As the saying goes 'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog'. Bradford wanted it much more and thats the most disappointing thing.

went today and thought we were very poor.Did we complete a set? I thought it all started from the kick off when we bottled the catch and ended up with about 3 or 4 sets to defend was it mathers? i dont know but im sick of people on here defending poor basic skills catching and tackling.After that they put plenty of high kicks in for us, knock ons,dropped balls,poor defence. Im sorry to go on but we finished so well last season he's cleared out and brought in the players he wants' a full pre season [weathers effected all clubs] But today i just didn't see anything.Fingers crossed for round2

Well what do I say Wakefield didn't turn up, our defence was shocking we looked clueless, and Mathers needs need to learn how to tackle one on one...
I hope Bradford fans are not wetting thems selfs with excitment, we was that poor on the field we would make a Amature side look good, I hope we learn from this and quick

im willing to bag any individual player ifb i think hes not doing his job and unfotunatley for mathers fans hes been at the head of my criticisum but todays was aterrible team performance and anyone who thinks smith alone can turn things round is living in dream land

Disappointed with the game. Yes its a long season and we can only improve. Away at Bradford isn't a game I would be expecting us to win to be fair more the reverse you'd expect Bradford to win, having said that though I would expect the team to perform better than they did. Every team in the league have the same prep time for fitness and training etc so that's no excuse.

Definitely lacked some attacking leadership (Tim Smith would of made a difference but we still wouldn't of won).
IMO too may basic errors eg knock on's near the line, missed tackles and generally poor defence. Defending back to back sets early on would of taken it off of the team but its no excuse they are athletes and should be trained and prepared for that situation.

Not into blaming individual players. Think we have a right to be annoyed and disappointing at the performance though, we do pay to see the team and that money pays their wages.

Just hope we do better against Hull, a poor start to the season will have an impact on attendances whereas the reverse is true.

Work to do in training, but it can only get better!

Poore was a liability once again, was it 4 penalties alone he conceded? Didn't seem like he was on for many minutes either but that might have been for tactical reasons.

From a Bulls fan's perspective, of course, that is the most encouraging thing. Don't think any of us are under any illusions about how hard this season will be and no, I doubt any sensible Bulls fan will be "wetting himself with excitement" as Wildycat so eloquently put it. But I think our lot caught you by surprise with just how determined they intended to be. Won't catch anyone else by surprise now, though.

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rl:1xheekgz]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/21239714rl:1xheekgz] ""Our contact was nowhere near up to scratch, in fact it was disgraceful. I lay the blame firmly at the door of our forwards. I'm not sure Tim Smith could have conjured up too much on attack behind that pack.'"

Our forwards were poor, Ollie Wilkes was by far our best forward today and considering who else played that was a shock, wood was dire, Mathers had a solid game in a poor match and made some good tackles, shame that we didn't put in the effort across the field, saying all that and we were never in the game, some decissions by mr thaler were bewildering, I dont think thay would of changed the result, but they could have changed the margin of the defeat .
Roll on next week, hopefully TS & AR back, anyone now if Reece Lynne is OK, seemed to be struggling with hamstring late on

Think this is bob on. Now just needs sorting out.

Poore is making Brent Todd look like a great player. I look forward to seeing something from him to suggest that he played NRL he would not get in the Stanley Rangers ladies third team on present form. The biggest problem we have is that Aiton is just not a hooker, Diskin and LeStrange once again showed what we are lacking, he does not understand the game, his passing is poor, his game management is poor, he never takes us forward, we are so easy to defend against when he is at 9, he has the heart of a lion and his work rate is great but he is not a hooker. What is it that our coaching team cannot see. Last year it took an injury to get him away from the hooking role and guess what we started to play when Ellis got his chance. Priority one is to go out and find a hooker. Why did Singleton get a game today, Anakin has out performed him in the pre season, Anakin is a Wakefield player who gives 100%, Singleton showed today that his defence is weak, play Anakin or Trout. Think our players started to beleive some of the hype about them been good and just turned up expecting to win. Only players who gave their all were Mathers and Ali. Why is Kermond the captain he simply does not look like he can get the troops going when the chips are down. Very very bad day at the office, most lack luster effort I have seen from a Trinity team in 40 years.

Out enthused and out played accross the park.
Bradford looked like a team ready to play and we looked nervy and uncertain from minute 1.
The Bulls played well but, we certainly allowed them to boss the game and our ball controll, especially in the first half was shocking.
On the plus side, nothing is won or lost in round one so lets hope we are ready next week.

Come on Trin !

We had zero creativity out there today and I think only made one break all game.

Not many positives to be taken but I thought Charlie and foxy were our only stand outs and both grafted and put their bodies on the line (as usual) and mathers got stuck in.

As for our forwards ,they were awful in defence and attack.

I thought Bradford out played us everywhere. We were poor the ref was poor Bradford got the rub today on just about every decision, i thought we were caned at the penalty count, lots to work on and if there were any positives I thought Mathers and Aiton showed up today. The pack was beaten so I wont judge the halves suffice to say I did agree with the early interchange at half back.

well...from where I was stood....

we made too many unforced errors
our ball retention was very poor
our decisions out of half back were worse than our ball retention
our contact in the tackle was championship esq
we didnt smother the ball in the tackle
our last tackle play decisions were awful
the pack looked fatigued
we did too much chelping to the referee

subsequently we did too much defending and played the whole game on the back foot.


on the positive....i thought fox, cockayne and mathers were solid and tidied up well and Paul Aiton was the only one who showed genuine fight and commitment. It was great to see aiton, the 5' 8" 11 stone hooker dispatch manuokafoa the 6' 5" 18 stone prop forward with a thundering tackle.....he didn't come back for any more did he?

Agar's going to have a hard week ahead of him and its paramount that we respond well next week.