Let's be honest. If it were not for the second half v wigan a couple of weeks ago, it would be carnage on here. I pray McNamara is off to Oz next season because he just will never be the man for Bradford.

Yeah, stuffed out of sight. If it wasn't for the games we've won, we'd be bottom with zero points.

What would it take to stop your ceaseless positivity? Do you accept last season as good enough and are happy to carry on in this vein for another year?

a late score papers over the cracks andrew.

Yep, you're right, but if it wasn't for the games we've lost, we could be sat at the top of the table with plenty of points...................

cup half full? cup half empty?

Macca for England.

The point being that were not going to challenge with the current coaching set-up. Unless 7th/8th is the extent of your ambitions.

Yes Tonked and we can't even blame Worrincy!....

Do you think the contract will start in April, I think he'd be great in that role

More seriously, I've thought he needed to go for the last 2-3 years, but I'm prepared to give him a bit of slack this season. Cas, Salford away and the Wigan fightback and a loss today without Orford to a strong Hull means this isn't the end of the world. I feel the squad is getting there, but we lack threat in the backline. Hopefully Macca will move on at the end of the year and we can make a bigger jump in progress. I'm resigned to having him this year and therefore philosophical about these sorts of results, we've had enough time to get used to them!

Have to say that aside from Quins, you are the weakest team we have played this season.

Hull started the game very poorly, looking very disorganised. Yet Bradford could still only muster 2 points.

I know you missed Orford, but it was one of Hull's weaker performances of the season and we still looked pretty comfortable by the end.

A strong Hull?
The same Hull diicked by Wigan and beaten by Crusaders?
By that rationale, we are well and truely f*****.

If they'd had got d.cked on at Saints you'd have mentioned that. But they didn't so you didn't. Same logic that seen Brian Mac go from obvious replacement coach to Banquo's ghost.

Also the same side that beat Saints comfortably away and are unbeaten at home. A couple of glitches doesn't make us a weak side.

Yep, and crusaders will beat a lot of teams this season, have a look at the table, we're going to end up with five teams on 10 points at the end of the weekend, one of whom got 'tonked' 52-0 a couple of weeks ago. It's genuinely open as a competition and there will be some surprising results. By everyone's account Leeds have strengthened this year and yet they're doing no better than us. None of this means I don't want rid of Macca, i do, but we're stuck with him to the end of the year, and although our pack is good, the playmakers are promising and our defense is showing signs of improvement we lack any real strike threat in the backline. That coupled with Maccas gameplans will mean we'll undoubtedly be mid table, sneak the playoffs and likely go out after one or two rounds. I'm resigned to it, that's all, and I'm relieved this will be his last season However, if they give him a new contract you'll find me chained to the gates at Odsal.