Gutting losing first game of the season.

At least we still unbeaten at home.

So, go on then...

people who saw it....

...what went wrong?

agree that sheriffe was playing out of his skin tonight. we can get up the field but we just cant score!
what has happened to gilmour? he was never like that when playing for saints so it must be the tactics of the giants and what they tell him to do.

WHAT A FECKIN KNACKERS

Oh dear.

Well doesn't it? Not even a little one?

You have to look for things to make you happy. Life is and then you die.

Nope. Not at all. Taking comfort in the failures of others does not give me any pleasure at all when we are in no position whatsoever to mock.

they just need a good kick up the backside and learn to support each other. i think everyone is wanting to do their own thing instead of as a team.

Basically Hudders were the better side in every department apart from discipline.

One thing evident from tonight, despite it only being the first game of the season, is that Kearney is not a stand off.
Worrincy was terrible and shouldn't represent the Bulls again until he learns to defend. Given the fact that McNamara has had a whole off season with him and hasn't managed it yet, I'm not holding out much hope for it changing any time soon.

They looked like they hadn't trained together at all, absolutely no clue when close to the Giants line, compounded by poor handling and terrible kicks on tackle 5.

You not smiling at Leeds losing at home? Call yourself a Bulls fan...

"Kearney not a stand off" maybe not, but that lad gave 150% tonight, worked his nads off, and that is always a good sign.

DEFENCE IS THE KEY.

Yes, cos we are in a great position to mock Leeds eh?

To be honest, I do not give a fork about Leeds losing. My team winning is all that matters to me. We didn't so I take no comfort in the failure of others.

we just need to get behind them next week and show our support. im giving it a few weeks yet for the team to gel together.

I'm giving it ten games...

Ah. The Macca escape clause already!

Firstly the good:

1. We were well disciplined for the most part. Hudders were shocking in that dept.
2. As the game wore on we defended better and managed to hold onto the ball, even if we were playing very conservatively.
3. There was plenty of effort from most players especially Langley and Kearney.

The bad:

1. We made far too many needless mistakes and put heaps of pressure on ourselves and were made to pay dearly. Some players were clearly not switched on in comparison with our opponents in the first half, particularly Halley (If Platt had played like that he;d be crucified).
2. Our attacking line was stood far too flat and far too shallow. Players had no time on the ball in the face of a good Hudders defence. We lacked any dummy runners and played one out rugby for the most part that was easy to defend against. As a result we struggled against a side reduced to 12 men for 20mins in the 2nd half. Too often we appeared to be playing predictable rugby with no real questions being asked of the Hudders defence.

Things will hopefully improve as players get used to Orford and Kearney. We lacked intelligent runners tonight and the playmakers had few options but to give it to the one out runner every time. Our centres, fullback and backrow need to work together better to create options for the halfbacks. Tonight I thought our backrow was anonymous as an attacking force and our centres were often like headless chickens.

Finally credit to Hudders who looked very well organised. They were quicker and stronger at crucial times and had enough in the tank to be able to cope despite having crap discipline. Had they curbed the penalties they could have been out of sight.

Just got back from the game, my thoughts ar Huddersfield always looked like they were going to score when they got anywhere near our line, we need to learn some composure with the ball and sone of the pressure on the kick on the 5th tackle was none existant when it was in the air, it was the first game and it looked like they were missing some co-ordination.

Huddersfield deserved the win but if we play that bad and still are that close, well maybe there's hope.

Well, I don't know about the lads on the field, but I'm exhausted after tonight's game.

One thing I can't figure out though........

We were weaker in attack, or defense ??

4 tries to 3 away at last year's cc finalists and 3rd placed sl side. Excuse me if I refrain from applying my Mach 3 to my wrists just yet.

I think that the main positives for you tonight were your discipline, and Langley who put in a long stint and made plenty of metres. Donaldson impressed me when he came on also, did a lot of tackling, in his first set he made 3 tackles consecutively.

The main point for improvement for me is the depth of the attacking line. Orford tried playing too flat, and this was leading to a lot of errors as Huddersfield defenders were waiting for the man recieving the ball near enough every time.

Leeds failure is no concultition BULLS performants is all thats counts(sorry drink =spelling ).

BULLS = (at the mo)

Fair enough, and I thought we played really well.


That's what worries me

From a neutral perspective (I didn't want either of you to win), I just thought it was a case of Huddersfield gelling better and being more enthusiastic. Lots of handling errors is usually a sign of a team that is not yet a unit, but that will come. It's the timing of the season that is most important, and I would rather be firing on all cylinders in August than March. Once Orford and Kearney get going, I think you'll have a good year.