after watching the bulls today against catalans,i admire francis cummins as a coach,with all he as had to put up with,and having to fit players in just to make a starting line up,i know we have had it tough,but it shows the difference in coaching,the bulls were well beaten today but the players never gave in and after the first 15 mins settled down and played reasonably well,there players ,on paper,dont match up to ours but I cant see us beating them,they play more as a team,and that game is a must win for us

I thought they just got gradually dismantled by Les Cats.

The Bulls fans didn't think much to the performance but I thought, as you say, with all the upheaval, they performed reasonably well.

What I like is that Cummins isn't afraid to publicly criticize his players, he singled out one player amongst many, which is something our coach is afraid to do.

Interesting views on here. One of the things our fans have criticised FC for is his defending of players, particularly after the hammering by Wigan.

I'm sure RA thought some Bulls players were sheet as well.

Seriously? You prefer a coach who publically slags off his team rather than take the hit himself and talk to the team privately?

My view is exactly the opposite.



Agar isn't very good at the tv stuff but the last thing you need when you are trying to build a team is alienate the players.

If my boss did that to me I'd soon be moving on.

Agree. Being a tough coach doesn't involve slagging players individually. To suggest that's a way forward is lunacy IMO

A couple of my pals who are Bulls supporters don't even like FC, they think he is a terrible coach..

Opinion hey, who needs them?

Just read their thread on FC. They like him less than some on here like Agar.

For me the "arm around the back" approach has failed too many times. We need a disciplinarian who is not afraid of giving the players some hard truths, like Wane or Paul Anderson. And Poptart Agar neither publicly criticises the players nor takes the hit himself, he just waffles.

Not heard any interview. Who does he criticise??

Did see the game but not the interview. I'd guess Gaskill took some stick as he had a stinker.