I know the decision to bring in such a person of the motivational quality I'm suggesting is that of the head coach Mick Potter.

But I have to share my thoughts on what I've seen from the pre-season to the humiliation we the innocent supporters were subjected to Sunday gone.

This should be a season of progress not another filled of stagnation with the real worry being that we find ourselves undercooked, disorganised, ill equipped and motivated for the weekly demands of Super League combat.

How we can go from that performance against Castleford which was characterised by defensive strength and had the players, playing with the belief, energy, heart, passion, pride and spirit. To the performance Sunday which was devoid of anything remotely anywhere near that of Castleford performance.

Yes some may say Wigan were simply too good for a disorganised Bradford side also lacking in the motivational department, but how can you make a case for the lack of fight and motivation that we were certainly lacking?

What really has shocked me is that from looking at supporter reaction after the games, It's almost like we aren't ashamed anymore to be beat by the regularly occurring 50+ points defeats.

In no way am I saying that Potter isn't the man to lead us to a season of progress and success, but saying that we need a real motivator to be brought in at the club.

Someone with fire in the belly to instill the fight back into the Bradford Bulls.

Because the longer this key problem remains undressed, the longer it's going to take to give you the supporters the results that the support deserves.

Any suggestions as to possible applicants?

Mr Motivator?

Whats Robbie doing these days?I know it goes against alot of what i have said previous about getting rid of all old bull ties, but on the face of it thats not going to happen so why not get someone in who relates to the fans, knows what its like to win things here, someone with a pull to all the good community work the club used to do and finally someone to put a bit of pride back in the jersey. step forward mr hunter-paul

Robbie is working at the Huddersfield Giants as Business Development Manager. Basically charged with expanding the Giants supporter and corporate base. What's the betting that he is successful there too.

I think if we keep playing like this it should expand the Giants base no end

Seems fair. Those of us thas aren't from Halifax come from there anyway.

Speaking of the Giants, Crabtree gave an interview saying they've got a psychologist in to help them out with the mental side of the game. We've seemed like needing someone like that recently.

We need a b*stard in the dressing room, pure and simple. Someone who's going to kick some ass. It's time to stop pussy-footing around. If we aren't the most skillful and gifted team in the league we need to be the hardest.

Paul McKenna

Isn't that exactly the sort of thing you can do when you have a financial benefactor though? Sprint coaches, pre-season training in exotic locations, specialist kicking coach etc - even if we were all spending the same on the cap it [istill[/i wouldn't be an even competition.

If Mick thinks Sunday gone was a humiliation though, there may be far worse to come; the next two home games are against Warrington and Saints. Personally I can't see any wins there, so we may well lose our first [ifour[/i home games. There is still a long long way to go this season though, so I'm not going to get upset about losing games I didn't expect to win, even if I'd hoped we might be a bit more competitive. Let's get more of the new players into the side and up to match speed, and more especially let's play a few more games that are not against teams who are certainties to be in the top four: After that I'll consider whether I feel 'humiliated' or not.

Quote: MARKG "Whats Robbie doing these days?I know it goes against alot of what i have said previous about getting rid of all old bull ties, but on the face of it thats not going to happen so why not get someone in who relates to the fans, knows what its like to win things here, someone with a pull to all the good community work the club used to do and finally someone to put a bit of pride back in the jersey. step forward mr hunter-paul'" He is already making some real progress at the Giants in business development. Also to support your point see this: www.giantsrl.com/news/article/11 ... nspiration

Quote: MARKG "Whats Robbie doing these days?I know it goes against alot of what i have said previous about getting rid of all old bull ties, but on the face of it thats not going to happen so why not get someone in who relates to the fans, knows what its like to win things here, someone with a pull to all the good community work the club used to do and finally someone to put a bit of pride back in the jersey. step forward mr hunter-paul'" He is already making some real progress at the Giants in business development. Also to support your point see this: www.giantsrl.com/news/article/11 ... nspiration

The cost of the psyche inputs would be far less than the cost of someone in the bottom end of your ft squad. Depends which you think will contribute most to overall team performance in SL games.

That's certainly an interesting way of looking at it.

it wouldn't have to be anyone full time.