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The Pre Season Friendly Thread


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#21 Tommy The C5t

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 07:31 PM

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 08:22 PM

widnes have a nice easy pre season.....................warrington away, swinton away and saints away. incidentally our game against saints is the first at langtree park.
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Posted 30 November 2011 - 11:26 PM

Town v Haven on Boxing day

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Posted 19 December 2011 - 10:33 PM

Six days to go till we visit the Tigers.

If anyone can't make the game myself, Nathan Graham and Johnny Orbell will be providing full match commentary from 12 noon ahead of the 13:00 kick-off.

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 07:57 AM

Boxing Day and can't wait for the Chemics


Mixture of young and very young for WIres versus a myxomatosis of Widnes lads


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Posted 20 December 2011 - 08:13 AM

Town v Haven on Boxing day

Hasn't that game being cancelled because Town couldn't raise a team?
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#27 Tommy The C5t

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 09:09 AM

New recruit Manase Manuokafoa is in the 21 for the trip to Castleford.

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Posted 20 December 2011 - 10:31 AM

Earlier this year when we played Dewsbury in a pre season game, Dewsbury fielded their entire reserves in the second half which still puzzles me.

Dewsbury were actually in front 12-6 at the interval.

Suffice to say the inevitable happened as Bradford woke up and ran out easy 46-12 winners before a gate of 2100.


I remember that game - with no RL on, I was trawling the net for video footage and came across that match on the Dewsbury site. they were giving the Bulls a bit of a kicking in the first half, despite Bradford's players looking far bigger and stronger
than the part timers. It was at that point i started thinking that Bradford could be in trouble last season.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 09:46 AM

Not the fact that it as close as you could get to recreating the arctic climate when you watch a game in january at odsal then??

That may well be part of it. As one of the highest, and most exposed, grounds it is more at the mercy of the weather than most, and as you point out, the games are largely in January which is one of the worst months. Since (I'd guess) costs are shared, it makes sense to plan the games for a venue where it is most likely to go ahead.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:44 AM

I remember that game - with no RL on, I was trawling the net for video footage and came across that match on the Dewsbury site. they were giving the Bulls a bit of a kicking in the first half, despite Bradford's players looking far bigger and stronger
than the part timers. It was at that point i started thinking that Bradford could be in trouble last season.


I await your analysis on the Bulls prospects for 2012 after you view the footage of Bradford's trip to Dewsbury that takes place on the 22nd January.

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:55 AM

Hasn't that game being cancelled because Town couldn't raise a team?


Yes. Now being played on 15th January.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 01:02 PM

if Salfords game against Leigh, or St Helens v Widnes, which are test games for the new venues, are called off due to the weather will either ground still be awarded a safety certificate for the new season in time?
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#33 Tommy The C5t

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:05 PM

if Salfords game against Leigh, or St Helens v Widnes, which are test games for the new venues, are called off due to the weather will either ground still be awarded a safety certificate for the new season in time?


Likewise the new stands at Warrington.

#34 1976PMJwires

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:10 PM

Likewise the new stands at Warrington.


Warrington have only one pre season game in the UK...... so there must be a way an ambitious club can get the safety certificate

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:14 PM

Warrington have only one pre season game in the UK...... so there must be a way an ambitious club can get the safety certificate


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Posted 21 December 2011 - 03:25 PM

Is ambitious the new glamorous?


No, ambitious is wanting to win things, glamorous is the manner you attract others....sponsors, fans and TV

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 11:35 PM

I thought this thread was about us all being nice to each other before the 2012 campaign starts. :unsure:

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Posted 21 December 2011 - 11:51 PM

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Posted 22 December 2011 - 09:26 PM

I thought this thread was about us all being nice to each other before the 2012 campaign starts. :unsure:


You poor, naive devil, you! Ha, ha! :biggrin: :biggrin:

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 10:40 AM

If anyone could post Leeds vs Wakefield updates for me to digest then that would be smashing.

We go on air at 12 tomorrow for three hours. Interviews with Mick Potter and new Castleford coach Ian Millward to look forward to.




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