gone to bulls

Ray ?

What an average signing! Bradford are going backwards!

Its funny. We all think Brian Noble is a coach, but Bradford have been going downhill since he left them.

Exactly .. they could do with going backwards if McBanana is the future.

Not everybody thinks he is a rubbish coach; I think he was very unfairly treated at the pie dome.

Celtic have got a cracking coach and I look forward to seeing them progress next season with Nobby at the helm.

Poop Coach = A man who took Bradford to the top of the league twice, SL Champions 3 times, Challenge Cup Winner once, and World Club Challenge 3 times. Then took over a poor wigan side and saved them from near certain relegation. Left them 3 years later with a better squad (though still average IMO) who were 80 minutes away from a Challenge Cup final twice and 80 minutes away from the Grand Final twice.

If Noble is 'poop', who would you regard as a really good coach?

I wish him all the best

I think the club made the correction decision to let him go. I will watch his progress at Bradford with interest.

We certainly made the right decision, but good luck to him for the future.

What has happened to Bradford being 'the team to play for'?

At a stage, Bradford we're iconic, they had a largely British team, with a sprinkling of top-class overseas players.

Seems to me, when Noble, who was at Odsal for many years, was the lynch-pin to their success. I know 1 man doesn't make a great team, but it looks like 1 man can destroy one!

when was this? Cos i mainly remember the New Zealand bulls at their pomp.

We have a largely british team now..with only 4 aussies in squad..is this lowest amount in league??

Bradfords '03 Grand final squad!

Stuart Reardon
Tevita Vaikona
Michael Withers
Shontayne Hape
Lesley Vainakolo
Leon Pryce
Karl Pratt
Paul Deacon
Joe Vagana
James Lowes
Stuart Fielden
Daniel Gartner
Jamie Peacock
Mike Forshaw
Paul Anderson
Lee Gilmour
Robbie Paul
Lee Radford
Rob Parker

So 7 of 19 are 'overseas' players. But the 'core' of the team is English. Most of them being at the top of the english game. Forshaw, Lowes, Fielden, Peacock, Deacon, Anderson, Gilmour, Pryce, Pratt and IIRC Withers, being picked for international duty at the end of the year

Very good squad.

The Reardon signing is a strange one for me. Backward step

nothing to do with noble ,they gone down hill because of the lack of money look at the players they sold to put the bank right ,so i will stick to it noble is a coach proven big signings while at wigan and won naff all

They have got Platt at FB though so anything is a step up from him.

We have Halley at FB, Platt is cover.

I think we have signed Reardon as a cheap wing option, and as cover. Platt and Reardon will cover our backline next season.

Imo, a good signing as he will be cheap, and if he doesn't recapture any form then we can say bye at the end of next season.

Halley has a touch of class about him in my opinion, seems to be developing year on year. I think he's represented Wales before and without the whole turncoat thing again, I thought he might have represented England the other night as oppose to Sykes at FB.

if the plays, and in form

How is he going to find the time to carry out his legal action against Warrington? As I recall those who had the inside line on his case reckoned our club was in trouble and would do well to be able to afford the damages Reardon was due.

Mind you I'm sure the same people reckoned Sinfield was a "nailed-on" signing.

He's got better and better this season and i'm looking forward to seeing him have a whole season at FB. He needs to develop more of a step, but he certainly has speed, he's been solid in defence and chimes well into the attack running good lines in a Greenshields sort of way. Our backline still leaves a lot to be desired, but it's slowly improving again.


Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes/Crookes
Nero
Reardon
Kearney
Deacon

With Platt covering this. We should be announcing another signing in the backs aswell I think, unless the one mentioned was Reardon.

For the avoidance of doubt I, myself, do not think Noble is a poop coach. Far from it. He has better SL credentials than any other SL coach and, dare I say it, Tony Smith. I long for the day when Tony Smith has surpassed with Warrington what Noble did at Bradford.

he will be a good signing for them! cost them nothing dont have to pay huge wages for him and he has alot to prove and will play out of his skin to get his career on track! wish him all the best,he is alovely bloke