Liam Farrell is a super player but I think your right that to compare him to Lockers is unfair. I actually think to compare him to anybody is unfair because he's such a unique sort of player. He does things in a way i've rarely seen anybody do in the past. His running style is weird crabbing along sideways and even backwards and by the looks of it at little pace but he just seems so awkward to put down at times and when he does break the line he has got a good burst of speed. He can play with the ball and get his passes away but he's not a playmaker like Lockers is and when we've been so used to that type of loose forward any player will struggle to get everyones full backing in that position if they don't play in that mould.

The one area Farrell has to work on is his defence. He works hard, makes lots of tackles and doesn't miss many but he very rarely dominates the tackle and seems to have a real job on his hands to bring players to ground.

Please don't get me wrong, I have no doubts about Liam F being an asset to the team - but I see this as being in as a creative 2nd row.
SOL is a hard act to follow, but lets remember he is still a little way behind his predecessors eg Faz Snr, Hanley and Phil Clarke. I would like to see us with another player in that mould to do all the hard work, lead the pack and create the platform for the more creative players like Faz Jnr to play on.

In my opinion there's only Faz and Hanley ahead of him. He's a better player than Phil Clarke.

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You should follow that Emery bloke for the best and most accurate score updates, haha.
They played better tonight, Parramatta were a much better team than NSW on wednesday, Rocky played great again, only scored 26 points.
The forwards were strong up front, great experience for Ryan Sutton.

Couple of injuries could hurt though, Percival & Cunningham both limping afterwards.

Spoke to him after the game, he is loving it out here. I was name dropping again and asked if he knew you and he said yes.

I can't understand why John Bateman is out there? Surely he is an integral part of Bradfords team this year

Highlights from yesterdays game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4-6nyS ... e=youtu.be Great try from Joe Burgess. If he continues his progression I think he will be a natural replacement for Pat Richards.

Highlights from yesterdays game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa4-6nyS ... e=youtu.be Great try from Joe Burgess. If he continues his progression I think he will be a natural replacement for Pat Richards.

I agree with this, and when I saw Faz play in the 20s a few years ago, I said he'd be a future MoS and I still stand by that.

Yes. It says the names of the scorers at the top left btw.

A Thornley / Burgess combination is a mouth watering prospect.

Ryan Hampshire has stood out from the highlights and I here a lot of people talking him up, from the people who follow the academy how good is Ryan? how good can he be? and how close to being a first team player is he?