We are just not quite good enough, simple as that. We lack the creactive nouse to win a game, we panic with the ball and our right-hand defence is pathetic. Too many average joe's and not enough quality. Throw in some baffling use of substitutes from Agar and the package just isn't good enough to be a top 8 team.

Waste of a qutoa space that one. No better than Michael Korkidas, all bluster, no result.

No need talk about team sheets and substitutions when players can't even play the chuffin ball! 12 Nil up with about 5 minutes to half time and Mr T (Tea pot anybody?) then Cockayne (who does it at least once every game) gift Bradford a set of six that both lead to scores.

Then 2nd half it's Raleigh's turn to help the Bulls at every opportunity.



Difficult to pick a man of the match for us but I thought probably Poore who was the only forward who didn't look like a Rag Doll.

He had a good first game and then 2 not so good. Jury's still out for me because he does do some good things, decent tackler, makes yards and can off-load. He just needs to settle down a bit, looks to be almost trying too hard.

Agree, hopefully he'll settle down by the end of the season.

why drop wilkes and keep trout on the bench for most of the game, wilkes became the 18th man

Poore was the best prop by a mile. Not sure what Wilkes has done so wrong to get dropped whilst Tautai gets picked. Lee Smith did ok playing out of position but we need a genuine stand off in there. Mariano ran some nice lines but always looks a worry in defence. Thats about it for me. Way too many errors and the defenders on our right-hand side need to give their head a shake, it wasn't anywhere near good enough.

I would like to see the stats for both sides of our defence I would bet that our left side lets more in.We do some good things but until we get out of the dumb stuff we do we wont get much further.I would ask Mr Child if Danny Addy has special disspensation from being onside at the least.Tautai should have straightened up instead of kicking and Tim Smith did one good thing all afternoon.Im no lover of Wilkes but he was the type of player we needed no nonsense run it in straight and hard not a lightweight Trout today.

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Only because he was left exposed by Marianos laziness in defence IMO. When we have the ball he is very good but in defence he is awful!. Once kirmond went off our right hand side was woeful. Bradfords first try came by running at fox, cowling and tim smith out wide with no support from any forwards, it was pathetic.



Prior to that young cowling had saved a try by being the only one who could be bothered to chase back on the free play to knock the ball dead, and then showed how to finish a two on one in textbook fashion by drawing the fullback and putting fox away for a walk in.



Well done to the lad, very harshly treated .

God only knows

Where the bradford fans and the wakefield fans segregated due to the trouble with widnes?

Tells me wilkes might be on is way