So after an opening round hammering. How do you think we will react or line up? We at least have Lilley back for this which should improve our attack and it frees Pickersgill to focus on FB.

Watched Fax against London and although London were truly woeful, I thought Fax were very good. Worryingly for us they did the basics superbly. Tackled hard, the big men ran hard in the middle creating the platform for their backs.

Normally a backlash happens after a poor performance. But I just don't know where Kear starts with everything that was wrong against Sheffield and I can't see how he turns it around in two weeks.

I don't think the squad is as bad as some make out. The team that got walloped against Sheffield last week, was more or less the same side, with the addition of Brough, Evans & Murphy (who are all quality players) that dominated Sheffield 28-0 12 months ago. So it's how we prepared fitness wise and attitude wise. Can we turn it around in two weeks? I'm not sure as we struggle against Halifax anyway. f we do it's, the biggest turnaround since Worrincys two try heroics at Knowsley Road where we were also woeful previously.

It's very early days in the season but the way we've started has been pretty abysmal compared with everyone else. Unless there's a big change in attitude this weekend we'll be on the end of another hiding. Performances like the last two make me very reluctant to part with any cash to watch it. Might just go with ChinaBull's updates!

It's an odd one this. The team have had 2 weeks to fix it. If we bring the attitude we had vs Fev & cut out the errors, should be closer. If we bring the attitude vs Sheffield, it'll be Halifax's easiest game of the season. We're at Dewsbury, tighter ground. Fax will have to apply pressure to both Brough & Lilley, rather than just Brough, which should improve our tactical kicking options. But ultimately we have to tackle as if we mean it.

If the attitude hasn't changed a significant amount then I'd say 36-10 to Fax.

If we can’t get motivated for a derby game after being embarrassed in the opening game then we are in trouble.

I expect Fax to win but let’s hope we actually show more pride in the shirt

I’m struggling to see how we can turn things around quickly enough for this game. Best I can see is a respectable scoreline and a massive improvement in desire and effort. Fully expecting another loss.

I'm pretty confident we won't be the same all year. We started like a house on fire last time round, only to find the season stopped before it really got started. This season we've been awful to be frank, but I'm sure we'll improve and someone will 'cop it' when we do. Not sure that team will be Fax though, to be honest. Unlike us they seem to be firing on all cylinders and according to reports, playing like a team.

Maybe we'll dig in and they'll be found wanting? RL often goes to the side which wants it the most and that's what we have to do. I think we have enough quality in the side to challenge anyone but without the bit of 'dog' we'll win nothing.

Our record at Dewsbury is not that great and usually when we do win its a bit of a struggle. I don't see this game been much different and Bradford should be fired up after the appaling Sheffield performance. We had some important players missing against Batley so it was hard to read too much in to that result where as London were awful so again its hard to read too much in to that. What I did like against London is that we moved the ball around against London and even though the pitch is pretty tight at Dewsbury, if we do that against bradford I do not think they will have the fitness to cope going on what I have seen of them so far.

Last time out it looked like Nige had taken the chairman's role and the conditioning role with sessions held a Spicey Cottage not Tong. Can't see past another d1cking at this point.

Halifax have just signed Adam Tangata, so a bit more quality added to their pack.

It's said a few Championship clubs were in for him. I wonder if the bulls were one of them? I'm not sure about having a player back for a third time but he's certainly a stand out in this league.

Meanwhile we are sat here still waiting for the 3 Super Leage players that were joining us in time for the start of the season.

Who knows, we have just lost England from the squad but I suspect Ben Evans was brought in as his replacement with the knowledge that England was finished. I'm not optimistic there is much left in the budget for anything other than few youngsters from somewhere like Leeds.

For this week I’d go for:

Pickersgill
Sanderson
Hamlett
Oakes
Wallis/DFJ
Brough
Lilley
Crossley
Doyle
Fleming
Murphy
Gallagher
B. Evans

Jowitt/Berry
Nzoungou
Walker
Scurr/B. England

York have loaned Joe Keyes from Hull KR as well, among others. Plenty of champ clubs doing business, except for us of course.

Mainly 2 week loan deals though aren't they. Not really the solution IMO

If Keyes sets the world a light he'll just go back to KR and its more chopping and changing at HB York will have to do. I think York have a few injuries anyway which is why they've brought those players in short term. As much as I would have liked to change the entire team after the Sheffield debacle, we know too well using 40+ players rarely works.

Anyway signing one or two SL academy players won't change anything. It's how we prepare and turn up attitude wise that needs sorting. I'd have liked to have signed Tangaata, but won't make much difference if the other 16 players play like they did against Sheffield.

See what sort of attitude we turn up with this week.

We could certainly have used Keyes. It would allow Lilley to fill in at hooker to give Doyle a break and give us more options at halfback, providing someone who has a running threat. Tangata would have provided us with some real impact and coming from SL he'd have raised the fitness standard in the pack too.

Never mind though, we can see whether Walker can fit into his shirt this week instead.

That 17 you picked looks alright on paper Bulls Boy (apart from Walker that is) - it ought to be playing a lot better than it has been doing.

Gledhill says we have a new player coming in next week. I hope its Wildie. I would have him back in a shot and I see he hasn't got in the Leigh 21 squad for this week.

Wildie would be an improvement and can cover halfback too. I'm not getting my hopes up though.

I stopped reading after the 1st 2 words.

Wildie would be a fantastic signing but can’t see it happening!

With Fax and Bulls for a couple of years now result wise anything could happen and I will be going or rather watching the game completely unable to predict who will come away with the result.
For me that's just how it should be, give me the uncertainty, the nervousness, the if we play like this we'll get hammered but if we play like that we could just do it, any day of the week.
Where else do we get the game days highs and lows

You’ll hammer us this week.

Please please give me a birthday win bulls