A breach of copywright by the paper concerned first up using that photo and the photo is from the title winning game against Fev last August. Whereby Derek is going to congratulate Paul for a fantastic Championship winning match.

The coverage and comments from the Bradford press and players is poor at best and a disgrace at worst.... see you in the summer when our lot drag yours down to our level again... Lets hope we dont play the full 80 minutes next time

Not to mention in putting on a Leigh shirt the referee allows Barlow to score from a blatant offside position and Leigh to score in the second half from a pass that is a good 5 metres(no word of a lie) forward. I sound like a bradford fan.

Yeah just like when we couldnt lift ourselves with half a team against them 96 hours after our cup quarter final defeat last year..... sweet dreams

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The referee wasn't an issue.

For sure, I've seen far better, and someone with better man managements skills [imight[/i have kept a lid on it, but he was the same referee for both sides and, for me, that's all I ask of a fallible human being.

He was also just a kid [or is that me who's a teensy bit on the old side..?], so I'm sure he'll take the game as learning experience and gain from it. Just as I hope the Bulls' players do...

Your arrogance is astounding. If you think our club thought of it as our cup final, it's definitely going to be a long ass season for you. It was certainly a big game for us but only because it was the first game of the season and if you seriously think that our club is as amateurish as that (where have I heard that phrase before) then you've spent too long languishing at the bottom of SL and not paying attention to those upstarts from the Championships who will one day bite you on the behind.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but you were just the first team of many we have to play in order to make it to our 'cup final' at the end of the season. We'll wait till then to enjoy our moment in the sun thanks.

Well most teams had better stop conversions (Leigh even more so with Riddys kicking power) However Bradford should be excused from the ban with their kicker as he couldn't even reach the try line on most of his kicks, infact the only time he managed to kick into the stand was when he missed the sitter from 20 yrds out.

did anyone get hurt by that kick cos there were kids in that stand ?

That's me, I'm out, bored of this topic now. Am off to run a sweepstake on how long into game before Barlow gets sent off or sin binned along with Manning from halifax. Should be tasty bearing in mind last years game

Yeah course it was. You won't get an attendance that big again this season.

You're absolutely right there, but it still wasn't our cup final so don't flatter yourselves. On the other hand, you're just another championship team we've beaten and now is the time to stop bigging yourselves up till you actually have something to be patronising about.

I think we will when we get to the middle 8's and' if we draw a Lancashire Superleague side in the Challenge cup it is odds on.

Don't understand why this thread is still going! In 22 rounds or whatever it is, all the points will be wiped anyway so as long as we're in the top 4 (preferably top 2) then this game will count for zilch. What DOES matter is whether the players learn some lessons from the mistakes they made on Sunday. Yes the ref made a few howlers that led to tries against but we'd already handed Leigh the initiative by then with some dumb play.

It's clear that games are reffed in a bit different to SL but come the split it will very much be reffed closer to SL standard that perhaps the fans and some players are more use to. Time to look forward to our opening home game on Sunday where another two points are up for grabs.

Unbelievable. !! And to think I put a fiver (twice) in a bucket to help you out. Get over it, you'll win more than you lose this season which will make a pleasant change for you.

No. You won't