We should have killed off the game in the first half

I've said it before but it seems that Bradford think they can just turn up and that's 2 points in the bag. They need a big reality check as every team we face this year is going to see Bradford as the scalp to take. We're the weekly cup final for everyone else and we need to understand that teams are going to throw the kitchen sink at us.

We don't seem to have too much trouble scoring, so hows about we look at working on our defence?

Game over. Bulls finally kill off Doncaster as Gaskell goes in for another Bradford score.

Doncaster 26 Bulls 50

if we defend like this next week against the Eagles we could get battered

Doncaster in through Peter Fox. Poor defence again. Massive improvement needed for next week.

Doncaster 30 Bulls 50

Doncaster in again. Defence in turmoil here.

Doncaster 36 Bulls 50

Shocking defence from Our team

12 point game with 3 minutes to go. Massive questions over our defence again.

80+ points conceded in 2 game.

Thankfully our attack is doing the job. Shaw in for a final Bulls try.

Doncaster 38 Bradford 56

We conceded 7 tries against a team bottom of the league who haven't won a game all year. MASSIVE issues with our defence again. Thankfully our attacking game is getting us home against the weaker teams. Play like that against Leigh, Sheffield or the SL teams and we will be embarrassed.

I wasn't there so can't comment on the nature of Dons tries, but I suspect we might have been a little complacent today, and maybe even still feeling the effects of last week?
Having said that, if we were complacent then the blame has to lie with Jimmy for not getting them up for the game. You probably have to question his half time team talk as well, given that the second half score was 22-22 against a part time side.

I'm still not convinced on Jimmy and Karl as a coaching setup. Jimmy might be a fan favourite and the passion is there, but do the pair of them have the coaching ability and technical nouce to be able to get this side promoted? The jury is still out for me.

Shocking defence today. Just for comparison over the season Doncaster have only averaged 12 points a game. They bagged over 3 times as many against us.

Awful defence today. Doncaster just ran through us at times. We looked very tired as well. Particularly O'brien. Got to make sure we don't burn him out.

Not going to have a knee jerk reaction over today's game, but a massive improvement is needed for next week.

Think top spot is Leigh's now though.

Of the backs and halfback on show today I would only include Gaskell and Uisaile in my first choice 17 ....that might be harsh on Shaw. The others aren't doing enough to convince me. Add Mullaney, Williams, Blyth, Purtell and Siejka to the mix and we will improve. However I wouldn't be upset if we added another proven halfback.

Lowes apparently put the squad through it in training this week after the hkr game and we looked tired today. Seems like a bad move in hindsight with the Sheffield game coming up.

I hear the club is exploring halfback options.