AJ or AH he had a 15 minute stinker,I hope he learns from.

This team is taking time to settle and we've seen in glimpses what they are capable of. When we have our full strength team playing week in week out, we will then know if we're capable or not. Frankly I think Jukes and the team is coping well with everything considering:

- Mass of injuries to our back line

- Coach walking out a few days before the season starts.



Come the end of the season we only need to be there or there abouts. That's it, for now. We'll know so much more about this bunch of players when we can see them all at full strength.



Right now though, we can be thankful we have a squad of players who are competing with the rest, despite the unsettled start to the season.

Nope a dig would have been how the heck do you have the audicity to charge £22.00 to watch Championship RL on uncovered terracing.

It's not particularly letting Bradford back into it today that's annoyed me. It's how many times last season should we have put Championship teams to the sword & instead let them back into a close game? Would we be in SL if we'd have kicked on from our first half performances against Hull KR & Wakefield & gone on to win those games? Playing for a full 80 was our biggest weakness last season, we got complacent from not having to do it against Championship teams to win then got beaten when we tried easing off against SL teams. I said after the Super 8 implosion last year we had the skill but needed the game management & experience & the Super 8s would be a steep but good learning curve, from today's capitulation it seems we've learnt nothing.



For 65 min we were fantastic, best we've played all season, defended very strongly, great in attack, kept the ball well. Bradford couldn't do anything, looked toothless in attack and very fragile in defence. Thought our forwards were outstanding, totally dominant and allowed some excellent performances from our injury ravaged backs, with Cory Patterson doing an excellent job sort of halfway between the two. Then we thought we had the game won & backed off. Momentum is so crucial in RL and once you've lost it it's very difficult to get back, why we seem so willing to throw it away when we think we're on top baffles me.



Yes we're a far better team with Higham on, yes he's outstanding in his leadership & execution of plays & moves and his organisation & leadership is brilliant. However, there's 13 men on that field in a Leigh shirt, many of them with SL, NRL or international experience, changing one man shouldn't cause the sever drop in quality we've seen every time Higham comes off. When Micky comes off we obviously lose a lot and so the other players should be stepping up, think instead some are if not stepping back certainly not adapting play to fill the role left by Micky leaving. Yes Foster should do it but he's a young kid thrust in due to Beswick's injury not an experienced SL hooker.

I don't charge anybody anything. Do you think the Bulls fans enjoy paying that every home game? You're complaining because you have to pay a couple of quid extra once a year? I really feel sorry for you.



If Mr Beaumont ever pulls out of bankrolling Leigh and you want to keep a decent full time squad then you can expect to be paying similar prices at your club. That's the reason we're given for the high prices. You either pay it or don't.

I started the thread and the title I gave it is a statement not a question.



Your comprehension skills are laughable.

Lowton Sparrow, your first paragraph re momentum is bang on the money.



The number of times last season we built up a big lead then eased off to let the opposition back in or failing that neglected the opportunity to run up a really big score was laughable - Fev at home is one that springs to mind.



We've got to get rid of this habit and quick or it's Championship rugby for the foreseeable.

Michael now I'm not tired and stone cold sober, I would like to apologise for my error, you are right.



Also I thought Leigh played extremely well for 60 minutes, and us for last 20, which I missed

From what we have seen so far you have the same chance which is just about zero. Then again Fax are not throwing over a million pound at a squad of players so our failure will be less of one than Leigh's.

'You' being Bradford Bulls,apologies I forgot Yorkshire fans take everything said or typed literally





I suppose being charged more than everyone else in the league is a necessary evil to pay for that squad.

It is Jenky. We're told that if we want a fulltime squad we have to pay for it. Green isn't as wealthy or as willing to pump in the millions as your Derek.

For me it isn't just [ia point lost[/i but a 2 point swing missed. Factor in also that our +/- stats could have seen a huge improvement *but only if Leigh knew how to put a big game to bed*.



Like many, I predicted an away defeat at Odsal, but how many fans can honestly say that at 6 - 32 & with our pack especially cutting through the Bulls like a hot knife through butter, that they didn't believe we could go on to win 6 -50 or 6 - 56 ???



It was like Bradford had stayed in the dressing room up until the hour mark & Leighs player's had all gone down the pub to celebrate & pat each other on the back just as Bulls started to have a go.



It is simply not good enough, full squad or injuries, have we learned nothing from the Hull K.R & Wakefield games in the 8's ?



On a positive note, it was great to see just how good our pack can be, Hansen & Hopkins were immense as was Patterson at a makeshift 6 come LF. Higham ruled the roost at hooker & our forwards dominated almost every single tackle up to the complete & utter capitulation that followed.



Talking in the Bradford Brewery before the game, I said to a few that if their wings got even a yard on ours *especially Caro* that they would walk 'em in.

Higson was fine in the first half, especially ball in hand but contributed heavily to our downfall 2nd half.

For me AJ is not a winger, never has been & never will be, he hasn't got the out & out pace for a start.



So we had it won in the forwards then threw it away in the backs in the last 15.

How many of their tries were in the corners !!! It needs fixing up, injuries or not.



I also thought that Brierley went very well & Smith had a good game too, but we are suffering heavily at wing & centre.



How long until Beswick, Kay & Riddy come back ?