Get used to this he was a penalty machine at Leigh last season

For me we were never going to win the NR Cup so treat it as an advanced friendly. Plenty to suggest that once we are really gelling we are going to take some teams to the cleaners.

Cougars looked good when Shickell was on the pitch and occasionally clueless without him.

Roll on the real thing anyway.

NB Not sure what Steve McCormack will have made of the match. Oh and ge's shorter than I had imagined.

Listened in on Radio Rhinos and it sounded like we got a bit lucky.

We did have 3-4 players out and a couple of youngsters Dan Belcher and James Haythornthwaite played.

Interesting what you've said about Andy Shickell, he underperformed a bit last season but looked to have lost a fair bit of weight and had toned up significantly when I saw him last week.

I think our new fitness guru's regime might have made the difference in this game.

Good luck for the season ahead, you've added some class players to your side so you should do really well.

And before that at Halifax. Not what you want from the captain really, is it? Sounded like a good win for Cougars although I do feel Blackpool let them off the hook. Early doors and I'm sure Panthers will be there ans there abouts come the end of the season.

Bit of a strange game really, blackpool played with real intensity, invention and pace in the first half, but Keighley more than made up for that in the second, and although they gave a way easy ball at the death, some solid defence right up to the whistle meant they just deserved to win.

You also have to remember that Keighley had a man in the bin at the same time as Blackpool.

Blackpool should have a good season but will have to watch out for the niggle, it could be a long season if you get the refs on your case.

Keighley will need to play consistently like they did in the second half if they wany to win any games in the higher division. Hope lessons are learned by both sides.