Is it known if Calderwood will be back?

Are most people in agreement Briscoe needs to be taken out of the firing line as they say.

I would have Turner in the starting 17

1.tansey
2.calderwood
3.Turner
4.yeamen
5.briscoe
6.horne
7.long
8.O'Meley
9.berrigan
10.radders
11.tickle
12.manu
13.fitzy
subs
14.lauaki
15.houghton
16.dowes
17.moa

If Calderwoods fit then I would bring him straight in for Hall. Hall was woeful on friday, and must have been at fault for at least 2-3 trys due to his poor positional play. I know he's not a specialist winger but imo he just made it too easy for Pat Richards on friday.

What, No Worrincy ?

He will be back for friday.

Briscoe won't be nearly as vulnerable against Sheriffe.

I'd go:

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall
Yeaman
Briscoe

Horne
Long

O'Meley
Berrigan
Dowes
Manu
Tickle
Fitz

Lauaki
Moa
Houghton
Cusack

is he back wolfie?when i went to training last week he told me he was out for 2 weeks

Shame

hes kidding ye lol

Calderwood will come back in if fit, Whiting to the bench and Houghton to drop out.

I can't see any other changes.

the little b*gger

he never trained with the lads but he did look fine

No coach could justify having him in the 17 after saturday's performance.

Tansey
Calderwood
Hall (played a lot better at centre IMO and defensively Whiting wasn't that good either on Friday)
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
O' Meley
Berrigan
Cusack
Manu
Tickle
Fitz

Houghton
Lauaki
Moa
Dowes

Think we should look to have more impact players coming off the bench.

Very good halfbacks and a good starting pack, backs are your weak line IMO.

The bench is where we should beat you. Much bigger and more experienced bench.

Is Langley fit?

Kearney is Bradford's danger man for me, Our forwards could struggle a tad with his pace in the centre of the field.

Agree. Dont think wholesale panic changes are needed at this stage.

To a point so do I but I'm not sure that Whiting did as much wrong as Hall on Friday. If Calders is back, drop Hall to the bench rather than Whiting. I know Hall is "first choice" and I'm a fan of both him and Whiting, but we can't afford "pat-a-cake" defence again against Bradford and for me Hall needs to miss out.

Harsh to drop Houghton, he was one of the few that stood out on friday.

Just watched the tries on boots n all and it appeared to be a combination of Whiting hanging Hall out to dry and Hall not been a winger. He tried to fly in a couple of times to smash someone because he would have been left 3v1 and unfortunately for Hall he mis-timed it. They'd have scored either way imo. I'd leave Hall at 3 and put Whiting on the bench to be used to rotate Berro.

Bradford have so far averaged just 9 point/game on there travels this season. Now it would be foolish to take them lightly, however we really should be beat them with something to spare.

If our forwards get on top i would expect us to win it although Bradford do appear to have turned a corner performance wise. That average of 9 points per game is largely impacted by their terrible start isn't it?

I'm not sure it was just Whiting. I've said on another thread it was on both sides, so maybe the tactics were wrong or the players were unable to play them properly. Defence was being sucked in too centrally which meant a long ball either way cut out the entire defensive line. I agree that Hall was hung out to dry, but by the team/plan, not just Whiting.

I also thought that Hall's defence on Friday was atrocious, so I hope he's been training with the tackle bags this week.

They managed just 8 on Saturday. Seriously they aren't very good.