Think your right that we looked a lot better when higham went off, but think that's a lot to do with silverwood reffing his own game during that time as opposed to listening to highams constant chirping like he did rest of game.

Terrible first 60 from us followed by a very good 20. Lived Up to this years tag line perfectly.

I can see why some may think that. 30 minutes to go and on the wrong end of a spanking and there was just no enthusiasm at all. Players plodding around with no effort to get the game restarted at stoppages. It wasn't until they got a sniff that they suddenly found some energy and urgency. A very frustrating game for me. The Bulls showed what they are capable of but where was the effort earlier on?

A mixture of emotions today, i did think Silverwood was poor in a few areas but not that it would have made much difference if we had lost.
Hingham could not stop talking to the ref, even laughing and joking with him i wonder if he is laughing now!
I did at one stage say somebody needs to have a word with Jimmy and he needs to bang a few heads together to sort the dribble we were watching for 65 mins, Leigh scored 4 times from our pathetic mistakes this has just got to stop or next time we may not be so lucky.

I and a few friends said bring on the female Bulls team as they may do better.....well somebody on the pitch must of heard us it was like lighting the blue touch paper then sit back and watch. To come back from 26 down was an outstanding performance and i have to hand it to the team for the perseverance and true grit to come up with such a final result.

A point lost or point gained i don't care which, it was the way they played in the last 17 mins made it one of the games to remember at Odsal

COYB

What was the crowd

I don't think this is too wide of the mark except the couldn't give a toss bit. We were just being beaten in the collision whether with the ball or in defence. At the end everything we tried just came off and we were back in it. Missing a 'recognised' scrum half made no difference unless we sign one who is going to make 40 tackles, 10 tackle busts at 200 metres a game. This was miles away from where either side need to be if they are going to challenge in the playoffs. But having said that what value for money.

6.5k

I read it was 8.5k?

Why is our best attacking player feeding the scrums in good attacking positions it happened 3 times Gaskell feeding with Addy stood out at receiver.

From the Bulls website: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/gameday/report/700 Can I just note that this year is the worst year for publishing crowd figures online since 1895. For the most part they're just plain missing from all major sources.

From the Bulls website: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/gameday/report/700 Can I just note that this year is the worst year for publishing crowd figures online since 1895. For the most part they're just plain missing from all major sources.

Any news on Sidlow's injury? The comeback is made even more remarkable when you realise that Sidlow was off injured for all of it!

As most have already said, we were anonymous for 3 quarters of that game. Played well for 15 mins against a really good side and managed to salvage some points.

Any news on the Sidlow injury?

If I didn't know that everyone around me in the stand had been negative and wingeing until 10 mins to go, I'd think you'd been sitting behind us this afternoon!

Broken bone in his hand he reckons

Our first match against one of the 3 other full time teams.
Their forwards bullied ours for 65 minutes. Patterson at number 6 was an astute selection and Higham is still a class act. Gaskell was quiet for that first 65 precisely because Paterson and others were disciplined in preventing him from cutting loose - and they targeted his position in the defensive line. And Addy was nowhere near as bad as some on here are saying. Clark and Haggerty are good additions.
Leigh tired and after our 3rd try they began to doubt. The Bulls began to believe as they sensed Leigh were becoming fragile. Gaskell was given more room and took advantage. He was also encouraging all the team.
Of course that display was far from perfect but there was plenty of character and collective spirit. You could argue we were fitter- a good sign.
Roll on Blackpool.

Can't believe I buggered off after an hour having seen enough