Another one happy to accept getting paggered then, as long as we are paggered by the right teams.

This.





From watching you team on Sunday it could certanly of done with somebody like Steve Menzies out there for Bradford and he's not the only good player that has been released a year or two too early by Bradford in the last few years.

Exactly, if KR can pull out that sort of result against a team like Saints when they've a very similar injury list to us then injuries cannot be used as an excuse for poor performance.

Their forwards have some get up and go. The majority of ours got up and went ( after they'd missed a few tackles)

as a KR fan i feared the worst on sunday with no half backs and then losing both hookers during the game but in the end i felt disapointed we only drew i remember our first season in super league when you came to our place and were 26-0 up at HT and i thought were miles behind them and now id be gutted if we lost to you.I think youve gone backwards under potter and your a soft touch nowadays

Not so. Nobody was sicker than me at Menzies going, but we did offer Menzies a new deal, the problem was that it couldn't start till Awford left, which could have been today, next week, next month or next year. So it was pretty much down to Awford hanging on. Menzies would have stayed, but you couldn't expect him to risk being out of a job for months.

FA is correct re it was "Awfuls" delaying that meant Menzies went elsewhere.



WE can moan as much as we like about injuries and how all the Coaching Staff aren't doing enough.

It's down to the Players themselves individually and as a Team to step up to the plate and perform a lot lot better than of late!



Nb: It was reported we had a new coach at Odsal but it turned out to be MP who had pulled out all his hair in frustation. Megan was not amused!

I did post a comment that after 3 games i would be happy with 2 points with the teams we have played, however, the nature of the defeat against Wigan did not point to an improved side this year but we are still only 3 matches in and if we win against the Wildcats with a good performance I will still be relatively happy.

The 5/6 match point will be a good indicator of how we are going to perform this year but we have drawn some of the top sides to play in the first few matches with a number of injuries. ( no need to burn my season ticket yet)



Just keep the faith. The Next fans open forum is going to be a cracker.

A slight bit of positive news, win on Saturday and there's a very good chance we'll be in the top 8 by Sunday evening. All of the teams we will supposedly be competing with for 7th & 8th spot have tough games this weekend.

Hardly a good indictment of the rest of the squad when you are lamenting the loss of a 35/36 year old as being crucial to your season. IIRC he stood out when he last played for Bradford but results were still going the same way.



The likes of Menzies and Solomona have looked better after leaving Bradford because they are now surrounded by better players who are doing more of the hard work. Stick them back in the Bulls squad with the extra responsibility heaped upon them and they won't make much difference at this stage of their careers IMO.

Menzies was easily the best player in our squad a couple of years ago and from seeing him since that wouldn't change much.



As for his re-signing being scuppered by the Awford business I beg to differ. IIRC we had already signed some other players like Ah Van before trying to secure Menzies. I wonder if we should have tried to sign Menzies as first priority before going after anyone else. I suspect Potter had made a decision to bring in new players first and the Awford business subsequently left them unable to sign Menzies. Unfortunate but possibly avoidable, to let him go was a terrible mistake. Whitehead commented publicly that he loved playing with him and couldn't understand why he'd been let go. One can only dream about what Menzies would have done with a decent winger outside him.

I don't recollect anyone saying they were "happy" to be beaten. Maybe some are just a bit more realistic than others?