Just been on fax forum and just about all of them think we will finish bottom . Gits!!

I know we have signed a few but are we ready to step up?

Personally i think its going to be a very hard slog BUT,i have faith in the team and am sure we will rise to the occasion.With P.Royston back(my mate says hes the dogs b******s)we will last the whole 80 mins.

Win/lose,i love my day out at Cougar park.

Bring em on i say

from what I saw at Warrington you need MAJOR work on defence.
Old'em made quick and easy yards too often.

Hope you get some results (and think you will) but staying up will depend on your ability to hold off teams when their on your line.

We need to improve considerably from last year in most aspects of our play. We have shown potential but not consistency.

We need to be much fitter than last year.

I don't know much about most of the signings to know what they might add to the squad.

I suppose that logically we are favourites to finish bottom. Let's hope the players and coaching staff can do something about that.

We did not have a full squad at the start of last season, it would be good to start this one without picking up injuries in the warm up games.

Oh well, even if we finish bottom - let's enjoy ourselves, eh? A few beers, a bit of noise and some good company...it'll do for me!
(although staying up would be good, too.)

I think we will finish bottom, based on us being the lowest placed team last year, and we have a lot of work to do, plus Tolouse have the exemption still.

I will be delighted if I'm wrong.

The key to staying up will be our home form.

Don't forget your couple of days in the south of France



Really tough league next year, if all teams don't turn up week after week they'll get beat. They are no "byes" and I think you'll shock a few a teams.

I think the team will have the physical requirements and possibly the speed to compete at this level but that in itself will not be enough.

Speed of thought and action are key attributes and the nounce to do things which will catch the opposition out.

First and formost, IMO the basic skills of tackling, passing and timing need honing.

The ability to think that if the one man barge player actually gets through that there needs to be someone there in support.

It's easier to kick your way down the field than spend a lot of energy and time slowly working your way down the field. (40 -20's the most underused but potent weapon in the RL nal!!!!)

Wingers are members of the team



Don't be predictable.

Practice makes perfect.

Works as team, help your mate and vice versa, not everyone can be a superstar but collectively you can be.

Don't give up trying.

An attitude of mind!

Just remember that the opposition players breathe the same air, and generally use the loo the same way. They are not supermen.

To achieve success on the journey you have to make the first step and have a good idea of where you are going.

The hard work is for the players and the coaching team to make the journy as event free and easy as possible so the final goal can be reached.

That is HARD work but nothing that a dedicated co-ordinated team cannot do.

Its down to the players and coaches.

I think this team may well surprise a few next season!

Look what Barrow did along with Gateshead and 'Fax and Widnes didn't.

I think one of our faults last season was going to sleep for 10-15 minutes each game. Can't afford to do that now!

you on about the team Mick or you and your lad in the bar at half time?!

No time for a kip at half-time, Andy...
...too busy queueing for a pint!

Its that Rach fault.
Tell her to work quicker and you wont have to que

Dont honestly know how well you will do next season but good luck except of when you play us of course

i hope you stay up, again good luck.

It's going to be a long, hard season and we are going to get a few tonkings.

However we've not lost any of the players capable of making the step up and made some quality signings.

Dewsbury have lost their talisman so I don't think they'll be anything like the force they were last season. I think Batley and Sheffield are there for the taking as well.

We're obviously favourites to go down but if we can win half our home games, win a couple away and pick up some bonus points we've got half a chance.

Guess Who, I'll hold yer coat whilst YOU tell Rach to hurry up...

AJ.....CATFINK..........a job for one of you

This division is extremely competitive and it's anyones guess who will win it. Both the teams you mentioned as there for the taking were the best two teams in the second half of the season as far as points gained were concerned, and Sheffield in particular were a very decent team last season. Batley have recruited well and will not be as easy as you think.

I wish you well next season, but think you will find it a bit of a struggle and be surprised at the level across the division.

If we start on minus points, as some are suggesting, we had better win a couple more than we expect!

Precisely.

I'll support Cougars, just as always, through Mick O'Neill's speeches at the end of Cougarmania, through Mike Smith's unjustified rant at Bradford Metroplitan Council, through watching a team of amateurs (apart from Karl Smith & Phil Stephenson) at Oldham, through the embarassment of losing nearly every game last time we were promoted and watched Gary Moorby get the blame because we weren't ready (allegedly)
This time we were supposed to be...
To be frank, someone's full of b***. It's not the team who play their hearts out, it's not the coach, any ideas who?
And to be frank, anyone who is an apologist for this situation has to explain themselves as well. That's you GW...minus points on promotion? That's worse than last time. Who we going to sack next? Baz? Beacuse the board have once again shown themselves incapable of running an RL club in a sustainable manner?
Will restructuring replace the points deducted?
Was the Grand Final that much of a gamble that our club is at risk again?

And yes, that's emotion and anger, because having shut up and stopped criticising the Board in the past because it seemed we were going places, it appears genuine supporters have been conned again. The last thing I need now is an independent forum becoming the apologist for this state of affairs.
I'll continue to support, I'll go buy my season tickets, but isn't it the time for some transparency, particularly after the comments on this forum directed at Geteshead, Celtic, Leigh et al.
Pot, kettle, guess what - we're no better...

MikeDCougar it would appear you think i am a apologist for this situation.
If that is the case then you are very, very wrong.

I am telling people that the club will not fold. That the club will move forward and we will not lose players or our place in this league.

At no time have i said or implied, that people were right in the action they have taken.
I am just as angry as the rest of us to find out what has gone on.

The truth will come out and then people can make up there own mind, as to what's gone wrong.

I wont be able to make any more post for the most of today, as i am going to Leicester for a conference.

OK, fair enough, my apologies for misunderstanding your personal position.

I'm sure we all want what's best for Cougars, and are equally frustrated about this news.

Doesn't change my concerns about how we've got here again.

I agree Mike, and whilt not wanting to speak in GWs behalf I think he shares your concern.

He is unfortunately stuck in between a rock and a hard place on this one, as all he wants is whats best for the club, so he has to tread a fine line.

I think think the club needs to coming out with something this week.

Thanks for that Mike.
The club as of yet, have not made any public comment about the on going situation.
Until that time i have to be careful what i say in public.

Your concerns will be answered in time.
I to have real concerns about how this happened.