Ding ding round 3 so this week we make the short journey well it is if you live locally to Bradford. They have got a few wins on the bounce under their belt which should give them confidence of turning us over and we have been lets just say hit and miss of late so for me it is a hard one to call. But i will back the fax to get the job done in a tight hard fought game.

This will be a thought game. I will go for a Fax win but not by much. Hopefully we will still want to avenge the league game at home. Bradford have had good wins recently so 100% effort from everyone this weekend

On paper there isn't really many of the Bradford team that would get in our team but unfortunatley as has been said our form has ben all over the place so anything really could happen, if I were to have a couple of guesses I would say either comfortable Fax win or a close Bradford win. Obviously the pitch suits them more than it will us but even so our Pack has looked to improve steadily so I think we still have it in us to win a forward battle then obviously we have far more class than them out wide its just earning the right to get in a position to make that pay off.

This will be more of a mental battle than ever I think and we need to be 100% confident because if both teams play to their best, Fax stride out comfortable winners.

I have been critical of Grix but this ia where he will earn his corn. He needs to instill ABSOLUTE belief in the whole team and one Grix plan I do fully ascribe to is LF taking the line on more which he is now doing and the lad is class!

Woolly bullies 16 Fax 30

Ben Crooks straight in at Odsal then?

Just seen the article about Crooks signing until 2024. Don’t know what to think about this one. Another centre/ winger signed

Rawsthorne's gone.

I heard about the Crooks deal at the weekend and i am too a bit unsure on this one he hasn't played much this year due to injury but if we had signed him straight from Hull kr at the end of last season i would of seen that as a good move.

Exactly what we need, a specialist centre. Nice to see us adding a bit of quality to the team for the back end of the season.

LF?
why is jacob gannon on the fax official site as first team player.?

I think he means LJ. As for Gannon I don’t know. He came
On a months loan back in March. Have we signed him permanently on the quiet? It is odd that someone on a loan is put up on the first team personnel page. Adam O’Brian is on and he only came last week.

Crooks will beef up the defence at the edges as it's looked somewhat flimsy after the departure of Worthington. Is he a left centre, if so he will provide the bullets for Walmsley .... just think of the damage he could do with a quality centre inside. Would be the best centre/winger partnership we've had since Austin/Preston!

See Keighley have replaced him with Junior Sa'u-now that would have been an exciting signing..
Could we be in for Lee Gaskell if Keyes not back this season..?

I am not too sure that Sau at the the age of 36 would be a better signing. At this stage of both there careers i would choose Crooks. As for Gaskell it will be interesting where he ends up. In the article about crooks joining it is said by i think Steve Lambert in his words and hopefully more to come so we are still looking to add to the squad and i would much prefer a halfback pairing of Louis and Gaskell then to have Wood playing there.

Yes agreed,but I’m not looking further than this season at this stage.

Surprise. Fev and Sadfud sniffing around Gaskell. I never really rated him maybe that's why Wakey let him go?

Not hard to state how big today's game is given the results above us. A loss would leave us 4 points adrift of the teams above us and no matter what even Grix's biggest fans would say Im sure if before the season if people had said we would be 6 at this point and in danger of missing the playoffs, they would not have been happy. A win though, which we are more than capable of, puts us well amongst it and still in with a realistic chance of 2nd place.

Crooks starting the game at centre

I'll be delighted to be proved wrong but disappointed Crooks after just a couple of days training comes straight into the side at the expense of McComb and Maizen

I'd love to know the thinking behind putting McComb on the bench. Hardly an impact player and a waste of an available fresh forward. Just don't get it.

Point lost or point gained? Frustrating to concede such a late penalty but at least it didn't lose us the game. Barrow beating Widnes did us a favour. Only ourselves to blame now if we don't kick on to secure a top 6 spot.

It may not have cost us the match but it cost us the win stupid move by Tangata and he should take full responsibility for us not coming away with 2 points.

Basically Grix saying McComb has done nothing wrong to be dropped but isn't good enough to start rather than picking a team for the situation we are in. Go to that sort of pitch and against a big Bradford pack and only carrying 2 out and out forwards on the bench is madness. Point given away and usual problems of poor discipline and handling errors costly again. Starting to think if we are going to change coach then it needs to be done pretty soon while the season can still be rescued.

Utter brain FART.

Did I see Widdop at the Legends Night? Maybe the rumours are true!