Could be a close affair in these conditions. Newcastle showed they're very dangerous on a fast track. Squad here - https://t.co/9Iyjjryx5D

Could be a close affair in these conditions. Newcastle showed they're very dangerous on a fast track. Squad here - https://t.co/9Iyjjryx5D

From my recollections of them at their place they are a good side.

To be fair and it's view formed from a distance obviously, I'm surprised they've lost as many as they have. That said, and assuming we don't enter the game in the same sloppy, half-d way as we did in Coventry, we should beat them. In fact, on a wider note, let's hope that Coventry is going to be the last time that this lesson needs to be learnt this season - though we do seem to have some recurrent memory problems.

Only 18 named this week.
Does that mean we may see a new face or am i reading too much in to it?

Quote ="Bullseye"Could be a close affair in these conditions. Newcastle showed they're very dangerous on a fast track. Squad here - https://t.co/9Iyjjryx5D'" Title of article: ASN 18-MAN SQUAD: NEWCASTLE THUNDER First Line of article: BRADFORD BULLS ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ASN DOORS 19-MAN SQUAD TO FACE NEWCASTLE THUNDER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. Maybe the website author didn't want to take his shoes off in the office to help him count? Feet likely to be sweating and smelly in this heat.

Quote ="Bullseye"Could be a close affair in these conditions. Newcastle showed they're very dangerous on a fast track. Squad here - https://t.co/9Iyjjryx5D'" Title of article: ASN 18-MAN SQUAD: NEWCASTLE THUNDER First Line of article: BRADFORD BULLS ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ASN DOORS 19-MAN SQUAD TO FACE NEWCASTLE THUNDER THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. Maybe the website author didn't want to take his shoes off in the office to help him count? Feet likely to be sweating and smelly in this heat.

I've just mentioned the website balls up to my colleague and he said the Twitter account earlier put out a 19 man squad. Shortly after he deleted it, and put up the 18 man squad instead. George Milton was the man originally in the post who wasn't in the corrected one.

Wonder if Cas are letting us loan out James Green (I think that's the name - not up on SL anymore

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I agree. I can only presume that they were very much "up for it" when we played them at their place, because if they showed that level of intensity in the rest of their games they'd surely be higher in the table.

Apparently not, the article has been changed again and is back to a 19 man squad with George Milton included again. Arse, Elbow...

I can’t understand why Johnson is not in the team,, if a back goes down Johnson can slip straight in there, not sure what this lad has to do to keep his place, and yet we continue to play Gibson who can barely pass wind

Maybe Johnson has a knock. Flanagan played 35 mins for reserves and scored a try. Hallas to miss out tomorrow ?

I would think playing Flanagan in the reserves to get some fitness, while everyone else is fit, would be more of an indication of him not playing tonight and coming back next week.

Giving Flanagan, "20 mins", in the reserve match before playing him against Newcastle was mentioned as an option by Leigh Beattie in his recent interview. Not sure whether playing 35 mins meant it went well or not!

Gorgeous George didn't expect to play tonight after playing in the reserves, he mentions it in Micks interview-ette on Twitter here: [urlhttps://twitter.com/OfficialBullsRL/status/1014980435431043072[/url

He does say he would do it if asked however.

Great defence. No ideas in attack.

What's happened to Greg McNally ?

They closed us down brilliantly. Tbf their attack let them down too. Anyway, it's better to play badly and win, then to play well and lose. Right?

not a great second half, i thought Chizzy was poor to-day whilst he has a few moments of great play on the whole he looks disinterested!

He injured his quad,came back and did it again. Should be fit to return within the next week or two.

Well, we won, but what an awful game, couldn't wait for it to end. Newcastle tackled well and slowed the ptb down and that's about all. I never thought we were in any danger of losing that match. The worrying thing for me was how totally clueless we were close to the line. Chizzy was poor as someone has already said. Apart from one searing break he just passed the ball on, sometimes stood still.

A lot to think about for the York game. We will need to be 100% better than that showing.

Another below par performance where we've managed to come away with the points. Newcastle were equally as bad in places and a better team would have potentially put us away. Big improvements needed if we are hopeful of turning over York.

What is this bashing of Dane Chisholm all about? I think some of you lot expect him just to tip-toe through the defensive line every time he touches the ball and score hat tricks every week!
We scored three tries last night. Dane scored one of them and set up one of the others with a pin point kick (yet again).

Newcastle are no mugs, they are a well drilled side. They went to York last weekend and lost 24-6. One missed conversion away from being the exact same score as we put on them last night. I highly doubt the York supporters were all moaning after their win about how crap their side played because they didn't put 50 points on a side for once.

Defences were on top all night, in truth and both were well drilled. I don't think the game was helped by the referee, who whilst he pulled defenders well back immediately after the tackle didn't seem remotely bothered about them immediately moving forward again well before the ball was played, causing the acting half to make hurried passes or die with the ball.

wins a win but wasn't pretty. Ref seemed to pretty regularly pull us back 12-13 for Newcastle PTB's and only pull them back 6-7 for ours which combined with letting players move forwards before PTB had actually happened meant we were having to rush passes.
Not sure how Grant is staying in team. Seems to have perfected the knack of running sideways with ball and making little forward gain. Also noticed him positioning himself behind PTB a lot so he couldn't receive the pass and have to do any work.

Or "the Leon" as it used to be known.