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| Quote ="oggy123"Sorry if this already mentioned I'm bringing my 3 year old over does she get in for free??'"
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| Cheers fellA! Is there parking at odsal?
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| Quote ="Mr Jagger"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.'"
Four defeats out of five matches including Fev and Sheffield. As Leigh play Doncaster and Rams we can assume the league is already won.
I'm hoping that the players target the Fax match for a last big effort before their week off..........They need to finish on a high. I don't know enough about Fax to be sure they could live with that but they showed up well in previous 2 games where they started better than Bulls.
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| There is official parking over the road at the sports centre, though if you get there early enough there is loads of on street parking - just watch for the cones.
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| Quote ="8ULL5HITT4"Four defeats out of five matches including Fev and Sheffield. As Leigh play Doncaster and Rams we can assume the league is already won.
I'm hoping that the players target the Fax match for a last big effort before their week off..........They need to finish on a high. I don't know enough about Fax to be sure they could live with that but they showed up well in previous 2 games where they started better than Bulls.'"
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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| Quote ="Snowy"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.'"
I think they'll be around 7,000 at Odsal on Sunday, which is pretty impressive when Wakefield, Salford, Widnes and Huddersfield have all been attracting sub 5,000 gates recently.
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| So it should be 2 proper rugby towns with a long history and a good fan base each! Let's put away the pettiness this has become a good rivalry this year lets put a spectacle on too make some super league teams jealous!
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| I'll be attending Odsal expecting a Leigh win this Sunday, not because they are a much better side than Bradford, but because the injuries which the Bulls have experienced over the past couple of month's have affected the teams performances.
Similarly, if the Bulls had been relatively full strength for the last couple of months and Leigh were potentially missing McNally, Brierly and Ridyard, then I would expect a Bulls Win.
I think 2 full strength teams would to be a close contest, possibly making Leigh slight favourites due to the core of the team being much more familiar with each other. Other than that I don't think that there would be that much in it.
I'm waiting to here the team news but I wouldn't expect Gaskell, Siejka or Mullaney to be up to speed even if they do play.
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| You're right to say it'll be hard without the regular halves, but I'll live in hope!
And, they definitely should only play if fully fit - there are bigger games than this to come.
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| Says on twitter that Gaskell and Mullaney definitely out. Addy will partner Either Purtell/Mendieka or possibly Siejka
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| Quote ="Bull Mania"Says on twitter that Gaskell and Mullaney definitely out. Addy will partner Either Purtell/Mendieka or possibly Siejka'"
No point risking them for whats now a nothing game in terms of the league, Mendeika and Addy will give some zip whereas Seijka wont really give us much.
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| If Siejka is fit then he should play and he ought to know his place in the mid 8's is up for grabs.
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| I'd play any who are fit, we need to get some cohesion before the eights.
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| Hopefully Sundays game will be a Classic ,it's a shame Bradford will be without a couple of players and Leigh have in all but name won the League,still I like Leigh's approach and style ,fast open Rugby, a thing Messrs Lowes and Harrison know nowt about,it's a pity I will be at the Keepmoat on Sunday , I would love to PARTY with the Leythers,should be a good atmosphere.
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| Well, hopefully one of the players we're attempting to sign will be a half back who knows what he's doing and if so, you'd hope that might light a fire under Siejka's backside and knock into his head that he's in the last chance saloon, not just at Bradford but for RL in general.
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| Quote ="Mr Jagger"Hopefully Sundays game will be a Classic ,it's a shame Bradford will be without a couple of players and Leigh have in all but name won the League,still I like Leigh's approach and style ,fast open Rugby, a thing Messrs Lowes and Harrison know nowt about,it's a pity I will be at the Keepmoat on Sunday , I would love to PARTY with the Leythers,should be a good atmosphere.'"
I would have thought the party at The Shay will be a massive consolation for you .....With the massive achievement by Fax this year surely it will be a very big crowd including a few from Fax.
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| Squad is out:
Henry, AoB, Sidlow, Purtell, Walker, Fleming, Addy, Williams, Lauaki, Mendeika, Pitts, Walshaw, Blythe, Caro, Clough, Shaw, Crossley, Olbison, Halafihi.
So no Gaskell, Mullaney, Siejka or Ferguson. Which means we're actually going to go into a game against Leigh with no recognised halfbacks and either Mendeika or Purtell at stand off, along side Addy at scrum half. God help us, I'm not even sure I can bring myself to watch this.
Reluctantly, I'd line up like this:
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| As the game slips away I would get AOB off ASAP and give Halafihi a good long session.
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| Quote ="Nothus"
Reluctantly, I'd line up like this:
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AoB
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| Quote ="8ULL5HITT4"As the game slips away I would get AOB off ASAP and give Halafihi a good long session.'"
I don't believe you should use fringe members of the squad like that. With the game already lost we need to play AOB on and on and on until he burns out.
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| Quote ="Pumpetypump"You would play Purtell at 6?! AGAIN?'"
If only we had a young HB we could test out..oh no wait.
I wonder what goes through coaches minds when they think a centre is a better HB than a young HB.
Forgetting the HB's for a second I will be watching closely our props. They've been woeful recently and given us no go forward against part time teams. We've papered over cracks by playing Clough and Sidlow for 70 minutes to get us out of trouble. Against poor part time opposition we've got away with it. Against full time, all 4 have to put in a shift and give us some go forward. Sidlow and Clough can't battle on their own for 70 minutes against Leigh.
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| I won't be able to get to the game on Sunday
But on the plus side it's 37 degrees here in Benidorm at the moment round the pool
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| Quote ="Pumpetypump"I don't believe you should use fringe members of the squad like that. With the game already lost we need to play AOB on and on and on until he burns out.'"
We did that already....let's have a change.
I wonder how many of the missing would have played had there been a need. Is this just Jimmy thinking laterally.
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| Leigh squad:
McNally, Dixon, Hopkins, Barlow, Brierley, Goulden, Beswick, Armstrong, Moimoi, Higson, Spencer, Pala, Higham, Hock, Ridyard, Pownall, Worthington, Emmitt, Kay.
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| Quote ="roger daly"I won't be able to get to the game on Sunday
But on the plus side it's 37 degrees here in Benidorm at the moment round the pool'"
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