McNAMARA NAMES 19 MAN SQUAD : Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:57 pm  

http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/434 ... AN%20SQUAD

http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/434 ... AN%20SQUAD

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:36 pm  

Paul Sykes, Jamie Langley, Rikki Sheriffe, Sam Burgess, James Donaldson, Nick Scruton, Steve Menzies, Terry Newton, Wayne Godwin, Matt Cook, Dave Halley, Chris Nero, Andy Lynch, Glenn Morrison, Semi Tadulala, Elliott Whitehead, Michael Worrincy, Michael Platt, Paul Deacon.

Platt and Worrincy to drop out ?

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:24 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Paul Sykes, Jamie Langley, Rikki Sheriffe, Sam Burgess, James Donaldson, Nick Scruton, Steve Menzies, Terry Newton, Wayne Godwin, Matt Cook, Dave Halley, Chris Nero, Andy Lynch, Glenn Morrison, Semi Tadulala, Elliott Whitehead, Michael Worrincy, Michael Platt, Paul Deacon.

Platt and Worrincy to drop out ?

depends if semi is fully fit.if so platt to drop out. if morrison fully fit then I'd be tempted to drop langley myself.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:28 pm  

mat wrote:

depends if semi is fully fit.if so platt to drop out. if morrison fully fit then I'd be tempted to drop langley myself.

I think Worrincy deserves to be dropped instead of Langley. Whe he's not there we do miss Langley in defence as he is a workhorse in defence and rarely misses a tackle.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:00 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

. Whe he's not there we do miss Langley in defence as he is a workhorse in defence and rarely misses a tackle.

I think this is a myth yes he gets through a lot of work but for a defensive second rower, he drops off a lot of tackles

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:16 pm  

ex Bull Dog wrote:

I think this is a myth yes he gets through a lot of work but for a defensive second rower, he drops off a lot of tackles

Burgess

Tackles 505

Missed 59


Langley

Tackles 642

Missed 48


Menzies

Tackles 378

Missed 53


I think you'll find he's our most effective -defensively- second rower.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:23 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Burgess

Tackles 505

Missed 59


Langley

Tackles 642

Missed 48


Menzies

Tackles 378

Missed 53


I think you'll find he's our most effective -defensively- second rower.

problem is he offers nothing going forward. runs straight at opposition and takes a tackle, very rarely offloads. cant really compare worrincy to langley as one is a player who makes a big impact off the bench ( although not as good in a starting role as shown last week). thats why I said drop langley and replace with morrison if fit as morro is also very strong defensively but also offers a lot more in attack.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:23 pm  

Gives away a lot of penalties too Mr Langley unfortunately.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:25 pm  

Have to admit it's rare you see an offload from him but he does make a fair few metres, although not as many as Burgess or Menzies.

: Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:27 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Burgess

Tackles 505

Missed 59


Langley

Tackles 642

Missed 48


Menzies

Tackles 378

Missed 53


I think you'll find he's our most effective -defensively- second rower.

Fair enough