Re: 17 for Bradford : Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:55 pm  

I'd prefer to keep lomax and Gaskell in the halves, they need time to gel again, and have makinson at 1 and recall Ade for the wing, some experience there wouldn't kill us

Re: 17 for Bradford : Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:39 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Either everyone is in the know from one poster on here or most people have heard a rumour that will mean Wheeler may play but not at halfback.

Brown says what we all know about Wheeler:

"He has been training well. He contributed well for Rochdale in Sunday's match against Oldham and is training well. He is always a player that will be in contention for the first team.

"If he plays consistently then people are aware of what a talent he is. He is adaptable and can play in a number of positions as he has awareness of the game and speed too. But he needs luck with injury."

I've always seen a ridiculous amount of potential in Wheeler and it is genuinely upsetting that he can't stay fit. The fact that Brown mentions elsewhere that he had a couple of "mishaps" in pre-season perhaps confirms that 2013 is unlikely to be any different for him with injuries. Such a shame.

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:49 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

I've always seen a ridiculous amount of potential in Wheeler and it is genuinely upsetting that he can't stay fit. The fact that Brown mentions elsewhere that he had a couple of "mishaps" in pre-season perhaps confirms that 2013 is unlikely to be any different for him with injuries. Such a shame.

I agree. Its got to the stage where many of us have simply given up hope of seeing him ever play more than a couple of games in a row.

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:48 am  

Lomax
Meli
Wheeler
Jones
Makinson
Turner
Gaskell
Tp
Roby
Laffa
Wilkin
Sia
Manu

Warmsley
Flanagan
Greenwood
Lms

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:41 pm  

Turner at halfback?

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:16 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Turner at halfback?

Did it for the england knights, didn't he?

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:19 pm  

Personally I'd go a bit experimental and try something like:

1. Makinson
2. Gardner
3. Turner
4. Lomax
5. Meli
6. Wheeler
7. Gaskell
8. LMS
9. Roby
10. LaFrank
11. Flanagan
12. Sia
13. Wilkin

14. TP
15. Manu
15. Walmsley
16. Greenwood

to see how it goes. We're at the point of the season where we should probably be experimenting a bit with the number of young players we have anyway and I still hold out a small amount of hope that Wheeler could make a fantastic #6 yet. Let's have one last attempt at making a player out of him and if he breaks down again then we can all just finally give up all hope and move on. I might be tempted to have Jones on the bench instead of Greenwood though while waiting for his inevitable injury...

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:11 pm  

Wheeler's a possibility at full back?

Re: 17 for Bradford : Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:50 pm  

Our 19 man squad. not as weak as we fexpected at beginning if week with langley and walker recovering and scruton avoiding ban.

Bulls squad: Bulls squad: James Donaldson, Adam Sidlow, Adam O'Brien, Manase Manuokafoa, Jamie Langley, Matt Diskin, Brett Kearney, Nick Scruton, Heath L’Estrange, Matty Blythe, Keith Lulia, Elliot Whitehead, Elliot Kear, Jarrod Sammut, Danny Addy, Tom Olbison, Chev Walker, Jobe Murphy, Jamie Foster

Chev Walker and Jamie Langley have been named in the squad and coach Francis Cummins expects them to be passed fit to play, meaning the Bulls could be unchanged.

Re: 17 for Bradford : Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:17 pm  

St. Rughead wrote:

Wheeler's a possibility at full back?

So far I've heard a few things on here this week from those in the know.

I think I'll just wait and see who pops up on Saturday.