Well the squad may be smaller but we will be spending the full cap again. Good luck to your 1st team tonight in their Hull derby.

Can't wait for Sundays game,maybe Derek B will show up after all.

Who will he show up .

Himself I'd imagine

Bit late with the welcome but thanks anyway. We've been here all year and having a lovely time.

You seem to be spending a lot of time on the bulls board? Nothing happening over your way? Or is it more interesting for you at the Bulls?

Oh are we having clowns like the good old days of pre match entertainment?

I hope Derek doesn't get to the game, was gonna bring the kids.......

Just heard JL on BBC radio after Leeds destroying Salford. Frankly Belligerent and communicates at a level that creates uncertainty. He said that these next games have no real purpose (Not his exact words)) How do they not? I am totally baffled by his attitude and probably his players are. A poster on here said that Mark Green appointing him as the coach was a "Howler" its looking like it could well be bang on!!

Regardless of him I hope the players do themselves justice and perform with pride, professionalism and skill on Sunday.

Well Lowes has a point, the Leigh and Fax games are both dead rubbers from Bradford's perspective. Regardless of the results in either game we can't drop lower than 2nd and while it's mathematically possible that we could still finish top, it would require us to win both remaining games by huge margins and for Leigh to not only lose to us but lose to the other two teams they've still to play and as those teams are Dewsbury and Doncaster it seems unlikely they'll drop points against either. So Leigh will be wanting the win on Sunday as they'll officially clinch 1st place, but that's pretty nailed on even if we win.

Sunday's Sheffield vs Featherstone match will have a bearing on 4th place as a loss for Sheffield means Fax need to beat us in the last game to stand a chance of qualifying for the middle 8's. However, if both Sheffield and Fax win on Sunday then it really makes our game against Fax pointless as our positions will be fixed regardless of the final result of the match.

So, to return to the original point - both games dead rubbers for Bradford

He's right, both games are dead rubber.

They're also dead rubber for Leigh who are sending a full strength team seemingly intent on proving a point.

What's the difference?

He seems to spending a lot of time on every board.

I'm not saying that the team won't be up for it, far from it but Jimmy's attitude is starting to grate now. I liked it as a player but this Jimmy against the world thing is wearing thin.

Will probably be the same team for the last two games. I wouldn't say we are proving a point,but keeping momentum is important.

Leigh fans are comfortable with the whole squad.

Worst case scenario is they use Reynoulds & Beswick in the half,bring foster in to hooker with Higham and put Pownall in at fullback and the team would still be a match for anyone in the league

Jimmy was like this in his spell at Wire. He would argue and have confrontations with supporters as he walked off. This was my main concern when he was appointed. As a player he was fantastic. As a coach, I am not sure. At this moment in time I think he will be replaced when his contract ends unless we go up and improve massively. I could actually see him being replaced even if we go up. It would be a shame but his temperament is suspect.

If you put that team out against a full strength Bulls team then I'd be pretty confident of a Bulls win.

Thinking back over the season have we played a full strength team yet. Maybe that is to come.

Even with Sundays squad (pretty much worst case as per your description above),I still think we've got a good chance of beating Leigh.

All I'm saying is looking at the Leigh squad and their current form,then I think Leigh are entering this game as favourites but I'm certainly not writing off the Bulls chances. We've still got enough quality in the team to give Leigh a game. Let just see what the Bulls come up with on Sunday. It appears that Leigh fans think it's a foregone conclusion so the Bulls might surprise you.

I think you are wrong there ,I for one don't see it as a forgone conclusion , but as a very hard game ,BOTH teams will want to win , just look at the Squad Leigh have announced,I'm looking forward to a close hard game whatever the teams line up is.

From Jimmys comments in Telegraph and Argus it seems clear that it's no big deal and that preparation is focused on the middle eights.

Rowley, but I don't think he's selected this team to prove a point to anyone other than to his own players, he often states its one game at a time, and that he selects a team to win that game. He will make changes for the next game but he's done that all season especially in the forwards, keeping competition and freshness in the squad, if you asked 10 Leythers to name their best pack you'd possibly get 10 different answers.

You must want to beat Leigh tomorrow though ,if only to put down a marker for the coming 8s games and make Leigh think about what you are capable of,nobody goes into a game thinking the result is not important.

I doubt the fans or Lowes go into any match not wanting to win, but it isn't really any bigger desire than any other league match. As I said after the 1st game of the season, all these league games count for very little individually. As long as we got enough wins to achieve top two then it was mission accomplished.

No disrespect to the other Championship clubs but I think most people would have bet their houses on a top two of Leigh and Bradford in any order. We haven't seen our players play to their potential for some time now but RL is a funny old game and that could all change on the back of a performance.

If this patched up side can run a strong Leigh side close or even snatch a hard fought victory it might be a bigger boost to the side than a full strength side winning a dead rubber match. I actually think the game next week versus Halifax could be the tougher of the two because they really do have a inferiority complex when it comes to the Bulls. They really are desperate to beat us after two losses so far this year.

Whatever the result tomorrow ,I hope it's a very good game ,in front of a very good crowd ,to show folk there is life after SL , and hopefully no fighting , both on and off the pitch,see ya tomorrow.