It's struck me just how few posts/discussions there have been following the Bulls' great result in France. The contrast between this, and the flood of criticism, bile and cries for vengeance in earlier weeks is actually quite scary. Very few seem to have thought it worth bothering to post when the Bulls have done well, whereas had they lost, they couldn't wait to be on here calling for the heads of coach, players and board.

this by no means applies to everyone, of course (thankfully) but are these people actually fans, or just circling hyenas, who'll move on to scavenge elsewhere if the wounded prey gets back on its feet?

I too was surprised by the lack of negative posts, given the fact that the GREAT win seemed to be a fortunate one, given the fact that Catlans had three tries chalked off in the second half?

Nice enough try - but no cigar

You really miss Mystic Eddie don't you

Whats positive tendancy?

The more restrained criticism came on the back of a few poor performances, including one that was frighteningly bad. Just as it would be unreasonable to question the players and the coach after just one bad performance, its a bit early to think that everything in the garden is rosy.

And of course, very few Bulls fans witnessed the Catalans performance.

Wouldn't think anyone has any issue with ANY restrained criticism, debate or whatever, though.




. . . and who on earth remotely said or even hinted that it was?




This doesn't usually stop 'em

its knowing you have statisticaly more chance of drowning in a puddle throughout the week than winning the lotto on sat evening, but still buying a ticket when its p!ssing it down on Monday morning.

...or its something you need to get checked at the clinic maybe

A now very rare benign condition, historically common round these parts but nowdays only rarely encountered. Its precipitous decline is believed to be due to displacement by the much more aggressive and virulent "Negative Tendancy" - an unpleasant and depressing condition native to Leeds for many years, until temporarily displaced westwards by some unusually successful but probably short-lived recent activity there involving a treatment known as "Money". PT is understood to be transmitted via a vector known as "Winning", and is especially potent when encountered in its persistent and tenacious FA and AF strains. There have been tentative very recent signs of localised outbreaks of PT, which may be connected to some NT strains recently metamorphing into dormant state and the true nature of other strains becoming clear. However, given the persistence of NT and its stubborn resistance to the normal forms of treatment which are effective elsewhere, there remains as yet little more than anecdotal evidence that we will ever again see the condition become more widespread. The "OSV" treatment currently awaiting clinical trials is seen as the brightest hope, although a very large injection of "Money" could also prove effective.

It could just be that when young players die doing the sport they love it doesn't seem too important to criticize your team.

You cant blame me for trying, you are the one who has solicited the negative posts.



Whilst this was a fortunate win I do hope that this is the beginning of a run of wins, however Cas may have something to say about that.

Didn't Alex Ferguson have a lucky cup win 18 years ago just before he was to get the push. The rest, as they say, is history.

Yeah, but Ferguson already had a management pedigree in the scotish leagues and had already won tropheys and that's why he was given the leniency. McNamara has yet to win anything.

And I've already stated in other threads that it's still only 1 win in 5 games so I shall reserve my enthusiasm until winning becomes the norm instead of the exception

But it hasn't stopped the whingers and moaners, who weren't there from their usual ascerbic comments about things they know nothing about because, of course, they weren't there.

And as we all know if you weren't there you can't make any comment at all.

Well im feeling positive, we played some great stuff in France, i wonder if IdleBull will be back watching after his letter to Peter Hood saying he wouldn't go again until they got rid of Macca, that was a pathetic thing to do, if we do start stringing wins together, it will be interesting to see if he comes back lol

I am looking forward to the weekend which has not been the case for the last couple of weeks, I know we are still along way from a polished article but thats what being a supporter is about for me. Hope to see some of you at the jungle.

Well Said!

What I am looking forward to most is seeing an improvement in performances from now until the end of the season. I dont mean every week, but if we can find a bit of a rythm and string a few wins together then I think we will be in the mix of top four. All the sides are going to lose games this season, and all sides will lose games they dont expect, just like Leeds will get beat at Odsal on good friday.

Why? Who will they be playing?

Bradford Bulls.

What i find funny is all the PT brigade used to say that we couldn't judge a team on 4 games yet after 1 win everythings now on the up.

He has a point...

Although not seen too many suggesting everything is OK now...but even you can't deny that the trend is slightly better than it was?

And anyway, your post lost all credibility when you referred to the PT "Brigade".



At the moment, its all the PT can do to muster half a platoon...

Why be so negative about things? we are on the board, lets look to the next game and next few weeks and see how things go. It could be worse we could be in last place.