We should have won easily but AJ made some uncharacteristic bad defensive errors in the second half.

Our pack was very good and Ryan Brierley had his best game for a long time.

Feels like a loss but that's the way it went I bet all of us who went feel the same.

Shouldn't that be AH...

Yes, the last 15 minutes were a nightmare for us. But that's the nature of RL these days - when a team gets a lot of possession, they tend to get on a roll and score points, especially against a tiring team. That's what Bradford did, and all credit to them for snatching an unlikely draw.

Personally, I took a lot of positives from the game. We played excellent rugby for 65 minutes and, for once, totally controlled a game. Ok, we only performed for 65 minutes, but that's a darned sight better than we had managed so far this season. At last, we consistently got it right, going forward. For my money, I reckon we are finally heading in the right direction.

His initials are AJ, and I think that's what his team mates know him as.

Adam Higson is AJ

AJ got caught out once, the second try was down to a ' midfield ' letting bulls player take a poor kick from their own side unchallenged and then allowed to kick again

Yeswe blew it, total control looking at running in 50 before the end and we gifted them confidence, still a lot to learn, good job they missed a couple of kicks early on

But hey ho, an entertaining match, bring on next week

AJ got caught out once, the second try was down to a ' midfield ' letting bulls player take a poor kick from their own side unchallenged and then allowed to kick again

Yeswe blew it, total control looking at running in 50 before the end and we gifted them confidence, still a lot to learn, good job they missed a couple of kicks early on

But hey ho, an entertaining match, bring on next week

Great post Al.

We totally demoralized them in the first half.They had no ideas and tried us up the middle.They were trying for evermore to get the ball to the flanks but never happened.Strongest I've seen them seeing we are weakened.An absolute brilliant 65mins and an equal brilliant 15 mins from the Bulls,with a tremendous conversion to tie it.

This team is taking time to settle and we've seen in glimpses what they are capable of. When we have our full strength team playing week in week out, we will then know if we're capable or not. Frankly I think Jukes and the team is coping well with everything considering:
- Mass of injuries to our back line
- Coach walking out a few days before the season starts.

Come the end of the season we only need to be there or there abouts. That's it, for now. We'll know so much more about this bunch of players when we can see them all at full strength.

Right now though, we can be thankful we have a squad of players who are competing with the rest, despite the unsettled start to the season.

It's not particularly letting Bradford back into it today that's annoyed me. It's how many times last season should we have put Championship teams to the sword & instead let them back into a close game? Would we be in SL if we'd have kicked on from our first half performances against Hull KR & Wakefield & gone on to win those games? Playing for a full 80 was our biggest weakness last season, we got complacent from not having to do it against Championship teams to win then got beaten when we tried easing off against SL teams. I said after the Super 8 implosion last year we had the skill but needed the game management & experience & the Super 8s would be a steep but good learning curve, from today's capitulation it seems we've learnt nothing.

For 65 min we were fantastic, best we've played all season, defended very strongly, great in attack, kept the ball well. Bradford couldn't do anything, looked toothless in attack and very fragile in defence. Thought our forwards were outstanding, totally dominant and allowed some excellent performances from our injury ravaged backs, with Cory Patterson doing an excellent job sort of halfway between the two. Then we thought we had the game won & backed off. Momentum is so crucial in RL and once you've lost it it's very difficult to get back, why we seem so willing to throw it away when we think we're on top baffles me.

Yes we're a far better team with Higham on, yes he's outstanding in his leadership & execution of plays & moves and his organisation & leadership is brilliant. However, there's 13 men on that field in a Leigh shirt, many of them with SL, NRL or international experience, changing one man shouldn't cause the sever drop in quality we've seen every time Higham comes off. When Micky comes off we obviously lose a lot and so the other players should be stepping up, think instead some are if not stepping back certainly not adapting play to fill the role left by Micky leaving. Yes Foster should do it but he's a young kid thrust in due to Beswick's injury not an experienced SL hooker.

I don't charge anybody anything. Do you think the Bulls fans enjoy paying that every home game? You're complaining because you have to pay a couple of quid extra once a year? I really feel sorry for you.

If Mr Beaumont ever pulls out of bankrolling Leigh and you want to keep a decent full time squad then you can expect to be paying similar prices at your club. That's the reason we're given for the high prices. You either pay it or don't.