Fri 31 Jan-Sun 2 Feb: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[m brooksy 498]

Oldham fan here but Widnes were superb yesterday with the spine of Smith ,Craven ,Tomkins and Owen being excellent. Brought a huge following as well. Will be up there at the end of the season based on yesterday if they add a couple more forwards to go with their backs.

[JonM 2,524]

3 hours ago, m brooksy said:

Brought a huge following as well. Will be up there at the end of the season based on yesterday if they add a couple more forwards to go with their backs.

I think London, Toulouse & Leigh look to have stronger squads at the moment, but let's see. Widnes have sold more than 2 000 season tickets which is well ahead of what was budgeted for, so there may be money to strengthen later in the year.

Widnes sold more than 1000 advance tickets for the game, Oldham will be happy to get that kind of away support from Leigh & Bradford too. Can't see Oldham winning many games, I'm afraid.

[AlanE 284]

On ‎02‎/‎02‎/‎2020 at 00:39, winnyason said:

Great win by Leigh. Have the players been paid this month ? I mean it might be too hard for Derek again he might walk away 

Doubt they have been paid for THIS month, on the 2nd of February. More likely to be paid towards the end of the month - common practice, I believe!

[Bulliac 293]

On 02/02/2020 at 18:52, dixiedean said:

"Over 2500" according to Bulls FB page.

2637 to be exact, which is 'decent' given the circumstances.

I think the figure for Odsal last season was around 3400 or so. Given that the Bulls were probably the slightly better side overall (I may be biased, but they were definitely equally as good) the performance was important to hopefully bring some lost sheep back into the fold.

[dixiedean 839]

1 hour ago, Bulliac said:

2637 to be exact, which is 'decent' given the circumstances.

I think the figure for Odsal last season was around 3400 or so. Given that the Bulls were probably the slightly better side overall (I may be biased, but they were definitely equally as good) the performance was important to hopefully bring some lost sheep back into the fold.

Yes. Given more local and better supported opposition, better weather, and a few wins under their belt, there is the potential for more...

[ShropshireBull 53]

2 hours ago, Bulliac said:

2637 to be exact, which is 'decent' given the circumstances.

I think the figure for Odsal last season was around 3400 or so. Given that the Bulls were probably the slightly better side overall (I may be biased, but they were definitely equally as good) the performance was important to hopefully bring some lost sheep back into the fold.

I know its early in the season but a win for Bradford against York will be a massive boost for belief they might sneak into the playoffs, keep crowds up and open up the 5th playoff spot. 

[Bulliac 293]

6 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

I know its early in the season but a win for Bradford against York will be a massive boost for belief they might sneak into the playoffs, keep crowds up and open up the 5th playoff spot. 

Absolutely agree. I guess York, who are good side, will be much better than in the pre-season game. That said, they failed to score against our reserve team in the second half of that, so I suppose it's all up for grabs. I'd think we have to be second favourites on their patch though.

[Manfred Mann 858]

On 02/02/2020 at 08:28, Bartholemew Smythe said:

WTF has this got to do with Leigh fans!!

Obviously he must be Jean/Steph Curry signing in under another alias.

[Bartholemew Smythe 146]

2 hours ago, Manfred Mann said:

Obviously he must be Jean/Steph Curry signing in under another alias.

No that`s you ..The Mighty Quin..Prk