bromleybulldog

Yes, I was there too.Not one of greatest days! No mention of the famous 0-0 draw at the Mount either

That's my point -they weren't biased at all. Very fair commentary and complimentary to Batley. A pleasure to listen to them

Radio Cumbria remarkably unbiased in their commentary today. Enjoyed listening to them.

Same for me, Rog. Still it is more informative than the genuine page.

For all the criticism of Abdull's weight/ fitness etc, he actually played the full 80, scored the last try in the 79th minute and was a worthy man of the match. Don't know what people want from a player if they can criticise that. I thought he was brilliant and would walk into any SL team in that form.

Really enjoyable game, lots of skill on show, and turned out to be a nailbiter at the end. Thought the Catalan defence won them the match with just a few minutes to go when they defended the four sets in a row.

Hindmarsh, once he's fit, would be a good addition to the squad. Seen him down at Broncos in the past and he looks good.

A number of comments on the main forum, topic 6th round challenge cup, from fans of other clubs thinking they might come and watch Batley v Cas but have checked the Batley website and found that there is not even a mention of the game. 7400 views of this topic so far. And we wonder why the club can't attract larger gates! Some rather scathing comments about the club, lack of professionalism etc. Have to agree.

Yes, Rog, but the plan had been to sell 1000 tickets at £2, so £1000 to the winner and £1000 to the club

Sorry, I didn't realise it wasn't actually £1000, thought we had sold the full amount, so was looking for a £1000 winner.

Is it a secret, or is someone going to announce the winner?

Perfect draw that. Home tie. Local rivals with the Linners connection. Not an impossible task to win given Cas current form. Bring it on!!

1067 was the attendance

Two weeks ago

Lacklustre. The most worrying thing was lack of a plan on 6th tackle. The number of times we just gave it to a prop to drive it in was ridiculous. Did we make even one attacking kick on the 6th tackle (maybe for the Burton try if that was on the 6th). Still it was a win. Thought Rochdale played well and kept going well. We need to get our halfbacks fit, and we need to practice kicking to touch from penalties. Gained very few yards .Lots of effort though, can never criticise Batley for lack of effort.

Walshaw Flynn Buchanan

Don't disagree with the SL get out clause, but having signed the player, if he then signs for someone else we should have been due a transfer fee.

I think Kevin already answered, stating that our contracts didn't cover this. We just had a clause stating that if SL club came along, we would release him . Featherstone clearly much sharper and smarter than us.

Featherstone have just issued a club statement regarding the transfer of Ben Reynolds to HKR and have confirmed that a significant fee has been agreed. We really dropped the ball re Josh Rourke. We should also have received a 'significant transfer fee' . The two transfer scenarios are virtually identical but we clearly didn't have the right clauses in our contract.

The forwards Hull have signed from the NRL all look to be liabilities on the basis of that first half

Very nice thing to have for those of us that can't get to the match

Yes, that was a great try. Same starting point too

From the videos, it looks like he can play centre as well as wing

Well, hopefully not tempting fate, but those are winnable games.....

Best runner up, assuming Wakefield prove to be the favourites everyone thinks they are is already looking like York after their win at Newcastle yesterday. Our best hope looks to beat Hunslet and then agree to draw with Fev!