Barnett=Better than against the Rams



Under the posts=Do me a favour,not a chance



J.H , D.L ,Semi etc=Great team performance



Play bad for 50 mins? We knackered them out,hence the flood gates opened

There were a fair few morons gunning for Barnett before the game had even kicked off.



He had an appalling game at Dewsbury, I saw it with my own eyes. But once he's selected for the next game he's got to be given a chance. He had a good game tonight, made some strong runs and scored 2 tries yet folk still got on his back, you have to wonder what the agenda is.



For the first half hour of the game, we played poorly. We lacked dynamism and made too many errors. Then Coleman came on and gave us the spark we needed.



In the second half we slowly took complete control of the game, we got in front and earned the right to play the superb stuff that we played in the last 20 minutes with our backs running riot behind a rampant pack.



I found it hard to disagree with the sponsors choice of Andy Shickell for man of the match, he was superb. To be fair few others were in with a shout of it, James H for his well taken hat trick, Coleman for taking on the line with speed, guile and purpose. Craig Moss looked dangerous.

He did have a good game, but the award was given way to early.

There was 9 1/2 minuets left.

Cougars fans always need someone to have a go at and Barnett currently seems to be that man. It wont be long before he is hounded out like Alex Brown and Richard Knight were.



On last nights performance, Jones and Obst were absolutely woeful and we were lucky that the team got it together in the last 15 - 20 mins really.

IMO barnett was outstanding to consider his previous performance. Cant be easy to come back after such a bad game at dewsberry but he did a job. Think he ran harder than i have seen him in any match this season and the fend off followed by a sprint down the touchline was outstanding. he also took a very dificult high ball that could have resulted in a swinton try.



Not saying he deserved man of the match, i'd have said coleman, shickel or korkidas but i dont think the guy needs any more stick, he proved a point.

I think he grabbed just the one try. Tadulala scored in the other corner in the second half. Too many sherbets perhaps?

Players make mistakes and have bad days just like us all. All who have played sport will understand the good and bad days, especially golfers! Barnett is maybe more inconsistent that others, but this could be something that has blighted his career. I wasn't at Dewsbury so I can't really comment, but as I have said before there was more to the loss at Dewsbury than Barnett, or any other player for that matter. I don't think we should single players out as being responsible for defeats etc. Barnett had a solid game last night and credit to him for picking himself up and showing his metal. If as some posters have eluded to Barnett got stick from the off and throughout then I can't personally see any point to that. Maybe as this forum shows, you just can't please some.

What's with the crowd last night? 710? I was very surprised to see that figure. I would have expected about 250 more than that. I'm really at a loss to think what will get the people of Keighley and surrounding district down to Cougar Park to support the lads. We have a good team for heavens sake, competing well with the best the Championship has to offer. It's fantastic entertainment at a great price. I can't believe those who didn't turn up were watching it on Premier Sports - who subscribes to that? Not many I'll wager. I hope the club at least gets some TV money....? Perhaps a Sunday afternoon fixture may have attracted a healthier crowd.

716 was better than the York crowd for their televised fixture last week ... 476?



Not too many from Swinton though and a Thursday night isn't all that enticing for travelling support, especially when the game is being televised.



I agree though, that if the Keighley public can't support a winning team then who and what will they support especially given the fact that the Cougars are putting so much time and effort into dveloping an interest in the game at junior school level. Looks like it's a one-way effort to me. Isn't it about time that the Cougars started asking questions about what would entice the children who obviously enjoy playing the game into actually coming down to games?



If their parents are too apathetic to attend with their offspring would it be possible to see if a 'school trip' to a game could be organised?



Whatever happens, something needs to be done about coverting effort into crowds.

Maybe they just plain can't afford to come.



Look at the demographics of Keighley at the moment. Lots of unemployment, a lot of hard working class folk struggling to get by, and don't get me started on the chavs.



£14 is a lot of money for some people. Especially when for pretty much the same amount you can take 2 adults and a kid to the cinema for 2 hours entertainment.

i think jd needs a mention had a solid game

I agree with Stealth's comments. I appreciate that a team at this level requires significant funding, however, from a personal point of view I rarely bring the family along in view of the overall cost. I appreciate that there are family season tickets available etc, however, for the average family, the cost of bringing a family of say 2 adults and two children even as a one off is very expensive indeed.



I'm not sure how the prices are set, however my question is, if the prices were lowered to make a family outing to Cougar Park far more affordable, would the increase in attendences more than cover any shortfalls?



Despite feeling that the cost represents good value for money in many ways, I feel that the overall cost is a significant factor in keeping many potential fans away.



I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts........

One area in which i think the Cougars as a club scored a massive own goal this season was with the season ticket system. We were told that the season tickets were to be the booklet type again. Then all of a sudden passport style tickets not allowing the season tickets to be transferrable to others.

I took a friend of mine to Halifax away this season (hes a football fan) but he loved the game but cant afford to watch both , my point is this .... last night was a classic scenario . My brother , a season ticket holder couldnt make the game , if the ticket was transferable my friend could have gone instead with me , brought his daughter so thats money behind the bar a burger, sweets and pop for the child and another potenetial fan for next season. I have on very good authority that the costing of the tickets was not an issue at the time of manufacturing (although i know certain people at the club tried to use this as an excuse at the time when quizzed by supporters), Its little things like this that can attract extra people through the gate and hopefully become fans of the future.