Dean Muir could have as many as eleven first team players available to him for tomorrow’s reserve team season opener.

Three weeks after a friendly away at Thornhill Trojans was postponed, Cougars reserves will finally get onto the field for the first team in 2015 with Victoria Rangers visiting Cougar Park.

Daley Williams and Luke Haigh will both make their returns from injury in this game with Gavin Duffy included to gain match fitness ahead of the new League One season.

Youngsters Sean Kelly and Andy Gabriel, who impressed for the first team in pre-season, will also both turn out for Dean Muir’s side this Thursday evening.

The game will also present the opportunity for supporters to see new signing Scott Lee for the first time.

The friendly will see a number of youngsters in the Reserve Grade, including fans favourite Ben Stead, also turn out in the fight to earn a place in the seventeen for the reserve league opener against the Leigh Centurions.

The game at Cougar Park tomorrow (Thursday) evening is a 19:30 KO with admission £2 for Adults and Free for Concessions.

Is this some sort of a club press release, or an editorial, or a personal observation?

The same review is on the club website so it appears to be official.

Thanks Dreamer, its just that I sometimes find it hard to tell where the OP is coming from. I would find it helpfull if they would clarify in someway, say by attribution, quotation marks, or simply stating whether something is "official" or personal opinion. Over to you Hello Trouble.

It's a preview for a game. I get given the team, injuries ect. and then put it together to go on the website.

This is a fans forum where real people express views,oplnions,thoughts, etcetera, which is why I read it. If I wanted to see an official club point of view then the webs*te is where I would go. Humour me, why not have two distinct user names so that the uninitiated can clearly tell if a post is personal, or as an organ of the club. It's good to see that Kelly and Gabriel are impressive, and Stead is a favourite, so look forward to seeing them get a fair chance in the first team this year.

I'm just doing my job. I refuse to be in the firing line of this constant moaning, bickering and pathetic vendetta some sections of our support hold against the powers that be.

Ed needs to chill.

What was the score?

They won 64-0.

Daley Williams and Aaron Nicholson bagged a brace each with Andy Gabriel, Sean Kelly, Scott Lee, Liam Darville, Alfie Seeley, Hamish Barnes, Jordan Aitchison and Ryan Patchett scoring a try apiece.

I prostrate myself before the "power" that is Hello Trouble and make most humble obeisance.
See, HalifaxCougars comment is clearly a personal observation, thanks Halifax i am positively icy.

My personal observation is your post was uncalled for and Josh was only posting a preview! I have no idea why you would be bothered about it.

Your are entitled to your opinion, as I am to mine.I am not bothered by his post but am of the view that posts on a fans forum that are in any way official club press releases, call them what you will, should be clearly identified as such.

Josh as a volunteer I appreciate massively your efforts and hope you take the criticism of the narrow minded who don't appreciate the efforts with a pinch of salt.

Keep up the good work.

You like us are also entitled to your opinion.

Interesting premise that one who is critical is of essence narrow minded. Perhaps if I was being critical I would point out that 12 x 4 does not equal 64.

Well said Micky

Ed Turner I've just wasted five minutes reading your rhetoric. It's adequately clear from Josh's post it's an announcement. Announcing his personal opinions on the squad and club preview in this formal fashion would be ridiculous, you clearly have a brain and I'm suggesting you use it. Josh was quite rightly disgruntled on Twitter about the negative comments on the 'fans' forum, I hope you are satisfied with yourself. This is an equal diatribe of timewasting but there you go, two and half bottles of red and that's what you get. Well done Hello Trouble, the website is looking good, away team info, travel help, team info and general media info is great to have and I salute you for providing this (voluntarily Ed, voluntarily).

Keep up the good work Josh, your time and effort is very much appreciated as is that of all the volunteers at the club.

It's a moderated public forum, and everyone is entitled to their opinion.

It wouldn't hurt to precede official statements with the words "official club statement" to eliminate doubt.

Just because a person is a volunteer does not make them immune to fair criticism. The moment you post something on a public forum you are open to comment and if you can't take it maybe you'd be better sticking with sycophantic buddies. That's not a comment against the OP just a general observation.

It's been stated before, this is not a club appreciation society but a fans forum. This brings forth a raft of "characters", some strongly opinionated, and when times are bad (no one can deny our finish to last season and start of this have so far been dire) they will quite rightly have their say.

What a load of absolute rubbish....

Ball cocks

To put personal opinion into any preview or report would be suicide from myself. If I did I wouldn't be very good at my job.

Just because one person gets the hump and puts me behind Marchy and the Directors in his own personal firing line doesn't mean I'll sit on my hands and bite my lip.

The point is, when are you being "official" and when are you being "personal"? For instance, when asked if the club could change the Good Friday afternoon fixture to evening you said:
"[iBradford City are a 7:45 KO on Good Friday. Won't be happening.[/i"
If someone thought that was a direct statement from a club director they might read it as curt, arrogant, condescending and showing little care for fans opinions, especially when the fans concern was loss of revenue. We do need money, don't we?


Your reports read well but lets just say that in this case you have an "opportunity for improvement"




I didn't suggest any such thing, how you respond to criticism is up to you.

I still think that prefixing an official club statement with, "official club statement", would save confusion and stop any unjustified personal criticism.

Is this official statement or opinion - such a grey area these days....

Maybe I should have typed FACT! at the end, that usually works



The FACT is that if the club continues to hemorrhage crowd it will be in the poop.

We can joke all we like but I still want to watch a Cougars team next year, FACT!