Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:12 am  

1 - 13 available, Croft, Lawford, Booth and Olpherts will likely miss out.

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:22 am  

Got to play Jerry his strong carries will be invaluable on a shorter pitch, better defender than Olpherts too

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:29 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

1 - 13 available, Croft, Lawford, Booth and Olpherts will likely miss out.

If we are going on lasts week's performances, Olpherts would definitely be in over Walmsley who made a few errors whilst I thought Olpherts was quite good.

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Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:33 am  

That is a strong team.
Jerry back will make a big difference.

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:34 am  

homme vaste wrote:

If we are going on lasts week's performances, Olpherts would definitely be in over Walmsley who made a few errors whilst I thought Olpherts was quite good.

Olpherts would not score the tries that Walmsley does!
I wouldn't drop our leading try scorer we will probably need his efforts against Bradford!

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:47 am  

Can't even begin to imagine that Powell would drop Walmsley and then switch Olpherts to the opposite side. Olpherts wasn't that good against Sheffield, he played better than he had been doing, but he wasn't ever put under any great pressure defensively, Sheffield never really got close to the line often enough to challenge him, he got very few running chances, the best one he had he simply dropped the ball with no one near him.

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 11:52 am  

homme vaste wrote:

If we are going on lasts week's performances, Olpherts would definitely be in over Walmsley who made a few errors whilst I thought Olpherts was quite good.

Walmsley was poor at Sheffield, particularly in the first half, I agree. However it was just one game and he has been out standing all season prior to that. He will play I am sure and Jerry will be on the other wing I expect.

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 12:32 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

If we are going on lasts week's performances, Olpherts would definitely be in over Walmsley who made a few errors whilst I thought Olpherts was quite good.

You're joking, tell me you're joking

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 12:37 pm  

1315trinity wrote:

Olpherts would not score the tries that Walmsley does!
I wouldn't drop our leading try scorer we will probably need his efforts against Bradford!

Of course you wouldn't, but like me you probably wouldn't bin the leagues top scorer because of one slightly off game, no sane person would. Especially as that player still managed to score in said game, whilst the other has scored only once all season. I've read some duff stuff on here, but that one is in a league of its own

Re: Bradford next. : Fri May 10, 2024 12:47 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Walmsley was poor at Sheffield, particularly in the first half, I agree. However it was just one game and he has been out standing all season prior to that. He will play I am sure and Jerry will be on the other wing I expect.

He was slightly off because he struggled to see the ball in the pee poor lights - once he'd come to terms with it he was fine - he was just unlucky to receive most of the early bombs.

Apparently a lot of opposition wingers have complained that you lose the ball in the darkness, especially in the corners.

It's like you say about pitches, there should be a minimum standard for lights also. It's not even as if they are all that expensive now, unlike pitches. From what I gather all they need to do is up-rate the bulbs to a higher LUX reading, and as the ground is new and LED's are not power hungry it would literally only cost hundreds of pounds.

It staggers me why these things have not been sorted, sloping or under-sized pitches and floodlights in particular should not even be an issue - its pathetic and after 30 years of TV cash there are no excuses (remember that in the early days of SL the lower clubs did get some funding)