I know it's nearly a week off but with the crap weather I'd rather be looking forward to a game that is normally very close and hopefully a bit less depressing than Friday's debacle.
Think the 9 day turnaround should recharge some batteries although looking at the forecast its going to be a very heavy ground again. Team wise if Widdop has to be included I hope Finn goes back to using him off the bench and playing our two best halves from the start. Fairbank will obviously come back, and if Hursey doesn't get a place in the 17 after Friday's show there really doesn't seem much point in him being here. If Eden isn't fit, I'm assuming they'll just bring Tibbs back in - it would certainly give the crowd a lift if they went for Tee Ritson on loan to fill the gap.

The centres and pack aren’t big enough and this is a problem at the beginning of the season when the ground is very heavy and most games are more set for set . There’s loads of rain this week and think there’s a rescheduled town game , I expect another bogathon riddled with errors and penalties.

Bloody hell, it's only taken 2 league games for the whinging to start.

My 2 man squad for Batley

Woodburn hall
Tangata .

I'm too unenthusiastic to even whinge!

Long after some of us started..

Batley will never make it easy but fax by a panthers whisker

There’ll be more office staff than players at this rate , I wonder if Damien Clayton can play centre.

Looking at other clubs forums etc it's a recurring theme, clubs going with small squads and relying on DR/loans. I wonder where it's all going to end, eh?

A lee Kenny drop goal in the grand final but Bradford get promoted cos they counted the fans who went to watch the monster trucks as well .

Many a true word spoken in jest....

20-12 Fax.

My favourite thing is when you see the panthers icon on Twitter and you think at last a new prop , centre , then it’s just club shop opening hours .

Just watched the Finn interview, seen more charisma in a tin opener .What’s all this crap about been in the game in the last 10 minutes, no you need to go out and put a marker down early stop giving stupid penalties away and play in their half of the field and actually utilise our strengths which is our spine , throw some shapes and if widdop plays kick them to death and blast them off the park early .

I couldn't agree more. If, as Simon Grix also used to say, the aim is being in with a chance towards the end of a game you are leaving yourselves open to getting caught out and losing. Up and at 'em i say!