Game thread. Today's teams:

Bradford: L. Smith, Rickett, Halafihi, Mendeika, Macani, Moore, Aston, Kirk, Hallas, Peltier, C. Smith, Bentley, Sironen.
Interchange: Oledzki, Davies, Wilkinson, Pickersgill.

Batley: Scott, Reittie, Smeaton, Crookes, Ainscough, Walker, Brambani, Maher, Leak, Lillycrop, Manning, Harrison, Farrell.
Interchange: Southernwood, Gledhill, Rowe, Day.

Bradford using their 11th half back pairing today with Moore and Ashton.

Sam Hallas under the sticks for the Bulls.

Bradford 6
Batley 0

Sironen off with a head injury.

Liam Kirk extends the Bulls lead as Batley concede penalty after penalty.

Bradford 12
Batley 0

Batley on a team warning already. Expect somebody in the bin shortly.

Team warning given again for another high shot from the Bulldogs. Not seen a side given a team warning twice?!

Batley back in it.

Bradford 12
Batley 4

Harrison in for the Bulldogs.

Bradford 12
Batley 10

Harrison in again. Bradford collapsing.

Bradford 12
Batley 16

James Harrison in for his hatrick. 20 unanswered points from the Bulldogs.

Bradford 12
Batley 22

The Batley momentum continues and they go in again before half time. The Bulls need half time here.

Bradford 12
Batley 26

Half time:

Bradford 12
Batley 26

26 unanswered points in 20 mins from the Bulldogs. We've been bullied out of this game.

How on earth can the coaching staff not see how utter dog
$hit3 that right hand side of macani mendeika Smith is. Macani has done 3 schoolboy errors and all resulted in a try. Gutless this lot. Running scared of the battle

That said how referee can just ping us for an incorrect PTB then let Batleys horrendous effort just go. Laughable all round. Pathetic players and referees who aren't fit for purpsoe

Batley go in straight after the break. Game over.

Bradford 12
Batley 34

Batley in again. 38 unanswered points. Unforgivable.

Bradford 12
Batley 38

Bulls an utter shambles today. Smith with a howler.

Bradford 12
Batley 44

Embarrassing!

If we were an animal, we would have been put out of our misery ages ago.

For god sake someone pull the plug on this season; it would be better to put out a team of Bradford school boys.

No faith in either Owners,Coach or Players..all have under performed and brought this great Club to new depths.

Nigel Wood in the SouthBank stand.

Oh how we laarfed!

Nigel Wood is the SouthBank Stand.

I'm beginning to think that we might not have enough to stay up this year. I'm thinking relegation is becoming a serous possibility. I hope we can turn it around before it's too late.

2609 at Odsal today.

How low will it go before this season (thankfully) ends?

Well, that was a good £15 spent today - not ! I thought it would be at least a good arm wrestle for the points after watching last week, but we reverted to type very quickly. The Bulls looked good value for their lead and seemed to be controlling the game as Batley gave away a few penalties which we capitalised on. But after the departure of Sironen, the team visibly collapsed as Batley got on a roll. However, I doubt that even the most cynical of Bulls fans would have betted that Batley would put 44 points past the team. It was the worst capitulation from a Bradford team I've seen all season, and I've been at most games home and away.
It's now time to let a few of the younger players step up to the mark, as they need blooding, and its clear that Toovey's message of pride and contracts to play for simply hasn't been understood by this team.