Fev have the potential of a decent side if they can avoid injuries and avoid Leeds wanting the likes of Ashton Golding back (which I can't see them doing, as he's never a Super League player).

However this is the absolute perfect time to be playing them. Too many new players in key positions who haven't got experience of playing together. If we don't beat them this week, we won't beat them in the return fixture. Realistically, it's a game Bradford should be winning, and that's with no disrespect to Fev, it's purely that it's early days for them.

Am taking a Fev win. Roughly winning by around 12 - 18 points

Good effort.


Looking forward to our game on Good Friday. I expect you’ll be taking Fax to win by 70?

I don't mind Bulls Banter. I think most are good intentioned. However like most places on social media it's like the new age Wild West. Gal that runs it deserves a bit of credit, like here it's a thankless task, and she's probably got 3000 people to moderate either single handed or with limited help. She's raised sponsorship for John Kear and players previously, which is a good thing.

Social media seems to have an effect on people which causes them to lose all semblance of politeness. You simply can’t debate with people in that frame of mind and it can take an effort not to end up in an argument. In the end everything is polarised. There is no place for nuance. I think it’s made the world far less tolerant.

Get over it snowflake.

If I was John Kear I'd have been smiling to myself that they failed to raise his sponsorship for the coming season, because I think "John Kear, sponsored by Bradford Bulls Banter" in every news article cheapens his image considerably.

With respect to "good intentioned" folk, well those with good intentions not the ones who get attention are they. The ones who get noticed are the ones who say stuff that people disagree with. People do it all the time online in politics, sport, music etc. It's a form of attention seeking - people are purposefully controversial and purposefully walk the line between what's acceptable and what's not in order to get comments and likes. This transcends into what can be described as an online snake pit. Try for yourself - go on there and post "Chisholm is crap" and see what happens.

I don't think the group serves much of a constructive purpose anymore (nice idea in principle) other than the sponsorship.

What’s the possibility of a frozen pitch on Sunday?