I don't think our players are dross at all, I just think SM doesn't have the coaching knowledge or application to get them playing well.

It's apparent from the unimaginative attacking moves and poor defence we've been showing for most of this season.

I'm sure if a coach like Justin Morgan or Tony Smith were given the job of sorting our squad out they would manage it, and do quite well in the process.

I'm independently monitoring this so when it finishes I can compare with my prediction that macca has less than 30% of the crowd on his side.

Under SM the team is getting worse and I dread to think how much worse we can get! I don't know what the answer is but it isn't Steve McNamara.......

No, I'm not. But don't think anyone else can either. We're not a top 8 team anymore, face it!!

Not very confident no, although we clearly have no easy games this year, how many easier on paper do we have left this year than celtic and Salford? And they both taught us a lesson in Rugby League basics within the space of 6 days.

did we get to the bottom of if maccas contract is up at the end of this season or next?? As I was convinced it was this but it seems to be now the end of 2010? Anyone able to confirm this either way other than just that Sadler piece?

My answer is no.

He's had 3 years and in that time he's taken defending champions to near wooden spooners. These are not the actions of a coach who can turn this around.

If we take another example as Justin Morgan at Hull KR, he's done the opposite. He's taken a team that came up and started off taking a few kickings but he's held it together and pushed on and now KR are near the top of the league and looking like a good bet for the grand final.

McNamara's selection policies are questionable. His use of subs, unfathomable and his recruitment is laughable.

Time and time again we're told the players "didn't do what we practiced in training". I'm sorry but that's damn unprofessional. If you've a problem with the coach or the coaching methods then take it up with the coaching staff on the training pitch. Don't just not bother when it comes to game time because THAT is a slap in the face to the hard working men and women who pay to watch you play and whos money goes to pay your wages.



But this is something that goes two ways. If the coach can see the players are not playing as coached it's his job to find out why. Do the players not understand what's expected of them? Do they not understand how the set moves are supposed to work? Do they feel unhappy with the level of training they're recieving?
We were told earlier in the year that McNamara knew what was went wrong and it would be fixed. But every loss has changed that story to the point where you have him saying "I don't have the 1st clue what's going on or how to begin fixing it" That is an untenable position for any coach as how can the players get behind a coach who doesn't know what he's doing? How must players like Morrison and Menzies react? Between them they've pretty much seen and done it all as far as RL goes. CAN they really be happy playing under a coach who says he doesn't know what he's doing? I don't think so.



Really, I think McNamara has had his final drink in the Last Chance Saloon. It's time he went out, flagged down a cab and got them to take him to Reality Street. He doesn't have the skills or the ability to take us out of the hole we're in and should do the honourable thing and walk away.

I ticked yes but I was confused I meant no.

Really, really, really sorry to say this but I think a regime change to freshen things up and try and create a buzz about the place might be needed now. I'll be at all the home matches at least that's a given but I would just like to enjoy my sunday afternoons at Odsal and the few away games I make it to. That doesn't neccessarily mean a win. Last year away at Saints was the best time I've had at a rugby match in a long time and we got tonked.

At this moment in time I can't see where a win is going to come from. OK we beat Wakey the last time we played them but if we do lose that next up, that is followed by:

Wire away (who are playing well again)
Saints at home
Leeds away

If we don't win any of these games (which is now a high possibility) I dread to think what our crowds will be for the home games after them.

If we'd appointed a respected assistant coach from down under who the club had no previous links with when Noble went...then he turned in what we have seen over the last couple of seasons, would this hypothetical aussie still be in a job today? i suspect not. are the club giving Mcnamara more time because he's "one of ours?"

Maybe nobody else wants the job!

We are starting to remind me of Wire under Paul Cullen - only we are worse!

Wire stuck with Cullen far too long and we are doing the same now with Macca.

Sometimes you've just got to bite the bullet. Short term it might be worse but we've got to get this sorted. The fans keep the club going financially and if most of them leave you don't have a club.

Sadly the time is now well and truly up for McNamara. His inability to fix the problems which have affected us now for the last 18 month is enough of a reason.

I'm not sure that every member of the board can possibly be 100% behind the coach or the chairman right now.

Lot's of rumours do the rounds but that's all they are so leaving that to one side it's the boards duty to ensure the viability of the club as a going concern.

Forget the 11000 break even point because we have no proof of whether that is true except for Peter Hood's comments in the T&A. But the board simply can't have budgetted for the last two home attendances. Given that the last one was the second lowest attendance since super league began they must have lost money on it. Plus there is the loss of faith in the brand and this must have been relayed back from the clubs sponsors.

The lack of any real innovation at the club is probably a sign of a lot of fire fighting within the organisation. Contrary to what comes out of the club they simply can't operate in a bubble and every body can't get on with each other. Do you all find that everyone in your places of work get on?

I'm sorry but for those fans who point to the 3 top 3 teams we've beaten this year I'll point to the teams we've lost against. How anybody can argue he's doing a good job is beyond me, I have targets to achieve in my job and if i was performing as he was i'd be sacked for poor performance and rightly so!!

I'm tired of the excuses & the reasons because we're building to the future, we wouldn't build to the future by signing 34/35 year olds despite how well there playing. SM said he'd pick players on form, he's clearly not doing that and continues to play the same old predictable players playing the same old predictable way.

He says he doesn't understand why we playing as we are.....Taxi for McNamara, because i do...it;s you!!!!

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HANDS OFF!

I voted no. This is my message.

Steve - you need to go now and keep the respect you have earned as a loyal servant of this club. You have tried your best.

Sometimes you can have faith in your abilities, believe you have the answers, hope that in time things get better but find everything you touch turns to dust. This is the situation. Be brave Steve, hold up your hands, admit defeat and walk away with our admiration and respect.

For the love of Bradford Bulls, go and go now.

There is not a lot that I can add bar the fact that I could see this coming some time ago. Mr McNamara, no doubt some of your backers (if there are any left as the only ones on this poll have not had the balls top tell us why) will keep on pointing to the games against Leeds and Saints this season as an example of your ability. I see it the other way TBH. We know that the players can play when they want to do so and, as such, know the ability that the side has. It is just a shame that the same players seem to be incapable of raising there game against "lower sides". (I use the term "lower sides" with certain trepidation because there is a good chance that after tonight I would only be able to refer to them in the singular.)

It looks to me like the players do not respect you as otherwise they would maybe do.....

a. as you tell them, or,
b. what they say they will do every week in the press.

TBH, this week was probably the only time that many will have believed what came out in the press in the fact that Mr Worrincy pretty much said that the players had the incorrect attitude and treated a visiting side with disrespect. And for that, what do we get? The same 19 in the squad next week!!!! As guess what? They let you down again.

Maybe if you had any balls you might have thought to drop one or two of these players who are not giving you the 100% effort that you need at the moment then you would get a bit more sympathy but your stubborn-ness to drop the players that you signed shows, to me, that you do not want to admit that they were the wrong players to bring in in the first place.

People will point to the "great efforts" you have gone to in getting the youth policy back on track. Fair enough - but look at the first team? Your tenure has led to embarrassment on the pitch on a number of occasions and Odsal is now eerily quiet as people are beginning to turn their backs on the club thanks to your "efforts" as a coach.

Luckily for you, your boss Mr Hood has less balls than you so you will survive in your job but if you had any dignity you would just walk away and admit that you have been a monumental failure, as you are not ever gonna sort it out.

No , after last night performance we will need a miracle to win another game if he is still in charge.

. . . . you're nothing if not persistent, I'll give you that



Say it long enough and regularly enough (probably just a bit longer . . .

) and you'll get others saying it on your behalf.

Good job [ithere wasn't a lot that you could add[/i . . . . it may have ended up being a large post



Re the "Yes" votes (or as you've referred to them, "[ino balls[/i" poster - perhaps there's a clue in the posting of that comment as to why there aren't any comments from them?) . . . I dunno, perhaps it should have been a "will he" rather than "can he" . . . .?? Just a thought.

Personally I think, given a number of factors going in his favor then he "can" turn this around. However, given those factors are not directly under his control - the likes of results going in our favor; players taking some sort (any?) pride in what they personally do on the pitch and in delivering the aspirations and dreams of the faithful; playing to their (by your own posts elsewhere) proven capabilities AND consistently et al. - I'm increasingly of the opinion that he won't. FWIW

Before now I haven't really been on the "give Macca the Sacka" bandwagon, but today I think every real Bulls fan, or even Northern fans will be doing including me. Regardless of their form Salford and Celtic -no disrespect- are two sides we should be playing off the park and coming away with the two points. On paper our last two games should have been in the bag, but the players seemed de-motivated and fed up. It's time to go Steve.

Hmmm.

I know [iwhy [/iyou're saying [iwhat [/iyou've said . . . but to imply that you're not a real Bulls fan if you don't want Macca sacking is a bit off, IMHO.

You could go down the route of discussing the merits of what is/isn't a "real Bulls" fan . . .it'd go on forever, there wouldn't be any consensus and . . . . what would be the point really.

Sorry I didn't mean it like that, I should have said "most". I'm just geniunely disheartened atm. My apologies.

Am I confident that Macca can sort this?

No.

I also voted 'no'.

The players are obviously not responding to the coach, we have seen too many poor and disinterested performances now this year. I hope McNamara can turn this around, but I'm not confident he will.

But sacking the coach won't magically turn this around, we need to ship out some dead wood if we're serious about trying to be a top 8 side.