I didn't rate Gilmore last time he was here and felt we were always waiting for him to take his chance - but that doesn't mean to say he's the same player now. To get a good Championship scrum half is difficult so I'm pleased he's joining us.
Aye,two years at Batley and he returns as Jonathan Thurston.Grady,Wilde,Tyrer,Lawton,Ince and Widnes still below average in a poor league.Spot the common denominator.
The only common denominator I can see is that, with the exception of Grady, you have highlighted our highest points and try scorers of the season thus far.
Tyrer leads the points score with 68; Ince heads the try scoring list with 10, Wilde second with 9, Lawton is 4th with 7 as Fozard is ahead of him with 8.
Grady, injured for most of the season, has only started 3 games plus being on the subs bench for 3, doesn't feature in these lists.
Well spotted, Sinbad.
@sunny And yet here we are,at the dizzy heights of 8th place in the league table.
@royston-vasey In general 99% of players are going to go where the money is. There isn't much of it at Champ level, and players are going to go for as much as they can get.
It will also depend on where they live. Players aren't going to spend a fortune on fuel to travel 500miles a week for a couple of training sessions and a game. That will be a good chunk of their wages.Northstar - Widnes were briefly in the top 6 years (and it was already 6 years ago), and have never finished in the top 6 since Super League started. If you're going to pull that card though how do their results compare to other teams since then, even "little old Batley"? They've nearly gone to the wall, they've had to sell players and they're probably hearing that the club don't have a pot to piss in.
Why should it be straight forward? The arrogance on this board is astounding. Batley have finished above Widnes for a few years I would guess.
Contrast that to Widnes who always "fail", especially according to their fans, quite a few of whom still live in the 80's and 90's judging by the comments.
Not arrogant at all. I have full respect for the Batley's of the world, but their aims, achievements and traditions are way different to ours. They themselves have been quoted in the past as saying they aren't chasing SL.
I didn't say anything about it being straightforward. I said it should be easier for us, but it isn't, so something is going wrong.
And re: 6th, you knew exactly the point I was making - i.e. we've been a SL team in recent times and in the playoff at one point. If you want to split hairs for your own entertainment, bore off and do it with someone else.
2022 Championship:
Batley P 17, W 12, L 3, D 2, For 478, Against 293, Diff +185, Pts 26, Pos 4th - 1 pt behind Fax with a game in hand
Widnes P 18, W 8, L 10, D 0, For 395, Against 453, Diff -58, Pts 16, Pos 8th
Can you describe what are “the Bartley’s of the world” ? We are probably lucky that they aren’t trying to get into SL or we’d likely be below them on the table …. oh, hang on.
Gilmore running the game against York tonight
Gilmore running the game against York tonight
Good to hear.Tom fits in well there at Batley.Genuinely pleased for him.