Batley Away : Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:22 pm
Right that's all the negativity sorted lets look to the future, this Sunday & the start of the season to be precise. Been looking forward to this for a while.Weather looks like rain, a wet, cold, windy, rainy Mount Pleasant will be quite a culture shock to some of our new players, part of me thinks we should perhaps stick to mostly players who know what to expect, though it might be a good bonding experience, been a while since the Marine Camp.
Think it'll be a tough physical game as Batley games usually are but I think our pack has really stood out in the friendlies so we should come out on top down the middle and I think it is likely to be a low scoring forwards dominated game in difficult conditions. If I was Batley I'd try to get our outside backs doing a lot of tackling especially tackling some of their more powerful players if they can and naturally be peppering whoever we have as full back with spinning high balls in the (probably) wet slippery conditions. Hopefully we'll have a good ref who'll keep a lid on everything & stop any trouble before it starts.
Leigh 18 Batley 8
