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I do apologise for having a different opinion to yours I look forward to us playing for 60 minutes. Must remember my rose tinted specs for Monday

Can't work this team out. I thought we started quite brightly and moved the ball around pretty well early on. Our defence though (which has been very good all year) was pretty abysmal for some of their tries (especially Robinson) when Halifax went in front we seemed to become really poor. One up carries, our last tackle options were awful. Why do we never grubber it?

But my god we have some steel about us. That's the first time we've won at Fax since we've been relegated! I've seen Bulls teams completely crumble without a wimper when the going gets tough. But this group seem to get themselves up the off canvas and fight back. Yes we can be playing much better, yes they're are issues that need fixing, but we're winning and winning tough games we simply haven't had the mental strength to win for a number of years. If we can get the performance right for a full 80 mins, we're going to be a very dangerous team. We're 2 points off second.

Shout out to Matty Storton who I thought we superb. Players bouncing off him like skittles.

Very happy to come away with the bragging rights from Fax.

Oh how we laughed

I guess this idea of an 80 minute performance is a bit of a myth anyway, in most games the momentum shifts and teams have good and bad spells. This side is far from perfect and I'm sure there is plenty that could be improved but whilst they keep grinding out the results I'm struggling to have too many complaints.

My thoughts were that if we sneaked into 5th this year would be considered a successful return to Championship. We are currently well placed to be in the mix for that so I reckon we're doing fairly well considering the early disruptions in the side.

Typical guff comment that bears no relation to the original point made.

Classic from Gledhill at full time
"I've never seen anything like this, it was deja vu"

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Which was what exactly ? I am sorry for offending our rose tinted fans just because I happen to disagree with them. I was very happy to come away yesterday with 2 points after a tremendous fight back but I just want to see a bit more from the team

What a game, this division is really something else.

We still looked disjointed on attack and our defence, which has been our main attribute so far this year, was poor by comparison to the usual standards. But we won; our untidy mix of smart and not quite so smart paid off in the end.

What really impressed me was the grit and determination, both to hang in, against a decent quality Championship side, when things were going against us and to come back in the later stages, when by rights given all the long periods of defending we'd been doing, added to the short turn around meant we really should have been the side buckling under the pressure, not Fax. Onwards and upards.

As JK says, wins like this against strong championship sides will prove to be character building.
We just need to start off with the right intensity and concentration and then keep it up. We have clearly got the firepower to trouble any team and a bit more of the above and we can be back to shutting sides down to two tries per game.

We need to win 3 out of the next 4 league games. If we can do that then we will have the position and momentum to make a serious assault on the top 5. I for one have the belief that we can do just that.

We don't need to rush out and sign anybody. if Milnes needs a rest then play Pickersgill.

I'm really positive that something good is going to happen these next few seasons.

Well you accused me of wearing rose tintered spectacles for daring to suggest that things are looking good, based upon our league position. The accusation is plain idiocy, but not to suggest you are an idiot - I wouldn't go that far.

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Sorry where did I say YOU had rose tinted glasses ? You started the “ typical bulls fan” crap. I will go that far you are an idiot if you think all’s well in this team.

Look I suggest you reread all posts in this exchange. You will realize that this post you just made is essentially a description of your posts made towards me, not the other way around as you currently believe.

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Look I have read the thread and if I have taken “all looks good for mine “ the wrong way then I apologise. I am far from a “ typical negative bulls fan” I just don’t think playing well for approx 40 mins over the last 2 games to be good, even if we did win them both. Again sorry for any offence caused with my “guff” remarks.

Happy to leave it at that - thanks for your rebuttal - and FWIW I apologise for accusing your remarks of being "guff", which to be fair was slightly caustic.

And as the sun beamed through the sp clouds, the two noble bulls fans embraced. All was forgiven.