Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:27 pm  

I'd burn Red Hall down. Yes Harry, I know what you are saying, we got a get out of jail today. A wake up for the dews game hopefully.

The points deduction surely won't be removed, but this is the RFL were talking about! There is too much at stake now I think to reverse it.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:44 pm  

Come on guys, we are not going down!!

By the way, thought it was great to see good support for relegated Crusaders - sorry we lost but glad to see them enjoy a win.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:49 pm  

We were beaten by a team who wanted it more and considering our experience, they played the conditions far better. We took the field thinking it was 3 points in the bag which says more about our game preparation than anything else. We lost the game through poor play and execution over the 80 mins and had plenty of chances to claw the lead back in the second half but poor execution and mistake after mistake cost us. We need to stop thinking about just doing enough. We should not be relying on others and the what if's. After that performance the players owe a performance to the fans and that can start against the Rams. We are capable of winning the last 2 games but it depends which team takes the field.

Whether we stay up or not I think questions need to asked. We have not progressed from last season, despite investment in the playing squad. We fought relegation then and same again this season.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:29 pm  

It was a massive game the players should have been fired up for and they weren't. Crusaders wanted it more. Too many errors cost us.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:41 pm  

To be honest I think we've done well this season over all. We are a mediocre team, far from the bigger hitters who consistently get results. Talented players but temperamental.

Pre season I'd have taken non relegation as a big success (Consudering a third get relegated this year!), playoffs as an exceeded expectation scenario.

We need one point vs Dews and I think we will go into that game like a cup final. Complacency today almost blew it, but we scraped through. I don't like scraping through but that's how it's gonna be for a few years.

Next season if we are still here we need to spend a big amount of money. The top two get 500'000 and the relegated two from SL get 700'000. We are not challenging this league for a few years unless someone comes in with some cash.

Again, surviving relegation will be a big achievement next year. Playing bradford......I've been waiting twenty years for that. Iti s happening, red and green tinted spectacles. Keep the faith

See you all at odsal next year

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:57 pm  

Congratulations to crusaders.

Although our first half performance was dire, we played well enough at times in the 2nd half to win that game.

Better composure and passing would have seen us hit the front mid way through the half, and once we did, I think we would have scored more.

Once again a case of what if?

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:09 pm  

this_cougar_outfit wrote:

We need one point vs Dews and I think we will go into that game like a cup final. Complacency today almost blew it.

Will we get that point at Dews? Cougars have been Jeckyll and Hyde all season, some great performances and then some like today. If the Mr Hyde Cougars turn up at Dewsbury we'll get nowt. 24-0 down at home within, what, half an hour to a team that's already been relegated, and in a must-win game. Did our lads think they just needed to turn up to get the three points? Why did we find it impossible to defend our line during that first half hour? At Dewsbury we're going to have to defend that line like our lives depend on it which is going to take a lot more blood, guts and raw effort. It could still go pear-shaped for us yet and we MUST NOT allow that to happen. I don't think we will get anywhere near Fev so it must be all Cougar guns blazing at Dewsbury. Very disappointed this afternoon.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:11 pm  

Attitude v Dewsbury needs to focus on defence ; in their faces and smash 'em to the ground from first second to the last. And we will win.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:16 pm  

Another thing. Anyone else think Ross Peltier should be getting a game? He breaks the line which lifts the other players and the fans alike. Near the opposition try line he's there to batter into the defensive line and barge over. Look at the job that 'Jono' gadgie did for North Wales today. Definitely their 'Brendan Hill' character.

Re: Keighley 18 - 30 North Wales Crusaders : Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:18 pm  

Ross is at Hunslet for the remainder of the season, as is Duffy