Widnes Vikings

[distantdog]

1 hour ago, bromleybulldog said:

Looking at the video, all three Widnes tries came through missed tackles by Smeaton. A hard weeks tackling practice  needed, I think

Maybe, but I think two of those he needed help which didn't arrive. What we don't see on the video are the many tackles he did make in the bottom corner in the first half. Thinking ahead, my preferred centre pairing would be Wood and Brearley!

[BatleyBird]

I was proud of each and every one of them, they all played their socks off.  Hopefully, this is the sign of things coming together a little bit now.  Either way, that must have provided a massive boost in confidence and motivation, which can only be a positive.

[Tony smeaton]

So what your saying is if Sam didn’t play we would have won 20-0 

what a load of bull 

if Sam wood played we would have won 40-0 with his 3 try’s 

[Keep The Faith]

That’s a performance of the Batley of old... played with pride and determination we stuck together when down to 12 and deserved the win against a young but good Widnes side... hopefully we kick on now for the rest of the season and try and finish up the ladder 

[distantdog]

1 hour ago, Tony smeaton said:

So what your saying is if Sam didn’t play we would have won 20-0 

what a load of bull 

if Sam wood played we would have won 40-0 with his 3 try’s 

People are entitled to their opinions whether you agree with them or not. If seeing them on here bothers you, then don't come on, it's not worth the emotion. 

[graham fisher]

On 06/04/2019 at 05:52, Keep The Faith said:

Everett and either brev or Yates will miss out 

 

gelling up against smeaton will be fun to watch 

All 3 players had good games I hear,in fact I heard that Everett had his best game in a Batley shirt. 

Great win thatback down to earth with a Big Bang good Friday though

[Keep The Faith]

3 minutes ago, graham fisher said:

All 3 players had good games I hear,in fact I heard that Everett had his best game in a Batley shirt. 

Great win thatback down to earth with a Big Bang good Friday though

Yes they did... hopefully not good Friday as we owe you from 2017... and if step up again we won’t be stopped 

[graham fisher]

13 minutes ago, Keep The Faith said:

Yes they did... hopefully not good Friday as we owe you from 2017... and if step up again we won’t be stopped 

Haha big word is if

[silverback]

well we knew they had it in em for sure, cracking game and we were back to the fighting spirit that comes out now and again, hope we kick on and play some a same stuff, cant knock anyone a them lads they played their hearts out in last 15 to show just what they can do, and thats without brownie and dom so who knows whats to come in next few weeks, dare to dream as a dog for day were brill.

[fredm]

Before we go completely overboard with this win, I think we should bear in mind that Widnes were without 5 or 6 potential players due to injury.  In fact the first thing that struck me when they entered the field was their apparent lack of bulk and the number of young looking players.  Having said that you can only play against what is in front of you and on the day the whole Batley team got to grips with what is needed in these matches and worked their socks off.  Now they have shown they can do it they must show that they can repeat it.

[Keep The Faith]

While they were young they had some big names included with Owens, Cahill and Hansen and Chris dean 

the effort from Batley in the first half in defence was huge they had 5 sets on our line and didn’t score 

[Dog forever]

A standing ovation to all concerned.  It was a massive win against a team that most people ( including myself ) thought would steamroller us. Only the Wolfpack had won them before us. A very good day for doggy fans.

[Batley Bob]

 

[Dogstew]

It’s all been said on here already, but a great, spirited display from Batley. An absolute joy to see.

Hopefully onwards from here...

[DOGFATHER]

On 12/04/2019 at 08:38, Batley Bob said:

 

I'm not sure how doable this would be, but it would help fans to understand some of the team selections each week, if we could see these stats for all of the players.

Smeaton has been bagged for weeks, but I would be very surprised if his workload in terms of these stats was much different to Downs'. 

[distantdog]

1 hour ago, DOGFATHER said:

Smeaton has been bagged for weeks, but I would be very surprised if his workload in terms of these stats were much different to Downs'. 

I couldn't agree more regarding Smeaton. He never shies away from doing the hard work, often giving the props a rest by taking the ball in. 

[greydog]

On 12/04/2019 at 08:38, Batley Bob said:

 

Unsung Hero!