rugby league showing just what it is a minor sport in the UK there's no money to be made in the game, and unless you love the game there's no interest!

Let's put things into perspective! We have probably got one of the worst injuries lists we have had in a long time none of which is short term! At the moment mokko is having to put out a scratch team every week with players having to play out of position and patched up by loanees who may or may not be interested in playing for batley but I'm sure they have a choice when asked! All this effects how we have to play the our game, yes it was poor yesterday but put, manning, walshaw, brown, cooper flynn, etc, in there and it's a different game altogether! We are only 4 games in and people are calling for mokko's head, I ask you would liners or kear be able to deal with the current situation any better with the resources we have! I say Give it time and let's see where we are mid season! As for the stupid comments about the lights how do you think batley train 2/3 times a week by candlelight?

As said above we were so lacklustre yesterday we had a tough game last week maybe it took a lot out of us, and York had the week off which is probably why they looked a bit fresher than us, I know it's hard when you have a patched up squad but you still have to get the basics right! 3 soft tries given away one from acting half back again! one under the posts with 3 men on him and the last try where he went straight through 3 tacklers ,we didn't create anything in attack either when in good positions, York were nothing special and I reckon had we our full strength squad out things would have been diffrent, let this one go, and move on to next week which unfortunately isn't going to be any easier!