Unfortunately the overheads at Odsal are such that we needed SL after one year in CH. The prospect of a third year mean turn out the lights, lock the door, thank you and goodnight.

I wouldn't hold your breath for a big following. I was planning on travelling to the game but after today's shambles I'm not wasting my day risking taking in another gutless performance. The home games are already paid for so I feel like I have to attend but I'm struggling to remember the last time I felt entertained watching this side. Probably Blackpool, to be fair.

Apart from the first 60 minutes at Odsal, this season, there hasn't been anything between our two teams this past couple of years. I honestly don't see next Sunday being any different.

Form book is in favour of Leigh, but we under estimate Bradford at our peril.

Don't think yesterday has much to do with next weekend to be fair, other than, hopefully, geeing the side up a bit...well, OK, geeing the side up a lot.

Maybe we'll get more of the 'first choice' players back and the newcomers will, at least, have had the advantage of a game before we play Leigh but the defence will need to sharpen up by a good amount. The defence is really annoying though, as it has actually been very good on occasion but is wildly variable. We definitely need more time for the halves we have to gel before an appearance in the eights, but time is fast running out.

Time for the halves to gel? We don't have a scrum half to gel. Charnock looks crocked for a few weeks at least and have we even extended his deal with St Helens anyway? This side facing SL opposition will be hugely embarrassing. Doesn't look like that is likely to be an issue though as things stand.

We've just signed Joe Keyes from London, on a 3 year deal, so hopefully that should help.

Yep, hopefully we should have a nice HB partnership formed to rip up the championship shield

3 year deal would suggest we could build a squad around him and is a long term plan. Unfortunately, us looking like we're out of the M8s would suggest we're unable to build long term

When did he last play for London?

Rohan Smith's comments suggest that he's one for the future. I wouldn't get your hopes up that he's a wonder kid here to save our season. Glad we've got one at last though.

Yep, that was my thoughts as well. Least we have a bit of planning ahead going on though. Perhaps lessons have been learned.

If we "defend" like we did yesterday Leigh will rip us to pieces and the game will be over by half time.

I'm so enormously tired of watching our defensive line plod up 2 or 3 steps and then stop and wait for the other team to hit us. It gives their halfback all the time in the world to do whatever they want, and hands all the momentum to any forward charging at us. On the complete other end of the spectrum, we have people shooting up out of the line for the big hit and missing, leaving a massive gap (I'm looking at you Matty Blythe)!

Keep moving up as a line until you meet them, then ram your damn shoulder through their gut. Put them on their backs. Take the momentum with you. SHOW SOME GODDAMN PRIDE IN YOUR DEFENCE.

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Why does it always come down to a lack of effort rather than a lack of talent? Maybe its just a case of the players Bradford have simply not been good enough. As I said before Bradford have the pick of the worst full time players out there and I think there are a lot better part time players kicking around this league than at least half the Bradford squad. Maybe it is a case that Bradford have a lot of average players who are playing above the level of their part time counterparts simply because they are full time.