Tough game, but with conditions just simple rugby, we deserved the win! but not sure why we dropped off in last 15 minutes, when Hull for a second breath? You also have to allow for some strange referee decisions, one of Hull's tries came from a pass that was as they say a mile forward and everyone in the press box saw it! then late on they were lucky to keep the ball when it was clearly ours!

Some real encouraging displays from so many players, especially the younger ones, it was so good to see Dixon to make Briscoe look a fool for his try.

Either our players aren't physically fit enough (as has been discussed on here before) or aren't mentally tough enough to finish a game like yesterday's off! True the Hull try had a mile forward pass in the build up and for 65-70 minutes we looked really good but I'm gutted we threw the game away - I can't imagine there'd be many other posters on the other clubs forums bigging up all the positives if their side had thrown a 12 point lead away in the last 10 mins!

It's not really bigging up! it is just trying to find some positives & more so about our own young developed players, who are improving. Not sure about other clubs forums, many supporters would not see fault if it hit them in the face about their own club!

Maybe my expectations have simply been lowered but I thought yesterday was a good performance given the awful conditions and, although its a shame we didn't hold on for the win, a point is not a disaster.

Yes, Gower was missing and that probably hurt us, but I thought in his absence Witt stepped up and had probably one of his best games for us - he guided the team around pretty well and we didn't try and do anything fancy because it wasn't the right game for that. We got the rub of the green on a couple of the reffing calls as well so I can't see us complaining about that.

Tough set of fixtures coming up, and you wonder if a change in conditions will be beneficial or not....

Setting aside the fact that next season is the last under the current franchise so any new signings will hinge on DH personally commiting for the next franchise period on his pension (which i dont think he will do) where are these players coming from? Any first team aussies in the NRL can get more money over there with the exchange rate and new TV deal. Any marginal ones will obviously prefer to go Up North where the cost of living is cheaper as well as to stronger teams - clearly Salford want a new team so will be scrambling for any quality players from the NRL or released from a Northern club. Persuading quality Northern players to move South is a non starter as we all know. TR has got hiw work cut out!

Agree with you, that is what I expected from Witt, but he has never really delivered!

Are you refering to O'Callaghan?

Shane Rodney had his best game for us yesterday IMO, magnificient in attack and defence. Can't disagree with much that has been written so far, a creditable effort but still disappointing that we only managed to come out with a point.

I was a bit surprised to see Jamie O'C on the bench. Would have thought Curtis would have offered more versatility.

I was more impressed by Michael Channing than anyone else yesterday. He slogged his guts out.

He enjoyed the game too, so he says on twitter.

Michael Channing is developing all the time, many of our young players seem to have really formed a bond & the club means a lot to them!

Hear hear ! He was terrific yesterday , his attitude puts some our senior players to shame!

I can understand why some are expressing disappointment re conceding the win in the in the way that we did but equally the performance overall was much more encouraging across the team.
Its true to say as one poster has that the loss would not be tolerated in that manner by the fans of any other club. But we are the Broncos and not like to many other clubs are we?
Ive been the first to knock them recently but on saturday they really put in.
Unfortunately instead of playing it simple in the closing stages and safely taking up for the six tackles we elected to try and force it and it backfired.
Im certainly feeling more positive after the last couple of results.
Hopefully I will be feeling much the same way for some time to come.

The game does break down in to 20 min segments with the dominant team controlling that 20 sat was classic for that and the last 20 belonged to hull
2 scores generally is not enough to secure a game 3 is, sadly we missed a conversion otherwise we ould have had 14 point buffer
After first 20 mins of that game I would have put money on a draw
Would Gower have made a difference I doubt it very much

In my eyes it was a fair result and not a bad game, and yep hull try looked fwd hey ho that's life, all in all the ref had a good game
What could have won it for us, well the defensive line speed is slow, we don't go and meet the ball carrier, hull were out of the blocks a lot quicker
Picking on j oc is harsh he did not cost us the point

Trouble is Dragons, Wire, Bulls, Leeds, Saints are next up!

Exactly! That's why I was so pi55ed off with letting a point slip on Saturday - unless we catch one of those lot on a bad day I don't see too many points to be picked up in the next 5 games, although if the weather stays like this .........

If they'd got their act together at the start and beaten Widnes and Wakey we'd have had those points to buffer our selves when the drought surely comes here on in. If Gower really has a groin strain that could be serious for us. Lets hope this bad weather works in our favour againts Catalans.

Having seen your performance in awful conditions at Cas, and the game on Saturday I think you handle sh*t conditions very well. Cats will obviously not like the English winter weather so I think you have a good chance of an upset. Good luck!!

Thats what you get from this Lad. Wish he was bigger but as ive said before hope he can move to hooker where he could be very effective. There will be a vacancy at the end of season.

Kieran Dixon's try was brilliant. He made a fool of Thomas Briscoe, supposedly Englands No 3 winger, in the course of it.

Soon people will be comparing Kieran Dixon to Jason Robinson.

2 things - you have mentioned Briscoe is a winger, he was playing full back and his positioning all afternoon was awful! Should have hung on in the tackle though.

Secondlly, they are already comparing him to Robinson - there was an article last week

At the risk of someone suggesting I am willing to accept mediocrity my comment suggesting I
hope to have a bit of a good feel good factor for a good while to come is based on the fact that we
have put two very decent performances together. I am not suggesting we will turn over the above,
though as we all know Cats dont always travel well as we have seen over the years and I think if we are
are on our game a win versus Bradford is not out of the question at home.

But yes I am one of those fans who whilst obviously wanting to see a win every week I can accept
a loss, draw whatever as long as I have seen the team put on a performance.
Thinking about it Leeds away and Saints at home are not exactly no hopers although I accept
Wire will be.

I think that the St Helens side who won 54-0 on our ground on the 6th July 2008 was as strong a side as I've ever seen here with a starting line up that day of :

Wellens; Gardner, Gidley, Talau, Meli; Pryce, Long; Graham, Cunningham, Hargreaves, Sculthorpe, Wilkin and Roby.

But they are living off a past reputation after years of underinvestment in the playing squad and the team that scraped past Salford is not one we need fear:

Wellens; Gardner, Turner, Jones, Meli; Charnock, Wilkin; Perry, Ashe, Puletua, Manu, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, and Flanagan.

I don't see St Helens as being any stronger than Hull FC/Hull KR, so if we turn up with the right attitude we will do well.

We have also won away at Leeds twice in four seasons and Mac is not known for performances in the regular rounds nor for the quality of his acquisition so that is a game we could do well in.

Having seen our last two thrashings at Warrington away, that is about the only game I am really nervous about but that being said I don't see us having Karl Pryce and O'C on one side or us rotating Dave Williams and Ben Bolger this year.

Although our home form is not too great, don't forget we have lost to Wigan and Huddersfield away as well, so we have lost 2 of the hardest games as well as blowing easier chances.

We need our best support possible against the Catalans and if we can roar them on maybe again we can create what may start as an artificial enthusiasm but turn into something more as the players respond. If we give them everything just maybe they will give us everything.

In the three home losses, nothing led to nothing, that is for sure.