Batley : Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:25 pm  

I enjoyed that. The team has really gelled since that first half v Sheffield in Kent. We need to retain players like Walker and Davis and get recruiting.

Re: Batley : Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:29 pm  

Good performance. Late tries flattered Batley. Meadows is still poop.

Re: Batley : Sun Aug 21, 2022 6:37 pm  

Shame Albert's try was disallowed, I thought he also had a good game. Saw Sid there, not reading anything into that but Newcastle were playing today.

Re: Batley : Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:19 pm  

Couple of annoying things today. Why oh why go short from drop out under the sticks? Twice today didn’t get a result on either occasion. Opposition last play kick, fine don’t challenge for the ball but you have to make the tackle as soon as they catch the ball, eg first Batley try. Boys really do need to learn the rules around PTB, think we handed it over 3 times due to incorrect PTB, one would have likely got a set restart but too busy trying to milk a penalty.
Other than that a decent result against a decent Batley outfit.
After other score lines today I do fear for the outcome of the Leigh game

Re: Batley : Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:57 am  

northernbloke wrote:

After other score lines today I do fear for the outcome of the Leigh game

It will be a real test for the boys. Leigh's points difference is higher than any other teams points for....they're a SL side playing in a part time division.

Re: Batley : Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:12 am  

orangeman wrote:

It will be a real test for the boys. Leigh's points difference is higher than any other teams points for....they're a SL side playing in a part time division.

Agreed.
If we can keep the scoreline 'respectable' it's probably the best we can hope for.

Re: Batley : Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:23 am  

Eccles has done an amazing job, just goes to show what a huge error bringing Coleman in was.

Re: Batley : Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:50 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

Couple of annoying things today. Why oh why go short from drop out under the sticks? Twice today didn’t get a result on either occasion. Opposition last play kick, fine don’t challenge for the ball but you have to make the tackle as soon as they catch the ball, eg first Batley try. Boys really do need to learn the rules around PTB, think we handed it over 3 times due to incorrect PTB, one would have likely got a set restart but too busy trying to milk a penalty.
Other than that a decent result against a decent Batley outfit.
After other score lines today I do fear for the outcome of the Leigh game

Ion drop outs I don’t think it’s a tactic. I just don’t think Leyland has the gun for a longer kick. Although his kicking from the tee and game generally are very much developing well. We need someone else to punt the ball down the field. IIRC Situ was able to do this earlier in the season ..it was the finesse of his kicks that was in doubt.

Re: Batley : Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:52 pm  

Hockley Bronco wrote:

I enjoyed that. The team has really gelled since that first half v Sheffield in Kent. We need to retain players like Walker and Davis and get recruiting.

We really do and a team that isn’t every bodies whipping boys is a much more attractive option so we need to carry on showing we are a developing side. (That and offering players decent money of course!)

Re: Batley : Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:32 pm  

Wimbledon is a pig of a journey for me - over two hours by rail and similar if I drive because of Dartford - but I took the plunge on the summer pass. Prior to that I'd seen us at PL v Bradford (a game we would have won with a half decent kicker) and that crazy game v Sheffield at Ebbsfleet (which is under an hour's drive). Glad I did as I've seen the last three games all won by a team that really has improved. I suspect that Leyland simply doesn't have the power for a long drop out - that short kick was on show in the Halifax and Workington games too - and the kick on the last could be improved. I though our tackling and fitness has been good. Was it just me but I thought all three opponents (especially Halifax) struggled with the warm conditions? I see a glimmer of hope and if that can be backed up by signing up some of these guys for next year, which means decent money. I'm still baffled by moving to a SL standard ground but then going part time. Full time at Ealing but with a move to a ground like PL if we went up must have been a better way of approaching matters (assuming Trailfinders hadn't been sufficiently improved)?