: Tue May 26, 2009 10:05 am  

~ No1 Saints Fan ~ wrote:

On paper they have great individual players. Menzies, Deacon, Solomona, Tadulala, all good players.

Deacon? Tadulala?

They have Menzies, Morrison, Burgess and Lynch. The rest of the team is very poor.

Platt, Sheriffe, Nero, Sykes, Tadulala, Jeffries, Deacon is comfortably the worst backline ever to play for a "big 4" club in SL IMO.

: Tue May 26, 2009 11:43 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Has he got no money? Braford should be spending the same amount as the other "big" clubs, because their turnover still supports them spending up to the cap limit. Are Bradford not spending the full cap amount? Thr trouble with the fallen clubs such as Bradford and the Goons is that they are spending the full cap, but have chosen to blow it on second rate players on over inflated salaries.

But those "second rate" players have been "good enough" to beat Saints this season.

Let's see how the table looks in September. Bradford have been unlucky with injuries to their main playmakers this season.

: Tue May 26, 2009 11:59 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

But those "second rate" players have been "good enough" to beat Saints this season.

Let's see how the table looks in September. Bradford have been unlucky with injuries to their main playmakers this season.

Every dog has its day.

: Tue May 26, 2009 12:01 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

But those "second rate" players have been "good enough" to beat Saints this season.

Let's see how the table looks in September. Bradford have been unlucky with injuries to their main playmakers this season.

They have also been bad enough to lose to Celtic this season.

: Tue May 26, 2009 12:12 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Every dog has its day.

woof woof.

: Tue May 26, 2009 12:24 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

woof woof.

I really beleive Bradford are in trouble. I dont think their form is a blip, and i think they will finish outside the 8. I do expect yourselves and Warrington to get back in, possibly to the expense of wakey and cas.

: Tue May 26, 2009 3:48 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Deacon? Tadulala?

They have Menzies, Morrison, Burgess and Lynch. The rest of the team is very poor.

Platt, Sheriffe, Nero, Sykes, Tadulala, Jeffries, Deacon is comfortably the worst backline ever to play for a "big 4" club in SL IMO.

Deacon is rubbish but tadulala is a good winger.

He good under the high ball and strong as hell

: Tue May 26, 2009 4:17 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

But those "second rate" players have been "good enough" to beat Saints this season.

Let's see how the table looks in September. Bradford have been unlucky with injuries to their main playmakers this season.

Yeah, but the effort it took means that you've both lost 2 out of the next 3 (ironically both beating Wakey the game after).

We've seen other teams put that much effort into playing us that they're poor for a month afterwards (usually Wire).

You need to hope that your lot have stopped doing that lap of honour after winning a derby at last

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:18 pm  

saint billy wrote:

They have also been bad enough to lose to Celtic this season.

Well, if you are using Celtic as your yardstick then we are not much better than Bradford since we could only score one lonely try against them. I think that's the fewest number of points any SL team has scored against them this season isn't it?

I don't underestimate Celtic, though they have had too many injuries to be as much of a threat as they could have been and indeed promised to be from that opening match against Leeds.

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:49 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Well, if you are using Celtic as your yardstick then we are not much better than Bradford since we could only score one lonely try against them. I think that's the fewest number of points any SL team has scored against them this season isn't it?

I don't underestimate Celtic, though they have had too many injuries to be as much of a threat as they could have been and indeed promised to be from that opening match against Leeds.

But were top of the table, and not in Bradford's position. Rogues used us as an example by saying they beat us so there players can't be 2nd rate. They also lost to Celtic who hadn't won a game until they faced Bradford, which proves (in his logic) the majority of there players are 2nd rate.

You can't judge a team on one or two games, is what i am trying to say. Saints might have struggled to beat them by only four points, but were also top of the league.