He's usually right though....

I'd agree with you. Addy is not a Hooker, nor is he a starting stand off. Back row is where we need him and where he does most damage.

Conroy has always impressed me. Seems to have a lot of speed off the mark and likes to go forward which is sometimes missing. Think he'd do well coming off the bench and running at the big guys.

I do get nervous when O'Brien plays though. The guy just can't finish off a tackle... he just seems to cling on and hope that someone comes in to help. If we still had the hugely embarrassing nicknames that we tried to introduce a while back, this guy would be called The Limpet!!!

Big game today , having a few props will be great. . Not too sure about hooker would like conroy to get a chance and would drop Henry from centre . Need gale and Gaskell to be on point today as no disko leaves us a bit short in attack. As franny says hopefully the season starts today

Come on you bulls ! Win this and Wakey plus get any points back and we back in the mix

Huge game today for us. On current league positions it would appear a 'winnable' match for us, however Catalan are a much tougher prospect on home turf. I expect it to be physical and it might well come down to a mistake in the dying minutes to decide the winners. Hope the players are really up for this one, it would be huge to go into the Wakefield game with a win behind us.

Bulls line up.

Gaskell
Kear
Arundel
Purtell
Foster
Addy
Gale
Sidlow
O'brien
Kaufusi
Olbison
Pitts
Donno

Conroy
Nas
Henry
Baldwinson

I do wish Cummins would stop putting backs on the bench just because they are older than some of our young forwards. Mellor has done well in games I've seen him play this year. Is George injured again?

I think that Henry being on the bench means that he's likely to come on in the 2nd row, rather than as a back

Well at least we have some decent weight and size to rotate in the pack. IMHO the young lad Baldwinson will hold the key. Assuming the pack can hold its own, if during his spells he can add some impact and do some hard running and tackling, he could just be the difference.

Addy is getting some unfair stick as all he does is play wherever Franny wants and does whatever job Franny tells him. He does need Gale to have one of his good games, though. As do we.

I think it's more likely that Purtell will just move into the 2nd row and Henry will take his place at centre.

Well, perhaps. But still Henry is on the bench, essentially, to be rotated with a forward rather than a back.

Jesus Christ get Gaskell back to 6. People go on
About players learning from their mistakes, our coach needs to. Anyone who watched the Hudds game last week Can Clearly see he isn't a FB.

Time to move kear to fullback and Gaskell into the halfs

Great communication there.

I find myself sitting silently watching this bilge. It just makes me sneer. Gaskell and foster shouldn't get near a shirt if they are that pathetic.

Absolute shambles, disgraceful.

Oh dear Gaskell needs to at least try make a tackle , three really soft tries

We couldn't even tackle that dog

Cummins HAS to go. I said when Gaskell nearly dropped second bomb, any decent coach would move Gaskell now. Now we're 18-0 down. Anyone still think he's a full back?

This is absolutely awful to watch... feel really sorry for those who have made the trip to France.

Something needs to change... QUICKLY!!!

the attempted tackling there was a foooking disgrace,sack the lot.

Just like the cup game , we need to move players about now kear to fullback and shuffle Gaskell and addy around .

Come on you bulls ! Still time lads

Oh dear. Game over already? Gaskell isn't a fb.

Another example on how poor our tackling has been all season. Who is the defensive coach?

Great chase and tackle Elliot kear !

Our 2 best players have been Pitts, and Kaufusi, I think that speaks volumes. This is the mentality of a relegated team

You have to laugh at the Sky commentary sometimes - last week they couldn't stop mentioning Hudds had thrashed us once already this year. This week, they haven't mentioned our cup win over them once even though we are 18-0 down again (remind you of anything?). The only link they can think of is a cup game we played against Catalan 3 years ago!!