No play offs for us this year. I know we have key players out injured, but the team looks a complete shambles, there's no direction or leadership.

It's going to be lively later this evening



Just back from the match. Best calm down before I post my thoughts....

First things first, I'm never one to blame particular players for a general performance, to a man we were embarassing, shameful, there are not enough superlatives to describe todays fiasco. Warrington must have scored 5 or 6 tries where at the start of the play we had possession. The lack of cutting edge with kicks being charged down was quite frankly laughable.



Ainscough, Elima and Sykes all apparently injured. The most notable of those three is Sykes. I never, ever, want to see him play stand-off for the Bradford Bulls ever again. He was made to look useless today (whether he is or not is up for debate) by Warrington's halves, and Potter HAS to swallow his pride next week.



We have a winnable game next week in the cup against Halifax. Now is the time to play Briggs, and now is also the time to play Southernwood. Redeverready has said it, and I trust him, there is no issue with Southernwood's size. It is the perfect time to blood them both after today, and Herbert could play 13, as has been mooted. He certainly does the defensive work to compliment the role. We cannot continue like this, playing Sykes in the halves. Like I say, I aren't just blaming him for today but he was terrible.



I'm also at a loss as to why Donaldson didn't play tbh, but Potter knows more than me on that front.

Hood said Sykes would never play stand off again, we have an out an out stand off in Kyle Briggs who isnt getting any game time, he cant do any worse than what we have at the minute. Herbert needs to go to stand off or loose, dont let him play scrum half again. I'd even prefer L'Estrange to go to 7, if Southernwood doesnt get a game.

Like I say, it is the perfect time for the two (Southernwood and Briggs) to play next week. Lower class of opposition, chance to freshen things up (justifiable after today).

We have now conceded 420 points in the league, that is shocking, only Salford have a worse defence. Wakefield also won again today, and would have been above us in the league had it not been for there deduction, and look at all the troubles they had getting a squad toghether. It's getting a complete joke now at Bradford.

I admit if Briggs doesnt play next week there is something drastically wrong. What is the worst that could happen after today. It is so evident that we have no leadership in the half back area and it shows. Our main attacking threat today was the bloody kikc off it got us the best field positions! Our tactics seem to be 5 drives with forwards where we hope for a break by chance and then a pee poor kick. Not impressed with Walker lately as i saw glimpses early on and Herbert is a passenger who slows the game down. We have the ability but i look at Warrington's centres and see that they can create things too where ours seem to be only comfortable with a drive forward. Something is up as teams like Wakefield and Salford around us have more attacking flair. I am hoping for a recruitment drive next season which adds true class but i am still confident with a fit squad that we can be a play off side but we are very poor compared to Cas upwards. Rant over

...well, apart from the two where it went straight into touch on the full

Our scoreline when we played them suggests otherwise!





I'm not gonna comment much today, I'll take time to think, but basically I'm afraid first impressions I saw what I've regularly seen these last few years, and that is a sizeable number of seemingly totally disinterested first team players who were not up for the game, and basically played as if they couldn't give a flying fsck. A shambolic mixture of non-triers and headless chickens. As embarrassing as it gets, really.

Donaldson, I would have thought it would be because Potter knows he's pants.



Are we honestly seeing somebody as dire as Marc Herbert play SH for Bradford Bulls. The lad is utterly utterly useless. He can't pass, he can't kick, he doesn't talk, he's slow in thought and actual pace and he can't organise a simple attacking play. All we see is a short crash ball, a pass out the back, or he just hands it off. No organistion, no nothing. Like I said he'd struggle in the pennine league.



Cain Southernwood, I don't particularly think he'll make it, but he cannot be any worse than Marc Herbert. Stop playing somebody who couldn't organise a up in a brewery and Give the lad a try, please

Main attacking threat was kick off? He kicked out on the full twice!



Herbert and Sykes kicking game. Easy worst in league. Elima joined in the fun of kicking and wire scoring from it. They didn't have a clue about how to take advantage of wire rushing the kicker.

I didnt say it was perfect every time but the two that we got the ball from set us up into what any other team would score from. We were that poor that Warrington could make simple mistakes that should have resulted in points instead it was a stroll for them.