Er No its not, We won the league below and Bradford last year were discracefull, Hence the season ticket begging offer of £60.

"We will give you a season ticket for £60 if you promise not to desert us after a truely shambolic season".

See you in 10 seasons when ur in a proper league with us!

It's in the paper. Mentions Walker too, I forgot to include him in my earlier post.

technically you came 2nd in the league.

if we delivered double what we ended up delivering last year we would have ended up with 38 points, equivalent to Leeds. So are you saying your performances were equivalent to the Rhinos last year?

No i am saying we were as good as Illawara Dragons !!! Perhaps a little better.



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"Er yes it is"

You won your lower league (albeit via the playoffs), Bradford didn't win their higher league.

F.C. Halifax Town won their lower league. Manchester United didn't win their higher league.


The point being made is it's impossible to compare the two when they are entirely different levels of the game. The only true test would have been if they were either in the same league or if they'd played in the Cup. Which they didn't.

So it's all b0llocks really.

But if you want to think you're more important than you are, you feel free

Cheers for that. How weird that it's not mentioned online. Very odd!

Four more days to go.

I really can't wait to see both clubs in action as I go to watch Halifax when Bradford aren't playing.

The referee for this game will be Clint Sharrad who I last saw take charge of the Bradford 26-26 Wakefield result back in 2009.

mick shouldn't you still be complaining about us putting a youth team out against fax's full 1st team (despite neither team announcing squads yet!)

Bulls squad for Jamie Langley’s testimonial against Halifax: Danny Addy, Patrick Ah Van, Shaun Ainscough, Tom Burgess, Jason Crookes, Vinny Finigan, Bryn Hargreaves, Marc Herbert, Craig Kopczak, Jamie Langley, Heath L’Estrange, Andy Lynch, Adam O’Brien, Michael Platt, Gareth Raynor, Shad Royston, Ian Sibbit, Cain Southernwood, Chev Walker, Elliott Whitehead.


Royston
Ainscough
Ah Van
Walker
Raynor
Southernwood
Herbert
Lynch
L'Estrange
Hargreaves
Whitehead
Sibbit
Langley


I'd expect to see something like that, with the other backs and halves (Finigan, Crookes, Platt etc) getting 40 minutes

Interested to see how Burgess & O'Brien go in the first team as well as the new signings.

Excited now!

Not at all.

I asked Halifax to send me the team so I can do the necessary ground work before the game starts on Sunday so that at 14:15/14:20 I'm not handed a team sheet that could be right or wrong



The Bulls side has the likes of Whitehead, Langley, Hargreaves, Herbert, Royston, Lynch in it etc so it's all leading up to being a classic.

I really can't wait for this.

royston only started light training a week or so back after surgery so doubt he'll feature. don't think we can even use herbert in friendlies unless orford is resolved which I cant see being sorted before sunday. You making things up again michael?

Well if you don't want to believe me that's ok.

even you've got to admit, you do have a history of making things up then stating them as facts on here.

The squad is up on the t&a website, Royston & Herbert are included.

But you should know I'm very gullible.

If you told me in the pub at the weekend gone you had won the lottery I would have believed you

which is exactly why you shouldnt post everything your told on here as if its an absolute fact. So have you had a team sheet from bulls or have you just 'heard' that royston etc may play in the pub and decided to post it as fact (and bear in mind you bosses monitor these threads before answering

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The thing is that even the team sheets can be wrong so I would say it's best to wait for Steve Bailey to read out the teams but as always as soon as the team sheet arrives I'll text you what it says.

true but mick didnt know that when he made his original post and tried to imply he had inside knowledge, which he obviously didnt as you can see by him dodging the question about him getting team sheet from bulls (his bosses).

We may be able to play herbert as a trialist but I'd be surprised if royston plays so soon after returning to training. Other than that though very decent looking squad we're putting out imo. be interesting to see how some of new faces go.

Definitely a strong squad which i'm excited to see.

I dont know the situation with Royston so I can't comment, but maybe he'll get 10 minutes at least just to see the fax fans?

suspect that might be the case if ge does feature. 5 mins at end when both teams are largely down to the youth players. Its usually case in these friendlies that a strong team starts then a lot of the younger players are brought on for 2nd half. Wouldnt like to think potter would risk royston possibly doing damage by coming back too early in his re-hab especially just for a friendly.

Yeah, thats what i'm expecting.

Very excited to se what O'Brien has to offer in the first team tbh.

Apart from Halley who we knew would be missing and maybe Donaldson who I assume isn't quite up to fitness yet, who else isn't in that squad that's likely to be in the 17 against Leeds?

Kearney, Sykes, Scrutes, Elima and Diskin?

On that basis, it looks a strong side.

Interested to see who he plays in the halves. You have to assume Herbert will be one. Will it be Addy or Southernwood alongside him?

With the squad announced and taking into account that Royston is only just coming back from injury, I'd probably expect to see the side as:

Platt
Ainscough
Ah Van
Walker
Raynor
Herbert
Southernwood
Hargreaves
L'Estrange
Lynch
Sibbit
Whitehead
Langley
SUBS
O'Brien
Addy
Burgess
Kopczak
Royston
Crookes
Finigan

(With possibility that Platt & Ah Van would be the other way around, depending on where Ah Van is being touted to play next year)

I will be making the short trip up the road to Odsal on Sunday...

Should there be a decent crowd for this one?

I'd say 4 or 5k depending on the weather.