All post match Bulls 6 Saints 38 posts here please

Quote: Wigan Bull "I think most of it has been covered.

We were awful, that's simple. It wasn't the ref or the linesmen's fault, it was ours.

Points of particular concern for me

I'd like to be a fly-on-the-wall (as I'm sure everyone would) at training and for the dressing room team talks.

The culture seems too matey to me. You know how a lot of players always have great things to say about McNanamara, I wonder if he's too much of a chum? I'm willing to bet the air wasn't blue in that dressing room after the game yesterday when it should have been. I can imagine him walking in and saying, "well lads that was disappointing but we'll fix it up this week won't we?" with a few nodding heads and then away you go.

It's said there are two types of manager - popular and effective. I think in Steve we have the former (with the players not the fans obviously).

On the subject of game plan he doesn't know any different. Working as an assistant at Bradford he's become accustomed to biffing it up the middle and is obviously hoping that with a bit more discipline field position will come and we can somehow turn that to our advantage (perhaps relying too much on Orford to create something magical near the line).

Mmm, the more I think about it the more things make sense. Easter should be the turning point if there isn't a massive improvement soon.

I still have this feeling though that one time it's going to just come together and we're going to muller someone. It will probably be just one game but it might make us feel better.