It's a shame I didn't take any pictures on my phone of them at the end all cheering and clapping the players efforts.

The most pleasing thing about today is that before kick off when talking to Mick Potter he said that the players have really tried hard the past two weeks to work on the communication skill aspect of their game and while the lack of focus was still pretty noticeable with the cheap penalties and errors, you could see things starting to tick with the players openingly communicating and orchestrating the set plays (see Kearneys first try as a prime example - he called for that crossfield chip kick on the 4th tackle).

I know it's starting to sound like a broken record but I really do have renewed optimism ahead of 2012 and the arrival of Lulia, Purtell, Gale and Sammut to bolster the backline can only increase my faith in the club.

I just hope it has the same effect on the 6,000+ supporters who have still to pledge.

I hate to be pessimistic but if our pack isn't improved or worst still is further weakened by the loss of our top Prop then those signings won't make a huge difference to our fortunes for 2012 IMO.

Aren't the club targetting another 8k memberships?

Hand on heart we won't get 12,000 so it's going to be 10,000 and £90 for the terrace which is still bloody good value.

I thought the game was flat. Not the best game ever and not the best performance from the bulls but I have got to say adam o brien and tom burgess were great.

Crusaders brought a lot as well do well done to them.

13,998 great attendance 2 away from 14000

It would be interesting to compare pledge figures to last year at a similar stage. It still feels like we have an awful long way to go, I just hope we can at least achieve the 10k.

Off memory two days before the pledge 10k announcement the pledge counter stood at 7,800.

On the night of the announcement we got 10,600.

Agree with the above in that Adam has a massive future ahead of him within the game going on his game time since his Super League debut back in March (against Huddersfield) and a continued spell in the first team will only continue to help the development of his game, which going on his peformance today looks pleasingly good.

The way in which he was servicing and getting the ball to Burgess, Lynch and Koppy is just what we need to give the pack the direction and forward momentum.

It was good to see our out of position full back put a second rower on his booty too. He was also out of position when scoring 2 tries I see. Sack him.

That hit was right in front of me, bloody walloped him

me too. I had a great view of it.

Thought it was a bit of a dull game to be honest. Plenty to cheer about for the home supporters but in large were mainly quiet.

Do you fancy sending Tom Burgess over to Leeds? Fantastic prospect, the way he drives into the line with such passion and force is impressive for a young lad.

Oh and I think i'm your good luck charm. 2 games attended as a neutral, 2 games won!

Don't you know Kearney's the worst player to ever have pulled on a Bradford shirt?