Much improved performance when compared to the final 5 games of the regular season. We really stepped it up a notch today against a decent Sheffield team. Very good attendance as well.

As for next week I'd go with the exact same team, barring any injury issues. Perhaps have Nielsen on the bench instead of Blythe.

It was obvious Gaskell would get MOM today for his 3 tries but I though Addy was the main man today. There aren't many scrum halves that tackle and drive the ball in as often as he does.

Purtell was class at times. His role was clearly to give Williams as much ball and space as possible. Some of his short passing and interchanging, especially with Gaskell, was a joy to watch. Do people seriously think that he should be dropped?

Not sure which of Purtell or Henry should give way for Neilson, both played well today. Thought Ryan had a great debut. I think if AOB had held into that chance just before half time we'd have scored 60, hope we don't regret it. Next week is massive for both clubs. Whatever score it is hope Brian Smith gets the ovation he deserves from the Bulls fans, who will possibly outnumber the home fans

Henry will be dropped.

Interesting the crowd at Odsal was nearly the Salford and Fax crowds put together - we should get a bonus point for that

In all probability that was our easiest of the games so I am not getting too carried away. I thought we looked vastly superior to Eagles and ,indeed, to anything we've done recently. There is a lot of experience and sufficient quality to have an impact on the future games and I feel it's very much in our hands. I've never doubted the capability of the forwards and Ryan looks a good addition to that. I'm not completely convinced by the backs yet although that's probably in the centres .....looking forward to seeing what impact Neilson has. We probably had a couple of spare gears yesterday and we will need them. Most importantly we kept at it and didn't rise to the usual provocation. Special mention for Danny Addy who has really impressed me recently ..... are there any position he couldn't play and shine.

Ironically, I thought Henry had his best game I can remember yesterday, but I still suspect he'll be the one to make way for Dane Neilson. Oh what joy to have such problems!

Henry and Purtell have very different styles. Henry gets the ball and runs like a man on hot coals whereas Purtell has some slick hands and creates space for his winger. It depends what you want out of a centre. I think Purtell is a class above Henry but some people seem to judge players on how hard and fast they run. Nice problem to have indeed but it's also a possibility that they are both better than Nielsen.

Absolutely. As far as anyone was concerned, this was a must-win and I am sure that it had been pencilled in as a nailed-on two points.

It was a "hiding to nothing game". Win, and we were expected to, lose and the season could pretty much have been over.

Obviously I did not see the game but the views on here are encouraging. At least I will see us v Wakefield next weekend then I am down for the home game v Salford in a fortnight.

Massive game next week and already I'm nervous about it. It's the indicator as to exactly where we are as a team and could be season defining. I'm more nervous about it than any of the finals that I've seen the Bulls play in.

It is an important game next week. However we do have 2 home games against SL opposition and they should be equally telling. We should have a good idea of where we are that when we complete that and losing at Wakey is not season defining. Who would have thought Fax would get so close to Widnes

I thought Purtell looked a bit off yesterday, he gave a slick pass for one of Williams' tries but he was caught flying out of the line for the Taulapapa try, dropping off a couple of grab tackles and seemed to make little ground with the ball in hand constantly stopping or stepping inside.

A T&A article the other week with Henry said he's been told to reign in the reckless offloading so Clare was kept a little quite when he was on the wing, but Adam was found out a couple of times defensively again, but then so would anyone against Yere. Blythe and Ryan were caught out badly for the final Yere try. That's very sloppy and Matty Blythe seems to have really struggled after being on the back foot since his comeback.

Danny Addy is nailed on for scrum half all year whether rightly or wrongly if up for discussion but he's playing quite well overall but he was good yesterday, he's a Jimmy favourite and has the key element of being settled there. Plus he'd never shift Pitts from loose forward, nor should he.

Perhaps not season defining in the terms of league mathematics but if we are to progress then we could do with getting a result against the apparent worst SL team. To have a real chance of promotion, we need to be taking points from our direct competition for 3rd, 4th and 5th otherwise it will be tough.

Addy is nailed on for scrum half, probably for the entire play off.

Has anybody heard if Ryan's hand injury is a concern? He looked to be in quite a bit of discomfort towards the end. It looked like it could have been a thumb/finger dislocation but not heard anything.

Agree it isn't season defining as we have two very winnable games straight after. But if we beat Wakefield next week I just cannot see them recovering. We would be 4 points clear of one of our main rivals and i cannot see where their next win would come from. Also the damage it would do to them psychologically. It''s the old "4 pointer"