Got to admit it I never saw that score coming it is an amazing result when you look at the resources of the two clubs plus Leigh have only lost once in the league the last two seasons, well done!
I won't gloat but I bet their Chairman's bottom lip is as big as their players budget!

How's Charlie?

I'm sure that Tezzer won't have anything to say on this and their board!!

Sad b#####ds you start the season with a good win but all you can talk about is Leigh .

Ha ha it's not exactly all we can talk about!!!
We could talk about how you were gonna go unbeaten all season?

Do you seriously think we wouldn't have anything to say after your loss on opening day at Batley?? Get a grip!!!

Funnily enough I can't find it in myself to disagree with you. We are top of the league after a great performance and should be celebrating that not after team's victory.

We can celebrate on another post. This post is a legitimate post, as Leigh were going to go the season unbeaten and the title of the post is "well done to Batley". I bet the only ones that saw that coming was the Batley players and coach. So absolutely well done to Batley

7th easy leigh.

Oh, how we laarfed!

Charlie?

I did point out in the Leythers forum the other day that if any coach can get a team up for one game the Kear is the man. So well done to him and the team, we'll see how they go in a couple of weeks.

Any team that doesn't take Batley serious this year will struggle. They have put together a pretty well balanced team.

Bit of a shock this one for me. I genuinely thought Leigh would go unbeaten in the normal league. Shows how much I know about rugby ! Batley away is always a toughie for any club-shades of our narrow win last year and a few draws up there recently. Brambani will kick you to death on that pitch and Walker is a great signing-both from Sheffield. kear is a good coach for getting underdog teams up for it. Leigh will be up there at the end of the season but more importantly so will we if we play like we have today.

They've got a big prop, brown was his name I think, best player on the field today. Walker and brambani both very good for them too.

They made fewer mistakes than us and deserved the win. No complaints from me re the result

Good to see a reasoned and mature response. Today for me goes to show that no-one can take anything for granted, Dewsbury just getting over the line at Swinton underlines the point. All of which is good for the game. We have our own big challenge on Friday, look forward to the outpouring of sympathy from Leythers should we be any chance slip up

Well that's a monkey off degsys boys backs.

Well done Batley, John Kear isn't daft.

Rich, good evening I'm fine thanks for the concern,I for one never said we would go the season unbeaten, I just didn't think today ws the day to get beaten.
However I have no problem with the result , the best team WON no doubt,Batley played very well,Leigh on the other hand stuttered throughout the game , but every dog has its day and it will soon be our turn to Bark.
One lose is nothing , you Faxers lost 8 or 9 last season,we will bounce back, I expect my old mate Tezzer Jagger is drinking dry sherry now , listening to Max Bygraves ,singing I'm a Pink Toothbrush

it's already been said Leigh are singing 3 wheels on my Wagon, but Cmon Mr Jagger ,it's your turn to crow,never underestimate a wounded Centurion.

Charlie knows.

Not how you start but how you finish Ian. You will be up there at the end of the season and a few more decent sides will come away with nothing at Batley. Sheffield away on a February Friday night could well be just as tough a task for Fax as you have had today at Batley!

Good evening Dave, I bet both yourself and Gill and are very happy Fax fans tonight?I'm happy for you BOTH , it's always good to win nicely,from the ound of it you played very well, my team got what they deserved nowt, only a couple of decent performances , namely Higham, Brierley ,Weston, Hanon, and Rangi made a couple of good breaks, it's only one game in,plenty of time, I don't mind losing when we don't deserve to win and that was the case today, Fax are top

we have something to aim at, good luck on Friday, I have Tyrer in my Fantasy Team.

Intriguing result was expecting Batley tough at home they should have beaten Bradford early doors last season. Leigh will come good I am sure but can't help but be happy with this result Team spirit is priceless!

Although it's nice to see Charlie flapping, one game is all it is. The pressure is off Leigh now, although Derek is on Facebook thanking the Leigh fans at Batley for paying 25% of Batleys salaries. Priceless

Leigh will come good, many will struggle on the North Face of Mount Pleasant.

Next up for us is a Friday night in a recreation ground. Odds not stacked in our favour there...

Charlie old friend,I'm happy as a Sandbox at the moment, Fax are Top of the League , Leigh have been beaten,and May wants to tell you a Story



as for drinks my favourite drinks are obviously Jagger Bombs,

get it?I bet King Degsy won't sleep tonight,cheer up you have only lost one game though.

Now I've given Degsy's the benefit of the doubt previously but it's comments like that that show him to be an @rse. He could thank Leigh fans for excellent support away at Batley but instead turns it round to money, something very chavish.

I am starting to wonder if Degsy is an Harry Enfield character.

Tony the thread is about saying well done to Batley. Degsy said you'd go the season unbeaten. I think that loud bang was his bubble bursting.

I'm sure that you'll win most of your games this season but when you set yourself up like Degsy has, you make yourself a target for all the other teams and games become cup ties.

At least some of your sensible fans have gone on to say that the best team won and that you were 2nd best.

If that statement is correct then that confirms the arrogance and indeed unpleasant nature of the "man"
I am not in to Leigh or Derek bashing (I've enough on my hands with Sheffield) but I think the chap needs a lesson in humility.

Hang on a minute

this is where I need the expertise of my friend Littlerich, the accountant.
If Leigh paid 25% of Batleys salary then didn't they only have a quarter of the gate?
To be honest when Fax go to Batley I eat 25% of the chips, Huddshay drinks 25% of the booze but Derek never has the courtesy to mention that.
One rule for one and one for the other.

Good Morning John, I'm thinking how happy you must be at the moment, being Top of the League, I bet you Faxers are having nosebleeds with the altitude

some have said I'm Flapping

I thought only birds this , and I predicted we would get beaten this season.
I agree the best team won,I have no problems with the result,but it will be a different team next week, Lee Smith at full back and hopefully Hock and Patterson back, Rangi playing in the Halves, a d maybe Bob Beswick back.
Still enjoy you position on Top,the table never lies.See you soon.