Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:57 am  

j.c wrote:

Leigh fans are comfortable with the whole squad.

Worst case scenario is they use Reynoulds & Beswick in the half,bring foster in to hooker with Higham and put Pownall in at fullback and the team would still be a match for anyone in the league

If you put that team out against a full strength Bulls team then I'd be pretty confident of a Bulls win.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:12 am  

Thinking back over the season have we played a full strength team yet. Maybe that is to come.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:31 am  

j.c wrote:

Leigh fans are comfortable with the whole squad.

Worst case scenario is they use Reynoulds & Beswick in the half,bring foster in to hooker with Higham and put Pownall in at fullback and the team would still be a match for anyone in the league

Even with Sundays squad (pretty much worst case as per your description above),I still think we've got a good chance of beating Leigh.

All I'm saying is looking at the Leigh squad and their current form,then I think Leigh are entering this game as favourites but I'm certainly not writing off the Bulls chances. We've still got enough quality in the team to give Leigh a game. Let just see what the Bulls come up with on Sunday. It appears that Leigh fans think it's a foregone conclusion so the Bulls might surprise you.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:41 am  

I think you are wrong there ,I for one don't see it as a forgone conclusion , but as a very hard game ,BOTH teams will want to win , just look at the Squad Leigh have announced,I'm looking forward to a close hard game whatever the teams line up is.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:45 am  

From Jimmys comments in Telegraph and Argus it seems clear that it's no big deal and that preparation is focused on the middle eights.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:46 am  

Sensei-Bull wrote:

He's right, both games are dead rubber.

They're also dead rubber for Leigh who are sending a full strength team seemingly intent on proving a point.

What's the difference?

Rowley, but I don't think he's selected this team to prove a point to anyone other than to his own players, he often states its one game at a time, and that he selects a team to win that game. He will make changes for the next game but he's done that all season especially in the forwards, keeping competition and freshness in the squad, if you asked 10 Leythers to name their best pack you'd possibly get 10 different answers.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:48 am  

8ULL5HITT4 wrote:

From Jimmys comments in Telegraph and Argus it seems clear that it's no big deal and that preparation is focused on the middle eights.

You must want to beat Leigh tomorrow though ,if only to put down a marker for the coming 8s games and make Leigh think about what you are capable of,nobody goes into a game thinking the result is not important.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:02 am  

charlie caroli wrote:

You must want to beat Leigh tomorrow though ,if only to put down a marker for the coming 8s games and make Leigh think about what you are capable of,nobody goes into a game thinking the result is not important.

I doubt the fans or Lowes go into any match not wanting to win, but it isn't really any bigger desire than any other league match. As I said after the 1st game of the season, all these league games count for very little individually. As long as we got enough wins to achieve top two then it was mission accomplished.

No disrespect to the other Championship clubs but I think most people would have bet their houses on a top two of Leigh and Bradford in any order. We haven't seen our players play to their potential for some time now but RL is a funny old game and that could all change on the back of a performance.

If this patched up side can run a strong Leigh side close or even snatch a hard fought victory it might be a bigger boost to the side than a full strength side winning a dead rubber match. I actually think the game next week versus Halifax could be the tougher of the two because they really do have a inferiority complex when it comes to the Bulls. They really are desperate to beat us after two losses so far this year.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:06 am  

Whatever the result tomorrow ,I hope it's a very good game ,in front of a very good crowd ,to show folk there is life after SL , and hopefully no fighting , both on and off the pitch,see ya tomorrow.

Re: Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Centurions : Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:07 am  

Sensei-Bull wrote:

Even with Sundays squad (pretty much worst case as per your description above),I still think we've got a good chance of beating Leigh.

All I'm saying is looking at the Leigh squad and their current form,then I think Leigh are entering this game as favourites but I'm certainly not writing off the Bulls chances. We've still got enough quality in the team to give Leigh a game. Let just see what the Bulls come up with on Sunday. It appears that Leigh fans think it's a foregone conclusion so the Bulls might surprise you.

The one thing about this Leigh team is we are usually very consistent, we play the way we do, and although I don't think that gives us the right to win, for me what it seems to do is put all the pressure onto how good the opposition can perform, in lots of games at times we've been second best but they've not been able to sustain their performance for long enough to win it, you can beat us, you are capable of doing so but your players will need to perform, and have a better attitude than Lowes seems to have unless he's trying to play mind games.