I was disappointed to here people give buster the abuse he got everyone makes a lot of mistakes if u watch closely how many penalties and drop balls does Jamine give away he is awesome player but everyone makes lot of mistakes.

Would love to see us get Brad Drew for the stand off position he is still without a club

In agree with what you say. Slagging players of is not the way to go.



Most people don't like confrontation. How many people complain about bad service from shops/restaurants. Instead they moan about it and dont go back.

We live in a very pressurised society, some people will use the game as a chance to vent some anger.

I think there are two situations:

A group of people debating play - some of the comments derogatory to certain players ability. As long as they are not making a public nuisance of themselves I can't see that being much of a problem.

An individual or group shouting abusive statements at the top of their voice - everyone can hear it even the player's. I don't think there is a place for this in a family oriented sport.

I suppose there is a third situation where someone uses a witty comment to good effect ie player "x" drops ball for second time, witty wag shouts "bl**dy hell "x" have you been using your mums hand cream again"

Rugby League portrays itself as a family sport; we sometimes need to remember that.

Response from Gary Fawcet:-

Jason is the Head Coach and he makes decisions around this. We have two young half backs who played well against Rochdale and we believe that they will develop as the season goes on. The season is still in its early stages. As always we will be monitoring the market to ensure that any opportunity for signing players is maximized.

Hello all. I'm new to the forum, but not to Keighley. I've supported the Cougars for many years and having monitored this forum for some time I felt the need to register to add my two peneth. I've unfortunately missed the first few games of the season, but plan to be there on Saturday cheering on the boys.

I'm not here to criticise the thoughts and opinions of others, but really feel it's far too early to start getting on the backs of our young half backs. From what I've seen from the fantastic video's by Mick and from what I've been told they haven't done a bad job so far. JD has said he is willing to give the squad a chance. As a former sports person myself a chance has to be more than a couple of games, especially when new in a team. Lets face it there has been a few changes around the place since the end of last season and it takes time to adjust and get to know your teamates.

I've got a load of time for JD and think he talks sense. With his mentoring maybe the young half backs can flourish. I'm glad our chairman has come and answered the point, albeit, I don't feel he should have been asked the question via a forum in the first place.
Give the lads a chance. It's still early days, get behind them!

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