The RFL web site says that Thomas Doyle has put an early guilty plea in and has received a 1 match ban which will be Friday. I don't know the lad but has he been a regular in your team? What position does he play and will the ban effect you much? Looking forward to coming over on Friday with my dear (bulls supporting) wife.

Cant see it affecting us that much

Academy lad I think, don't think he's played first grade yet.

Yeah coz u keep telling our lass that the tin opener is pants and we need a new one.

Anybody know why the ref's has changed from Sweet to Crashley?

Isn't here usually a brawl whenever Sweet refs a game?

Cos the RFL do whatever we tell 'em

.....and we don't like Sweet but really really like Crashley.

Thought another one had bitten the dust. At this rate, they'll be calling in leeds/wigan players to take charge as they have experience of reffing on a weekly basis

Hi Bulls fans.

Not dropped in for a good while & was just wondering how your lads are playing generally post crisis ?

Hopefully you can get Toovey's visa sorted & he remains to steer you back to some relative success.

Good Friday derby's are great aren't they, think our lot are not accepted as worthy of a derby v Wigan over easter just yet.

We're doing ok Ste. Hopefully we'll be up to 0 points by the end of the Easter period.

We're still dependent on kids and loan players and a few injuries could really scupper things so not counting any chickens yet.

Hi Bullseye.

I was a little puzzled at Leigh's decision to go with Sheffield as DR Club when Bulls is so much closer for our lads to travel & their *Eagles* coach has a history of dislike of Leigh.
Then again it could all just be timing, Bulls weren't secure or had just cleared the mire at the point of the DR announcement I think & obviously these things take a while to iron out & be agreed

For me a DR with Bulls would be a much better fit.

FWIW I believe you will rebuild towards being at least a threat to SL given time & who knows, there may yet be a brainwave to return to franchising in the future, if you're in the right place/right time .... it could happen.

For our guys, after a schock but exciting opening 6 we are feeling the Earth beneath feet again, survival I think will = success.

Good luck.

Hello Ste, hope you are well

Jolly decent of you to see how we are going. I've watched Leigh this season when on Sky, in my opinion you guys will not be anywhere near the million pound game, no reason to be in the bottom 4 from what I've seen so I think your survival will be assured

Seems such a long time since we were rivals for a short time, how our paths have gone in different directions is incredible. Good on old Del Boy for putting his money where his mouth is and delivered the dream for you guys. Really pleased for you

Leigh Reserves are going well in League One as well from what I've seen on Premier Sports ......

I notice Sweet is down to ref Fax on Easter Monday. Perhaps RFL realised they had accidentally put him down to ref both Fax games over Easter, and realised their mistake? (They don't seem to like having the same ref for the same team twice over Easter period).

Yep, totally agree, even with Lilly we've got no chance



Yep, agree, against your solid defence we'll be lucky to score once.

Oh well hope its a good game, and hope we dont lose by too many.

good shout

These are the games that define the top 4. You can afford to lose to teams in the top 4 but its beating mid table quality teams like Bradford away from home which can make a top 4 team. As I said on the Fax board the reality is that this is the weakest Bradford team we have faced since their drop from SL but it would be far too easy to turn up like we did against Dewsbury and if we turn up complacent we will get beat.

Traditionally its a very slow game with Crashley in the middle so hopefully having that little bit extra quality in our pack will stand us in good stead.

It's a good call, as I think that's exactly what Bradford have been doing to Fax the last couple of years. Turning up all "billy big bollox" and thinking they'll win the game easily, then finding Fax being right up for it and turning us over. Looking at the squads this season, I think Fax's is stronger than ours right now, albeit we're not in as bad a position as we were a couple of months ago. Strange to see the boot almost on the other foot though and you saying you don't want Fax to be the ones turning up with complacency.

A slow, forward orientated game would suit Fax with their big pack. Our success in attack comes when Moore gets out of dummy half and commits players to him before getting the ball out wide. If we can get quick ball we'll make their defence work. It'll be a close game methinks.

The last couple of years you always got the impression that whilst the players were supposedly more talented we would always struggle if it came to a fight for the points. This year it is the opposite. The youngsters and loan players all seem to have a point to prove so are determined to get stuck in. Whilst at the back of my mind I've dreaded Fax coming over the hill because I feared we would just fold and put in a disappointing performance, this year I think it could at least be a good match, win or lose

When I think back to last year one of the most dispiriting performances was away at Fax shortly before Lowes left. We looked dispirited and utterly bereft of ideas in attack. Our only threat was from Adam O’Brien and Fax worked hard to suppress that. Our attacking ideas seemed to be limited to laboured passing along a line of almost stationery players. The contrast to this year is huge. Despite having a much weaker side on paper we’re far more of an attacking threat. Our main Achilles heel has been dropping the ball and we did a lot to tighten that up on Sunday.

Agree with what's been said. That away day at Halifax still haunts me. One image will forever stick in my mind from that game. We won a drop-put and our superstar signing Richie Mathers could not be d doing his job and going back to the half way line to catch the drop out. Instead shouting at someone else to then go back where he would have been, while he stayed on the 10m line. I can take being crap, but i will never accept a lack of effort and desire that he showed that day. It was so painful and infuriating to watch. Can you imagine Johnny Campbell shirking his duties like that? Stark contrast.

While Greg may say this is the worst Bradford team, it's a damn lot more spirited than the previous lot. I'm not expecting a win Friday, but i know each one will have given their all which cannot be said the last year or 2.

Not wishing to bull up our chances but to be described as a mid table team by a Halifax fan is a bit disingenuous. If we hadn't had the 12 points deduction we would be on the same points as them with a very similar points difference. That's with hardly any pre season work and a team not put together until three games into the season. If we are a mid table team this would suggest that Halifax are too. I think we have done amazingly well from where we started.

Looks like Lilley has been recalled, as he's been named in the Leeds 19 for Friday.