Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:37 am  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

Well he was on my list

he was, and hes now on my original post preview squad list

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:48 am  

and even with contracts for McAvoy Donaldson and another prop we are short of 25 squad members, so another winger still a possibility, more so if Platt is px'd for Sidlow.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:15 am  

Hope thats his shirt flapping and not his gut!

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:53 pm  

I asked the question on the Wolves site how they rated Ben Evans. one said he had missed a bit through injury over the past couple of seasons. Another that a bit further down the track they expected him to be an intergral part of their first seventeen, plus if we had signed him on a 3/4 year deal it would prove to be one of our best signings for some time. So could be FC has unearthed a gem for twelve months or so, then lets see what happens.

[Bullseye]

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:56 pm  

Given that there's next to nobody decent around that's OOC this looks like a good signing to me.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:13 pm  

Hope he's better than what I saw of the Wales game. Looked unfit and missed a lot of tackles. However welcome to Bradford Ben, hope you prove to be a success!

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:16 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Given that there's next to nobody decent around that's OOC this looks like a good signing to me.

Agreed. Smart piece of recruitment under the circumstances. A decent player with motivation to improve.

[Bullseye]

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:28 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Hope he's better than what I saw of the Wales game. Looked unfit and missed a lot of tackles. However welcome to Bradford Ben, hope you prove to be a success!

He didn't have the greatest of games but he put in 44 tackles IIRC. Wales were on a hiding to nothing so perhaps not the best game to judge him on.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:01 pm  

Good signing based on what i've heard from a friend at Wire. The lad is young, has raw talent and has a desire to make his mark. I asked my friend about how he would compare with Tom Burgess and he said whilst he didn't have the size Tom had, he thought his go forward was just as good. The only down point was that he picks up a injuries too easily. On another point, I was reading the T&A article on this and watched the video of the Bulls returning to training. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/10027398.Bradford_Bulls_snap_up_Warrington_prop/ Is it me or is that Adrian Purtell in training (look at the player running with the ball on 40secs). If so it's good to see him back for the pre-season and gives hope that he'll be back in action soon.

Good signing based on what i've heard from a friend at Wire. The lad is young, has raw talent and has a desire to make his mark. I asked my friend about how he would compare with Tom Burgess and he said whilst he didn't have the size Tom had, he thought his go forward was just as good. The only down point was that he picks up a injuries too easily. On another point, I was reading the T&A article on this and watched the video of the Bulls returning to training. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/10027398.Bradford_Bulls_snap_up_Warrington_prop/ Is it me or is that Adrian Purtell in training (look at the player running with the ball on 40secs). If so it's good to see him back for the pre-season and gives hope that he'll be back in action soon.

Re: Preview of 2013 squad - who's left plus rumours : Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:34 pm  

bullinenemyland wrote:

Is it me or is that Adrian Purtell in training (look at the player running with the ball on 40secs). If so it's good to see him back for the pre-season and gives hope that he'll be back in action soon.

Certainly looks like him. Other thing I noticed from this video and picture other day about lads being back in training was that it looks like we've still got use of tong despite the landlords being one of the creditors of the old holding company. Presumably means new company has come to an agreement for a new lease.