Aye.... if you say so...

But looking at the Fev - Leeds score puts it into perspective. Would we have been that bad? Or would Leeds have put 60 past us as well?

I dunno.

This team CAN get themselves up when they want to. You'd hope that for a Bradford vs Leeds they could pull their fingers out.

But I guess we'll never know what might have been

Leeds were too quick.... too strong.
Their fitness held so much stronger than ours.
Given where we were at the bash, to be able to enjoy tody with no real pressure, get a good crowd and make a few bob .... im a contented soul.
Leeds are not this standard.... nowhere near.

I do say so. Ten years of treading water in one place and ten years of constant decline to a similar place are very obviously not the same thing.

In answer to whether we would have done better than Fev, N.B. This is a quote from a Fev fan about the match, similar quotes were posted by us when we played Fev. It's possible that Leeds would have put 100+ on us.

Starting 17 taken form the Bulls website:


Joe Keyes and Ross Oakes miss out.

We do agree, but I've been banging the no.7 drum ever since we let Gale go so it's really a case of you now agreeing with me



I still like the sound of Gaskell and Gale at 6 and 7. Mere idle daydreaming now, of course, but with that combination I'd have even felt fairly confident going into the MPG.

Here we go, Round 1 of the Hub Cap trophy begins.

Bradford in through Danny Addy who converts his own score.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 6

So the two young guys who represent our future miss out in favour of guys who are leaving...

Bizarre selection policy

Alex Mellor in for the Bulls after 6 mins. Addy misses the add on.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 10

Bulls in again through Williams. Charnock converts.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 16

It's weird how the thought of them trying hard is making me angry.

This isn't healthy.

Matty Blythe in at the corner. Men against boys at the moment. Bradford running away with it with 4 scores in the opening 15 mins.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 20

Whitehaven in through Perez.

Whitehaven 6 Bradford 20

Whitehaven in again.

Whitehaven 10 Bradford 20

Don't fret, it sounds like they've reverted to type!

Start like wildfire and then go to sleep - the story of our season...

Alex Mellor in again. Half time score:

Whitehaven 12 Bradford 26

Rohan Smith really needs to look at the mental side of this team. There's an undeserved arrogance, IMO, about this Bradford team. They seem to think that the club name alone is enough for them to be awarded the win every week. It's not and it hasn't been for along time.

We started this afternoon like a house on fire, got a good early league and then it seems the team took their foot off the gas and allowed Whitehaven to claw back some ground.

I think a big clear out of some of the so called big names in the side might actually help Rohan Smith to improve the attitude of the playing staff and actually bring in players who want to play for the shirt, the team and their teammates.

I believe that's the best approach for Rohan to take in the off season.

Who's playing ahead of them that is leaving?

Oakes would have been in the three quarters. Blythe, Mellor, Welham and Williams are our three quarter line, none of which have been heavily rumoured as already signed elsewhere.
Keyes would have been in the halves. Chisholm has already said he's here next season, Charnock is allegedly being looked at to make his loan permanent.

Not saying it's correct to leave those 2 out, but I fail to see who's playing ahead of them today who is leaving next season. Only argument you could make it Mellor could be at loose and leave Addy out.

Mellor in for his hatrick.

Whitehaven 12 Bradford 30

Very scrappy game.

Welham extends the Bulls lead.

Whitehaven 12 Bradford 34