Bloody hell. Round 3 and calling for Potter's head. Don't get me wrong I din't think he is the right man for the job but calling for his head after 3 games is shocking. I know that being born in 1995 all I know really is the Bulls winning trophies left right and centre. Then since 2006 nothing. So technically I should be more gutted and annoyed at most on here because I never experienced Northern going out of business or playing in the old second division. However I know that all clubs go through phases. Well all the top teams barring Saints.

Back to 2012. Do you really expect to win any of the first 4 home games? Because I certainly don't. Catalan, Wigan, Warrington and Saints will be Top 5 with Huddersfield/Leeds in their. We beat Castleford in Round 2. A game which I 'expected' to win. I 'expect' us to beat Wakey this week and if we do we are still on course for Top 8. The moment we lose a game against Hull FC/KR, Wakey, Cas, Salford, Widnes and London is the moment pressure is on us to beat 1 of the top 6. So as long as we beat them then we don't have to worry about the top teams.

Tbf though I am disappointed at the lack of defence. But like I said I would rather make mistakes (like not finding touch) against a team like Wigan than against Wakey where 2 points will benefit us more as it stops a playoff rival getting them. Problem is, mentally can we afford to lose by 30-60 points then back it up with a solid performance? I know they should be out to win everygame but if they try and then lose it doesn't bother me personally so long as we beat playoff rivals and Leeds once

Also Potter may not be the most motivational person ever but he has made some quality signings for us. Hargreaves was solid for Saints, however he hasn't really been that for us. Also Elima, Raynor, Ainscough, (Royston and Briggs), Sammut, Lulia, Gale, Kear and he's brought on O'Brien, Bateman, Burgess, Crookes, Olbison and Addy. So he is doing some good at the club but unfortunatly not the correct person to pull us out of the slump.

Just wish people would stop moaning and groaning all the time. Accept the fact that Wigan, Catalans etc are class sides and will beat a lot of teams badly. Just be happy we arn't losing to Cas, Wakey and Widnes yet Top 8 here we come (even through some heavy defeats)

I think I may be a minority, but i'm in agreement with most of what you say!

After reading some of the posts that have been quite critical of the club in the last few weeks and particularly following the Wigan defeat i tend to think that your supporters have a right to moan and how Potter can say that some of those Wigan try's were not soft is way off because some of them clearly were.

What is worse is that the standards at Bradford have been low for a while now, not just this season but last season and before that - im really suprised that some Bradford supporters seem happy with the calibre of player you are bringing to the club and the calibre of player you are allowing to leave.

I respect Potter as a coach, i thought he did a good job at Les Catalan and at Saints but i do think that a change is needed.

Bardford should be doing everything in their power to bring in somebody of the quality of Nathan Brown as massive changes are needed imo.

points difference could be quite important at the end of the season, if we're as evenly matched against the teams like Cas, Wakey and HKR as we like to think we are then not getting stuffed by 30/40 points by the bigger teams is important.

That's the key. I don't mind losing to Wigan, Warrington and the like. I do not want to see them get absolutely paggered by those teams as though a loss was always on the cards and thus no effort is needed for this one. The extent by which they lose those games matters. They might even sneak a win if all the cards fall the right way up, and an unexpected win against opposition like that can transform a team and its entire season.

I'm through with excuses and extenuating circumstances. They need a rocket up their s. Last season should have been a turn around and was a huge disappointment. The merest hint of the same this year is not acceptable.

More mongrel, less lap dog.

Another one happy to accept getting paggered then, as long as we are paggered by the right teams.

This.


From watching you team on Sunday it could certanly of done with somebody like Steve Menzies out there for Bradford and he's not the only good player that has been released a year or two too early by Bradford in the last few years.

Exactly, if KR can pull out that sort of result against a team like Saints when they've a very similar injury list to us then injuries cannot be used as an excuse for poor performance.