The problem is that it may be the third game of the season but it's not Potters third game in charge. Last year we were supposed to start to turn things around but it never happened. now it's this year we're supposed to start to turn things round but... two heavy defeats in the first 3 games don't bode well.

Personally, as I said on another post, I think Potter has to have the season to prove that the players he's brought in over the past two years are up to the job. They need to be given a bit longer to gel and prove that they are capable of pulling on the jersey.

One thing I will say is that heavy defeats are hardly a rare thing in SL although 50+ is far from acceptable. Unfortunately the need for the team that has conceded to kick off lets the opposition get on a role and is something I've never like.

I can handle not being a 'top 4' team at this moment and I am realistic enough to realise we probably never will be until we can find some sort of investment or backer. However the lack of progress under Potter has been a big disappointment so far. I am currently clinging on some small hope that once the likes of Purtell, Elima, Gale, Manase are all fit and Lulia has found his feet that we might find some consistency and see some improvement. However from the small amount I have seen so far.. it all looks very much like the last few years.

I can understand why supporters are pushing the panic button early. Potter has had a full pre season to whip his team into shape but we're seeing the same problems from last year already.

People pay there money and can "moan" if they want.

I can see why Potter doesn't do his dirty washing in public as it leaves him nowhere else to go. If he slags the team off publicly and they do as badly the following week what does he do then? I expect he's keeping it behind closed doors. That said his baffling comments about "sparking up in the second half" and the side not being soft are a bit wide of the mark. I know he may want to focus on the positives but I think there's a need for some players to recognise they could do better, I just hope that in private Potter is getting to the heart of the matter as that's what's needed.

We sure haven't been helped by injury but that's not a problem unique to us. Hull KR just got a deserved draw by scoring 36 points versus Saints with both 1st choice halfbacks missing. The rest of their team pulled together and looked great. What are the chances of our lot managing that?

Tbh a few on here say 'it's not Potter's first game in charge' etc. Yeah okay he had the whole of 2011. But does anyone know behind the scenes problems he faced. E.G Matt Orford, for god sake if the club could have sorted that out we'd have been playing with Scott Dureau at 7 and not Herbert. He took a chance with Ah Van like previous coaches have took chances with kiwis unfortunatly it didn't work out. We'd probably still have Menzies too. But that isn't Potter's fault. It's the backroom staff.

Not being funny but I never said 'throw the game away or not turn up'. I already stated that I would rather them not concede 30-60 points. Jeez. As a player I know that there are teams with that much class no matter what you do they will MOST PROBABLY win but you still go out and give 100% I don't care what anybody says it's always in the back of your head that their better than you.

Yeah okay I understand that points difference may come into contention at the end of the season but atm Bradford should just think about beating the more 'beatable' teams.

Yes I do agree that Wigan scored some soft tries which they shouldn't have scored but a lot of them oozed class which tbh would have troubled any team. But I would rather them concede soft tries against top teams than against the 'lower' teams.

I also agree with dany, I respect Potter as a coach but he is not the right man for the job at this moment in time. We need someone to set some foundations in first. Potter is more of a ccoach to carry on success rather than build it. At Catalan he had no rules except salary cap. Under the quota rules he wouldn't be able to create the same success in my opinion.

There are 6 games which will be massive for us in my opinion. Hull KR, Hull FC and Salford - home and away. I'm more 'worried' about these than London, Castleford, Wakefield and Widnes (no disrespect to these teams).

1st point, Menzies leaving was Potters fault, he didn't offer him a new deal. Letting your best player go is always a gamble. Seems to be doing a fine job at Catalans at the moment.

2nd point - You have used reference to yourself as a player, saying sometimes you know you were going to get hammered. I have been there, and been hammered many times with my junior team. Difference is we played RL as a hobby, just a load of kids who trained twice a week and played on a sunday for a bit of fun. These are professional RL players who get paid a good wage, playing for one of the most famous clubs in the country. I will not accept conceding 50 points as part of the game because they are better Wigan didn't play that well on Sunday. It just became so easy, it became like a training run so they can flick the ball without looking and kickthrough to the corner. If they were playering Warrington they probably wouldn't have tried that. I was embarrssed to be a Bulls fan on sunday. As another poster said, if you can't get up for Wigan in front of your home crowd you shouldn't be player. We lacked such basic skills and it is becoming the norm for us to be conceding 50+ points against the top team. All i want is for the team to compete and let the team know they;ve been in the game. We haven't had that yet.

As i said on another thread, we can't reply on just beating the likes of Salford, Widnes etc because we play them too few times. We have to beat the top teams to make the play offs.

And if we lose to Wakefield? can we "moan" then?...I don't think most of the moaning is about losing to Catalans & Wigan, its the manner of the losses, 2 hidings at home!

And as for the excuse that they are top 4 sides, yes i don't expect us to roll them over but i do expect the Bulls to compete, as Hull KR showed against Saints at the weekend (with half a side missing)

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