Bradfords strength is in the pack and the platform they provide for their best player, Lee Gaskell.

Stop Bradfords pack and you negate Gaskell!

I've gone for a big bench to maintain midfield dominance while retaining and adding some players who can get us to and through the Bulls outside channels.

IMO that's the way to beat them
dependent on fitness

L Smith
Johnstone
Tupou
Arundel
Owen
Miller
T Smith
Anderson
Sio
Scruton
Ashurst
Malloy
Washbrook

Godinet
Lauitiiti
Mulally
Walker

Simon, Yates, Anakin, Moore

I'd love to see Godinet back, I think his creativity could be key to unlocking the Bulls.

Walker and Mullalley can be highly influential too, they are forwards who do make the yards and work effectively.

I agree with comments on other threads, I think Johnstone should be given a game. He has fabulous pace and I think his positional awareness has improved considerably since Brian Smith arrived. He could revel in this sort of match.

MUST win game. Let's get BV packed and make some serious noise for the boys.

Over 6,000 at Bradford yesterday. If we get close to that number on Saturday at least we'll have something to be thankful for.

Owen
Johnstone
Smith
Arundel
Tupou
Anderson
Sio
Scruton
Molloy
Ashurst
Simon

Godinet
Lauitiiti
Mullaly
Walker

Depending on injuries, I don't think there will be too many changes from yesterday.
Smith looked good at FB, so leave him there and try and find a spot for Ali, someone who can win a game single handed.

Tim Smith second half was the best he's been all season so, maybe the worm has turned and we can show the rest of "the qualifiers"
that we mean business.

Home games (and against Championship opposition) are must wins, especially for us, having come second yesterday.

I was not sure about the new league format, but I tell you what...it's rekindled our season and the fans interest. We are now talking about the games & looking forward to them with excitement & anticipation.

Never thought I would say this, but.....well done The RFL!!

Hard to call as I haven't seen Bradford play at all this year; they've violated us plenty of times in the past mind you, which is enough to make me feel decidedly uneasy about this one.

The good thing from our pov yesterday is that every member of our 18man squad has had SL or NRL experience. And experience of playing at that pace and intensity. So it shouldn't be a surprise.

Slight gamble from our side is that Dane Neilsen will be parachuted straight into a centre berth at the expense of (probably) Henry rather than Purtell.

This'll be good. We took about 2k to Leigh at the start of the season, this run of (effectively) 7 cup finals has really caught the imagination and we should take the same again I would think.

It's only the 2nd game and the stakes are huge. I don't know if my nerves will take this. I love sport...

Anderson is poor weak player ( anyone know why he was allowed to go to Amsterdam the weekend before a big game ) , Simon is not a 13, Moore is a poor player.
Tim Smith has to play as he is our only creative player.
Got to presume that Godinet is not fit, but if was fit then Coach Smith made another poor selection. So for me he has to play against Bradford.
Anakin must play.
On paper Bradford are a much better team than us, they are bigger, fitter, faster, more skillful, have a better kicking game, have confidence from winning games. So we are going to have to be at our best to have a chance. That said we ran Salford close and they are a better team than us. I think that if Coach Smith selects the right players in their correct position we have a chance all be it a small chance of upsetting the odds.

Im sorry but I dont agree that Anderson is a weak player, he is one of the better players in our team. Nothing fancy but does his job that hes meant to do.

Jorden tansey
Tom johnstone
Joe arundal
Lee smith
Richard owen
Jacob miller
Tim smith
Ben kavanagh
M sio (godinet if fit)
A mullally
M ashurst
John molloy
A yates


A walker
A lauatiti
C annikin
D wasbrook (sio if godinet fit)


R lynne would never play for us again if up to me for how he gave up and i thought anderson and scrutton where the 2 worse forwards on pitch for me and deserve dropping

I was happy with the pack yesterday so would leave that exactly the same, except hooker maybe.
The backs were well outgunned against Salford but stood up well (ish). I don't think they'll have the same kind of onslaught against Bradford.

Our kicking game is the biggest thing that has to improve. First half was horrible, which invited Salford back on to us when we were in the arm wrestle.
If we can put an attacking kick in on the 6th tackle, or at least pin them back rather than giving them a tap on the 20 metre line it gives us much more field position.
If that one thing had changed yesterday we would have won. The other errors for me came from that issue, whether through fatigue or through having to take a chance when we should have been camped on their line.

I'd like to see Godinet in for Moore if he is fit and also wouldn't mind seeing Ali in there somewhere. He adds something a little different to our other forwards and would give Bradford problems. Either way i expect us to come out on top against them on our own ground and relatively confortably after an early arm wrestle. We'll shut them up and do them by at least a dozen.

Lynne is one of our best backs and people say he wants dropping because he can not catch chase.Chase is one of the faster players in rugby and as scored long range try,s against all teams tupou is a strong player who is getting stick for one bad call . Thinks it is funny how chase had the last laugh on the Wake,y fans who had been trying to take the p---s out of him all the game