You'll be happy to know i'm unavailable to attend the next 3 games.



However normal service should resume after that.

ITV Teletext had the final score correct right from when try was scored. They always do. Had to check on that cos my bloody broadband and wireless network all ground to a halt just as Newton got his try. I did not break TOO many things...but apparently I swore a great deal and used some very naughty words



Wish could have gone. But not to worry - bloody fantastic result!! Well done Bulls.











The dark side of the Force on here may just have suffered a bit of a reverse. Lets just hope we turned the corner today. Who was it had a funny feeling earlier? Please feel free to have funny feelings every weekend from now on!!!

The season starts here!!!!!!

Oh believe me, it does! The majority of Friday's 12.50 flight from Doncaster to Girona was 99.9% Bradford supporters 1% Match officials

we were delayed for a whopping 4 hours, after taking off and and coming back, our engine had papped it!!

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Cheapskates

Oooooooooo, look!!!

Twins

That was my funny feeling! I'll try and keep it up.

I almost wondered what you meant there...!

Well you know what its like in the mornings...

Really?

Yep.

Funny I can give you at least 3 others

Go on then.

Hull
Rovers
Celtic

all unbeaten in france

Their record in France is particularly impressive, not even conceded a point!

Hull KR, Celtic

Hull and Rovers are both unbeaten in france though

. Well that'll change this season

although hull also havent won all there games in france which we have done and hull kr havent played catalans every year that catalans have bee in SL

Although you don't have to win to remain unbeaten

Didn't Hull FC lose to Catalans in the cup the other year? Although I think it may have been at KC.

Were you that lazy to not read the following replies to that?

I even said surely Celtic are unbeaten.

TUT TUT!

Got back from France late last night.

The team stayed out of town for the first time. The point I gather was to keep the guys focused and remind them they needed to win.
It seems to have worked very well. We started the game well with good and confident flowing rugby.
Catalans played very well but we tackled well and for once we seemed to be in the right places to stop breaks.
They seemed determined that they were not going all that way to play badly and the early points were well earned. Greg Bird has been made captain and was leading them around the pitch.
A couple of mistakes and a couple of good Catalans breaks seemed to shake that early confidence and the crowd got on the back of the ref who handed a couple of penalties to Catalans to bring them back into the match.
Their second try took them 3 sets and 2 penalties to get through and I don't think that reflected badly on us.
The team were nervous though and it was clear they were worried about falling to pieces again hence 18 all at half time.

We didn't start too well in the second half and started missing tackles. Deacs was off the pitch with a twisted ankle which he'd tried to run off without success.
The video ref seemed to have his finger stuck on the no button though and the locals were not happy. Last ditch tackling had saved us and as the final quarter approached we re-gathered and pushed on, finishing the match as we started with some smart passing and stout defence.
None of us believed that we could come back that final few points but once again it was that last final push which left us with a victory in France.
I think it's the prospect of facing the fans on the plane back - nobody moans like a bulls fan and its 2 hours on the plane.
Perhaps a threat to lock the players in a room with moaning fans after defeats will produce that kind of performance every week!!

The smart playing started with a wonderful kick picked up by the Beaver - and finished with the players clearly overjoyed to have passed the French test. Poor Paul Sykes looked terrified as he took the penalty which brought us level and looked no less scared when he converted Halley's winner - even though the clock showed 40 minutes and we were 4 points in front.

One word is at the centre of the team at the moment and that is CONFIDENCE! They can play and they need to start believing it.
We've got some tough matches ahead with in-form Cas, another trip to France and the old enemy back at Odsal as our next home game.

As supporters we need to start showing some support at the game!
Keep the moaning for the message boards!

Everyone at the game screamed their throats sore and the boys obviously appreciated it. We can do a lot more with more people at Cas!

Superb post Andrea.

Indeed. We have shown we can win. Now lets get off their backs for a bit and start supporting them.

Its going to take more than one win before I stop sending the players hate mail and spitting in their kids faces.