Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:47 pm  

I would hope we aren't considering Tim Smith, he let his club down extremely badly at what was the most important time of the season for Wakefield. I know we are all feeling a little desperate for a 7 but let's be sensible!

What happened to the Kyle Wood rumours? Has Dane Chisolm returned to the NRL after his loan at Hull KR?

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:04 pm  

I think there's a lot of jealous eyes watching the spending going on at Leigh.
But the truth is Leigh have been the big fish in the Championship for the last couple of years without any real competition and as such have been able to bully sides into submission.
But as we showed in the match at Odsal and again in the middle 8's, if you play your game and not the one Leigh wants you to play, they're not a big a threat as they want to be. And it wasn't just Bradford that showed this in the middle 8 comp, which is why they finished on only 2 points and therefore it was clear that investment in players of SL standard was needed for Leigh to progress.

However, as I've said elsewhere, while Leigh have a solid team on paper, RL is played on grass (or plastic if you're in Widnes) and I just wonder how much fight those big money charlies will have and there's still the question of them bringing the disruption to the Leigh camp that plagued Salford last year.

Leigh may have improved, but I don't think Bradford are that much worse than they were following the MPG. Yes, we've lost our main full back and scrum half, however we played most of the season with 1 or both missing and didn't do too badly. We've added some grunt to the pack and strengthened the back line (especially as Nielsen seems to be doing an Orford) and there's still talk of players still to join.

Hardly doom and gloom, despite what some may think

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:07 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

I think there's a lot of jealous eyes watching the spending going on at Leigh.
But the truth is Leigh have been the big fish in the Championship for the last couple of years without any real competition and as such have been able to bully sides into submission.
But as we showed in the match at Odsal and again in the middle 8's, if you play your game and not the one Leigh wants you to play, they're not a big a threat as they want to be. And it wasn't just Bradford that showed this in the middle 8 comp, which is why they finished on only 2 points and therefore it was clear that investment in players of SL standard was needed for Leigh to progress.

However, as I've said elsewhere, while Leigh have a solid team on paper, RL is played on grass (or plastic if you're in Widnes) and I just wonder how much fight those big money charlies will have and there's still the question of them bringing the disruption to the Leigh camp that plagued Salford last year.

Leigh may have improved, but I don't think Bradford are that much worse than they were following the MPG. Yes, we've lost our main full back and scrum half, however we played most of the season with 1 or both missing and didn't do too badly. We've added some grunt to the pack and strengthened the back line (especially as Nielsen seems to be doing an Orford) and there's still talk of players still to join.

Hardly doom and gloom, despite what some may think

Spot on.

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Tue Dec 15, 2015 7:57 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

I think there's a lot of jealous eyes watching the spending going on at Leigh.
But the truth is Leigh have been the big fish in the Championship for the last couple of years without any real competition and as such have been able to bully sides into submission.
But as we showed in the match at Odsal and again in the middle 8's, if you play your game and not the one Leigh wants you to play, they're not a big a threat as they want to be. And it wasn't just Bradford that showed this in the middle 8 comp, which is why they finished on only 2 points and therefore it was clear that investment in players of SL standard was needed for Leigh to progress.

However, as I've said elsewhere, while Leigh have a solid team on paper, RL is played on grass (or plastic if you're in Widnes) and I just wonder how much fight those big money charlies will have and there's still the question of them bringing the disruption to the Leigh camp that plagued Salford last year.

Leigh may have improved, but I don't think Bradford are that much worse than they were following the MPG. Yes, we've lost our main full back and scrum half, however we played most of the season with 1 or both missing and didn't do too badly. We've added some grunt to the pack and strengthened the back line (especially as Nielsen seems to be doing an Orford) and there's still talk of players still to join.

Hardly doom and gloom, despite what some may think

You could well be right, are you the Wise Man of the Woods?

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:22 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

You could well be right, are you the Wise Man of the Woods?

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:35 pm  

I don't think the squad we had last year was that far from succeeding.

Gaskell had too much to do in the end, and when he was injured we had no cover. I think we would have got instant promotion with a decent 6 & 7 playing together in middle 8's.

I believe the difference between us going up and staying in the championship will be the recruitment of Harry's replacement. Is Sammut the answer? personally i'm not sure. He offers moments of magic, but he can also be a liability.

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:09 am  

What is to be made of Purtell saying in the T&A that he fancies playing stand off this year? Does that mean we are looking for a default of Purtell at 6 and Gaskell at 7?

Re: Leigh improve, Bulls get worse : Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:18 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

What is to be made of Purtell saying in the T&A that he fancies playing stand off this year? Does that mean we are looking for a default of Purtell at 6 and Gaskell at 7?

Well, he didn't do too badly in that position and given we've yet to recruit a new half back to replace Siejka, it makes sense that the team are going into preseason with a plan B to cover he position and allow Addy an actual chance of playing at LF