i'd rest Grixy, Brough, LOD, Gilly, Fooey and Robbo, with 2x 20 minute spells for Browny. Get Kirmond in play up hill 1st half and send the big men thundering down hill 2nd half.

my team:

Leroy
Jerry
Simpson
Lawrence
Hodgson
Brown
Wood
Eorl
Lunt
Raleigh
Kirmond
Cording
Horne


Griff
Patrick
McNally
Malloy

Batley are a handy side, on their own patch especially, if they play to their best. I gather they have a few injuries at the moment and some of them are playing busted but if they get a sniff they will be like rats up a drainpipe. They'll be keen if nothing else.

It depends how you look at it.

If we lose the game against Batley we are out of the cup. If we lose against Saints we can push on.

Also, if we play a full strength side and they all play to their potential then there is every chance the Batley game will just become a training session. No disrespect to the Batley players but the gap between Superleague and NL1 is huge. That said, this will be like a cup final for Batley and they will play out of their skin. We underestimate that at our peril.
That is why people mention Hunslet.

I would like to see simpson in centre position. And give Grix a rest, I think out of all our players he deserves one.

More tickets to the giants to sell

It makes you wonder how many of them are turning out especially after they had a good run last year.

Batley have sent us more tickets?

What is the capacity at Mount Pleasant?

[uDescription of the ground[/u: Renowned for its famous slope, Mount Pleasant is a favourite away day for many fans. Situated at the top of the hill that overlooks the town, the high end of the ground is surrounded by three grandstands. Behind the sticks is a relatively new terraced stand, which houses the changing rooms and also executive boxes. At the opposite end at the bottom of the hill is an open old-style terraced stand, although as you go back up the pitch down one of the sides, the terrace is closed off due to safety reasons. The bottom corner of the pitch sees quite a large dip, which the home side use to their advantage. In the diagonally opposite corner is the players entrance, which is situated between the new terraced stand, and a small all seater stand that runs down half of one side of the pitch.

[uTransport (bus, rail, car etc)[/u: Leave the M62 at Junction 26 and follow signs for the A638. Follow through Cleckheaton Town Centre and turn right after Fox’s Biscuits up to the top of the hill, and then turn left onto Heritage Road.

[uParking[/u: There are numerous side streets around the ground, and there are also club car parks and surplus car parking down the side of the ground.

[uFood & drink[/u (inside and outside the ground): Behind the main stand there is a lot of space, and here you can find refreshments. On some visits, bands have been playing in trailers behind the ground. You can also get food and drink in the north west corner of the ground.

[uDirections to Ponners for Pre Match BBQ [/u
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I'll be in Skipton from Friday until coming back for the game Sunday dinner time or else you would have been all welcome

did we not originally sell 2500 tickets in the first allocation. Looks like we could be aiming for 3000 plus fans being there

Batley not sold many then



they prob come watch the giants nowadays anyway..... being the 2nd club in kirklees

yep 300 more to add to your initial 2600 according to the batley news

we have an average gate this season of just over a 1000

The capacity has been reduced drastically by kirklees health and safety , the ground will hold about 7,500 , but it has been reduced to 5,000 due to toilets from what I can gather , we have to have 1 toilet per 100 fans , we need to put toilets under new stand to get up to 7,500 basically , but as this is our biggest game for years and all 2,900 will be getting in free , would we gain anything upgrading , when we dont have the money to spend on doing it in the first place ?

Capacity: 7,300
Record attendance: 23,989
They must have been building human pyramids on the cricket field!!!!

Bet the latter were paying customers --and the other figure is "for HM Inland Revenue!

looking at a crowd of 4,000-5,000 the ground can hold 6,000 on the day.

Should be a decent atmosphere in that nice little stadium. I always enjoys my trips to the mount.

Odsal Stadium Record Attendance: 102,569 Warrington v. Halifax (RL Cup final replay), 5 May 1954

please tell me you dont think odsal still has this capacity.............................................................
its an historical figure , which you get when you have a ground with history , and it had terracing all the way round

Squad for the game.

Michael Lawrence

3. Leroy Cudjoe

4. Lee Gilmour

5. David Hodgson

6. Kevin Brown

7. Danny Brough

8. Eorl Crabtree

10. Darrell Griffin

11. Luke O’Donnell

14. Shaun Lunt

16. Andy Raleigh

17. Danny Kirmond

18. Larne Patrick

20. Jermaine McGillvary

23. Kyle Wood

26. Jamie Cording

27. Jacob Fairbank

29. Joe Wardle

32. Jon Molloy



How i would like them to line up but i doubt they will

Hodgson

Jerry
Leroy
Wardle
Lawrence


Brough
Brown

Raleigh
Wood
Kirmond
Molloy
Gilmour
Lunt



Subs
Fairbank
Patrick
Eorl
Cording



O'Donnell and Griffin to be rested for the Saints game

looks like cudjoe to full back then

still seen as the second choice behind grix

no place in the squad for mcnally...another hemingway ...although thats probably an insult to hemingway at least he got to play super league in more difficult circumstances!

i'm suprised at mcnally not been given a run considerin he made his name ripping defences up at this level!

Would have been nice to see him get some game time

Would play a very strong team and hopefully we can work on our attack and post a very good score, main thing is to ensure we are in the next round and don't take Batley lightly.

What was the team



What went wrong



What was sending off for



I took a week off to watch Bradford struggle vs Halifax

A lot of people paid no money to watch that garbage today....