Once again that felt like hard work. Too much dropped ball and trying to score on every set of six. I thought Halafihi was a positive, Walshaw and Addy were excellent and Adam Henry had one of his best games for us. We could do with Mullaney back, preferably at SH. Siejka showed a couple of glimpses but it was mainly ship the ball to a wider player, usually Gaskell.

I really think that someone needs to sit the team down and explain that the rest of the league aren't intimidated by Bradford.
Had we come in week one and thumped teams 40-0 every week, then we might be a scarier task, but we haven't. In fact, Batley and Fax threw everything at us and nearly scored an upset and today Dewsbury were pushing us for a long time this afternoon and really all it's done is paint a massive bullseye on us as there are going to be teams out there now who think they've a chance of taking the biggest scalp in the league and if the Bulls don't sort themselves out they're going to be right.

There seems to be a lack of concentration with everyone at the moment, i don't know if its the "we can easily beat this team" or not. There have also been a number of times this season that we have thrown poor passes and dropped the ball and the opposition have immediately scored we saw it again today. I can see us getting beat very soon if the mental fitness does not start to improve.

But at the end of the day a win is a win

COYB

I'd much rather see a competitive match and I didn't expect Dewsbury to lie down and let us walk over them. I'm happy to see Jimmy ring the changes. It probably wouldn't be a disaster if we lost the occasional game. We certainly took stock of things after the Leigh debacle. I still wouldn't consign anyone to the scrapheap......and we have several rather good players that didn't play today. It's all about timing things to arrive at the right place after 23 rounds. Dewsbury showed up well. I suspect more tough derbies lie in wait and the intensity of them could be very useful preparation for the real thing.

Don't like this, Lock the thread.

We said exactly the same today. A rubbish 20 mins, followed by a brilliant 10 mins; then the pattern repeated. Then a really good last 15 mins.

I think dewsbury & batley have learned from what happened to Fev & taken steps to make sure we don't get time & space like that again.
Lots of unforced errors though. Again.
I thought siejka was a bit better again, for the 2nd week in a row. Fleming had a better game. So the squad is being used.
I think the Dewsbury Physio covered more ground than Karl Pryce, who doesn't seem to be designed for a part time training regime. There were more tries to be scored there, but ultimately errors & Dewsbury intensity restricted those chances.

Cokey knows

What is the point of Karl Pryce?

He's a big unit...

Perhaps someone should ask KP if he is still a thing?

Well, firstly to say, what a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon out. We gave Dewsbury a ground record crowd, it was a great atmosphere, great weather- whats not to like?

As for the actual performance, well, as usual it was good in parts. There were parts where I thought we played really well, then we seemed to fall away. Credit to Dewsbury though, they muscled up, never gave in and really pushed us.

Honourable mentions today to Walshaw who I thought was our MoM - the way he keeps those long legs pumping always seems to gain an extra ten yards. Also though Halafihi showed up well, and there good stints from Addy and Pitts. Etu on the wing for mine from now on...

But we're still not really firing in the creative department. Seijka was a bit better today, but we're still relying too much on Gaskell and he can't slice through on every play now that the defences are targeting him. Fleming looks like he has been on the pies - needs to spend more time in the gym!

And what a big waste of space Karl Pryce is... Goes into the tackle and hits the ground faster than a sack of potatoes!

I think too much goes through Gaskell. It's making us easy to read. The ball seems to follow him around too much as such we can be too predictable. The default position seems to give him the ball which is understandable but we need more to go through others. Siejka should be demanding the ball a bit more - he seems a bit low on confidence. Addy had a better game today so maybe he can distribute a bit more.

I thought we lived a bit dangerously at times today. Still, a win's a win.

Ref OK today then ??. We must of had our usual ref at Leigh today because we won by quite a few points today against Workington. Its getting ridiculous having him every week now

Sorry "Cokey" but i just had to mention the ref ....Refs don't get mentioned much on this board .

Didn't manage to get to the game today (first one I've missed this season) sounds like we played how we have for the last few. Having said that, Jimmy has constantly rotated the squad, which is the right thing to do with such a long season. I think only Clough, Gaskell, O'brien and Pitts have played in all the games. I expect from late may/early June Jimmy will decide on his strongest side and run with that consistently (barring injuries)
If we're still playing bell we par then, then I'd be worried.

Having said all that we need to cut out the sloppiness and start performing better. We have two tough games coming up against Sheffield and London and if we play how we have recently, we will lose.

I also think we are massively missing Mullaney. He's been superb this year. He's just as important as Gaskell and O'brien.

Actually you have London and Doncaster..But shows you're paying attention.

We play Sheffield the week after Doncaster...
If I said our next two league games are London and Sheffield you may have had a point...

And you play London the week before Doncaster..Do you not take one match at a time at your club?

Genuinely have no idea what point you're trying to make.
I was just pointing out potential tough fixtures we have coming up.

But looks like another match thread is going to be derailed by a Leigh fan...

I agree with Bullmania that we need to improve for games vs Sheffield and London. We've got a bit sloppy in recent weeks. We've let soft tries in during the last few games and haven't really clicked in attack for anything longer than the odd 5 minute period.

Getting a bit sad now this "banter" I like too come on too read Bradford match report not people trying too wind each other up! See ferguson didn't play again? One hell of a player when fit but a right biscuit body!

Bloke near me was questioning how long it took him to do his daily postal round, based on the speed he ambled round the pitch. Must stop for a rest every few houses.

Like most of the contributors on this thread i agree a win is a win and we are a long way off the crucial last 8's. But! i look at Bradfords squad and it should be playing better than it appears from reading the reports, something isnt clicking. I fully appreciate JL was a fantastic player and Bradford legend but is he a good coach?? Is KH a good assistant?? I dont believe they are getting the best out of the talent available.

That's it, we need to sack the coach! Oh and sack the board!!

It's been a while since we had a "sack 'em all" thread. Things are going too well to have some stability, we should start sacking people immediately! Someone should start a "Lowes Out" thread without delay. I suppose it's a bit much to hope for another administration, where practically everybody gets instantly sacked, but we can dream

It's not your fault, but we are really Super League standard fans, just slumming it with you C fans for a while, and as such, we have these advanced brains that can actually multitask to thinking not only a couple of games into the future, but even talking about the playoffs, cup ties and all sorts. We can do this at the same time as thinking about what to have for tea, and whether we need a crap. I bet you're dead jealous!