A much improved display against Widnes by all accounts, hopefully gives us the momentum to get our first league victory of the season at York on Thursday in front of the Sky cameras.

York 14-22 Eagles

Q will be a bit more bedded in - looks a good prospect & don't think he'll do a Groom



Hopefully, Menzie will be straight back in & raring to go.



If we can wrap up Thorman, I'll go

York 16 - Eagles 30

If Kyle Wood is playing and a couple of backs from the bulls are playing and Menzie i think we'll win by 10.
If its the same side as today we;ll sneak it by 2.

Hopefully we'll have Menzie back, no injuries from the game and QLT settled so i'll go with...

Eagles 28
York 18

The Co-operative Championship
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles 7.30pm (SKY)
Ref T Roby TJ J Roberts TJ J Bloem RR D Tindall VR I Smith MC

Wow! Jamie Bloem as a touch judge. Does that mean if a fight breaks out, he'll join in?
Hope he's running the line on the same side as Menzie. Wonder if Ian Bell's playing -
that could be a good match up - as long as Belly hasn't too many the night before

eagles to do it easy 44-10. Bradford players in, menzie back in and Qlt at standoff plenty of points on offer. Back menzie in for a hatrick and Qlt for a double.

Well, you'll only have Crookes available to play for you guys at the moment, as Finnigan has a problem with his ankle.

Does anyone know where the F**& is Misi???

Anyone remotely confident in an Eagles win...Skybet have Eagles +4 on the handicap @10/11 or 5/4 to win outright.

Good odds.

If Aston can get it into the players heads they're actually reallly playing Halifax, not York, they'll win by 20!

I'm having a bet on Sheffield but not confident enough to lump on big money.

You might not get a fair crack of the whip with the ref. No prizes for guessing which city hes from?!!

Got a small bet on you guys tonight. Good luck!

I've backed York. Any score updates as i'm at work and the filter won't allow sky sports updates.

You are currently losing your money - 10 - 12 eagles at HT

youve lost your money York 10 Eagles 28

A good profesional performance,A good base to move on with,Nothing outstanding but job done and a work in progress,Will be great to see Misi back and combing with Menzie and QT,I said we have one of the strongest packs in the divison and ksut lacked halfback combo and backs,With the addition of Crookes,QT and Wood the missing pieces are starting to come,Thought Danny Mills had his best game for a while and seems as though hes got his confidence back,Hopfully he can capture the form of previous seasons,tim Bergin was super under the constant high balls,I love Menzie

Enough said,Thought Higgins had a super game,Hendo for me was MOTM what a class act and directs us so weel,Didnt think much to that Pat smith that came on,A good win and onwards and upwards and a big home win against tolouse,An Eagles with Misi and in full flight will be a tough cookie to beat.Up the Eagles!!!!!!!

Cheers for telling me repeatedly I was losing my money! Good game? I've got it taped

Sorry youve lost your money

Not a great game for the neutral,But obviously pleased we won,Worth a watch though.

I'll definately watch it tomorrow afternoon. Better than owt else that's on! Decent crowd on wasn't there?

Sorry Jonny youve lost your money

The second half was a good performance, hopefully this team will get the chance to gel a bit more in the coming weeks, Menzie's interview was the highlight!

Jonny you've lost your money mate.

A good, solid professional performance. Thought QLT was outstanding first half, went off the boil a bit second half with a couple of dropped balls but we'll let him off. Thought Simon Brown's kicking game was excellent, couple of really difficult touchline conversions and also unlucky not to have a couple of 40/20s. Kyle Wood also had a good game as did the new centre Crookes, looks like he could score a few tries if we can keep him for the majority of the season. Menzie awesome as usual, that break really was something else and he was so close to smashing Thorman with a massive hit too! Danny Mills had his best game for a long, long time, more of the same please. Alex Rowe and Ryan Hepworth gave good go forward and substance to the attack. Honourable mention for Szostak too, but man of the match for me was Henderson, absolute tackling machine and was excellent in and around the ruck, directing traffic and spotting gaps.

Highlight of the night was Dr Badvibes' horrific attempt at the crossbar at half time (video to follow).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXWeoYoQ98 Not great as it was uploaded from my phone, you can just about see the ball leave his foot and trickle along the ground though, fair play for the effort!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXWeoYoQ98 Not great as it was uploaded from my phone, you can just about see the ball leave his foot and trickle along the ground though, fair play for the effort!!

I can only echo what ESO has said, much improved second half performance and a great boost to confidence. Brown was excellent and Hendo was outstanding. Q showed traces of what he can do, once he's got to know everyone and fully up to fitness we've got a player there.

For all Yorks efforts they couldn't punish our errors like Widnes did. the basis of a good teams there. Credit to Elvis who took his try well, as an eagles legend I'll let him off.

Let's push on, onwards and upwards.

Think it was a case off "Chewy we need more power"!!!!

Good effort though Webbo,Tell he's a pig with that kicking,Nowhere near the goal

A wins a win ,and thats all it was , York as relegation Fodder , and Seagulls did nothing to frighten me ,QLT dropped a couple of easy balls ,dont see what all the fuss about him is like Groom ,a one trick pony ,and why do your guys do all the try scoring celebrations?Probably because you dont score many ,you only got one against us



,again you will do well to make the play-offs , i think Batley will take your 6th place this year .