FORUMS > Bradford Bulls > Halifax vs. Bradford |
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 9154 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2005 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
13462.gif :13462.gif |
|
| Well that game panned out pretty much as I expected. Halifax were clearly very fired up for this match and tackled strongly for most of the match and particularly in the 1st half. For the Bulls I thought our tactics were poor or at the least the options taken by the players were. Our ball handling was terrible and our attitude didn't match that of the opposition.
2nd half was much stronger and we probably had enough position and possession to get the result. Just lacked a bit of attacking threat on the line without our playmakers in the side. Another sloppy pass that threw away game is disappointing though, especially after doing the same last weekend.
As for Cobb, well we didn't learn anything that we didn't already know about him. Let's just pray that we can avoid him Officiating many of our middle 8 games. It is just the RFL's sense of humour to appoint him for the Leigh match!!
We can forgive the players for a slack few weeks if they are now focused on giving their best in these next couple of months. That will be the true test of the players and coaching staff... COYB!
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 4788 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Nov 2011 | 13 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
64890_1669714931.jpg Hear All, See All, Say Nowt.
Eat All, Sup All, Pay Nowt.
And if Tha ever does Owt for Nowt,
Allus do it for Thissen.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_64890.jpg |
|
| Quote: Bulliac "I'm sure their [ifans[/i would be desperate to beat us but I'm not really certain whether, from an eights pov, the club itself would be [ithat[/i bothered.
They're secure in the top four and I'm sure they'll want to make a go of the eights so, if [iI[/i were them I'd be looking to maybe rest a couple of players rather than go all out to win a meaningless, no account, dead game like this. My biggest worry is that [iwe[/i come out of the game with injuries.'"
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 312 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Sep 2010 | 14 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Mar 2021 | Mar 2020 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Very poor first half. Ball retention was nil, I know it was wet, but it was wet for Halifax too. In Richard Moore they had the best forward on the pitch. Ran well, hard and aggressive. I know he had impressed, because the woman behind me was going loopy at him! The one they all love to hate when he's not on your team!
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 15035 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2006 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Aug 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
21910.gif [u:b26ka63j][size=150:b26ka63j][color=black:b26ka63j][b:b26ka63j]I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
[/b:b26ka63j][/color:b26ka63j][/size:b26ka63j][/u:b26ka63j]
[size=117:b26ka63j]Michael Jordan[/size:b26ka63j]:21910.gif |
|
| Quote: Bull Mania "Very frustrating. First half we were woeful. We've clearly been concentrating on the middle 8's for a month now. Fax were always going to come out firing against us and we had no aggression or enthusiasm at all. Our ball rentention was amateurish.
Joe Cobb though.
He shouldn't be allowed to referee an under 10's game. Let's just say he picks his moments when to give penalties.
Feel we will be a different side come the middles with Gaskell, Mullaney, Ferguson and Sidlow back. But we need to improve our attitude significantly.
Thought Halafihi played well. Walker was awful and shouldn't get anywhere near the team for the 8's.'"
Halafihi was clueless for me offered no direction at all.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Moderator | 31955 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Dec 2001 | 23 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
438_1551258406.jpg "If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_438.jpg |
Moderator
|
| You can see why O'Brien plays long minutes usually.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 3533 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jun 2010 | 14 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2023 | Jul 2023 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
51701_1323356561.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_51701.jpg |
|
| Cobb????
If he's going to start giving offside at goal line dropouts the game may never get out of the 10metres.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 7160 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
May 2011 | 13 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
59880_1480501182.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_59880.jpg |
|
| Quote: redeverready "Halafihi was clueless for me offered no direction at all.'"
Direction? Didn't think we looked anymore organised when O'brien came on. Anyway how many sets did we complete in the first half? We just constantly defended. Can't give a team much direction if your team mates just drop the ball. Thought he tackled his nuts off Halafihi.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 15035 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2006 | 19 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Aug 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
21910.gif [u:b26ka63j][size=150:b26ka63j][color=black:b26ka63j][b:b26ka63j]I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
[/b:b26ka63j][/color:b26ka63j][/size:b26ka63j][/u:b26ka63j]
[size=117:b26ka63j]Michael Jordan[/size:b26ka63j]:21910.gif |
|
| Quote: Bullseye "You can see why O'Brien plays long minutes usually.'"
Exactly. IMO we should have had an older at head to spell AOB not some rookie.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Captain | 754 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jul 2015 | 9 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2018 | Feb 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Well the myth like your Bulls team was blown apart today , we at Fax are on the march ,the form team will you Bulls be in SL next season ?
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 459 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2010 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: redeverready "Exactly. IMO we should have had an older at head to spell AOB not some rookie.'"
Think people are being a little harsh on hala.
He was sound defensively and his distribution was faultless. if he has been told to give flat passes for 1 up rugby then he is going to do that.
The only thing he doesn't offer, which AOB does is a running game. He is a little slow off the mark whereas AOB can hit the gap that markers/ A defenders leave.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 536 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2015 | 10 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2019 | Aug 2018 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Of the team that started today there were probably 6 or 7 that will not be starting in the matches that matter. I'm not sure why the half time team talk seems to be so much better than the pre-match but its a recurring theme.
In effect we are in pre season and a match that meant little to us seemed to have a lot of significance for the opposition......fans and players. It was a good workout for several squad players and a chance to persuade Lowes of their value.
I doubt Fax will be a walkover next time but were they to win then we would deserve to be Championship again. I know we are much better than that.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 9527 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2005 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
13050.gif [b:112mouem][color=#0000FF:112mouem][size=100:112mouem]
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."― Albert Einstein[/size:112mouem] [/color:112mouem][/b:112mouem]
[b:112mouem][color=#0000FF:112mouem][size=100:112mouem]
"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." ― Gertrude Stein[/size:112mouem][/color:112mouem][/b:112mouem]
[b:112mouem][color=#0000FF:112mouem][size=100:112mouem]
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet" ― Abraham Lincoln [/size:112mouem][/color:112mouem][/b:112mouem]:13050.gif |
|
| Quote: 8ULL5HITT4 "Of the team that started today there were probably 6 or 7 that will not be starting in the matches that matter. I'm not sure why the half time team talk seems to be so much better than the pre-match but its a recurring theme.
In effect we are in pre season and a match that meant little to us seemed to have a lot of significance for the opposition......fans and players. It was a good workout for several squad players and a chance to persuade Lowes of their value.
I doubt Fax will be a walkover next time but were they to win then we would deserve to be Championship again. I know we are much better than that.'"
You make it sound like Fax didnt rest players today.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 536 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2015 | 10 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Oct 2019 | Aug 2018 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| I don't know enough about the Fax squad to offer any comment other than they played well and probably desrved to win.
Fev were much better as they beat a better Bulls sideat Odsal and then look what happened to them. No rhyme or reason.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 5865 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Mar 2019 | Nov 2018 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
10674.jpg :10674.jpg |
|
| No taking it away from us today we beat a club who have 2 to 3 times our resources so give us some credit, the Bulls team today was mostly the one who drew with Leigh last week so no excuses plus we had Ben Kaye and Ross Divorty out who are 2 of our best players all season.
Happy days for us as we have suffered over the last 17 years all the Bull mania and your Golden era while we have been in decline, hopefully not any more!
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Star | 261 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Nov 2013 | 11 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
71657_1389362375.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_71657.jpg |
|
| Being sporting ... All credit to Fax they went out and played and WON !! As the saying goes "You can only play what's in front of you" Congrats and you have the braggng rights today. The new format gives teams albeit some part time, a season that can be enjoyed and who knows!! playing out of there skin and performing beyond peoples expectations anything is possible. See you in the M8's
|
|
|
|
|
|