Hicks, Cobb and Childs in my opinion are by far the 3 worst refs out there, by some distance as well

They guess so many calls its unbelievable, as they have no idea what to do

Ah, but surely that gives them a 50% chance of getting it right?

From my perspective, it would be nice to come to Odsal and win the League there. Yet, at the end of the day, I'd much rather we beat you in the Middle 8's. Maybe, if your lads realise they aren't likely to finish top, they may be able to play with more freedom - although I sincerely hope not! If they get their noses well in front, the tiredness will vanish!

The end of our cup run, at Warrington, certainly seemed to free up our lads, with 174 points (including 32 tries) coming in the next three games.

"Teams are holding back"...

But who would coach that hybrid team

Williams, Gaskell, Clough, Pitts and O'Brien, in for Pownall, Ridyard, Emmitt, Haggerty and Beswick respectively.

Platt for Henry...

Me for Henry.

Sideboard for Henry on recent form

Wonder if, 'Michael Platt's barmy army' will make a return on Sunday?

In Beswick and Higham ,Leigh have the best 2 hookers in the Championship,no doubt.

I won't argue with that.

Well, this has been quite a revelation to me. The fact that Leigh fans think their players are the best.

Astonishing.

(Despite the fact they're top of the league, obv.)

Will be a huge following with 13 coaches booked already and generally only 20-30% travel by coach

Its a pity the real meaningfulness of this game has gone.

I would have been confident of a 5 figure gate otherwise. Never mind, should still be an excellent crowd watching 2 worthy teams of getting promoted IMHO.

But you would if they played for Bradford. That's the point everyone else but you can see. Look, we get it. You have convinced yourself that every Leigh player is better than his Bradford counterpart. If it makes you happy to think that, good for you, but it is a tad boring when you labour it.

And we have better referees too - take Joe Cobb, for instance!

Let me make an unbiased statement on this. We are going off sheer ability not how players play together I'd go McNally pownall worthington Armstrong Kay Gaskell breireley emmit Beswick hock Pitts goulden Barlow subs Ferguson clough moi moi higham

All I've seen of Bradford this season is when we played them at the LSV.

Considering they ran us ragged for the first 40 minutes I think I'll wait until after Sunday before writing off 90% of the Bradford squad.

Still think we'll win though

We have played better than that since then but not recently so it'll depend which side turns up. Personally I feel we do have the players to have a shot at promotion but we lack quality at 7 which may be where we are found out. We've been playing nowhere near the level required recently but we're fortunate that in a couple of weeks the league points are wiped and all that has gone before will count for nothing. We have 7 crucial games and if we can find some our form we will have just as good a chance of promotion as Leigh IMO.

The big question for Bradford is can Gaskell hit the ground running and can we keep him fit now til October!

Going into the 8's in a couple of weeks time , to me Fax are the form team and should be ,it will be very interesting next week when we play the Bulls to how just how far we have progressed under RM,we gave Bradford a fair game at Odsal ,for me only full time fitness told in the end and if the Bulls don't turn up on Sunday or the week after then they could go into the 8's with 2 losses which is not a good sign.For me Leigh are a little operated they obviously have some very good players ,but have McNally,Pownall,Higson, who are nowhere near SL standard again though it will be interesting to see how they fare on Sunday ,personally I think they will win the League then and deserve it.

Think there should still be a decent crowd, even though the game isn't that important in the great scheme of things. I suppose it's the climax of the pre-season season so I guess both sides will want to play well and be rightly disappointed if they don't. Looking forward to the game, as always!

Sorry if this already mentioned I'm bringing my 3 year old over does she get in for free??

I agree on pownall and Higson but McNally? What gives you the impression? He's a class act he doesn't posses the speed or the power the top full backs have but he's hands are second too none he is central too all our set plays and with him and Beswick on we have 4 go too lads on the pitch at one time! Fax are a very good team that rose too the occasion but won't live with the Middle 8s they won't be able too rise too it week in week out! I love the way you play though that aggressive defence you got is best in league for me!

I'm quite happy that the match is meaningless as it means we achieved our target early and it takes the pressure off........ maybe a little too much for some. Should we lose to Leigh then I can live with that as it hardly compares to losing to part time Yorkshire rivals at home. At least for Leigh they only lost to a full time team.
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