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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:21 am 
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Having just watched the wigan and leeds game again, IMO it just seems to me the main problem we have is the lack of physicality in the side, our general play when we managed to get the ball of leeds looked quite enterprising but we lack the strength to really muscle up to big teams, the likes of hansen,j tomkins o'loughlin are no bigger than the likes of bailey,richards,carmont, ive always beleived thatin this game your either a forward or a back, the top clubs in the competition have that difference,Nobbys success at the bulls was built on physical teams, that could be one reason why bradford struggle now. Austrailian teams are a perfect example that size and strength matter Anthony Watmough(built like skerrett runs like a centre) i just hope there is no knee jerk reaction to this loss because we need to look at building up these younger players
ie shaun and sam and look now at building a bigger pack over the coming seasons, deacon and burrows are no giants but play or played well behind big packs.

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It doesn't really matter that much as shown last week

All we need to do is play to our strengths and that is skill and speed if we cant beat them up the middle go round them simple

Last week we chucked the ball around and showed what we can do






[quote="Mark"]Great game of rugby league. Fantastic atmosphere, Wigan were breathtaking and dominant in all areas for the first 25 minutes, coupled with us making alot of dumb mistakes,then fortunately they brought McIlorum on which helped us back into the game. I thought some of the tries we scored to get us within two we're out of this world stuff. Towards the end we had to force it a little and we had a few things go wrong, i.e Monas kick on the first for King and Solomona going off who was causing havoc. Wigan were clinical in their eventual execution of us. Proud of Wire today and gave us a little glimpse to the future. Silverwood was awful as per, but I expect no less. Tomkins is a world class player and by far the best english player in SL. Wigan are a champion side and would be a worthy winner of taking our title as challenge cup. Good luck over the next month and a bit.[/quote]

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:26 pm 
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beech hill warrior wrote:Having just watched the wigan and leeds game again, IMO it just seems to me the main problem we have is the lack of physicality in the side, our general play when we managed to get the ball of leeds looked quite enterprising but we lack the strength to really muscle up to big teams, the likes of hansen,j tomkins o'loughlin are no bigger than the likes of bailey,richards,carmont, ive always beleived thatin this game your either a forward or a back, the top clubs in the competition have that difference,Nobbys success at the bulls was built on physical teams, that could be one reason why bradford struggle now. Austrailian teams are a perfect example that size and strength matter Anthony Watmough(built like skerrett runs like a centre) i just hope there is no knee jerk reaction to this loss because we need to look at building up these younger players
ie shaun and sam and look now at building a bigger pack over the coming seasons, deacon and burrows are no giants but play or played well behind big packs.


Yet the ones you mention are the ones who are standing up. Hanson last years top tackler, O'Loughlin done it against the 'giant' Aussies and Joel was possibly our best forward last season and contender for young player of the year. The problem lies in the front row, not the back row.

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I don't think that was our problem last night - We just gave Leeds too much time with the ball - We weren't moving up in defence, we stand there waiting for them to come at us... Giving them plenty of yards, and the speed at which Leeds play the ball is unbelievable - Leeds were on form last night - Least we'll beat Salford this weekend (I hope)

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LordLoveRocket87 wrote:I don't think that was our problem last night - We just gave Leeds too much time with the ball - We weren't moving up in defence, we stand there waiting for them to come at us... Giving them plenty of yards, and the speed at which Leeds play the ball is unbelievable - Leeds were on form last night - Least we'll beat Salford this weekend (I hope)


It seems a lot of fans noticed this..shame noble didn't.






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