Not a good start for Adam.

To be fair to Adam Bentley's re-arranged game with Fryston was a last minute thing after Toll Bar called off the original fixture. The write up was done before anyone found out this was the case.

Moorends had two victorys, pennine team won 44 16 and their 2nd team won their friendly 14 10

Bentley 0-50 Fryston

Take absolutely no notice of the report on the Yorkshire League website, he must have been at a different match from the rest of us.

Ok, so they've got some very, very good forwards, but to say they laid the foundations and Jones got MOM is just to appease their sponsors. If anything their forwards were met head on by Bentleys pack lead by 'Big Red' Chris Hemmings, Sean Richards, Danny Royle, Scott Smith, Lyndon Staley and Micky Rogerson. They just had a bit too much in the back line lead by that horrible little g£t Speake, both their opening tries coming from long range in their own half. Speake was a thorn in everyones side all afternoon as he whinged his way through the game and virtually reffed it. Waste of talent IMHO. He picked off gaps in the back line and the 2 flying young wingers had a field day chasing his kicks through behind Bentleys line.

Only in the latter stages did the Fryston forwards break the line up the middle as some Bentley heads went down, but they started showboating which cost them points and even the ref had had enough when one of them tried to backheel a conversion, and he blew time.

The question needs to be asked, particularly of the Yorkshire League, why are they in it? Without them its a competitive AMATEUR league where anyone can beat anyone else on their day, but as it stands the rest are playing for 2nd place to a squad of Ex. future and current pros (Castle re-signed for The Dons on friday). They come across as a bunch of bullies who like to be the big fish in a little pond, as Queens, Hunslet Old Boys and Warriors and Sharlston etc might be a bit too tough for them.

They really have shot themselves in the foot, as already 3 teams have cried off against them and its certain many more will before the end of the season.

Any thoughts ?

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Quote ="weighman"Sour grapes icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" />'" No, not at all, they are the best side in the league by a country mile, their p!55 taking showboating left a sour taste, and I and many others wonder what they get out of thrashing everyone week in, week out. Without them the division is competative, have a look at some of the results. I dont understand their mentality (saying that the way some of them were on Saturday it doesn't appear that there's much going on upstairs anyway). d040.gif" alt="d040.gif" title="CRAZY" />

Quote ="weighman"Sour grapes icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" />'" No, not at all, they are the best side in the league by a country mile, their p!55 taking showboating left a sour taste, and I and many others wonder what they get out of thrashing everyone week in, week out. Without them the division is competative, have a look at some of the results. I dont understand their mentality (saying that the way some of them were on Saturday it doesn't appear that there's much going on upstairs anyway). d040.gif" alt="d040.gif" title="CRAZY" />