Team against South Wales : Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:59 pm  

James Haythornthwaite
Gav Duffy
Chris Baines
Danny Lawton
James Hutchinson
Luke Heliwell
Jamaine Wray
Andy Shickell
Buster Feather
Scott Law
Will Cartledge
Olly Pursglove
Jason Demetriou
SUBS
Ryan Benjafield
Brendon Rawlins
Rick Barr/ Richard Jones
Ryan Smith

I have pick Killer at 7 because he has played that position before, also having ryan smith on the bench you can interchange between Buster, Killer and Ryan depending how the game is going, also JD would be better playing at 13 as he would still be pivotal to the game plan. what do you think Cougar fans.

Re: Team against South Wales : Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:27 pm  

It dosnt matter what team we pick it will never consistently beat teams by convincing margins. The fact we dont have any halfbacks with experience and no tough forwards who younger players can look to is always going to make problems in tight games. The fact that we no longer have the best scrum half in championship 1 and the best try poacher who would get us 20 trys a season in this division, and not to replace either of them is a massive mistake. Demetriou is just too slow at 6 and is wasted there as just about every second row forward we have has been tried at 13, when really we have the best 13 in the championship who dosnt play there. Why did Gary Fawcett make such a big statement about super league ? Theres no point in having a chairman that makes false promises. I know that statement was a load of crap the minute he came out with it, but it dosnt bother me as ive watched keighley for over 40 years. Tell the fans as it is, i think the club are trying very hard and trying to do it on a budget that wont put us in debt
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Is it about time there was a new message from the chairman just updating his 5 year plan

Re: Team against South Wales : Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:40 am  

Mr Hicks wrote:

It dosnt matter what team we pick it will never consistently beat teams by convincing margins. The fact we dont have any halfbacks with experience and no tough forwards who younger players can look to is always going to make problems in tight games.

I agree to a certain extend re the need to add a halfback and JD at 13, however, I think you're way off with the forwards not being tough or good role models. If anything I think we have one of the strongest set of forwards in C1. 3 indifferent games doesn't make us a bad team. Rather than acting like vultures, fans need to get behind the team during this time. I'm as frustrated as anybody with the results but am trying to take the positives from it. I'm confident if we can stick together and give the lads our support we'll be where we want to be at the end of the season.

Re: Team against South Wales : Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:43 am  

I think you misunderstood me, i wasnt saying there not good role models i said we have no hard forwards who players could look to when games are tough. The game against Rochdale a couple of weeks ago there was a skirmish behind the posts and Brendon Rawlings was in the middle stopping people. These guys are your enforcers, the oposition need to be scared of them. I wish nothing more than the team to go up as this is the worst league we could be in as teams just bring no traveling support to boost our gates. The only director down at that club now who truly has the club at heart is Neil Cullen. We dont have a board of directors who are plouging money in. Ask Neil whats happening with the club, not Gary Fawcett unless he wants to come out publicly and make anoyher bold statement on the club website because now could be a good time

Re: Team against South Wales : Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:19 am  

I get your point, but whilst I respect your opinion I personally feel we've got a very solid pack who caused championship teams problems last season. We're going through an undoubted tough patch and the lads don't got from good to bad over 3 games. ill discipline has hurt us all season and the blame doesn't just lay with forwards. Jd himself has played his part.