Were Fax that much understrength though?. looks like apart from both halves only grix and grady were missing from their strongest lineup. We had a comparable if not larger number of regular starters missing in chisholm,crossley,peltier,hitchcox,gibson and hallas. Thought they'd dominate us much more down the middle with crossley and peltier out but was pleasantly surprised how ell we matched up after a shak first 10 minutes where they threw kitchen sink at us.

I think starting line up wise they were quite strong but the bench was much weaker which I think made a big difference.

I'm not saying they were hugely down on numbers but I expect to see a stronger line up when we face them on Good Friday.

Missing senior players
No recognized halfs. Brooks Is a mid table championship one halfback at best and woodburn hall is a . Grix will play all season unless injured, Muzza and jonnno all season. Whites registration had not come through. Had we had some half backs playing we would of gone ahead in the first 20 when we was all over you

Remove lilly and keyes from Bradford and you would of not got the result.

Both halves were missing for them which will be a killer. Probably both about same number of players out missing. Doesn't really matter anyway, its a pre-season friendly and result doesn't really mean much. Sounds like we're attacking better than last year.

What I will say is that our young kids seem to be doing really really well. Stephenson sounded like he had a good game and Storton again seemed to be getting hugely praised by a few in the media.

Not entirely sure about that (Keyes and Lilley). Ryan, Bustin, Flanagan, Wildie and Green all had good games too.

Like a previous poster said, we have some big game players to come back ourselves but I'm not getting too excited yet as I think it will be a lot closer when we play you at The Shay.

Early days yet for both sides

Fax will be a different side with Murrell in there, no mistake.

The most exciting thing about this team is the number of young players that seem to be coming through together and if we can keep them they have years ahead to play together.

We were missing senior players too, and we did have Keyes and Lilley so that doesn't wash. Don;t know why you are getting defensive it is a pre season game and will have no reflection on the games during the year

In defence of Fax they seemed to make more changes than us which never helps. The first 10-15mins we had to defend very well. I imagine they’d be slicker with their regular halfbacks. Then again we’d be stronger too.

There were a few standout performers for us. I liked the look of Wildie who’s a very neat player at dummy half. The passes were quick and accurate – something we struggled with a bit last year. Ryan’s try was another super effort in the corner. Flanagan looked really sharp when he came on and Bustin was the pick of the forwards. I was pleased with how fit we looked.

Kear’s going to have some real selection headaches.

The first bulls fan who talks sense unlike the ones on facebook

Judging by your first post on this thread you belong with those on Facebook

I thought we played well. It was a competitive game between two decent sides who were giving no quarter. For us, I thought the young lads in the forwards showed up especially well and easily gave as good as they got. Result is largely irrelevant for a pre-season game, but the way we played should give us good heart for the much more important games to come.

If you are struggling in pre season due the the lack of depth in your squad then i think its going to be a long season a head and you might be looking at mid table rather then the top 5.

If we didnt have Lilley and Keyes it would have been Chisholm and Milnes. You know them, the 2 halves that guided us around the field and led us to a resounding victory against York.