Just thinking, if we thump Salford on friday, would that see the end of Mcrae as the gaffa. Need to work on the defense but a strong performance and 2 points in the bag is what i'm looking for.
Salford 8 - 36 Bradord
MOM Scruton
First Scorer Nero
Attendance 5,028

This game is definitely a banana skin just waiting to be slipped on. They've not played well yet this season, but then neither had the Bulls until last week. If the team believe that its in the bag as much as some on here then we'll get beat. If we play a tight, controlled game, then we'll probably win, but I doubt that it'll be by much. Recent results for the corresponding fixture..

2009: 18 - 10
2007: 14 - 10
2006: 17 - 16
2005: 0 - 58
2004: 28 - 35

Spot on.

We need to go into the game with the correct attitude.

Well I predicted a loss against Cas and it did the trick. Therefore I'm going for 10-20 to the Reds [size=50hope this prediction has the desired effect again![/size

I know we played well last week but I'm not getting carried away just yet. Cas were out of sorts and our defence could be a lot better.
My predictions for this weekend are:

score 12-18.
Crowd 6392.
First bulls try scorer Halley

Salford 8-26 Bradford. Crowd 6000 +/- 100. First bulls try scorer L'Estrange

I would like to see if we can continue scoring first for a few games. It has been a bit of a joke amongst ourselves over the last 2 seasons that we always seem to give the opposition a 10-12 point start and then one of 3 things happens - 1) heads go down and we lose bigtime, 2) we start to play but only manage a glorious close defeat, 3) We stage an amazing comeback victory which we can then talk about for a few weeks

Closer than most think is my prediction.

Salford 10-30 Bulls
5,090
mom Kearney
first try Menzies

Is there a particular reason for having 2 prediction threads for the same game?

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Nah . . . just lazy mods



. . . give me a few mo's . . . .

Edit - and done. Sorry guys, missed that

A fairly tough encounter. Salford will want to get off the mark desperatley. We've gotta be tough and not give them an inch.

I was amazed, and pleasantly surprised, when a fellow Reds fan pointed out that the last 3 games between us at the Willows have been;

Salford 17 Bradford 16
Salford 14 Bradford 10
Salford 18 Bradford 10

Reckon that means it's likely to be a close, tense and low scoring game.

Fingers crossed for another Salford win?!

Coomee on you bulls !!

IIRC that game was 0-0 for at least half an hour then we completely capitulated



That Bradford team has to be one of the biggest I've ever seen, there were some right freaks in there. I'm pretty sure you had Lesley & K Pryce on the wings that night... there must be at least 35 stone between them

Pryce was the centre inside Les that day. Karl Pratt was on the other wing (with Langley as his centre, back in the days they tried Jamie out there and it really didn't work).

KP got a hat trick and Les got a brace. Deacon also got a hat trick from hooker as it was the season we had no Number 9 (until Hendo signed part way through), thanks to Mr. Hudson.

That phrase alone makes me feel physically sick after watching his performances for GB?!

Yeah he was never a top winger. His best games for us were when he played in the halves. Was a decent player there.

I predict rain.

If it does continue to rain like it is doing across the dark side of the Pennines as it is over here it will be a tough game. There'll be plenty of dropped ball, so hopefully we'll be able to out muscle them in the pack and control the ball better than they do.

Our sprightly backs (Halley, Sheriffe, Reardon, Orford and Kearney) might need armbands to wade through the puddles and mud.

It'll be clear by tea time!

This won't help and will favour Salford reds.originalreddevils.com/2010/ ... o-weather/

This won't help and will favour Salford reds.originalreddevils.com/2010/ ... o-weather/

The u20 game beforehand has been cancelled to save the pitch from further punishment.

At least it meant to brighten up at 3ish i think

Right.....that's me done.

See you all there tonight! COYB

I've gone for Salford 10 Bulls 32 and I'm 2nd in the predictions league don't you know. But that prediction was before the rain...

Even Mystic Meg wouldn't have got that score. 2 points though