As Mick is on sabbatical as it were, and I couldn't find one, thought I'd better start a pre match thread



Presumably Sammut in for Sykes, Ollie to sit out one game.



Now the crowd seems to have found it's voice, can the Bulls win two in a row at home?



Sorry, missed out the most important bit:



The RFL has appointed Castleford based official Ben Thaler to Referee the game against Salford City Reds on Sunday.



Mr Thaler will be assisted by Touch Judges Robert Webb and Paul Grundhill. The Match Commissioner is David Asquith.

Well, I'd imagine the return of Sammut would give us an extra spark in attack.



No offence to Salford, but this is a game we should be winning and the form of both teams kind of backs up that assumption.

Amazingly it appears to me to be the most clear cut result* of the weekend, I wouldn't have thought it possible a month ago.

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Nothing is clear cut, look at last year and the games we thought we should have won

if we go in thinking we have got this one in the bag it will bite us in the

however if we put in performances like we have for the past few games we should do it.

A win in this game is vital. All the good work of the previous three games will be for nothing if we lose this one. Lets hope the coaching staff are pushing home the "no complaceny, nothing for granted" message. We the speccies are on a roll, lets keep it that way.

agreed. Salford have started well this year and certainly arent an easy beat. We need to put in a performance like last couple of weeks to get the points. In a way this game and next weeks are more important than the saints one. Effectively there both 4 pointers as not only do we gain 2 points by winning but we also deny 2 points to teams that are likely to be in competition with us at end of year for a playoff spot. Not bothered if its an ugly scrappy win as long as its a win.

I am the king of prediction. Bulls by 14.

If I wasn't still smarting from missing out on a large amount of money from Melly's last minute try I'd put a bet on that...



Need to be taking points of Salford and Hull if we want to make the play offs. Confidence should be high and the work ethic is so much more improved than last season I can't imagine them taking the game lightly.

That will be my new sig, if we win!



We are definatly jekyll & hyde this season, our results show that. We can't seem to put in an eighty minute performance, even the games we have won we had 15-20 spells where we just stop doing what we have been doing well



I do expect Bradford to win although, don't be surprised if we pull off a win, I think it will depend who is back, hopefully Broughton, Moon, Williams will be fit



If you stop Patten, Moon, Smith & holdsworth playing well I think we will win. Never look forward to going odsal, even now. Anyway good look on sunday

Not fair, the crowd and the team are a partnership, the noise and support level goes up as the effort put in by the team goes up. You roar your approval. But not if there's not much to approve.





He will? Well, first time for everything, I s'pose.

Patten wasn't a threat the last time he was at Odsal, I was surprised at how average he was.



Fingers crossed for the win, this game makes me slightly nervous in that it's the first game for a few weeks we've expected to win rather than requiring to show the effort. If we don't win this weekend, the result against Saints will mean nothing.

Yes, Phil Salford at home is the first fixture of the season where we won the corresponding game last year. It's also the first fixture of the season where we are favourites to win. Hoping that doesn't put the kiss o death on us.



I'm guessing Sammut for Sykes and Joseph for Elima. Should have a bit more in the backline and a lot less in the pack as Elima was huge. Bulls 10 after a very tough game.