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| Quote ="Wandering Warrior"Just been on. Will probably be in the loop now though.
EDIT Offiah is on at 9-30 reviewing the weekends action too.
The passing looked very slick close up and Tommys try was superb.'"
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| Quote ="Dei Morti Viventi"No team travels as well as us. Fact.'"
Well, apart from Hull KR obviously. If they'd been at Odsal today then the crowd would have been 2,012,000 or thereabouts....  |
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| I think both sets of fans were a credit to the clubs today. The weather was freezing!, but it was still a good turn out from both sets. 15,000 or whatever it was officially, is pretty damned amazing considering the weather, and the fact that we was unsure the game was on until this morning. Superb  |
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| Quote ="Mick Gledhill"Where do I start on the game?
Well I'll start with that I'm pretty certain that I've just seen one of the two sides that will be at Old Trafford on the 8th of October, a side who were absolutely disciplined from the word go and defended like a side that carries the favourites tag.
Despite the score it's very misleading as for long periods in both halfs we had consecutive sets of six on the Wigan line as we either forced the error from the kick or the kick it's self being perfectly timed and weighted to force one of the three Wigan goal line drop outs.
We came up against a very disciplined and determined Wigan defence that scrambled back superbly for which the ebst example being the first half where Kearney had broke the Wigan line only for Tomkins to turn and scramble back to haul Kearney down just millimetres from the Wigan try line and even go on better in making Kearney lose possession, giving Wigan the ball back.
In attack we were very lackluster and naive at times which I'm not going to blame too much on injuries but when you have Sykes at stand off and Kearney who isn't used to playing scrum half then we were always going to be lacking in the attacking flare department, which was pretty much evident from the word go with the scootd from dummy half and the basic one man Rugby League up the middle of the field, which was never going to unlock the holes in a well drilled and committed Wigan backline.
Yes Shad Royston had a try chalked off by the officials after only 90 seconds with referee Bentham saying that Walker amongst others being inside the 10m from the Kearney bomb.
I have no qualms about the above incident or the disallowed Nick Scruton try on 33 minutes where following another Kearney bomb into the freezing Odsal air saw Royston palm the ball forward as he competed with Sam Tomkins for the ball before the forward trajectory landed the ball into Scruton's hands.
Another day and with a bit more luck we would have had three tries in that first half, but went in at half time 26-0 down, which was very frustrating.
The opening ten minutes of the second half saw what we can do against the top sides as we had the forward momentum and were slowly pegging Wigan back inside there own half as the link up play between Sykes and Kearney started to work but after the two quickfire tries from Elliot Whitehead and Patrick Ah Van (great kick to the corner from Sykes and an equally great take by Ah Van) we seemed to lose the momentum that we had built up (no doubt helped by Mick Potters half time team talk).
This failure to convert possession into points in both halfs ultimately cost us the game, as did the fitness at the end of the game as Darrell Goulding, Amos Roberts and the MOM of the game for mine Sam Tomkins ran riot out wide and more so down that left hand channel, exposing the defensive weaknesses of Patrick Ah Van as Wigan scored 18 points in the final ten minutes.
So on the face of it not much expansive and entertaining play coming from this 2011 Bradford side but we did have our moments and the score really doesn't show a true reflection of how close it was at times.
Wigan win only there 6th game at Odsal in the summer era since 1996 and out of all the games where they have been the victors, I think this one was bar far the most impressive.
The try of the game has to be the Liam Farrell score just before half time. Some truly amazing keep the bay alive in the tackle play that from my Rugby League supporting view was a sublime a try as they come.
Well done Wigan and I'll be cheering you on next Sunday at the DW in the World Club Challenge.
P.S You brought around 2,000/2,300 which is nothing short of amazing when you think that the game was in doubt this morning and they certainly made themselves heard.'"
Well Mick fair assessment but what about " summer era " I've only just thawed out, not much cover at the top of your away end, have a good season. |
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| Quote ="rochdale warrior"Well Mick fair assessment but what about " summer era " I've only just thawed out, not much cover at the top of your away end, have a good season.'"
We can all but dream that the Odsal Sporting Village comes off 
I was sat in the main stand and my fingers were numb at half time, so I had to run to the toilets and turn the hot water tap on asap to thaw them.
I'll be at the DW on Sunday cheering you on, although I hope the Aussie referee (whoever it is this year) doesn't hold up play too much as I have to catch the 21:36 from Wallgate to Victoria to make the last train back to Bradford. |
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Thought the tries we scored yesterday were superb. Shame Tommy didn't get the ball down for that second one.
Also, how good was the take for their second try? Was that Ah Van?
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The pleasing thing for me is that we only conceeded 2 tries which were both from kicks, a tactic which sometimes you cant really do that much about. Bradford just didnt look like breaking us down with the ball in hand.
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| Quote ="Conroy"Thought the tries we scored yesterday were superb. Shame Tommy didn't get the ball down for that second one.
Also, how good was the take for their second try? Was that Ah Van?'"
It was a cracking catch. I thought he'd knocked on when he started juggling with it, but a great effort to score it. |
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| Quote ="Conroy"Thought the tries we scored yesterday were superb. Shame Tommy didn't get the ball down for that second one.
Also, how good was the take for their second try? Was that Ah Van?'"
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| Thankyou for your comments re the game Mick. from the commentary on the radio i got the
impression that many of the Bradford fans thought we were getting away with too much during the
game, and i was a bit worried. I know it happens with all teams but you dont want the feeling that
your's is causing unrest. Bradford will come strong again i have no doubt about that.
at the moment they, like salford are in a transition phase and it will take a bit of time. Good luck to
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| Quote ="8inarow"yes mate Ah van it was'"
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| Quote ="Famous"The pleasing thing for me is that we only conceeded 2 tries which were both from kicks, a tactic which sometimes you cant really do that much about. Bradford just didnt look like breaking us down with the ball in hand.'"
Might have achieved a bit more had both first-choice half-backs not been out injured and we not been playing with a fullback and a centre in the halves.
I think that would have narrowed the margin a fair bit, but I don't think any Bulls fan would disagree that with that performance you would still have won regardless. |
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| Quote ="Adeybull"Might have achieved a bit more had both first-choice half-backs not been out injured and we not been playing with a fullback and a centre in the halves.
I think that would have narrowed the margin a fair bit, but I don't think any Bulls fan would disagree that with that performance you would still have won regardless.'"
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| Quote ="MattyB"Possibly but we were missing Lima, Finch and Richards as well.
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Aye, and we were missing Langley with two others also still on the way back.
Its not a pìssing contest - my point was that we were missing our only two top flight half-backs, and did not dare risk a rookie youngster who is the only other option. You were still able to put out two very experienced top-class halfbacks. That has to make a massive difference in ANY match. |
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