Any ideas what 'knock' Ferguson had? Really disappointed that he hasn't been able to contribute more so far this year. Desperately need a good run off him in the 2nd half of the season.

He's been a complete and utter disaster of a signing. I'm guessing he's on a farily decent wage too, considering we signed him from last year's minor premiers.
If we rested him today, then fine, I'm ok with that. But if he's injured again then he can feck off tbh, stealing a wage.

I think it's a bit harsh to have a go at somebody because they are injured,I agree with you about signing somebody from minor premiers and we all expected big things.

The guys had a back operation(and I've had 2 ops on my back) it's got to be the worst part of the body to have an operation and then play rugby

Absolutely, it isn't the poor guys fault that he has been injured. But it doesn't make it any less disappointing, let's hope he gets a run of games before it's too late for our season. I think he has the talent to have a huge impact for us.

Agreed. I'm sure FC wouldn't have bothered risking anybody if they weren't 100% fit. Give him an extra week to rest up before we head over to Salford.

It's just frustrating how he can go so well for Hudds last season, play most of the world cup for scotland, and then miss almost half of a season for us through some inconspicuous back problem.
Just more bad luck for our club I suppose.

Quite an ironic statement to make that considering today some of your fans said they were hoping Michael Monaghan had broke his ankle when he went off injured.

Well I can assure you I wouldn't be saying that

Nothus,I can agree with your frustration regarding Ferguson.I too was thinking we have a really good second rower,but injuries have dictated different at the moment

I think most reasonable Bulls fan wouldn't wish injury on a player. Any idea who will referee your matches if he does have some time on the sidelines though?

Now that Briers has retired, we really haven't got anyone to fulfill that role.



Anyway, he's the co-captain, he's allowed to "question" decisions!

Haha that's funny (not about Moneghan been injured by the way)

No he isn't, Francis Cummins is.

I have never seen a team who go wide so often on the first tackle, there is no go-forward whatsoever.
Bradford are a poorly coached team, decent players are going backwards.

Slow,boring,cumbersome,no line speed,error after error,poor tackling and seemingly no plan.Terrible performance imo.If we're relying on Gale,we're well and truly fooooked.

Challenge Cup Quarter Final at Home,where Warrington brought quite a few---

Att 5,064---Says it all.

What? Super Bradford Bulls with a smaller qf gate than Widnes v Keighley Cougars. The bulls fans must have chucked it?

Ferguson's back problem is more severe than most would think, he has a twisted spine, and is getting regular massages in hope of straightening it out, and he was out injured again yesterday, but said he's hoping to be back for for next week. He then had a photo taken with a young 'un and when he stood up from being bent down he was in agony!

I know you were just excitedly whiling away those last few boring minutes just before your curfew ends, but in your excitement you missed the irony of this from a fan of a club whose own bandwagoners chucked it in droves as they couldn't stand the thought of another season of the same.

But maybe I'm being too unsympathetic, as you seem to be a guy who obsesses about attendances. Why here's one of your own, bagging the few fans you've got left yourselves:



Still, if trolling floats your boat - feel free to crack on, but you need to improve a lot to even get to RAB Regular Troll standard. That's a poor effort.

He was bitching the entire game; his name is Moan again, from now on as far as I'm concerned

If the ref lets him get away with it then why not?

Reflect on all the quarters this weekend, I thought our performance was by a long way the worst in terms of commitment, desire, organization etc. Keighley and Leigh looked far better teams, more motivated etc. I can take defeats, but really struggle to understand the lack of basic organization and desire this team show on a consistent basis.

I thought Noble's comments before the game were interesting. When he said that teams lacking in talent and depth, need to find a system that works for them, I felt he was saying we haven't achieved that, but then he seemed to try to cover his backside by saying that you can only take a team to the emotional well so many times.

Awww so cute, looking back at my previous posts. I am just pleased that you don't find 5000 too bad given the fact Warrington took around 2000.

Will you be attending Cougar park next season?

I saw the first half on tele & listened to the second on the radio. It is difficult to list single incidents that I saw but there did seem to be a general lack of desire in players' attitudes. Whether that was more visible in the second half I can't say. But Gaskell looks to me to be a culprit, never a full back, it almost looks as if he is sulking.

Gaskell's head goes down the second we concede points. i don't particularly think hes happy playing at FB, i think he realizes hes put in a few poor performances and seems to be feeling very sorry for himself.

How long is BK still out for?

We really miss his support play, Gaskell is no where to be seen when (on the very rare occasion) make a break.

Kearney was out in the warm up - catching bombs with just his left arm, often with another ball tucked into his damaged one..broken thumb appears to still have its pot on.

I thought we played like a team that a) knew that we've beaten Warry once in recent weeks and were unlikely to repeat and b) knew that avoiding relegation is far more important than a cup run. Not a case of not trying, just not having that extra adrenalin.

Because we insist on not starting with a genuine stand-off then we present to the opposition a wonderful single facetted attack. All they have to do is shut down gale and they win.

This approach by francis is imo insane. If gaskell is at 6 then he can sometimes kick, sometimes distribute. At least then we present a semblance of choice about our 5th tackle option, and in doing so make our opponents have to think!