Everything went wrong...
Gerrard at SO doesn't cut the mustard. Thackray again had it all to do. The lack of a decent kicker was obvious. I said I was disappointed that Webster had left especially so seeing as we don't have a ready made replacement. I have been told that we won't have one until after June 13th.
Grady suffered at fullback. The curse continues!! For me Ford should still be in the squad. No idea why he has been made scapegoat.
Losing Doran was bad. Having a prop on the bench that could only last 10 minutes compounded the problem.
Allen had a mare as new captain.
The atmosphere was flat, I've seen more spark from a dribbly tap than those players today. The received a barrage from a south stander as they went off but none of them surely had any excuses.
Cullen was obviously furious but has his work cut out big time.
Well played Batley. Some lovely rugby at times and a great gameplan. They worked tirelessley.. Great performance and a nice vocal turnout.
Gerrard isnt a stand off but defensively he is one of the best in the side. For a lad of his age ( Which we forget) he will have been well up on the tackle count today.
Thought he was one of a few who put their balls on the block today.
Oddly enough too the goal line defence was much improved today.
Ultimately were in a rut and going backwards on the pitch and in the stands too.
Im not sure what the answer is or even where the main problems lie at the moment.
At the moment though it speaks volumes that Cull can spend the best part of ten days since the Leigh defeat slagging off players and performances in the press and we produce a performance like that.
Probably on par with when Rochdale beat us in our first year down in this league as the worst home performance for some time.
