Hitchcox was stood on his line so not in a position to jump as high whereas Pickers had run across and was in a great position, he could've contested the ball but didn't.

Ryan saved a try in the first half when he chased back to collect that grubber kick. The bomb he dropped was his mistake but at least he got off the ground. His form has dropped a bit but whether that is anything to do with his future is guesswork.

He also had a brainfart towards the end when they drilled the ball at him at pace and all he had to do was leave it but his usual calm self deserted him for a moment and he gave away the scrum.

Anyway, MOM must be Flanagan for getting himself banned for the rest of the season surely (See Scott Murrell's 'Spam Tower' tweet if you haven't seen it)

Agree Bullseye regarding Pickersgill. Let's not forget he's also a FT player I believe and should be doing better. I'm all for allowing mistakes, he's young, he's going to make them. But he seems to be doing the same ones over and over again which is my worry. His attempted tackle is the same error he made again Swinton which was his last game, which says to me he's not learning. He's too hesitant in fielding kicks, he seems to allow it to bounce one two many times. Hli don't think he caught many on the full. When he tackled the man in the air I was pulling my hair out at the stupidity.

Brown showed huge potential against York and really drew the man in before passing. We seemed to go back to just throwing it down the line and not drawing anyone in in the second half.

I think we really need to work on defending high kicks as all our back 3 are coming up with errors of late. Ryan's errors are really disappointing and he seems to have made a lot this year, particularly at crucial times. His attempted catch of the grubber in the last minute was pretty pathetic to be honest.

Webster as others have said was immense. Reads the game so well. Wildie will be a big miss if he goes. Another with a great rugby brain.

It wasn't Ethan's best move of the game was it, but with around a minute left and camped on our line for a scrum the chances of us working it downfield to score were pretty remote tbh. Obviously, the chances of him taking it in and then beating the tacklers, who were still in position and then haring down field to score were also a bit remote too. He had a fraction of a second to make the decision, so it was basically instinct. I'm prepared to cut some slack...

Same here Bulliac. If he'd taken the ball we'd all have applauded. In the end it was the wrong option but he wasn't alone in doing that yesterday.

I'd forgotten about the penalty Pickers gave for tackle in the air to the player catching the ball. That was another brainfart.

If Brown is fit he surely gets back in the side next week a Barrow?

I am certain Ryan is, by a long chalk, the most secure catcher of a ball we have. For the try, it looked to me like he was bumped just as he took the ball but no player will ever catch 100%.

In the last minute what else could he do, unless he gets the ball and goes down the wing and we score, we're finished, so however hopeless it was, it was realistically the only option, leaving it would lose the game for certain.

The only advantage the scrum gives is it ties half the team in place and theoretically allows backs v backs with a bit of space

There was a rumour at the reserve game last night that that Peltier and Hallas had been naughty boys and that was the reason they didnt play against Toronto and why they were in the reserve team.

Has anyone else heard anything. ?

It certainly was strange them both not playing on Sunday and playing them last night wouldnt have been of any been of any benefit

Also it was interesting that Liam Johnson played last night, is he back on on some sort of trial or have Dewsbury just sent him over to get him a game?

I've heard things but that might just be the neighbours.

Maybe it's the fireworks every facebook group within 4 miles of Bradford is moaning about? I know they were heard in Birstall..... apparently is 'Discusting' and a clear sign 'The drugs have arrived then?'

I had heard that they were dropped along with Joe Brown, guess whatever happened they won't be rushing to do it again.

From what I heard it was very stupid by Hallas and Brown to do what they did. They played in the reserves last night. It’ll be interesting to see when/if Kear brings them back this season. As for Peltier and Grant they were also dropped/punished for similar reasons but not the same.

Love that discussion.

Indeed. Social media at its best..

I've no idea what they did (sure it will come out) but how daft could Brown be? He impressed me against York and for me, has a real chance to make himself our No. 1. Why risk it with silliness (whatever that may be)