It was dire. Again. 2 home games. 1 pt. No idea. No spark. Good defence. But I think we could camp on the oppositions try line for 80 mins and not score. I fear for us when we play Saints, Leeds, etc.
Without Morrison we would have lost by 40.
We can blame the ref if we like (yes the Hudds try was a mile forwards, etc) but that would hide our absolute deficiencies. FFS we couldnt even catch the ball from the kick off. What 4, 5 times we let it bounce? Painful. Im not sure I've ever been quite as depressed after a Bulls performance.

Very, Very dissappointed tonight. Take too long to itemise the bulls deficiences, though much was lacking in any semblance of game plan or attacking structure.
Huddersfield were not exceptional but stuck to a simple game plan and executed it efficiently as a team. Mob tackle the ball carrier and stop offloads. Quickly upto the tackle area. Pace and urgency from their own play the ball. Supporting the ball carrier.

Whilst I never considered Macca a tactical genius or extraordinary man-manager I did hope that he could kick on from some rather insipid performances last year.
He has not and this is a huge concern.

Sorry but how do you come up with good defence

Unfortunately it seems that the side is suffering the same problems that it has over the last 2 seasons, and no doubt they will get the same old response, with the same old result at the end of it.

Just the point I made in the very first post. We are no further along as a team than we were in 20076 in some respects we've gone backwards.

and yours was a knock on !!

Which one? 3 tries to one wasn't it? Sour grapes I think, with the penalty count at one stage being 12-2 in Bradfords favour I don't think you can blame Ganson for the loss.

Give over.

One of worst things today was surely the fact that the giants came to odsal and looked far classier than bradford. Our attack is just so poor in the backs. They never looked like breaking a tackle.

It was all a bit clueless to say the least.

And if i wanted to see penalty goals i'd watch union. That just showed to me how unconfident the team are at unlocking a defence. Everyone of them penalties was in a position i'd expect a home team to be looking for a try that early in a game. Poor tactics. Not bad if you win.. but what was it.. 3 tries to 1.

further back in the tackle count !!


anyway we scored another 2 so its immaterial

McNAMARA OUT !

You lost get over it and move on .

FLYINGPROP wrote: cos IMHO your squad looks a bit weak, as I keep saying we will be able to tell after 4-5 rounds, I could be way off the mark and Bradford may hammer all in front of em, then again you guys may be eating a very large slice o humble pie?

Still can't seeya winning it though


redeverready wrote: Huddersfield 9th at best. Weak squad and unproven coach.

All above posted about 2 weeks ago!!! wonder if opinions changed yet?

FLYINGPROP :Oh dear Oh dear get the plates out the Humble pie will be ready in a couple of weeks, IMO we are doing ok for a weak squad, beat 2 of those predicted to finish in top 4 and ran one very close.

Well said young man,

There looked to be no passion or desire to win the game from the majority of players in the last 20 minutes tonight, Morrison, Menzies, Tadulala Nero and Kopczack were about the only players who played with any determination.

Like a lot of people are saying, we've got a very capable pack, but no idea whatsoever how to score. We aren't conceding a lot of points, mostly due to our discipline and ability to get the fundamentals right, but we've also scored less points than everyone barring quins. We're desperately lacking any initiative or mobility in the halves, when the ball gets to Jefferies any flow just seems to stop.

McNamara has some very big problems to sort out very quickly if we're going to win games this season. If we don't see a turnaround in the next couple of weeks It's going to be another pointless season.