Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 8:39 am  

Hock will be clear to play despite his red card yesterday, he'll be up before the RFL wc. 29/5 rather than this coming week.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 9:10 am  

eccleshillbull wrote:

Hock will be clear to play despite his red card yesterday, he'll be up before the RFL wc. 29/5 rather than this coming week.

I read that this was because of a delay in retrieving video evidence. Who's responsibility is it to provide video evidence?
I'm not in any way suggesting that this has been done on purpose, but I did hear a tale of Leigh sending a copy of the fight in Round 1 last year from the most ridiculous camera angle where you couldn't even see the incident. IIRC the RFL ended up using footage available online rather than the evidence that Leigh sent!

I'm not being funny but this issue has led to Leigh keeping a key player available for a big game... oh well we will still beat them

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 9:18 am  

Drust wrote:

I read that this was because of a delay in retrieving video evidence. Who's responsibility is it to provide video evidence?
I'm not in any way suggesting that this has been done on purpose, but I did hear a tale of Leigh sending a copy of the fight in Round 1 last year from the most ridiculous camera angle where you couldn't even see the incident. IIRC the RFL ended up using footage available online rather than the evidence that Leigh sent!

I'm not being funny but this issue has led to Leigh keeping a key player available for a big game... oh well we will still beat them

Leigh are not the only guilty party in that respect.

The line I got from the RFL was that with the majority of Championship clubs being part time, the clubs don't have the facilities or infrastructure to supply the RFL with footage of the game immediately.

Hence the week behind in disciplinary rulings.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 9:21 am  

I don't think we have anything to fear. Reading the Leigh board, they haven't been firing on all cylinders. I think the scratchy performances from both the Bulls and Leigh, are in part that the players know these fixtures don't really matter. So i think both will put in their best performances for a while.

Leigh have a formidable pack, but as Ecclesbulls says, our pack seems a different animal to 6 weeks ago. Running and tackling with intent and aggression. Still think Leigh come out on top in that department.

I think we are much better in the backs (apart from Blythe) and need to get the ball out wide as much as possible. Play through the middle and there will be only one winner.

Think Leigh win it in the halves, particularly if Ridyard plays.

Thinkit will be a close, but high scoring game.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 9:28 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Thinkit will be a close, but high scoring game.

With you on that one, certainly cant see it being one for the defensive purists!

They'll have the run on us outwide; our defence on the flanks has been very poor... If he (hopefully) drops Blythe, i'd almost be tempted to run Olbison or Haggerty in the centre presuming Purtell is still out... I know that sounds like a bizarre call from the Jimmy Lowes coaching manual, but my logic there is that we're particularly weak defeniding out wide and Leigh arent exactly shabby there in attack - sticking another strong defender there certainly wouldnt be a bad thing. Kurt would be my call, he's effective going forward and can last 80minutes.
Back line of:
Clare
Caro
Welham
Haggerty
Williams

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 11:32 am  

Have Leigh improved their defence down the right hand side? If not, then we should be targeting them there from the off rather than with 10 minutes to go.

That being said, Smith was at Leigh's game yesterday on a scouting mission so I'm sure he'll have been taking notes on their style of play and any perceived weaknesses

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 11:39 am  

Drust wrote:

I read that this was because of a delay in retrieving video evidence. Who's responsibility is it to provide video evidence?
I'm not in any way suggesting that this has been done on purpose, but I did hear a tale of Leigh sending a copy of the fight in Round 1 last year from the most ridiculous camera angle where you couldn't even see the incident. IIRC the RFL ended up using footage available online rather than the evidence that Leigh sent!

I'm not being funny but this issue has led to Leigh keeping a key player available for a big game... oh well we will still beat them

What issue? Championship clubs have always been a week delayed for disciplinary hearings. This is nothing new or controversial and certainly isn't to do with Leigh withholding video footage from the RFL.

I think the only Leigh player to get a ban this season is Hopkins who got 1 match. The offense occurred against Fev but he didn't miss the following game (Batley) but the one after that (Oldham). That is just how it works in the Championship and has been for some time.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 11:53 am  

MicktheGled wrote:

We've sold over 1,800 tickets for this game which is more than any other club.

Factor in the walk up support on the day and we could have over 3,000 supporters at Blackpool again, especially with Bradford City missing out on a trip to Wembley.

My personal thoughts are that this game is about a month too early for Rohan Smith and the club.

Potentially no Gaskell and Welham to add to the list of Kavanagh and Purtell.

Big ask, tough assignment, I know we have a performance in us to do the job.

Think we will be close or at 3000 when the teams run out, we are notorious for ordering late for ticket games and as at today are at 1500.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 12:15 pm  

maurice wrote:

Think we will be close or at 3000 when the teams run out, we are notorious for ordering late for ticket games and as at today are at 1500.

Should look fantastic on TV with the vociferous support of Bradford and Leigh creating a partisan atmosphere.

Only 500 tickets remain for the South and West stands.

Re: 28/5/16 • Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Mon May 23, 2016 12:24 pm  

Been told we are on single figures for North and only have 20 more to arrive tomorrow, side seating is where fans will have to be for us if they want to go. Then of course all the returns for the North will arrive back at RFL on Friday after folk have decided its TV