Let's not beat about the bush. We now suddenly love you. Madly and deeply. You're our second favourite team.

Pretty much agree.



Last season I was a little unsure on Potter, but I think he's done a good job this season in particular. We've played a good brand of rugby and have been competing at the top. I know we competed well last year, but we had an initial great start and tailed off badly at the end and relied on Eastmond to get us to the Final. This made me question whether Potter's effect was taking charge after the Anderson era. This year has put that to bed really. He's really brought the game of likes of Graham, Roby, Clough, Eastmond, Wheeler (I could go on) to a new level and has got the team playing well together.



I think one of his downsides is his ability to motivate players, which has seen our form against the weaker teams deteriorate this season. Unfortunately his 'style' hasn't gone down well with some fans and anything but perfection was deemed failure.



The expectations at Bradford aren't the same as at Saints currently though, so I think he's a good appointment for the Bulls and the fans won't get on his back so much.

Very excited for next season.



I reckon Potter is a good choice - he has brought the youngsters on well at Saints and blooded them without it being too detrimental on performance.



Hopefully we'll see more of Wardle, Addy, Southernwood etc and see Whitehead Donno & Olbison progress even more.

Glad to see the expected announcement was indeed Potter! I think the Bulls should be congratulated for securing a good quality coach with a proven record in SL. He knows the league, he knows the club (even if things have changed a little) and I think he suits Bradford. If Potter arrives and quietly goes about improving performances then he'll do for me. A gobe in the mould of Millward we can do without.



Great news. Now let's hope some of the stay aways come back and give the new Coach and more importantly the club their support.

Under Potter this season we have played some brilliant rugby league and some horrendous rugby league. We have been middling sometimes too. But we have lacked consistency since about a third of the way through last season and while some of that has been down to two consecutive seasons of very high injury lists (coincidental?), it hasn't all been about that because some of our best performances have been when we have had youngsters playing in place of our first choice players.



I would agree with Blobby in that our motivation has been very up and down, as has our overall fitness (ie we look knackered way too early in matches these days). Whether that is Potter or fitness regime generally or something else I don't know but I'm hoping that changes with the new leader, whoever he may be.



Hopefully Potter has learned from his time at Saints and the Bulls will benefit from that. Certainly the young guys have reported back very positively about Potter and his ability to motivate and integrate [ithem[/i into the first team, which was his remit. It sounds like that might be at least part of his remit for you guys too.

It's his lack of style I think that means he's never really fitted in at Saints. I'm pretty glad to see the back of him and quite a few other Saints fans are too , some on our forum defend him to the hilt (and become condesending and try to marginalise all who disagree with them)but for the majority of his time I've simply not been impressed. One thing I will say is I have been impressed with over his 2 years is his willingness to use young players ...

Potter seems to have divided opinion a fair bit among Saints fans but at the end of the day he will be judged like all coaches at big teams on what we do or dont win



FWIW I think he might feel a little more at home at Bradford given his past and approach to the game and I'm sure he'll do a better job than McBanana



GL to him at the Bulls

I think most coaches would have struggled to keep Saints at their pinnacle at the time he took over. They were bound to suffer some decline as their stars aged and their younger players such as Graham & Roby were given contracts that reflected their growing status and ability. His style of coaching and play also probably wasnt well suited to them.



But he did a good job at Catalans and he's probably more suited to building a team from a relatively low level rather than keeping a team at the top.



Cant say I was that excited when he was first mentioned for the job but I'm becoming gradually happier with his appointment.

Any chance he could bring Leon back with him???????



Wishful think i know but..........

I'd rather he brought James Graham or Kyle Eastmond.

Would settle for any of the 3!

It would be nice but pretty unlikely I reckon. Unless Leon was unhappy I just cannot see it happening. I haven't seen anything to suggest he wants out at Saints. If he had any burning desire to return to Bradford, I reckon he may have returned by now.

I know but we can always hope