Sorry but we will agree to disagree on this. We were coming on strong and Catalans were well on the back foot on their line. It’s not just about territory but the momentum. It was with us at that point with 6 tackles on the line and all the pressure. We never got that pressure or field position back from that point. It was the momentum and game changer which started our poor spell.

The other ones weren’t good either.

It was an error from Murphy, he should've shielded the ball better or gone for the safe option and taken the ball out himself. He's a kid only in his second season, Lineham is an experienced pro who not should be making those mistakes.

Not sure what the new pitch cost but in my opinion it was a waste of money the playing surface was the only good thing about BV
Surely the money would have been better spent retaining the likes of Batch or another halfback
If not banked to fund further much needed development on the west side

Has someone asked for applegarth to be sacked.

Probably a blessing if you're not on any of the Facebook pages.

"We should sack Mash and get Lingard in" was one of the comments I'd read.

Yeah coz Batley have got off to a flyer this season

Don't shoot the messenger buddy.

Sorry wasn't picking on you, just highlighting how stupid the farcebook cronies are

Some real numpties over there.

So just the one person said it then?

To be fair having looked at stats he wasnt the worse he made an average 10 meters per carry second only to butler who averaged 11, procter had 3 carries with a total of 14 meters although made 31 tackles which was 4th best behind ashurst pitts and jai

Butler ran the ball into the tacklers with plenty of pace and umph. Improving all the time.

My son and I were just commenting how well Butler was taking the ball in and saying, 'He will do , if he keeps this up every gane'. Then he is taken off . Strange we thought.

Thought butler had a great game and ran really well.

Got to echo the sentiments about Butler. Has come back looking hungry in pre-season and thought he went well when he came on. If the other members of our pack had the same intensity we wouldn't have struggled carrying the ball out as much as we did.

Agree

Jai Whitbread did 42 tackles missing 1 and 12 carries for average of 7 metres per carry.
They are good stars

Reece made 134 metres. Next closest was 85!

Lineham took the ball up 17 times.

How many of those 134 metres were made in a forward direction, and how many sideways? he’s nicknamed the crab for a reason.

They don't measure how far he ran. They measure metres gained.

Looking at some of the stats coming out it's worth watching the game again on Trin TV I guess.

God, I hate that view from behind the sticks. Surely only Bistro42 see that angle in a positive light?

For some, Lyne would have to score a hattrick in every game to be worthy of his place.
Lineham could be in a similar position.

Lineham was probably our hardest working player last Friday, certainly amongst the backs but, "he should be dropped", it's a bit weird.

For the first 20 minutes Lineham did twice the carries of any of our forwards. He has my respect for that.

I presume they use the information from the gps fitted in each shirt therefore how does it know if the metres are forward or sideways.

Agree , and no fan of Lineham .Thinks fans should look in the middle of the park for the main problem of why are backs look poor .The backs are getting past it ,but are not as bad as they looked again Catalan