Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 6:39 am  

Good result after a poor start, happy to give the Cougars another kick whilst they're a bit down!

Short turn around now and a tricky away game at Newcastle who ran Sheffield close on Sunday. Can this side build some momentum over the next couple of games and face Halifax again with some confidence? Sounds like Lawrence and Arundel aren't far off, so they would bring some fresh bodies into the side on Friday.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 9:08 am  

Nice as well that, for the first time in a long time, we had a bit of killer instinct by racking up some points and keeping them nilled in the second half.

Keighley were depleted to be fair but there is potential in this squad. Scored some outstanding tries. We just need someone to unlock that consistency, firstly over 80 minutes, and then game by game. The start was abysmal and we really need to sort those patches out.

We're two wins off second. The more Walker, Patton, Holmes and Lilley gel, the better we'll be. It's up to the squad what we achieve this year. A tricky game up at Newcastle will tell us if this is another false dawn or not.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 10:26 am  

Great second half display we played the webbed fingers brigade off the park. I wasn’t that confident at half time but we looked really good I thought.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 11:22 am  

What a second half that was.

A shaky start for us / an expected fast start for the Cougars targeting Butler at centre and they would have expected us to lose our shape but thankfully this time we stuck to a game plan and proved too much for them. (Although they were depleted)

Forwards carried it strongly in that second half and built the platform for the backs to link up well. As it went on you could see it especially Appo’s try parting the defence. They didn’t want any of him charging on by that point. Blackmore powering over in the corner earlier too and calling the Cougar defence weak too.

No excuses today as we had a strong side out minus Lawrence and Arundel and Keighley had some missing but if we can keep them fit and hit some consistency we can stay in that mix of playoff teams.

A rare win at one of these events. A collectors item

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 2:31 pm  

Any idea when Baitieri will be available?

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 2:45 pm  

[quote="Nothus"]Any idea when Baitieri will be available?[/quote]

I'd imagine this week hopefully with the French season now over.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 5:31 pm  

Fantastic result and fantastic effort from that fans that actually went.
Just goes to show how far we have fallen from taking a few thousand to previous bash events to a few hundred this time round. Barely filled 2 blocks in the smallest stand in the ground.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 5:42 pm  

RagingBull wrote:

Fantastic result and fantastic effort from that fans that actually went.
Just goes to show how far we have fallen from taking a few thousand to previous bash events to a few hundred this time round. Barely filled 2 blocks in the smallest stand in the ground.

I think the majority were put off by York.
The attendance on Saturday was 3700 even less on Sunday
So say around 6-7000 making it the lowest ever. Leeds last year was less than 10000. Blackpool was 14-15000
It needs to go back to Blackpool or be cancelled

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 5:56 pm  

All our forwards seem to running the ball in faster and harder in the last two games. Apart from Scurr and Appo who do it every game.

Re: Summer Bash : Mon May 29, 2023 6:11 pm  

Ckt2487 wrote:

I think the majority were put off by York.
The attendance on Saturday was 3700 even less on Sunday
So say around 6-7000 making it the lowest ever. Leeds last year was less than 10000. Blackpool was 14-15000
It needs to go back to Blackpool or be cancelled

Regardless of if it was a Summer Bash or not, its 300 fans for an away game just over an hour away. It shows where we are as a club, its now a myth that we have a good away following.