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| Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"Isn't it time to talk about the Warrington match?
Also time for the Leeds lot to leave RAB until play off time?'"
There's another thread for that. Are you going to restrict yourself to posting on RAB, or is it just when they come on here & point out the hypocricy & innaccuracies in your posts you don't like it?
For me this has been the best thread for ages, brings back memories of FA & Roy Haggerty classics from when you were still in nappies & Bradford could beat Leeds.
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| This has been a brilliant thread. Possibly one of the best on the entire site, with everything from hissy fits to reasoned arguments!
I raise my hat to the Mods for showing a fair bit of latitude, as this would have been lucky to last 2 pages on the saints board, and long may the banter continue.
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| Quote ="tigertot" For me this has been the best thread for ages, brings back memories of FA & Roy Haggerty classics from when you were still in nappies & Bradford could beat Leeds.'"
Indeed. Best thread since MC Wiggy.
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|  [size=85does that mean I'm allowed to speak again?[/size
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| Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"curtain.gif [size=85does that mean I'm allowed to speak again?[/size'"
Not aware that [ianyone [/ihad prevented you from doing so FA . . . . . so, Yes, in my book ( . . . .. . like you needed telling  )
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| Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"curtain.gif [size=85does that mean I'm allowed to speak again?[/size'"
You may have free reign to abuse and bully posters today. I have yesterdays and todays work to catch up on.
Oh, and in case you mis interpret the tone of my post.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"However - a bit more telling is the results against the teams we are supposedly competing with at the important end of the league. Lets have a look at that eh?
Hudds (a) L 24-12
Saints (h) L 38-6
Wigan (h) W 22-20
Wire (a) L 33-8
Hull FC (a) L 18-6
Leeds (a) D 20-20
Leeds (h) L 26-12'"
Those stat's don't make pretty reading for Bulls fans and the 3 points gained were not easy (By 2 points). Saying that Leeds haven't faired much better against the big boys.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"Eh?
Lets have a look at the facts again shall we?
We have had a brilliant comeback win v Wigan which has papered over the cracks again this season so far but we made up for that by blowing it against Leeds at Headingley when we should have won.
With the exception of Saints and Wire, we have not been given a pasting but with the exception of Hull KR, we have not dished out any pastings either (Challenge Cup against lower league sides does not apply!) However the Crusaders result at MM tells its own story.
However - a bit more telling is the results against the teams we are supposedly competing with at the important end of the league. Lets have a look at that eh?
Hudds (a) L 24-12
Saints (h) L 38-6
Wigan (h) W 22-20
Wire (a) L 33-8
Hull FC (a) L 18-6
Leeds (a) D 20-20
Leeds (h) L 26-12
3 points out of 14 in the big games is definite improvement? This still suggests that McNamara still cannot perform in the big ones which is something I have said for long enough.
So we can beat Salford, Hull KR, Quins, Wakefield, Crusaders (once!) and Catalans? As long as that is the level that we are looking to operate in then I guess that me and my T&A ilk must be shut up but the above results show that the people of Bradford may well just have a point.
And the Leeds game at the weekend showed what exactly?
Keep clutching at those straws Andrew.'"
Last season we lost to all of Salford, Hull KR, Wakefield, Crusaders and Catalans. This season we've shown we're better than those teams. This is reflected in our improved league position. Apart from the Murrayfield glitch we're performing better than last year against the lesser sides.
Of course we've struggled against the bigger clubs but if you look at the squads on paper in comparison with our own you can see why. On some occasions we've improved too apart from the Saints debacle at home. What do you expect from this squad? I said at the season start that 5th would be the best we could hop for. What do you think?
I think you need to give some credit for the improvement that's taken place. Few teams go from where we finished last year to top 4 and so to do as well as we have is pretty good, especially when you compare our spending power with the likes of others. The club's had to put a limit on spending and this means we're lacking a bit of depth and class but that's not the coach's fault is it?
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| God are Leeds fans still posting on here it really was their cup final on Sunday wasn't it?
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| Quote ="Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza"God are Leeds fans still posting on here it really was their cup final on Sunday wasn't it?'"
We've got a good record in cup finals these days.
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| Quote ="G1"We've got a good record in cup finals these days.'"
Thats because you are allowed to score most of your tries from an off side position or a forward pass! 
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| Quote ="eddievan"Thats because you are allowed to score most of your tries from an off side position or a forward pass!
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It is just as well that you found your "gag" worth smiling about cos no-one else appears to have done. 
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"It is just as well that you found your "gag" worth smiling about cos no-one else appears to have done.
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Ive been reading your gag for the last couple of years (usually the same one repeated ad nausium) and it usually make me weep. And thanks for the wink always considerd you a bit of a winker. 
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| Quote ="eddievan"Ive been reading your gag for the last couple of years (usually the same one repeated ad nausium) and it usually make me weep. And thanks for the wink always considerd you a bit of a winker.
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If you are gonna try and use clever words then at least get them right.
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| Quote ="eddievan"sleepy.gif'"
Another super comeback. You must have been inspired by a legendary half-time McNamara team talk in order to have been able to do that.
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This really is superb creative input! I am dead glad that you have chosen this particular thread in which to share you sparkling wit. After all, it had just recently being praised and in the absence of a dumbo from Wakefield, I guess we needed someone in quickly in order to bring it down.
Adeybull is right, Life on Planet Eddie must be horrible.
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| Please can we keep this on topic.
Ta
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| Quote ="Bullseye"Last season we lost to all of Salford, Hull KR, Wakefield, Crusaders and Catalans. This season we've shown we're
better than those teams. This is reflected in our improved league position. Apart from the Murrayfield glitch we're performing better than last year against the lesser sides.
Of course we've struggled against the bigger clubs but if you look at the squads on paper in comparison with our own you can see why. On some occasions we've improved too apart from the Saints debacle at home. What do you expect from this squad? I said at the season start that 5th would be the best we could hop for. What do you think?
I think you need to give some credit for the improvement that's taken place. Few teams go from where we finished last year to top 4 and so to do as well as we have is pretty good, especially when you compare our spending power with the likes of others. The club's had to put a limit on spending and this means we're lacking a bit of depth and class but that's not the coach's fault is it?'"
Very fair post IMO. I was interested to read ME response but he seems to have chose to ignore it.
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| Can we have a special thread dedicated to those who want to snipe at each other please?
Ta.
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| Quote ="Bully_Boxer"Very fair post IMO. I was interested to read ME response but he seems to have chose to ignore it.'"
TBH, I had not chosen to ignore it. I just had not actually seen it till you quoted it.
However, reading through the post there there are some things that I agree with and there are some that I disagree with.
So far we have been better than some of the sides mentioned, and I know that I will get my usual stick for this but are people seriously suggesting that the likes of Hull KR and the Catalans are anywhere near as good as they were last year? Because they clearly are not. Bullseye also does not really answer the post of mine that he subsequently posted too. I said that we were beating the lesser sides but our record against the stronger ones was dreadful and whilst this continues the thought of finishing fifth is a pipe dream.
A lot has been said about our lack of strength in depth which beggars the question why we chose to spend a large proportion of our cap on one player when it was clear that we needed more depth. This money could have been spent better on improving the squad.
Also, what of McNamara's world class youth policy? He has been in the job long enough to have more in the squad than we are seeing.
We won't finish as high as fifth and we are currently in a false position as we have had a half decent set of fixtures in the early stages.
Wigan will top the table, followed by Leeds, Wire, Saints and Hull FC in fifth (who will make even bigger improvement on last year than we will despite so few teams being able to do it.) Ourselves and Huddersfield will battle it out for sixth.
Bookmark this and fire it back at me at the end of the season if I am wrong.
BB, you chose to ignore my original post in regards to 3 points out of a possible 14 (TBF, you are not alone, as the usual suspects are strangely quiet on this too) So what is your take on that fact? And all the other members of the PT for that matter?
If you try to suggest that you are happy with that then I really do despair. But then, I will not likely get a response till a few of you are on at the same time because it is clear that people on here prefer to hunt in packs.
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| How have Hull KR gone to pot with Morgan in charge Eddie? Had he ceased to be a good coach? Or are on-field performances sometimes outside the coach's direct control?
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| Apposite to [url=http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/black+sabbath/paranoid_20019415.htmlsome things you read on this thread[/url?
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