Overall following the 44-10 victory to Wigan yesterday I'm not too disheartened by what I saw when you take into account that Wigan have one of the best defences in the league and there is that lethal left & right hand attack out wide.

This is still very much a Bradford side in progress and some of our fickle supporters will have to understand that you can't just throw 11 new faces into a side and expect immediate results and IMO no current Super League side would have beaten Wigan at Odsal yesterday.

The evidence was there for all to see with Michael Maguire's side disciplined from the word go.

So we now find ourselves pretty much as expected after the opening two games against Leeds and Wigan and the good thing is that the encouraging signs are there.

So what should we expect away at Wrexham on Saturday evening against a side who put Salford through the cleaners but then fell flat at the Stoop and defeat to Rob Powell's Harlequins?

I wouldn't call this a must win game just yet but we can't afford another lackluster and naive performance like the one we saw yesterday.

some training ground moves out on the field would be nice. it didn't look like we were organised enough when in their 20. we need to look more dangerous in attack than yesterday.

We had NO half-backs, how can you expect creative play with out play makers?

We had one not named in the 17.

Who would have been a considerably better option than Sykes even if he had all the physical presence and bulk as a cigarette paper.

sibbit might be banned for this game, when will we hear the verdict of his report?

What did sibbit get put on report for? Couldnt see from where i was sat.

Undue pressure on the neck I think.

Correct

Didnt really think it was too bad, IMO sibbet is giving away alot of penalities!!

Thought the Wigan player contributed to the situation by getting in a tangle. However if he does get banned then fair do's. Hopefully we will bring Addy in.

So in that whole game, the only player who put undue pressure on the neck in any tackle was wearing a Bulls shirt?
Oh the irony...

Yeah, I must admit I was somewhat annoyed by that too, considering the rest of the game, undue pressure on necks, foreheads and noses seemed to not even warrant a penalty.

Are people actually suggesting that Wigan could start running out to the sounds of a well known Queen and Bowie tune?

Well I never.

There were a lot of grapples in yesterdays game. It was like watching the old ITV wrestling again (showing my age). I thought it wasn't allowed to get a player in a headlock anymore?

That's the problem and I hope the supporters understand this.

To play against that Wigan yesterday with no half backs was a tough ask in it'self.

Remember that if you buy your match ticket from Odsal before 12:30 Friday afternoon you save £5.

So you get the ticket for £15 instead of paying £20 at the ground

I do Michael

Those idiots on the T&A board don't though

we could well have been beaten by the teams that finish 1 and 2 this season

I wouldnt read too much into comments on t&a board. It does tend to attract the extreme views. One numpty on there earlier said we had to go out and sign a half as we dont have any on the books. Totally overlooking the 2 who are injured and southernwood who isnt quite ready for SL yet.

...also overlooking the fact that there are none available

Including friendlies, we have played 3 SL teams. I think we have a lot of improvement to come- but that goes for most teams. I am sure we are going to finish behind Wigan and ahead of Wakey in the table. Are we going to be within touching distance of Leeds though?

I agree mate.

What we need to understand is that by having two tough opening two fixtures (the toughest start to the season for any of the Super League clubs), a win in either would have been a bonus given the team and the fact that we have so many new faces this year - 11 in total.

Now we've got Leeds and Wigan out of the way it's time to kick on with some IMO winnable fixtures coming up - Crusaders (A), Wakefield (H), Huddersfield (A), Castleford (H) to keep the confidence going of not only the side but the supporters.

We can win at Wrexham on Saturday but I wouldn't play Sykes at stand off.

We can win at Wrexham on Saturday but I wouldn't play Sykes at stand off.'"

It did appear that Royston was wasted as such at full back at on Sunday.

If Herbert hasn't recovered for Saturday what would everyone say is the best way to cover the six and seven spots?