Looks like its just Bailey appearing in front of the RFL today.

Webb is one cool cucumber



Did you tell him Bailey was about looking for him? Bet Mozza would've run a mile.

Classic Bailey (c)

I may utilise my Bradford Bulls season ticket for only the second time this season on Thursday night. I could do with a laugh and watching two clown outfits battling it out for producing the most comical of errors and incomplete sets ought to provide me with the requisite amusement and entertainment.

Thus far this season, my Odsal experience has been limited to just 35 minutes in Round 1 against Wigan. That involved arriving 10 minutes after kick off, followed by 30 minutes of Wigan dominance, followed by half time, followed by 5 minutes of "WTF am I doing here? It's freezing!", followed by the decision to call it a day, go home and get warm again.

I don't regret purchasing the season ticket because I saw it as a worthy charitable cause and still do.

No, 2 crap teams = an entertaining game... possibly. As for a good game I doubt it very much.

My prediction is Bradford 26-32 Leeds

Defensively out wide Bradford make us look like St G-I. My only concern is our lack of speed to capitalise on this. If Bradford can get through their sets though and play the nice basic brand that suits them before trying to throw the ball about they can beat us and will beat us IMO. As they are incapable of playing well for more than 25 minutes in a game though that wont happen and we will win.

I have to agree with you about the Wigan game.

But you should have come to the Castleford game as that IMO from a neutral point of view was a close game between two evenly matched sides.

I've gone for a 40-40 draw



Like you say we need to play that basic brand of Rugby League, where we complete 90% of our sets without penalty of error and put the necessary kicks in at the appropriate times.

Not kicking down the throat of Webb so that the ball and himself look magnetised.

Harsh but true

Going to be crap to watch.... How the mighty have fallen.

I hope Leeds play the likes of Wilson, Watkins at LC, some half backs from academy, Hood, Singleton, Ambler and Amor ( dropping Senior, Burrow, Kirke and Pitts ) .... Then I might watch

Explain why it is going to be crap to watch....
Im going to go for a very low scorin g game but i still fancy leeds after being handed a 50 point beating by the mighty salford.....

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Kallum Watkins could be out of the game with a wrist injury. Waiting for results on x-ray.

Needs to man up and have a word with Eastwood.

Not good news but par for the course this year.

Still will give someone a chance in first team...maybe?

In YEP.

Kev wanting support not booing, Garry hetherington saying players are only ones to get respect back, and we face most difficult period in last 10yrs. Stating no problems between coach players, but both Jimmy and Brian confused by soft defence.

Not sure if its online yet.

Brett Delaney could be out too apparently.

Time for an academy promotion I think....

Bad news if true, could be going:

Brent Webb
Aston Wilson
Carl Ablett
Keith Senior
Ryan Hall
Kevin Sinfield
Rob Burrow
Kylie Leulaui
Danny Buderus
Luke Burgess
Chris Clarkson
Weller Hauraki
Jamie Jones-Buchanan

Jay Pitts
Paul McShane
Brad Singleton
Ben Cross

Or not...

Webb, Smith, Delaney, Senior, Hall, Burrow, Leuluai, Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Ablett, Sinfield, Cross, Bailey, Kirke, Burgess, Watkins, Hauraki, Clarkson, McShane.

Bailey could be replaced dependent on the ban, and I thought Smith was going to be out for a few weeks? Watkins and Delaney could be out, so there could be a few changes in this squad.

Bradford: Ainscough, Ah Van, Bateman, Burgess, Diskin, Donaldson, Elima, Hargreaves, Herbert, Kearney, Kopczak, L'Estrange, Lynch, Olbison, Platt, Raynor, Walker, Royston, Whitehead.

Tom vs Luke could be tasty.

What, no Sykes?

Oh well, that's a guaranteed 12 points gone down the swanee if the walking gap isn't playing.

Paul Sykes is proof that it's easier to defend with 12 men than it is to defend with 12 men plus Paul Sykes.

Last season I would have agreed,
but he seems much better now, had a poor game against the reds though, but who didnt?

Ryan Bailey one match ban & £500 fine

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