another bulls try,come on you BULLS!

Gale try foster conversion 24-16

I am smiling good god even beaming for the first time this season!!!

in again.Excellent turnaround.

True test of character now. Will we stand up when momentum against us. COYB!

Great result. We NEED to take this against Wore next week. Need to start much better, but something to work on.

Humble Pie time for me. That was on for Team Spirit. Something to build on and please give us some good news in the next few weeks.

Well that was an improvement. But let's not get carried away, there's still a lot of work for FC and the boys to do.

However if we can step up another level against Wire, with their injuries and sporadic form, we might just nick some points

We showed there is still passion in this group, and we can play some decent rugby when our forwards muscle up.

Won't get carried away, but it's a start and hopefully a much needed confidence boost.

Dead proud!

COYB

Likewise, much humble pie eaten in the car on way home.

Work to do.... But great spirit from the lads.

Thought Purtell had a great game.

Come on you bulls !!

Get spirit and effort from all the lads today and fans got behind us , great banter with the Catalan fans on the trip

Lesson to be learned today - wait till the end before starting to type!

I thought Fakir had his best game today. Walker was good, ran hard and put on some good hits.

switching Gaskell and Kearney made a difference, hope Gaskell starts at FB next week.

Special mention to Sidlow, his offloads in the first half turned the game for us, Catalan were always on the back foot.

Glad I spent some cash and went today. Great effort

Much better display after a pretty woeful opening 20 minutes. Showed to some real character to come back from 16 nil down after what has happened in recent weeks. You could see the confidence begin to grow as the game went on so I hope we can begin to now build on that belief. Great to see the players and supporters with a smile back on their faces at the end.

I thought Gaskell looked really dangerous at FB and Luke George brought some much need physicality to our backline. Was impressed with Pitts as well, particularly after limited training with his new teammates.

Time to start showing some of that rugby in the SL now!

That was fantastic.We know we are not the best team in the world but to come back and win after going 16-0 down after 15 minutes that was quite a come back

From zeroes to heroes in 7 days. Fantastic response from Franny and the boys. Backing it up against Wire will be the real test.

Certainly no humble pie for me, on the contrary, if you were wanting to be perfectly frank, then you would have to ask how come everybody eventually seemed to want to play today? One element was of course that as we started the comeback, you could see some confidence returning and to be perhaps too fair, obviously confidence is a big factor in any team. But frankly, the effort on display across the side once we got going, was what we should be entitled to see every week, even if we don't always win.

It was a bit like watching a video backwards. So many times we have seen us build a healthy lead, only to squander it in the second half and end up losing to a late score.

It was also looking like it could be yet another scene from our long-running play where we start the game level and with hopes, but 20 minutes later it's as good as over.

I think one thing that certainly made us grow in confidence was moving Gaskell to FB. He had a fine game there.

I was one of the few to stick up for Gale, although I have wearied of his erratic form and too many indifferent games, but at least today you could see what I see in him, that is, a halfback that can actually play well at SL level, can get the team around the park, make the plays, and generally control things. In fact today Gale was my MoM. Of course the issue with him even if anyone is now converted to accepting that he can actually play, is the many spells when he plays poorly or anonymously. Maybe that's something to do with confidence too. Maybe our resident psychiatrist has a lot of work to do but he could surely have a foundation to build on from today.

If he could play something like that consistently, would you be happy with him? Catalan are not mugs, and he produced that performance in adversity, and when we were a fair way behind, and got us out of a hole.

In the other thread I think it was bugs who criticise Manufakoa and Sidlow, and I agreed. Maybe they read it, but whatever, both were very much improved today, especially Sidlow. Anyone know what Manu has injured? Looked not good.

I didn't get many agreeing with my kite about Cup progress either, but having taken advantage of the home draw and beaten Catalans, we are now down to the quarter final in which we could still be playing Keighley, and then be just a one-off game away from a Wembley payday. Our (relative) luck in the draw may desert us, and the shoite we have become accustomed to means that it probably will and Keighley will be away at Wigan, but the draw overall has worked reasonably for us, and if by some chance it holds, what a cash bonus Wembley could be.

If I'm honest, what i would like is a home draw in the QF against Widnes or Cas, on the basis that Leigh and Keighley get drawn together, and if we made the semis we would have a 2/1 chance of the non-SL opposition game. Which possibility is what I predicted at the start. We'd still have to win the QF but if we draw either of the two in the QF, that may leave us, Leeds, Wigan and Wire in the semis, and I think our Cup run would be over.

But at the moment I can still dream, and my 80/1 bet is now a maximum 28/1 bet so at least I have the bookie worried

Great comeback today. I feared the worst when we went 16 nil down in as many minutes.
We showed composure this week as well as some pride which was missing.
As well as Gaskell and Gale I thought Olbison had a very good game.
Bit worried about knocks to Manu and Walker. Hopefully not serious but they both looked hurt.

Can't believe im gonna say this, but, I completely agree with everything FA said...No humble pie from me either, however happy i am for the boys to have put in a performance like they did today, It's only one game!! Alot more is needed from the team and Franny for me to be thinking that we're out of the brown stuff,

Don't worry, everybody gets to the same place eventually

You might scrape a win against us THE COUGARS
In the cup but we'll get you back next
year in the championship.

Certainly with regards attendances, another heavy financial loss for you today

As it would have been for any club that hosted Catalan. They're not known for their large travelling support you know.

What am I saying? Of course you know. You're trolling.

Thank you Jeremiah.

Still, with only the stand open there was no need to pay for stewarding the whole ground so I doubt it would've caused a massive loss. Pretty much all paid cash with it being the cup. No need for floodlights.

So

Doubt it was a loss tbh. Only opening main stand as opposed to entire ground reduces staffing costs considerably plus hospitality looked reasonably full for a cup game.