Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:26 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

We have the most given against us so it makes for an interesting situation.

I assume that is fact Mick? I was aware that we seemed to behind in the penalty count in almost every game this year. It's something we'll need to improve on to have the best possible chance of a play off spot.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:32 pm  

Team I Would Put Out - providing Purtell and Elima are fit:

1. Kearney
2. Crookes
3. Lulia
4. Purtell
5. Ainscough - (although lacks physical presence of he has pace, I can see Foster/Makinson run ning riot against Pryce)
6. Addy
7. Jeffries
8. Hargreaves
9. Diskin
10. Manuokafoa
11. Elima
12. Whitehead
13. Bateman

14. L'Estrange
15. Burgess
16. Joseph
17. Walker

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:38 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

:lol:

We are the team with the least number of penalties awarded in our favour so I very much doubt he will be sending anyone to our rescue!

Besides, even if he did, Gaskell will kick into a Bradford player's hands* or Lomax may pass to your fastest player**. And then the whole Saints team will amble back to their defensive line, backs to the ball, while whoever happens to be playing in your no.7 spot this week taps the penalty and races off towards the line without a Saints player even noticing!**



* true scenario from the Hudds game two weeks ago
**true scenarios from the Hull game on Friday night

To be fair Lomax played with an arm injury the whole of the second half. As soon as he got the ball he passed it on to prevent being tackled. He should never have played the second half Royce should have put Wheeler on.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:53 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

5. Ainscough - (although lacks physical presence of he has pace, I can see Foster/Makinson run ning riot against Pryce)

Foster couldn't run rings round Douglas Bader.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:15 pm  

Agent Mulder wrote:

To be fair Lomax played with an arm injury the whole of the second half. As soon as he got the ball he passed it on to prevent being tackled. He should never have played the second half Royce should have put Wheeler on.

While obviously I sympathise with Lomax carrying an injury, he should have at least passed to a Saints player. I think he could have managed to do that even with an arm injury!

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:38 pm  

gardner, mcarthy-scarsbrook and lomax all came into the hospital today, to have niggles checked out.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:11 am  

On the assumption that Sammut will unfortunately receive a one game ban from Red Hall the following would be my starting Seventeen for Saturday (again on the basis that both Elima and Purtell are fit).

29 Platt
33 Pryce
2 Purtell
3 Lulia
24 Crookes
1 Kearney
6 Jeffries
15 Hargreaves
14 Diskin
16 Manuokafoa
12 Whitehead
26 Bateman
23 Addy

Interchange:

9 L'Estrange
4 Walker
21 Burgess
11 Elima

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:28 am  

At some point all of our recent efforts will result in a dipped perfomance, more so with the likelihood that although those taking the field will be "fit to play", a few will be carrying injuries already given the nature of the game.

Hopefully we can get a win, but if we do, it won't be a big one and we'll have to play well for most if not all of the 80 mins.

I think we might just come up short, as I think Saints are a bit like us, with preferring to play away from home at present. Injuries seem to be effecting both sides so we could easily see more than a few players playing out of position.

IF, and its a big IF, Elima, Purtell and Sammut are all available (and Langers has a come back like Lazarus) then I reckon we could beat Saints - moreso if they are still missing Roby (as expected) and possibly Lomax.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:33 am  

Saints are likely missing Soliola, he suffered serious facial injuries at weekend in merseyside bar.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:09 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

On the assumption that Sammut will unfortunately receive a one game ban from Red Hall the following would be my starting Seventeen for Saturday (again on the basis that both Elima and Purtell are fit).

29 Platt
33 Pryce
2 Purtell
3 Lulia
24 Crookes
1 Kearney
6 Jeffries
15 Hargreaves
14 Diskin
16 Manuokafoa
12 Whitehead
26 Bateman
23 Addy

Interchange:

9 L'Estrange
4 Walker
21 Burgess
11 Elima

Kearney was excellent attacking from full back at the weekend so I wouldn't want to see him moved. But to be honest I tried putting a team list together moving Addy to the halves and I ran out of forwards, so I can't see a better option than this

Could Purtell play wing with Walker as his centre and Pryce use his size in the forward pack off the bench?