Classic Bulls

Win against all the odds at York- then stumble to 0-10 at halftime against a team down at the bottom

I was really impressed to see Bradford get a result, seemingly out of nowhere, at York this week.

Then I saw York's result today.....

Remember its not the same if you're not at the game, thankfully.

Negatives
[listThat was a really really boring game between two sides who are the definition of "meh".
I forgot the beer glasses could be returned so left them on the terrace.
We probably just relegated Dewsbury.[/list

Positives
[listEasily the best we've played since Monday.
It was sunny[/list

Sorry, my fault. I created a small amount of false hope. Won’t do it again…

Chalk and cheese. From the performance at York away to that today. I know we had hallas and Lawford in the halves etc but you could tell we didn’t want it from mid way through the first half.

Haven fans panicking and calling for a drop goal. No need at all as we could have played until midnight and not scored.

I seem to recall one nice bit of play in the second half when we put it through hands on the short side and opened them up a bit but the scramble defence saw Millar forced into touch. Other than that the rugby on display was very poor from two very poor teams.

Fair play to the haven fans travelling down for that. A real shame it’s probably confirmed Dewsbury as down too if only to save my car some miles on the clock.

Fast forward 2023

To put that York away performance in context they lost 100-4 today ha ha ha.

Normal service resumes. Blue Sox up next.

Aaahh, that's what it was, Bongser ran out of fingers and toes and those same appedages of his close friends - Bongser does not have many of the latter.

To hark back to something Pumpety Pump posted a few months ago; today LSV was truly like Disneyland.

Sorry you got the other D! (Genuinely)

Basically we thought it would be amusing if York cemented their playoff place with a 100-4 defeat….

Wasted around £50 on that abysmal performance.
We need massive changes top to bottom, I am sick of saying that though..
Lawford is a good kid, who could be a real asset in years to come.
The coach appointment is now blatantly obvious it was the wrong one.
Keighley are seriously gunning for us now.

Very disappointing result and performance. On the plus side young Lawford is a decent prospect (think he made more yards than anyone else and could've had two breakaway tries) Murphy gave his all and for the most part there was plenty of effort (with some exceptions from the usual suspects).

The most disappointing factor was the lack of any creativity in attack. I know we're without our halfbacks and one of our regular dummy halves but it was clear within the first few minutes that we hadn't got any idea how to break down their defence. We had plenty of possession on their line but the only tactic was to barge over which didn't work. Surely we could've come up with some smarter plays around dummy half? Dunning must have known our limitations in attack yet there were no run-arounds or switch plays near the ruck area at all. It was utterly predictable.

Whitehaven grew in confidence as the game went on when it was clear we were easy to defend against. Their first try came as a result of our tiredness in the middle of the field (inexcusable given how much possession we'd had up to that point). Fitness is still an issue for some of our middle forwards.

Whitehaven also managed to force more repeat sets due to their more intelligent play on the last tackle. This was in contrast to our options of handing it over on the 6th or kicking dead or conceding a tap 20. It was v disappointing as they were a very limited team and lost their pack leader to injury. That lad from PNG was immense for them - can we sign him please? He was head and shoulders above any of our forwards.

Not sure where we go from here. Watching the likes of Crossley and Walker rolling around is utterly depressing. Can't see any reason to go back in a hurry and Fax will murder us next week. Bring on the end of the season.

I wish the club the best of luck in trying to sell 2023 season tickets, they are going to need it.

Reading the comments on this thread and others is most depressing.

Does anyone else get the feel we are going through the motions, ready to wind up and pack in?
Has the distinct feel of when you're working your notice.

I still keep an eye on the scores but haven't been to a game now for a while and can't say I'm feeling any excitement or motivation to do so.
It's so sad from the days of super rugby in a packed odsal to this....

Well I had a fantastic time at the game yesterday. Great performance, great atmosphere.

Glad I went to the football and not the rugby!