Disappointed to lose after putting ourselves in a match winning position, a lot of desire and a much more disciplined display, the turning point was when the ref rules out the snitch try which having seen photo wasn't forward, just the luck you get when you are struggling, add that with a few poor decisions later in the game which were caused by a mixture of tiredness and lack of confidence cost us a valuable 2 points.

a chance of 2pts gone there.
Maybe could have won with a better team selection, waterman weller etc cos gilbey clearly not up to it, he seemed lost and was a liability at times.
Of the 2 games this was the one Cookey should have gone for, cos we are not going to beat sheffield whoever plays.

we are crying out for a good half and some speed on the wings

agreed gamebreaker was Snitch disallowed try.

I was in line with pass to snitch, it was well forward. Poor 2nd half cost us. Need to come out of Easter with some points to build. Good 1st half.

I agree, definitely forward (unfortunately).

...hmm.. I was level with it, and it was forward. I've no idea which photo you've seen...

If players have been 'rested' who could have strengthened today's line-up, then I think it was a mistake. Batley were there for the taking today.

Sheffield have beaten a side today who have already comfortably defeated us and the Eagles played the whole of the second half with 12 men. It doesn't bode well for Wednesday unless we have some way of spectacularly raising our game.

Don't think anyone was rested, there were a couple carrying knocks, and a couple who are near fitness. There was some good news in the post match when Cookie mentioned that Nicklas and Wilkinson are both near full fitness.

People have mentioned Waller and Waterman, not sure on them ... injured? Dunn, I believe is injured, is Kelly?

Wouldn't Sando and Leaf have been options today or is the injury list quite lengthy ... I honestly don't know but there were a good few missing today who might have featured.

The first 4 have had knocks, think Pas is still a couple of weeks away.

I don,t understand why gilbey played when you got the reliable Leaf who would have done a 10 times better job.

What makes it worse is we would have been off the bottom with Leigh hammering Whitehaven.

i think we need some players in quick or it will be to far to come back from.
And Carl Hall did say ONLY a win was acceptable today nothing less.
Lets see where these so called funds are now before its too late.
If its not already.

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Paul "yes man" cooke has stated it was a step in the right direction and vastly improved and whilst it was we still have a duck egg next to our name in the table! we simply dont have that star quality player or a solid halves pairing that those around us do, i hate being doom and gloom but the spare cash that was promised desperatly needs to be seen COYD

So you think an attack on Cooke is going to help?

Attack is a bit extreme, contary if you have seen my previous posts they say i hope cookey is he as long as possible and that still stands its just he seems to read from the same script each week when reviewing a match. whilst it was alot better if todays match has given him more hope and made him hapier for the future were in major trouble! we can still stay up i believe but not with this current crop of players sorry for sounding harsh.

i think your right about the current crop of players as well

The game continues. If only some of the newer posters to this forum had found their way to posting their views say last year for instance when we appeared to have done ok and Cookey was Coach of the year. But what the frig do I know. This is depressing now, what on earth is the bloke suppose to say. I give up on here its soul destroying. You know my stance. I hope the club and the players pull it around.
Wishing you all the best.

So the people on here who have the opinion that were in alot of trouble and theres not enough quality in the squad to stay up are lesser fans than the veterans who have been posting on here for yonks? as i say im a massive paul cooke fan and were lucky to have him but sport is fickle he got the credit and awards for last year and now being winless in 6 league we need to see a ruthless paul cooke. my objection mainly is he and carl hall could see we were behind many in our league and lacking that star quality but have done little or nothing about it. championship 1 is staring us in the face we cant keep waiting and talking a good game.

DR has done nothing to help, they are no better than what we have or had.. I think the rot set in by not changing the players who weren't performing,when it was said at the beginning of the season that any player not performing could lose their place and would have to fight for it.. A blind man could see the problems!

I wasn't going to put in a quote but seeing as Moonlight is at it again with his leave Cooke alone campaign, especially if you have only just joined the forum. It was sad to see the lads so gutted after such a spirited performance in the first half but Batley were there for the taking and we are just not up to it. Cooke signed the players and makes the decisions which are just not good enough. Also I'm sorry to say neither is he in such a key position.There was a moment in the second half where he was made to look pedestrian by a Batley lad but I guess he has to play because we are short on anyone else. Come on get real and face the fact that last season has gone.Me and several others on the forum saw these problems several games ago and they should have been addressed then. We need to get some quality players in quickly if possible, before we get detached at the foot of the table.

There is a thread that asks the club to admit they got it wrong, by saying we are now looking for players, have they not done that?, some said Rovers won't spend money on the Dons, yet Carl says there are funds available, personally, I don't believe he would lie to us, but everyone has their own opinion,and I respect that, they have a right to have their say, it's a forum. I believe we will stay up, won't be easy,but I think we will improve, yes new blood is needed,but not a new coach, again , my opinion. Don't think we will see a glut of signings, don't think we need many, had we had our injured players yesterday, I reckon we would have won that game yesterday.

The margins between winning and losing can be very small and that was the case yesterday. I believe that had Lee Waterman been playing instead of Alex Gilbey we would have probably won.

That's no reflection on Alex Gilbey as I feel for the lads that have to come into the side with little or no game time behind them. It's hard enough for an experienced player to be match fit and fully in tune with what's going on, never mind someone with little experience.

I didn't mention in my earlier post about the game that I thought Paul Cooke tried to take more control of the game by playing a more central role in attack. He was more prepared to take the line on, and his efforts showed how desperate he is to get our first win on the board.

A negative element from the game was our lack of pace generally.

But lee was carrying a knock so it doesn't matter if he would have done better out there he wasnt available to put out. I agree gilbey looked lost but I would say so did kittrick and at a lot of times in attack so did Mitch clark. But with certain players carrying injuries they seemed the only option and there was players out there heavily bandaged up too. Hopefully Craig Robinson is ok he was playing well before the injury.

Unfortunately he may have dislocated his shoulder and I agree he was playing really well. But doesn't it again bring into question Cooke's thinking because he favoured the DR players in the earlier games, ahead of Craig who always gives 110% and usually plays well.

No, it doesn't bring Paul Cooke's thinking into question. Craig Robinson has publicly stated that he agrees with the DR system.