I jsut finished watch the Leeds v Bardford match.
It was enthralling to say the least. It was hugely physical, the pace was immense and i know if i played like that for more than 10 minutes i'd be throwing up on the sidelines.
But as comfortable as i thought Bradford looked throughout the entire game - as much as i could never see them losing their lead, regardless of how narrow it got at times - there were a few things that bugged me.
- Vainakolo. How about staying away from the touchline. Maybe, cut back in field when you;ve got 3 players hunting you down. Ridiculously good try however - showed pure strength.
- Bradford didn't exploit the sun. That was a horrible glare leeds had to deal with in the first half and yet i believe i only saw 1 kick sent high and up on the right side. Maybe their coach told them 'early kicks to exploit the left hand side' in the first half, but surely deacon would have used some sense and sent more high balls into the sun!
- Leeds fans ****** me off by calling "forward!" on every bradford pass. But that's what you do when you're team is being dominated. You get desperate.
Sinfields pass for leeds' 2nd try (as it looped over 3 defenders) was sublime. I could believe the pace with which that guy ran onto the ball to score the try. The pass was made to perfection.
I know i've only been watching Super League for about 3 months, but every time i see Bradford play there is one bloke that stands out, he workds hard, he must have a huge tackle count per game and today i found out he's 31 and ending his career: Morrison.
This guy looks like he's playing in his prime in my opinion.
I heard the commentators before his injury he was a star of Super League, but as far as i'm concerned he is unlucky to have lost that ***le now as i can't think a better way to describe him than as a work-horse. He impresses me every time.
Superb game though.
