19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:44 pm  

The suddenly resurgent Bulls could make quite s statement with another thumping win against s team above us in the table and I expect they will.

No Gaskell but the following players may be available that did not play at Oldham: Addy, Clough, Moss, Purtell, Ferguson, Williams, Caro, Kavanagh, Lovegrove, Lauaki, Mathers.

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Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:58 am  

Guess Batley scouts will have learned little from last night when you consider the players missing.

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:35 am  

That's the thing. Under Lowes you didn't need to scout Bradford. You knew what the team would be before it was announced and you knew how they'd play. Now, we're a different animal and adding back those missing players to the line up will make us a tougher opponent than when we collapsed to a draw against Batley earlier this year

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:19 am  

John Kear will be relishing meeting an up and coming Coach in Rohan and showing him that the old dog still has a few tricks left in the coaching locker, Disco will be a beneficiary in the long run as he benefits from both Coaches system of plays!

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:20 am  

Don't think we'll thump them. Batley are third for being consistent and this is a game that has John Kear written all over it. That said i think we'll just edge it then we'll be third (despite some media commentators thinking and a for has set in at the club). Interesting what everyone thinks we should line up like. For me we have 5 props playing well so lets go big.

1. Moss
2. Ryan
3. Walshaw
4. Welham
5. Clare
6. Thomas
7. Charnock
8. Crossley
9. O'Brien
10. Sidlow
11. Ferguson
12. Addy
13. Clark

14. Lumb
15. Lauaki
16. Clough
17. Pitts

Campbell unlucky to miss out but thought Walshaw and Ryan looked solid. Absolutely massive game this.

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:40 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Don't think we'll thump them. Batley are third for being consistent and this is a game that has John Kear written all over it. That said i think we'll just edge it then we'll be third (despite some media commentators thinking and a for has set in at the club). Interesting what everyone thinks we should line up like. For me we have 5 props playing well so lets go big.

1. Moss
2. Ryan
3. Walshaw
4. Welham
5. Clare
6. Thomas
7. Charnock
8. Crossley
9. O'Brien
10. Sidlow
11. Ferguson
12. Addy
13. Clark

14. Lumb
15. Lauaki
16. Clough
17. Pitts

Campbell unlucky to miss out but thought Walshaw and Ryan looked solid. Absolutely massive game this.

Not sure I'd put Ryan and Wallshaw on the same wing. Both are good lads but if you have them both on the same side then that's the side that Kear will focus on. Better to pair one with Clare and the other with Welhem

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:41 am  

Batley will play their normal tactics, ie lie on, hands in, short 10m wtc to slow the game down when defending followed by looking for the deck to get a qptb on attack, similar to your attacking style at Blackpool.

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 2:34 pm  

Looking forward to going to this game. Hope Bradford are switched on as i know Batley will turned up switched on.

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Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:30 pm  

Blotto wrote:

John Kear will be relishing meeting an up and coming Coach in Rohan and showing him that the old dog still has a few tricks left in the coaching locker, Disco will be a beneficiary in the long run as he benefits from both Coaches system of plays!

Kear is that sort of coach. He'll turn adversity into a positive to give his guys an edge. I can just imagine him telling a bloke with two prosthetic legs that he has a terrific advantage over everyone else and the he should make the best of it - and he'll make the player believe it.

Re: 19/6/16 Bulls -v- Batley : Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:28 am  

It's a tester for Smith, that's for certain. Hopefully the message will have gotten through that, unlike the Lowes regime, no one is guaranteed a place in the 17 and failure to perform will result in a failure to appear as a player as Smith has already shown a wiliness to change the team should a performance not be forth coming