It’s finally over.

You can say that again.

But will next year be any better?

Handing out flyers saying “make more memories like this” is a bit of a joke!

Quarter of the game with an extra man made the scoreline look closer than the game itself.

Unfortunately for us, working hard and being from Bradford doesn’t make you a good coach.

They were better than us, worked harder than us and should’ve won by more. As always, we were more interested in a scrap than scoring points.

Next season with less ticket money, less funding, lower budget….. what could go wrong.

Great to see 3500 there though, 2500 must have been in the bar?

Wonder if we'll hear the line "my boys tried hard, there was tonnes of effort..."

A quarter of the game with an extra man! Dunnings spent too long trying to protect the players instead of demanding standards.

Ive been to every game this season, and looking back down the fixture list there is only 6/7 where i came out actually enjoying the game content in how we performed. The rest was dull and boring or we got walloped.

Most dissapointing (in trying to be polite) season in my 32 years as a fan.

I know we got relegated in 2017 but we started on minus 12 points hadd no players 6 weeks before the season, we knew from the out set what was coming. Begging stealing and borrowing any one so we could just to turn a team out.

This year for me is worse, with no such excuses. Pre season was all about being "contenders", what a load of s**t that turned out to be.
Dire rugby, sacked coach, big bellies, small pitch, state of the stadium, dwindling crowds. What an absolute inept abject s**t show of a year. Some of those players have been an absolute disgrace and should be ashamed.

Will i be there in 2023. You bet i will!

Performance was poor but the referee was shocking for both sides. Seemed he thought we had just come to see him. I think sometimes he blew the whistle but didn't know why he had blown. The penalty count must be astronomical.

Doyle was good and Scurr hit the line hard and at pace but was the only one to do that.

That was awful. I’ve been a critic but I thought Crossley ran well and DFJ was good taking the ball etc.

Other than that. Embarrassing. I don’t mind losing by that scoreline if there is effort. Today there was none.

Crossley’s comments in T&A are interesting…..

That's interesting, It's looking like he's going to spill the beans now that he's left the Club. There not cutting back on the pie allowance surely. Anyway I'm glad we are done for the season.

He might not neccassrily be spilling beans, more likely just saying lines like "there's certain things at the club that need addressing etc"

I'd actually be really disappointed if, minutes after his final game for us, he started mud slinging and throwing people under the bus in public (no matter if justified criticism) . At the end of the day, as captain there were certain aspects of the club he could have improved. He was dropped earlier this year and is completely out of shape.

Well it will be interesting to hear his thoughts, let’s have your honest opinion Steve. No chance of that from the management.

Essentially 2 John Kear teams playing each other. One looked like it had never played the game before and the other couldn't believe their luck that they'd come across a team equally as garbage.

I've never been so bored at a game. At one point they we stood in a huddle 30m from the PTB...no basics at all.

Next year can't be anywhere near as bad.

Next year could be worse.

Mick’s alluded to similar comments from some of the players that have already left/been announced. He mentioned during commentary a couple of weeks ago that an outgoing player had said he felt like he’d been sold a dream and been let down.

Makes you wonder.

I’m not optimistic about the future.

Wasn't Steve C ill with long covid?

Whilst he's been poor this season and looked unfit, he's been a good club servant. I'd love to hear his thoughts on the situation. He came through in the Mcbanana era and has seen it all as a fan and player. He was even in the 47 man squad that had no half backs that was assembled under Steve Ferres, who came to the club recommended by someone at the RFL. Can't think who.

Any adult man 'sold a dream' at the Bradford Bulls needs a full time carer. WTF have they been for 10 years?

The only dream I can think of is the ridiculous coaching situation of "we've applicants from all over the world" only to give it to Dunning. Don't think it's a coincidence we've won one game since the appointment.

That been said I'm growing tired of the players blaming everyone else but themselves. This isn't a defence of Wood as I don't think he's competent enough to take us forward, however I'm struggling to think of what dream these players are referring to. At the end of the day, Nigel didn't lose to Halifax whilst playing with an extra man for 79 minutes, or Whitehaven at home etc. I think some of these players need to look in the mirror.

Completely different mind set to those on our 2005 documentary who had just as much off-field issues, but they went on and became champions.

Alright poor choice of words. Maybe they were told the set up wasn’t going to be as crap

Must have been the extra extra long varient as hes been utter garbage for at least 2 seasons.

Captains are the ones supposed to lead by example and set standards both on and off the field. What sort of example
does it set when hes turned up week in week out in the shape hes in . Culture change needed from top to bottom so im happy hes out of the door.

Agreed. As much I think the coaching appointment is a disgrace, and the owner a joke. They didn’t lose the Halifax or Barrow games when we were winning or within a shout. They haven’t served up absolute rubbish on the field like yesterday.

However, on paper the players aren’t bad. It is down to the coach to get the best out of them. And we should have beaten that Widnes team who were missing several key men and had lost 5 of the last 6 games (only win came against Whitehaven).

Nothing will change until Nigel takes his knee off the clubs throat.
Inexperienced Coach with no assistant and lack of funds are all symptoms of "The Nige effect"
2022 has been terrible, I can't see how 2023 will be any better.. please feel free to offer a bit of optimism though,

To be fair I've been a bit doom and gloom recently due to the poor efforts on the field and the god awful appointments off the field. But the positives for next season:

We've signed a very good halfback for the Championship in Tom Holmes.
We've signed a very good forward in the form of Brad Foster.
We've signed one of our better performers for next season in the form of Chester Butler.

But like I said to a friend of mine. You can have a squad full of quality but if it's being run by a guy with no decent experience. Then that squad will not play to it's best.

However the recruitment for me looks decent so far.

Scurr charged with a grade f offence.
Huge ban on its way. No idea of the incident.