Of course it's early in the season and it's still all to play for, but sitting in third with a positive PD is a bloody good start for the Bulls when you look at the past 6 years or so.

Sure we screwed up tonight and the lads will know this. Sitting in third losing 2 games out of six is a sign of what we could achieve. (Well I guess it's a sign of what we have achieved so far) I wasn't sure we would even make the play-offs in the closed season and that could still happen, but here we are in a much more exciting position than we have been in years.

I'm not kidding myself that we are going to turn into a top 5 R/L club over night, but hey it's a promising start, right?

Hmm who scored first for us Langley or Whitehead?

Langley wasn't it?

Brilliant game for me. Hanbury and cross were immense for us, shame isa dropped the ball on your line as much. Ah van played good

By the way, for a Friday evening, brilliant support well done! Wasn't expecting that at all

Agreed. Wasn't expecting much at all. Great following.

This new advantage law is wierd. I can see what they're trying to achieve, but taking plays back 80m just doesnt seem right. Wouldnt it be better to be defending on the opponents 20m line rather than having the ball inside your own 20m?

I think with the Bulls 2nd half performance it's a case of 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other.

A combination of over-confidence and the stacking up of injuries left us with a little egg on our faces, however that's not to take anything away from Widnes, they stuck with us and kept battling and deserved their point.

But let's look at the positives. We're 3rd in the table and we've the 2nd best attack in the league. Who'd have thought we'd be saying either of those at any point this year?

Hopefully the players who picked up knocks last night will be able to shake them off before next weekend and we can look to consolidate our position.

On the whole it has been a very encouraging start and I'm pleased with how the team has performed. I just think it is a bit of nonsense statement to say the crowds will suddenly increase because we're 3rd after 5 games. Lose against Hull KR on Sunday and we might well be out of the 8 again, that is how tight the table is. But whilst I won't going ott about being 3rd, I also won't be slitting my wrists if we slip down the table after a loss or two.

There will be a huge increase for the HKR game taking into account the 10,000 that they'll bring.

I think we're likely to be inconsistent for the rest of the season. I still see us competing for a playoff place with the Hull clubs, Wakey, Cas etc rather than staying where we are.

We need to perform at home next week against Hull KR or following on the back of the Saints capitulation, crowds will begin to drop off. To make the top 8, these home games against "similar" teams are must win I feel.

Any updates on the injuries?

At Leeds last night Rhinos dropped the ball, Brough was on it in a flash, kicked down field immediately for Murphy to chase, he was fully aware of what was going to happen & skinned the pedestrian Vickery. He didn't quite manage to recover the ball however so it went back to the offence. I must say it's the first time I've seen anything of quality come from that particular new rule.

That's what happened twice in the bulls game. The team that kicked on ended up losing the ball but they did so 60-80m upfield from where the ball was knocked on. It seemed like they were put at a disadvantage. Surely it's preferable defending deep in your opponents half rather than having the ball close to your line?

Would it not be better to do it at captains discretion;

Scenario 1. Widnes lost the ball via knock on bradford recover and run 40m up field and are tackled on the opps 20, the captain on the team who gained advantage can then say they want to play at where they reached from the advantage, or go back to the 1st knock on.

Scenario 2 Widnes lost the ball via knock on bradford recover and run 40m up field and are tackled on the opps 20 and then they lose it so then the captain is of the team who gained from the 1st knock on is asked if they want to play from the point they lost the ball or from the point in which the 1 knock on was performed then the players are brought back, if that is what they choose.

letting players run 60m and then for them to come back and do it again is bonkers.

Ok so we threw it away but let's not be too critical. We would all have been delighted to get three points from four away to the giants and Vikings last week. We will be all the better for it as the players will get a bollocking and personal pride should see them hurting badly. Big game next week and hopefully HKR will see the backlash.