Yep, and there roughly the same mistakes as last year too. weak sliding defence, inability to take chances or create sustained pressure, inability to chase a game in a professional and calm manner once we've done the usual trick of conceding soft points in bunches and no creative threat from the halfs.

To their credit Salford were decent tonight and seem to have a nice blend of youth and experience, and we were not catastropically bad like against wire, but Im past caring about such things, at the moment results and points is all that matters and we're not getting either.

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Don't be daft, that's nothing, he also holds the record for the biggest reversal in a Challenge Cup game and a Play-Off/SL match. He's apparently bomb proof and if Angela Powers is to be believed his new line is that we have a whole half a season to put things right, given 'we're not where we want to be, but where we deserve to be', which begs the question has he achieved all that his efforts deserve and if so shouldn't he accept he doesn't have the ability to successfully build a SL team and step aside? Not that he will of course.

Thats were Im off now, shame Im not in Bradford or I'd ask you to help me drown my sorrows!





Onwards and downwards

We haven't got much time to improve or we will not make the play-offs. God it's looking grim.

sorry i dont normally edit for accuracy but I couldnt resist

Do you know what sums up how bad we played today?

That Michael Platt was one of Bradford's best players today.

Deacon should have been dropped, again his kicking was predictable, he was too slow and missed several important tackles.

I got the impression from the radio that he was poor today?

Wooooaaahhhh fella.... the worst 2 clubs in SL are Celtic and Catalans as it stands.

There ain't no disgrace losing to Salford at the moment... we're playing well and winning. 6 wins in 9 games is a pretty good record... and not many will win at the KC, Headingley and Galpharm all in the same season.

Because he is constantly used as a scapegoat. Sheriffe was pi$$ poor, as was Deacon. Menzies made a few Handling errors and most of the forwards were quiet.

The only players who played well and/or looked like they were putting effort in were:

Platt
Newton
Lynch
Sykes
Halley

We're the last post match interview to go onto any of the websites tonight. All the others are up, has it been boycotted or something?

We really need Morrison back, that team looked so inexperienced even though it had Lynch, Newton, Menzies, etc. Deacon needs to be dropped and Morro as captain when he's back.

You are not one of the two worst teams in SL.

We will be if Catalan beat Celtic tomorrow

I'd add Rinaldi to that list, and add a caution that Halley whilst put in effort also missed one or two crucial tackles.

Probably one of the most depressing games I've been too, not because of the defeat or the way in which it happened but because the reality hit me that this was an average performance from the side this year. Nice to see a fair few fans there too, not packed out but more than I expected.

Also when people used to say things (in our pomp) like "It won't matter if we lost every game all season as long as we beat Leeds/Saints" - that's coming true now and it's not as sweet as you might imagine

Isn't he just! Everyone makes mistakes, especially in our current squad, but Platty seems to be the only player who gets a barrage of abuse from our 'supporters', shocking!

What is happening at bradford Bulls? You have gone from being a Super League force to being beaten by Celtic and now Salford. From an outsider looking in it seems to me that the players you have signed are not good enough and your big named players are playing with no confidence.

In these situations change is required because if it doesn't then you are going to finish 13th this season

Yes.
Bradford Bulls RLFC the laughing stock of the league.

It's now 10 wins from the last 28 games.

Platt did alright today, nothing exceptional but he saved a couple of tries. He perhaps could have made a better attempted tackle when racing back to try stop their 3rd? try. But it certainly wasn't his fault that they scored, the poor defending by our threequarters led to the break.

As a Hull FC fan, I would challenge that statement.

The mistake where he didn't pick up the ball to prevent their 40/20 could have been a biggie, luckily Salford didn't score from that.

Don't want to bag him too much, he played ok, but worth pointing out.

I've come to the conclusion that af is in fact an ubber wind up merchant. This is because it's the only way i can reason for his continuing backing of McNamara.

if you think it can't get any worse
9 Wigan 15 12
10 Warrington 14 12
11 Salford 14 10
12 Catalans Dragons 14 10
13 Bradford 13 9
14 Celtic Crusaders 13 2

Celtic Crusaders v Catalans Dragons

on sky as well