Yes grixs’ review will throw more insight into his thought process, with Batley being a quality championship side Grix won’t be taking risks . It’s certainly interesting watching games live to watching the video after , I left the Salford game a little disappointed at our inability to put points on the board but having watched it back and read Salford’s fans forum to have long spells in the ascendancy bodes well . Wood makes a massive difference in terms of ruck speed and has the ability to go left or right in a split second the number of times we made it from our 20 to there’s was a massive positive . Some of our passes were a bit awry which disrupted our flow so hopefully they will be ironed out but we did offload a lot more than the wakey game . I must admit when all the new signings were made I was internally dismissive of some of the existing squad , barber , Kavanagh, calcott , garside are all quality players , which leads me to another question, barber played centre, second row and hooker in the Salford game and has good hands decent size and mobility, seems like a ball playing loose forward to me but never seems to play there , has he ever played there ?

Barber had played in a number of positions including LF who rarely has a bad game and when at his best is up there with the better performers.
As you know at 13 you can have either a ball playing or running LF and Ed has both in his locker.
He would probably have played there more but for a couple of reasons in us having Bob Fairbanks and his own utility value.

We could of done with a extra friendly before this but if are wanting to challenge for top 2 then a wins a must at batley. Keyes and Ashton in the halfs for this one we know it will be a forwards game though up the slope

Looked like Worthington got injured very early on and tried to run it off so you would imagine a dead leg type injury but Grix will be desparate to have him on the field for Batley. Having Walmsley, Jouffrett, and Saltonstall who can all play fullback I would be very surprised if Grix started Martin at fullback despite him having a decent game on Friday.

I watched part of the Fev V Wakey game yesterday and Ive got to say they look like been the benchmark once again this year and they look like giants in their forwards compared to ours and although I think we should end up 3rd I think top 2 may be a little out of reach unless we can get some reinforcements in from Huddersfield to beef us up a bit.

It appears worthington and Moore carrying knocks , worthington is a toe injury so McComb may get his opportunity, he didn’t say much about Moore but both barber and jouffret deputised for wood in the Salford game so that could be telling in terms of team selection https://youtu.be/CxvwhP8PCjc

It appears worthington and Moore carrying knocks , worthington is a toe injury so McComb may get his opportunity, he didn’t say much about Moore but both barber and jouffret deputised for wood in the Salford game so that could be telling in terms of team selection https://youtu.be/CxvwhP8PCjc

I will hold off with the team selection until we see the squad on Friday. It will be interesting to see if both moore and worthington are fit to play. I went to the fev game yesterday and i know you cant read to much into friendlies but they looked very strong across the park with and without the ball for me they are the team to beat and will take some beating. They also look like they could be signing another halfback riley jacks from Australia to had to there already strong squad.

I always like a trip to batley because you are so close to the pitch. Going with confidence but always wary on that slope. You can be 20 points up at HT and lose . Try play uphill first half if you win the toss. That's batleys tactic.

With the depth and quality of squad we've got this year I hope, especially at this stage of the season we play players who are fully fit rather than risking injured ones as we had to do last year, especially with Brandon. While not much between them I'd start with Aston in the halves with Keyes, with Jouffret on the bench as he offers good cover at half,fullback and hooker. Listening to Simon I'd be surprised if he didn't start with Martin at fullback - while they'd miss Worthington defensively I'd be happy to see Mccomb in the centre as I think he offers a bit more in attack.

https://twitter.com/freesports_tv/statu ... 14754?s=21 For anyone that’s interested there’s a Betfred championship preview show on freesports tonight at 930pm.

https://twitter.com/freesports_tv/statu ... 14754?s=21 For anyone that’s interested there’s a Betfred championship preview show on freesports tonight at 930pm.

It says Bike World on my Free Sports. Virgin TV?

Not sure I’m on sky and it says Betfred championship launch 9.30 , bike world 10:30 .

Cheers, taped it!

Also noticed that the live Monday game has got a rerun on Thursday if you record the series

Taped it.?Zhou still taping things in Fax?Most TVs record things now, I know very very few people who tape things , maybe you and Bentleyman,he still has a Betamax video.

Damn i have been outed !! Actually Charles i have Sky Q not that i understand half of it takes me all my time to switch on/off i admit to being a Technophobe

I know what you mean Mick,I’m hopeless with anything technical.Although I have entered 2 teams in the Fax Fantasy League , I can just about do that.Good luck at the Mount on Sunday .

Does anybody know what the attendance was. I felt there more Panther fans there than Batley supporters.

I heard 1,800.

Official Attendance was 1796 good turnout by Fax Fans

Cheers

Watching the game, losing Brad Knowles after just 3 carries and 3 minutes of him coming on left us with just Kyle Wood and 2 forwards on the bench for 55 minutes and the rest of the game.
Couple that with having 2 in the bin at the same time when playing up hill at Batley no wonder we got dominated in the second half.
If we can get Bob, Garside and Aston back into the squad for London and seeing how we go on a level pitch should give us another look at how we are measuring up.

Hope your okay BK or as well as can be in the circumstances.

Read on his Twitter handle it’s a dislocated hip and hamstring torn off the bone , no wonder he screamed poor lad feel for him . Can’t see him being back this season it’ll be 3 months before he can walk again without crutches . I wonder if they’ll replace him , what an unlucky start to the season injury wise , couldn’t write it .

Yes live at the game you could hear him from where I was standing, we've all seen some bad injuries over the years but I have never heard that from any player before and BK is as tough as they come.

Absolutely gutted for the bloke and his family as if we and they haven't had enough to put up with, a bit premature until we hear the full extent from the club but worse case could be a career ending injury, please lets hope not.

Aye i wish all the best to brad that is a very bad injury to get. He carried really well for the short period of time he was on and as far as replacements go i would be speaking to huddersfield to see who they have available.

Yes a very unfortunate injury . You could tell that he just got both legs in a really awkward position when the weight of the tackle came on .nothing anyone could do about it .one of those things but certainly made me wince just watching it .