Quote ="paulwalker71"I guess we can assume then that Joseph and Foster are not yet signed? Could be injured I suppose, but then it would probably be known or announced. We really need to get those two guys signed quickly, or find experienced replacements from somewhere. Because that squad looks extremely inexperienced...'" Foster possibly injured? He was at the beginning of February. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... f=mr&lp=20 Backs i think we are fine in. Desperately short in forwards though.

Quote ="paulwalker71"I guess we can assume then that Joseph and Foster are not yet signed? Could be injured I suppose, but then it would probably be known or announced. We really need to get those two guys signed quickly, or find experienced replacements from somewhere. Because that squad looks extremely inexperienced...'" Foster possibly injured? He was at the beginning of February. www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... f=mr&lp=20 Backs i think we are fine in. Desperately short in forwards though.

I hope it's not like last season of superleague when the cavalry never came.

The cavalry will come this time. To be fair in 2014 we brought in Bridge, Mullally, Fakir, Kafausi, Arundel, Williams, Pitts, Baldwinson, Tonks, Burke and Sutcliffe. Some of them even stayed with us for a few years! The problem was the coach at the time not getting the best out of them. When Lowes came along we got a lot better!

Keenen Tomlinson tweeted about an hour ago saying:



That suggests his "Leeds Bus" (which would be player slang for travelling to training together) includes himself, Colton Roche and Alex Foster. Seems to hint that Foster is at least training with Bradford.

Or could "Leeds bus" be secret code for - "we're going to Leeds on the bus"?

You sure have a good memory BB, I can't even remember most of that list, and would hardly call them the cavalry.
Sutcliffe looked good but didn't stay long and Pitts of course stuck around.
Pity the improvement under JL didn't last.
Looking forward to taking on the Puddycats on Sunday although I expect it to be a tough day at the office as they'll be well up for putting one over on us. Lets hope GT gets a few more in before the season proper.

I dunno, a lot of big boys there in the pack! Mullally, Kaufusi and Fakir! Sutcliffe only played 4 games but saying that we had Gaskell and Gale in the halves. That there should have been a top 6 halfback pairing.

The improvement under Lowes lasted for me until the £1 million match. After that game it went downhill but he did well over the course of a year and a half.

I do think we will narrowly lose unless we can get a good lead at halftime. I think we lack something in attack. I'm hoping Pryce brings that but we didn't look threatening against a good Hudds team. Defence was good though!

Defence is going to be a key discipline certainly for the first few games and Toovs will be concentrating on that, the playmaking side will take a little longer to develop, its going to be a struggle to bring some decent or even half decent forwards in and get a platform for whoever the playmakers are to do the biz!
The result tomorrow should be irrelevant but how the Bulls perform is!
While some on here expect us to get a hammering first few games of the CL I tend to disagree I think most early games will be close (hopefully the RFL have told the Refs to give the 50/50 calls to the Bulls for a change

According to most Big Nige and his goons at the RFL have done us no end of favours so a little word in the refs ears to lean towards us wont be much more of an ask

Cougars to lift the Trophy then. Look forward to Cougars v Bulls in the Championship (and Middle 8s!) in 2018!

A mate of mine has signed for your lot Nathan Kitson from Oxford, what you make of him so far? He scored against Whitehaven

Not had much game time yet. VERY quick to back up & finish try v Whitehaven. Competing for a place with Ritchie Hawkyard and Harry Aaronson - but hope he can really progress under Cougars' top new coaching team and make a name for himself. Is in Cougars squad for Sunday.

Bulls ahead after 5 mins. Roche over by the sticks after good work from leon and Keyes.

What's the latest?

12 - 18 just before H/T. Commentary, not there myself; mixlr.com/rugby-league-live/

12 - 18 just before H/T. Commentary, not there myself; mixlr.com/rugby-league-live/

Yeah 18-12 at Half Time.

The Mixlr feed works - sounds good

Finished 25-24 to Keighley

Last minute drop goal won it for them

How did they play?

Team played ok, need some forwards bringing in. Peltier looked good, as did Roche. Oscar Thomas was poor in attack.

As a Cougar fan. I am going to say the best team won.
Good close game. You will struggle without Price. He ran the show for you today.
What the hell have you done to Peltier. He looked a shadow of himself.

Peltier was doing ok until he got spooked by that goose. It seemed to turn him into some sort of shivering wreck after he ran away from the bloody thing.

I would agree better team won. I think I would also say the fitter team won as a lot of the Bulls players were struggling towards the end, which Keighley weren't so much.

And Oscar Thomas should be shining in a team full of kids. Unfortunately he stood out for the wrong reasons today, he was very poor when he came off the bench. We are definitely going to struggle if Pryce or Keyes are out and Thomas replaces them.

On the plus side, Oakes, Bentley & Butterworth all looked good to me. Butterworth has a hell of a boot on him and played briefly at scrum half. Him and Pickersgill seem like better half options than Thomas to me.

In the end it was the lack of size upfront, combined with a lack of experience that cost us. I was happy with how we dealt with their big men, but it took its impact on energy levels late on. Going the other way we lacked the impact to create space, and relied too much on our backs to break the line.

Thought Nathan Kitson for Cougars changed the game. Number 4 I think? Played at Hooker when he came on.

Onto the Bulls. Peltier was good but unfortunately him and Magrin cannot do it all on their own. It showed today that we need Joseph. We look light, although I was impressed with our Number 12's go forward! Again loved how the young lads got stuck in when Pryce got his head taken off.

Attack was a lot better this week than last week. Defence was okay.

Halafihi made some poor options in that first half which (had the right option been taken) could have taken the game away from Keighley. Thomas was poor. What the bloody hell was he doing when they kicked through and scored? Looked like he planted his feet. Everything does run through Pryce at the minute although I think Keyes will have more of a say as we play a few games.

All in all. Good run out for the lads. Need Joseph and Foster! All loans should be forwards. And it was a good chance for Toovey to assess his squad.

Agree on Bentley (Our Number 12). He plays well above his weight. Not the biggest kid, but he hands players off, he tackles people much bigger than him. Same could be said for Joe Lumb too.

And yes, all new loans/signings need to be forwards. Or at least the priorities need to be. A three quarter line of Caro/Macani, Mendeika, Oakes & Ryan is ok for us. It may not be amazing, but it's good enough. The current pack is too young and lacking experience.

first time I have seen a Goose on the pitch. I am more used to Peacocks!