Rochdale 16 cougars 56

I'm with you on this one, hard but a good solid win.

1st ever post on here





. Glad to see obeone going to first away game, it's about time!! I'll no doubt see you there. When playing supposedly inferior opponents we've tended to lower our game to the level of the opposition. That said I still think we'll win 36-24 with Jon Pressley MOM.

Keighley 38 Rochdale 10

Keighley Cougars look good on paper this afternoon.

And at 10/11 minus 8 with the bookies I think there worth a bet.




[TODAY'S MATCH BETTING

ROCHDALE HORNETS....... 11/4
KEIGHLEY COUGARS........ 2/5
DRAW: .......................... 25/1


[HANDICAP ODDS

ROCHDALE HORNETS....[+8... 10/11
KEIGHLEY COUGARS.....[-8... 10/11
TIE:................................ [16/1



=redCOME ON THE COUGARS......

Does anyone understand a word of that - or is it just me

If you mean the betting posting above, then yes, I understand every bit of it. But then again, given I work in the telebetting industry...

[FULL TIME AT SPOTLAND





ROCHDALE HORNETS 18 - 44 KEIGHLEY COUGARS


=redCOME ON THE COUGARS......

A really good, and clear cut win presuming they dont collapse in last 8 minutes lol! Was 38-12 (or something like that) when I last looked, so thanks for the update

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Well done today on your very good [18 - 44 victory at Spotland...





TRIES:

SAM GARDNER
DAN POTTER
OLIVER PURSGOOD
RYAN BENJAFIELD
BRENDAN RAWLINS
GREG NICHOLSON
GEORGE RAYNOR
CARL HUGHES


GOALS

Good win and back into second place. I honestly thought we had a good chance of finishing second as I thought York could well get a result against Oldham, didnt see them only getting a point today!

Good win today, good to see the points racked up, no great worries about the few later tries, it was well in the bag.

C'mon it's the sides greatest weakness.

Next year, in the Championship, the team has to be smarter and tighter in defence otherwise straight back down.

Still making trip home by public transport. We were excellent 1st half. I agree with LeagueFan though if, we are to progress to the next level we need to maintain concentration and discipline for 80 minutes otherwise better teams will destroy us like Dewsbury did in 2nd half of both games this season.

Still making trip home by public transport. We were excellent 1st half. I agree with LeagueFan though if, we are to progress to the next level we need to maintain concentration and discipline for 80 minutes otherwise better teams will destroy us like Dewsbury did in 2nd half of both games this season.

Great win today, just wanted to add that for me carl Hughes had a belting game as dr Sam Gardner! Well done lads.

Couldn't agree more Carl was MOM for me but Sam pushed him for a close second despite another nasty head knock.....

Interesting what Baz will do next week when Lee is fit , Sam has been one of our best performers in Lees absence , question , do you drop consistency in favour of speed ?

What does everyone else think ? - I know where my money goes , looking at our league position and forthcoming matches.

Yep we went to sleep for 3 tries but to be fair one came from a cracking kick from the Hornets , the sort that defending against is a near impossibility. Rochdale are no mugs and apart from 10 mins we dominated throughout- no arguments

Good Support today ,well done to all who travelled over the hill

Until today I had wrote Sam off to be honest without doubt today he was one of the best on the pitch, assuming Lee is fit I would pick Lee as his pace is likely to worry Hunslet rather than Sam in my view.

On another note it says in paper Daley Williams is the latest player to commit to the cougars.

It was my first away game too; impressed by the number of Cougar fans there - was that a lot more than usual, or do that many travel to most games?

Great result,but just a bit concerned about second half.Did we take our foot off the gas or is their a problem with fitness.We should have buried em .

Whats with this sitting down lark to watch a game of rugby league


hardly any atmosphere,gimme cougar park any day



Daly Williams,what a player,pure rugby league brain,strong,fast,CLEVER.

Geat news that Daley has signed ,for me his best game for us so far,MoM for me.Sam was as solid as ever and i would stick with him for the remainig games,he may not have the pace of Lee Maples but consistancy is what we need at this stage.Good win but we seem to lose shape a little when Buster goes off.Three more wins and we're in the final,come on COUGARS!

catch 22 job this caus lee is faster but Sam is by far better in defence in my opinion, both got good qualities, shame we can't mould them.!!

Can't believe the 'Rugby Leaguer' (or whatever its called now) only had Sam down for 5 out of 10 in the match ratings ...were they seriously watching the same game or what ?icon_evil.gif

God forbid I'd tell Baz how to do his job , but is there no way we can keep both our wingers in the mix , keep Sam in for his steady-ness but have Mapes on the bench to punish teams with his speed when the opposition are tiring...

just a thought

I have never found the score relevant, they tend to give MOM to the try scorer and that's about all they get right. I saw Sam at Swindon in the reserves and wondered why he was in that side, solid steady players are essential and defending does appear to be our downfall, so I would opt for Sam with Mapels on the bench for the last 20 minutes as your good self suggested.