Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:44 pm  

Redscat wrote:

I wonder how secure Danny's tenure at The Bulls will be.
Weren't they experiencing financial difficulties once again; even before the onset of restrictions due to covid-19?

That’s interesting though I’d have to questing both Broughs and JKs mental faculties at commiting to a club in that position?

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:53 pm  

Redscat wrote:

I wonder how secure Danny's tenure at The Bulls will be.
Weren't they experiencing financial difficulties once again; even before the onset of restrictions due to covid-19?

Financial troubles sorted now were sorted in October when Mark Sawyer took over done a very good job at Dewsbury, has said Bulls will operate in the same manner.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Tue Jun 23, 2020 8:05 pm  

[quote="bulls2487"]Financial troubles sorted now were sorted in October when Mark Sawyer took over done a very good job at Dewsbury, has said Bulls will operate in the same manner.[/quote

On that basis Good luck for the future with your new aqusition

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:20 pm  

Redscat wrote:

No bigger fan of Broughie than myself and I was really pleased when we signed him, but sadly the injury did him no good at all.
Good to see him teaming up with JK once again and if anyone can get that little bit more out of Danny, he can
Good luck DB! You've been a pleasure to watch, even in a Shudds jersey.

I’d argue that I’m a bigger fan of Brough.

Best of luck in the future, a very good friend and mentor is Dan. Looking forward to our quarterly 18 holes when things return to some sort of normality.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:00 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Brough should have been playing for England years ago and he was certainly better than just about every other England HB of his generation.
It's a crying shame that he ended up in a Scotland shirt.

Too inconsistent to be the England scrum-half and too much daft stuff. Super-competitive but doesn't have enough great days. Compare him to Danny Maguire or Rob Burrows, who may have quiet days but will have great games more than most. And he does stuff like being sent home from a World Cup for boozing. Remember him being sent off for abusing a touch-judge when we were 50-0 up against the Crusaders?

A great player on his day, but he can't be relied upon to have one often enough, even at his peak. The great players have a great day when it matters. There must be a reason why Leeds, Saints and Wigan weren't beating his door down during his last spell with us and he ended up at Huddersfield.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:26 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

Too inconsistent to be the England scrum-half and too much daft stuff. Super-competitive but doesn't have enough great days. Compare him to Danny Maguire or Rob Burrows, who may have quiet days but will have great games more than most. And he does stuff like being sent home from a World Cup for boozing. Remember him being sent off for abusing a touch-judge when we were 50-0 up against the Crusaders?

A great player on his day, but he can't be relied upon to have one often enough, even at his peak. The great players have a great day when it matters. There must be a reason why Leeds, Saints and Wigan weren't beating his door down during his last spell with us and he ended up at Huddersfield.

I agree that he had his moments but, for me, he just needed a coach who understood what made him tick and maybe, those running the England/GB set up never quite understood how to get the best from him.
At his best, he was streets ahead of Maguire or Burrows, streets ahead.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:32 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I agree that he had his moments but, for me, he just needed a coach who understood what made him tick and maybe, those running the England/GB set up never quite understood how to get the best from him.
At his best, he was streets ahead of Maguire or Burrows, streets ahead.

That's a bold statement to make.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:48 am  

little wayne69 wrote:

That's a bold statement to make.

I don't think so, necessarily. On his day, Broughy was outstanding. What you got with Maguire and Burrows was a certainty that they would have a good game, and come up with the right play at the right time. With Broughy, there was less certainty of it. That doesn't mean that when you got it, he wasn't a match for the best.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:38 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

I don't think so, necessarily. On his day, Broughy was outstanding. What you got with Maguire and Burrows was a certainty that they would have a good game, and come up with the right play at the right time. With Broughy, there was less certainty of it. That doesn't mean that when you got it, he wasn't a match for the best.

Your quite right, on his day Broughy was better than the pair of them, however I just questioned wrencats opinion that he was streets ahead of them, stretching it a bit I thought.

Re: Brough to Bradford ? : Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:17 pm  

little wayne69 wrote:

That's a bold statement to make.

As an "all-rounder" I think he was better than McGuire and Burrows, and I'm sure if anyone can successfully "coach" him (if he needs coaching), John Kear can.