I really can't be bothered reading everything as I'm shattered for some reason. I'll try to read others' comments tomorrow, but for now I'll give my own thoughts. Apologies if already mentioned.

Ah Van - Not a fullback IMO. Looks good in attack but shaky when fielding kicks (either bombs or grubbers). I also don't think his passing ability is quite up to Stand Off as he doesn't look comfortable. Strong runner though and always wanted to be involved. Would rather see him in the centres I think.

Finigan - My Man of the Match. I thought he was excellent all round. Dealt with everything thrown his way and took his tries well.

Sykes - Absolute garbage. Back in his favoured position and he fluffed pretty much everything that went near him. I hope that was down to a lack of fitness because if he's going to play like that in a proper game, I don't want him anywhere near the 17.

Briggs - Excellent kicking game and took on the line very well for Finigan's second try.

Southernwood - Thought he struggled in the first half. Plenty of effort and involvement, but looked a bit nervous to take people on himself and was just looking for the pass immediately every time. Second half came into his own a bit though. Looks very much a confidence player to me. Keep his confidence up and he could be a belter.

Elima - Machine in defence.

Bateman - Impressive again. Can't believe how at ease he looks when alongside senior players.

Burgess - Really needs to work on his discipline. Came off the bench in the first half and immediately fluffed a PTB. Then gave a stupid penalty away a little after that. Should have been penalised for another incorrect PTB in second half too. When his discipline is under control, he looks so much better. Made some bloody good yards.

Some of our forward passes were embarrassing. One in particular (which we were rightly penalised for) was unbelievable. That needs sorting out.

I have to agree mate, that pass to Finnigan with the line open in the first half was a awful.

Sykes is terrible. How he was given a 3 year deal is beyond me

Cover.

Well that has to be it. Cant see him getting many games

That's exactly what i'd say for each of those players.



Totally agree about Sykes - he won't be playing in Cardiff unless he really plays a blinder vs Wakey.



We've seen Ah Van at centre, stand-off & full-back now. I agree, he's not a natural full-back but he'd do a job. Atm i'd like to see him in the centres most, but i'd also like to see how he does on the wing.

As for how many Bulls supporters we're at the Tetley's stadium, I would say around 500. Good turnout.

I'd agree with Dilli's analysis. Argh Van is better in the centres. Glad we've some competition there this year.

I think it's more probable to see Sykes against Keighley, seen as though we're sending a fringe team to Cougar Park.

The thing about Sykes is that you would have expected that he'd have come out today all guns blazing, given that there are now multiple options for each position that he could play

But he just didn't seem interested, frankly

My thoughts on today.

We carried on the 'feel good' factor and it was nice to see a lot of Bulls fans still upbeat about the 2011 season. Yet again we scored a lot of points (40 unanswered points I think?) which will give us a shed load of confidence going into the opening 2 games against Wigan and Leeds. I'm also really happy with our defence, conceeding only 20 points in 2 games (albeit against lower league opposition) is pretty decent. I hope we can follow this form going into next weeks game against Wakefield.

As for the players, Elima was a tackling machine. Don't think he missed anything he went for during his spell today. Southerwood and Briggs worked well together in the second half and ran the show for us. Diskin seemed fairly settled in the team and took his try well.

Briggs for me was our MOM (closely followed by Southernwood). His kicking game was pin-point and he tore the right side of Dewsbury's defence apart time after time. Vinnigan also looked really good and worked well with Briggs. His finishing was clinical and he also put in a decent shift in defence.

I also agree with some peoples opinions on Ah Van. He does look very handy going forward but he does look a little nervous when defending our line. Maybe it's just a bit of pre-season cobwebs that will hopefully be gone come the start of the season.

Considering who wasn't playing (Lynch, Langley, L'Estrange, Herbet, Raynor, Walker, Ainscough, Donaldson, Halley, Kearney, Royston & Sibbit) we've got some serious competition for places. It didn't really sink in until I checked the line up again to see who we rested. Next week I assume we will field our probable starting 13 and cannot wait for the next game to come.

Overall another good pre-season performance.

It was Dewsbury 6-40 Bradford in the second half.

Maybe we'll reverse the trend of past Bradford sides and put the points on the board at the death instead of early on?

So did we.

No you didn't. I mean it literally, every player was changed.