Just got back from London. The Boys went out and did the job. 1st team debut tonight for James Haythornwaite who came on the 2nd half.

Jermaine Wray & George Raynor both picked up injurys, but hopefully they can be sorted in the 3 week break, though the very hard pitch at New River didnt help, & even a couple of Skolars players were struggling.

The Keighley tries were scored by Daley Williams, Brendon Rawlins (2), Dan Potter, Sam Gardner & Wray.

Final Score: London Skolars 10, Keighley Cougars 28

The break will be good, and at least the 'big match' to get us to the final will now be at home.

Congrats guys

Not really a convincing month from your team, looked like a struggle against both bottom teams in that period. Hunslet obviously a better performance against a better side, but I would say that you will have to play much better to beat a York team that are pretty clinical at the moment.The new players like Wildbore, Moore from Leeds, Big Ian Bell are making a huge difference to them having added a lot of pace and power, and your big pitch will suit them and their current fast attacking style of play. you will really have to be on top of your game to beat them in the play offs.

Anyone know the date for the semi-final? I work shifts, trying to find out if I need to swing a day off somehow..!

we have nothing to prove, the season lasted for 18 games and out of that we finished 2nd clear, we demolished rochdale so don't know where the struggle came from there?? Anyway we are winning without playing champagne rugby so just imagine when we hit top form in the playoffs! We have nothing to fear from York we have pace and class on our big pitch also.

Bring it on York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that York you're talking about, the Rhino's bitch? If they do succeed, it will be a sad day for competitive Championship rugby, and a win for Super Doopper League at the expense of the game of Rugby League.

What a stupid retard you are.

oh yeah thats right you demolished THIRD bottom Rochdale....oh well now your talking, thats it then you must be sure to win now with that win on your record......what a quote to come out with






Now maybe if that had been Dewsbury you were talking about beating there would have been some credibility but please......


I dont think York have anything to fear having beaten you once and lost by a point at yours, and since then their team much faster/stronger and I think you will be in for a suprise.

Rhino, I am usually the blindly optimistic one around here, but I think we will struggle against York, it will be a tough match, then again they all will. We have been waiting all year for the team to tear someone apart but we keep getting fantastic rugby interlaced with errors, loss of concentration etc.

Personally I feel the team is more unsettled now that at any time of the year, Whilst we are on a high securing 2nd, wow what a season, we do not have a settled side or indeed our best 17 available or ready. At least finishing 2nd we have a couple of bites of the cherry if required.

I would love us to do York, but I can see it being one kick winning it.

We have absolutely nothing to fear against York or anyone else for that matter yes they beat us at their end and we beat beat them at our end so clearly nothing much between the 2 teams.

Whether a team loses by 1 or 20 it is still a loss so that point is irrelevant.

Yes we have lost Buster a big blow without doubt but that gives someone else a chance to step up and sign.

A question for the alleged York fan Rhino Roy strange the name Rhino is used for a York fan but then again.........Now that your fans have abused your main money man and his family to the point him trying to sell his stake in the club what next for you?

For some reason unknown to me there is a view amongst a few fans from various clubs borne out by discussions this weekend in London of York fans having a massive chip on their shoulders about something could be delusions of grandeur?

i was just pointing out that we didn't struggle as you seemed to think we did, use your energy focusing on York instead of on the cougars.

I agree that we can win, but I also feel we have to enter these matches in the right frame of mind and not one of being effortlessly invincible. Being invincible does not just happen it takes work and concentration.

A few facts and figures.

i. York Nilled London Skolars, LS put 10 past us.
ii. York put 64 past LS, we put 28.

I just feel we need to be careful not to get too carried away. We can win, but only with hard graft right across the pitch for 85 minutes.

Was at your game against London on friday, boy you were poor.
Another fact,
We put 84 past London in London, you managed what!! 28 and 22 of them were in the first half.
But no doubt, as allways you will try and raise your game.

To be quite honest what York fans think of us does not interest me in the slightest and as another pointed out concentrate on your own team.

Whilst mentioning statistics who has the most points in total between the 2 teams the answer is the Cougars its this that is most important not who scored what against London and other various teams.

At the end of the day assuming York beat Swinton next week we have the pleasure of showing York exactly why we have finished above them, I do however expect it to a close game.

Bring it on.

Given our home form this season, i'm not overly concerned about York or Oldham for that matter.

We've only lost 2 games at Cougar Park all season, Dewsbury and Castleford, and we more than held our own for almost an hour against both these superior sides.

So long as we don't allow David March (amongst others) to drag us in to an 80 minute slug-fest we'll win by at least 10 points.

Well, I could be stupid, or I could be a retard, as you so succintly put it, somehow I don't think anyone can be both at once. It's one or the other isn't it?

But when apart from your well argued point of view as demonstrated above, the only person bigging up York is 'Rhino Roy' and the objective views of a number of Cougar supporters, I think it's a case of QED where my earlier comments were concerned.

Cougars have finmished second over an entire season and have played the same teams as everyone else. In fact they've finished in guaranteed second with most teams still having a game in hand.

That does actually mean that over the season they've been better than all other teams except Dewsbury - that's a fact.

Now we enter a different phase and a different type of game, a knock out competition. But whatever is achieved or not by Cougars, it will be on the basis of a club standing on its own two feet, not through the assistance and support of a Super League club - how would York be performing without that?

Forget all the stuff surrounding the game off the pitch - it should be a cracking game ON it!!!
-But when, oh please tell me, is it taking place?!!!

Mick W its on the 20th september.

I'd rather be supporting a team battling the Skolars for the wooden spoon every season than somebody else's feeder club.

jesus I thought this was a forum which is where people are able to voice their opinions on topics related to rugby League.
I read into your reaction that you are probably nervous about the play offs on your current form, and I would too if my team were showing form in recent weeks of a pretty ordinary standard.
Your coach has openly talked about getting to the final which might just come back and bite him on the .
I also guess that the 'feeder club' comment is also probably a little bit exaggerated, but it appears that all the super league clubs are adopting this process. maybe the fact that your local club Bradford have opted to join up with Rochdale instead of the club in their own district !! Now you must be pretty embarrased about that one or let me guess....you turned them down

you know nothing of our past with Bradford do you??

as for being a feeder club? No thanks we would rather see the fruits of our own labours, as has been evident this season,served us well so far I think you'll begrudgingly agree as is evident in our second place finish.how's york youth system bearing?hmmm

and annoy some other club,which by looking at your history you are good at.on yer bike my son

Rhino Roy lets assume you are a York fan are you not able to realise by being in a partnership (another word for feeder) with Leeds then you immediately are under control of Leeds therefore the identity of your club disappears.

I do not understand why fans of the clubs outside super league are not aware of this. I follow Keighley Cougars and not like you appear to do and follow what in reality will be Leeds reserves.

Oh there are some tetchy people on this site.

First and foremost it is not yet guaranteed that York WILL be the opposition when the play offs start.

If the "Green ,Red and White" tinted glasses are removed from some peoples eyes then everything is not OK with the team , and no doubt the coach is well aware of that.

The team has been more than capable of beating ANY team in this league all season , and yes that does include Dewsbury, but for various reasons this has not always been the case.

People who UNDERSTAND Rugby League, know what the Cougars "weakness" is and it was shown against the Skolars once again.

I expect the team to progress to the final and hopefully win it, but also being a realist, I can see how it could fall down.

We shall see come the season end.


Post edited for the benefit of those who cannot get their glasses off!