Bulls finally grab a try. Have we left it too late?

Sheffield 30 Bradford 12

Ryan Shaw in now. Bulls clawing their way back into the game.

Sheffield 30 Bradford 18

Bradford in again. 3 scores in 5 minutes. Mullaney off injured after scoring the try.

Sheffield 30 Bradford 24

Sheffield kick a penalty to take an 8 point lead with 4 minutes remaining.

Bradford with another late try. Are we going to pull this off?!

Sheffield 32 Bradford 30

Sheffield cling on. Full time 32-30 to the Eagles.

Everything to do approaching the Middle 8's.

Well that makes the next two games pretty pointless. Leigh are pretty much guarantee top spot (and that guarantee is in gold if we play next week like we have today) and we can't drop any lower. I can honestly see us going into the play offs on the back of 3 losses as it stands

Shaw and Henry shouldn't play another match this year, both liabilities in defence.

Did Henry play today

So who carries the can? Jimmy for the coaching and non rotation of squad or Ferret for providing such an unbalanced squad with 29 props and 1 playmaker? Ferret obviously has the bosses ear so it will be down to him to either fall on his sword or point to JL. I know what I think he will do. Personally I think they have both contributed equally. Our main problem is that the owner is such a relative new comer to RL and relies heavily on the Ferret.

Really embarrassing defensive effort once again. Lowes and Harrison have a lot to sort before we can talk about pushing any SL sides close. No doubt we'll be told there is nothing to panic about but the weaknesses have been badly exposed and Lowes doesn't seem to have found the combination to address it.

Well we've shown we can push Sheffield close. There's a chance there. As for the rest I'm beginning to doubt it. Maybe it's all part of The Cunning Plan and we lull everyone else into a false sense of security. After all, we didn't need to beat Sheffield.

In all honestly i can see us in the Championship next year, Bulls can bum up this performance as much as they want with us only losing by 2, in the end it was poor defence, and nowhere near an 80 min performance. As normal i think some players are guaranteed a placed in the starting lineup despite how badly they are playing i have not seen any competition for places this year.
The next 2 matches will be losses as we know we have got into the 8s i can't see any improvement coming.

It was a 15 minute performance and it was the last 15 minutes of the match. Against part timers. Hardly a glowing vindication of Bradford's talents. No, it's more that the semi-pro lads from Sheffield were starting to burn out following a strong, solid 65 minute display.

Harrison seems to be working his magic for you. Turning good players into bad ones.