Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:39 pm  

hooligan27 wrote:

Is lilly back to leeds ? if so you have no chance........

Yep, totally agree, even with Lilly we've got no chance

hooligan27 wrote:

............. Are defence is solid so doubt you will score more than twice......

Yep, agree, against your solid defence we'll be lucky to score once.

Oh well hope its a good game, and hope we dont lose by too many.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:50 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

I notice Sweet is down to ref Fax on Easter Monday. Perhaps RFL realised they had accidentally put him down to ref both Fax games over Easter, and realised their mistake? (They don't seem to like having the same ref for the same team twice over Easter period).

good shout

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:16 am  

These are the games that define the top 4. You can afford to lose to teams in the top 4 but its beating mid table quality teams like Bradford away from home which can make a top 4 team. As I said on the Fax board the reality is that this is the weakest Bradford team we have faced since their drop from SL but it would be far too easy to turn up like we did against Dewsbury and if we turn up complacent we will get beat.

Traditionally its a very slow game with Crashley in the middle so hopefully having that little bit extra quality in our pack will stand us in good stead.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:23 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

These are the games that define the top 4. You can afford to lose to teams in the top 4 but its beating mid table quality teams like Bradford away from home which can make a top 4 team. As I said on the Fax board the reality is that this is the weakest Bradford team we have faced since their drop from SL but it would be far too easy to turn up like we did against Dewsbury and if we turn up complacent we will get beat.

It's a good call, as I think that's exactly what Bradford have been doing to Fax the last couple of years. Turning up all "billy big bollox" and thinking they'll win the game easily, then finding Fax being right up for it and turning us over. Looking at the squads this season, I think Fax's is stronger than ours right now, albeit we're not in as bad a position as we were a couple of months ago. Strange to see the boot almost on the other foot though and you saying you don't want Fax to be the ones turning up with complacency.

[Bullseye]

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:53 am  

A slow, forward orientated game would suit Fax with their big pack. Our success in attack comes when Moore gets out of dummy half and commits players to him before getting the ball out wide. If we can get quick ball we'll make their defence work. It'll be a close game methinks.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:33 am  

The last couple of years you always got the impression that whilst the players were supposedly more talented we would always struggle if it came to a fight for the points. This year it is the opposite. The youngsters and loan players all seem to have a point to prove so are determined to get stuck in. Whilst at the back of my mind I've dreaded Fax coming over the hill because I feared we would just fold and put in a disappointing performance, this year I think it could at least be a good match, win or lose

[Bullseye]

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:42 am  

When I think back to last year one of the most dispiriting performances was away at Fax shortly before Lowes left. We looked dispirited and utterly bereft of ideas in attack. Our only threat was from Adam O’Brien and Fax worked hard to suppress that. Our attacking ideas seemed to be limited to laboured passing along a line of almost stationery players. The contrast to this year is huge. Despite having a much weaker side on paper we’re far more of an attacking threat. Our main Achilles heel has been dropping the ball and we did a lot to tighten that up on Sunday.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:50 am  

Agree with what's been said. That away day at Halifax still haunts me. One image will forever stick in my mind from that game. We won a drop-put and our superstar signing Richie Mathers could not be arsed doing his job and going back to the half way line to catch the drop out. Instead shouting at someone else to then go back where he would have been, while he stayed on the 10m line. I can take being crap, but i will never accept a lack of effort and desire that he showed that day. It was so painful and infuriating to watch. Can you imagine Johnny Campbell shirking his duties like that? Stark contrast.

While Greg may say this is the worst Bradford team, it's a damn lot more spirited than the previous lot. I'm not expecting a win Friday, but i know each one will have given their all which cannot be said the last year or 2.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:31 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

These are the games that define the top 4. You can afford to lose to teams in the top 4 but its beating mid table quality teams like Bradford away from home which can make a top 4 team. As I said on the Fax board the reality is that this is the weakest Bradford team we have faced since their drop from SL but it would be far too easy to turn up like we did against Dewsbury and if we turn up complacent we will get beat.

Traditionally its a very slow game with Crashley in the middle so hopefully having that little bit extra quality in our pack will stand us in good stead.

Not wishing to bull up our chances but to be described as a mid table team by a Halifax fan is a bit disingenuous. If we hadn't had the 12 points deduction we would be on the same points as them with a very similar points difference. That's with hardly any pre season work and a team not put together until three games into the season. If we are a mid table team this would suggest that Halifax are too. I think we have done amazingly well from where we started.

Re: Halifax - Good Friday : Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:35 am  

Looks like Lilley has been recalled, as he's been named in the Leeds 19 for Friday.