Gale blowing in.

[phildog]

Luke Gale to Keighley, not the part of Bradford I expected! Any bets on Ferres ......

[toffeedog]

Signing big are keighly then again so is everyone but us relying on same team with couple of signings . One on loan 1 wrong side of 30 one who needs to be a prop for 80 minutes and a halfback . 

[Keep The Faith]

1 hour ago, toffeedog said:

Signing big are keighly then again so is everyone but us relying on same team with couple of signings . One on loan 1 wrong side of 30 one who needs to be a prop for 80 minutes and a halfback . 

Looking at keighley’s signings they’ve signed players over 30 again… who would gale replace? 
 

white meadows and Woods are younger than him

 

[DOGFATHER]

8 hours ago, toffeedog said:

Signing big are keighly then again so is everyone but us relying on same team with couple of signings . One on loan 1 wrong side of 30 one who needs to be a prop for 80 minutes and a halfback . 

[RogerT]

Honestly what's this got to do with us.

[BatleyFanAndy]

9 hours ago, toffeedog said:

Signing big are keighly then again so is everyone but us relying on same team with couple of signings . One on loan 1 wrong side of 30 one who needs to be a prop for 80 minutes and a halfback . 

I don't see the issue with retaining the majority of a Grand Final reaching squad. You don't see St Helens swapping out so regularly.

What we have lost we've replaced with players who are more than capable replacements. 

As for the Cougars recruitment I'm not really fussed over it. They're recruiting a bit like York did. Those that were big names who aren't getting offers to play at bigger clubs due to ageing and drops in form.

[phildog]

Discussion Rog! Don't think we'd have turned Gale away though!!

[Sir Jekyll Stocking]

3 hours ago, phildog said:

Discussion Rog! Don't think we'd have turned Gale away though!!

That would depend on how much he was asking.

[mountieman21]

Too much for us. 

[Batley Bob]

1 hour ago, Sir Jekyll Stocking said:

That would depend on how much he was asking.

50 to 60k I heard , I don’t class that as part time player 

[coolie]

2 hours ago, Batley Bob said:

50 to 60k I heard , I don’t class that as part time player 

Dread to think what Chisholm & Gale will be on

 

 

But the national deficit of some African countries will run it close

 

Just find it difficult to understand why someone is throwing ridiculous amounts of money at a sport that's on its backside on and off the field

Without somehow re energising the current format (don't even think IMG will save it) the future looks very bleak

[LINNERS]

1 hour ago, coolie said:

Dread to think what Chisholm & Gale will be on

 

 

But the national deficit of some African countries will run it close

 

Just find it difficult to understand why someone is throwing ridiculous amounts of money at a sport that's on its backside on and off the field

Without somehow re energising the current format (don't even think IMG will save it) the future looks very bleak

It's still rugby league, and everyone still wants to knock us off our perch as number 1 part time team,  and to do that,  some of them need to raid the piggy bank.

[Indigogo]

18 hours ago, Keep The Faith said:

Looking at keighley’s signings they’ve signed players over 30 again… who would gale replace? 
 

white meadows and Woods are younger than him

 

We've signed 10 players in this off season and 2 of them are over 30.

Luke Gale 34

Mark Ioane 32

Ben Crooks 29

Toby Everett 26

Brad Walker 25

Sadiq Adebiyi 25

Thomas Doyle 23

Lloyd Roby 23

Ellis Robson 23

Robbie Storey 22

Taking into account that Buster, Muzza, Pettybourne have all retired, Junior Sa'u gone back to USA and Jake Webster now being player coach, we've actually really freshened up the squad this year. Average age is about 26

 

[Indigogo]

4 hours ago, Batley Bob said:

50 to 60k I heard , I don’t class that as part time player 

This is about right from what I understand 

[coolie]

2 hours ago, Indigogo said:

We've signed 10 players in this off season and 2 of them are over 30.

Luke Gale 34

Mark Ioane 32

Ben Crooks 29

Toby Everett 26

Brad Walker 25

Sadiq Adebiyi 25

Thomas Doyle 23

Lloyd Roby 23

Ellis Robson 23

Robbie Storey 22

Taking into account that Buster, Muzza, Pettybourne have all retired, Junior Sa'u gone back to USA and Jake Webster now being player coach, we've actually really freshened up the squad this year. Average age is about 26

 

Thomas Doyle... Where did you sign him from?? 

[Indigogo]

26 minutes ago, coolie said:

Thomas Doyle... Where did you sign him from?? 

Hooker from Bulls

[Blind side johnny]

15 hours ago, coolie said:

Dread to think what Chisholm & Gale will be on

 

 

But the national deficit of some African countries will run it close

 

Just find it difficult to understand why someone is throwing ridiculous amounts of money at a sport that's on its backside on and off the field

Without somehow re energising the current format (don't even think IMG will save it) the future looks very bleak

I see that you are full of seasonal spirit again.

[POR]

On 20/12/2022 at 09:00, BatleyFanAndy said:

. As for the Cougars recruitment I'm not really fussed over it. 

Well it seems to be working skybet have them at 12/1 to win grand final compared to the Dogs at 20/1

[colinb]

Well.....I remember David Ward once saying " A good TEAM beats a team of NAMES". And to be fair , I think as a TEAM, we've proved that it's the case a lot of the time, this season and over the last few seasons. The key is to enjoy the ride, and boy what a ride we've had. Hopefully this year will be as good. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .

ColinB. 

[ginaldo]

2 hours ago, colinb said:

Well.....I remember David Ward once saying " A good TEAM beats a team of NAMES". And to be fair , I think as a TEAM, we've proved that it's the case a lot of the time, this season and over the last few seasons. The key is to enjoy the ride, and boy what a ride we've had. Hopefully this year will be as good. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .

ColinB. 

lets hope those fans that turned up for play offs Barrow Fev and Leigh come to our games throughout the regular season Colin

[Dog forever]

6 hours ago, POR said:

Well it seems to be working skybet have them at 12/1 to win grand final compared to the Dogs at 20/1

Aye, look what the betting was last season and look what happened lol.

[BatleyFanAndy]

9 hours ago, POR said:

Well it seems to be working skybet have them at 12/1 to win grand final compared to the Dogs at 20/1

Last season they couldn't see Batley making the Grand Final over Fev either so I'm not really fussed about that too.

[Blind side johnny]

23 hours ago, POR said:

Well it seems to be working skybet have them at 12/1 to win grand final compared to the Dogs at 20/1

Which one are you putting your money on then, POR?

[Blind side johnny]

17 hours ago, Dog forever said:

Aye, look what the betting was last season and look what happened lol.

How much did you win?

I don't think people really understand what these odds mean.

[POR]

1 minute ago, Blind side johnny said:

Which one are you putting your money on then, POR?

I'm not abetting man B but if I was it would be for the RAMS  to win league 1