Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:09 pm  

and looking at the table the worst we could be at the end of this round is 7th. Having said that we were 7th round about this time last year, but the difference this year is our teams ATTITUDE . and last year we still had the injuries to come. Without a doubt Potter knows what the players can do, this time last year he was playing around with some very strange choices, but he has been far more consistent this year.

Its all a bit quiet on the Hood hating front. So I shall join them. Hood, I hate you for presiding over 4 wins out of 7 in what was seen as a very difficult start to the season.

Is there a coach of the month as in footie? Potter had better be careful, hes looking good for it in March so far.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:08 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

Can't help but think if sammut was playing how many more points would we have had

And yet apparently were considering resting him next week and continuing with Sykes next week ahead of easter fixtures. Strange if true.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:02 pm  

Good overall performance tonight. Thought Jefferies and Kearney were great tonight.

Everyone knows their job and with Elima back we shower some aggression.

Proud to be a Bull, COYB!

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:13 am  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

The bulls defence was superb tonight and the scoreline flattered Saints. Let's be honest their first score shouldn't have happened and was down to the poor quality of the sh1thouse refereeing (before you start with your boring rubbish tigertot yes he spotted the 8 point try but he cocked that up even because foster should have walked for that) and the second came when the game was over.

Diddums. Clear forward pass, no doubt, the ref didn't miss the tackle though. Foster wasn't even a penalty IMO. If the ball is on the floor it is there to be kicked. None of that should take anything away from a fantastic Bulls performance. Taxi for Royce.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:52 am  

tigertot wrote:

Diddums. Clear forward pass, no doubt, the ref didn't miss the tackle though. Foster wasn't even a penalty IMO. If the ball is on the floor it is there to be kicked. None of that should take anything away from a fantastic Bulls performance. Taxi for Royce.

Not even a penalty.. are you being serious? A player has right to compete for ball but you cannot kick the ball out a players hands. As soon as he makes contact with the head it has to be a penalty. It's no different to a player coming in with a clenched fist to try and stop a try and then knocking a player out...

Reckless but I don't think he intended to cause harm, penalty sufficient.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:00 am  

I thought it was another great team effort from the players last night. Some excellent committed defence and some decent rugby played in tricky conditions. I thought Elima made a superb contribution especially considering it was his first game back. Manuokafoa is looking really promising, he isn't afraid to get stuck in and do the hard graft. BJ is leading the team fantastically, I knew he could he do that for us but I have been surprised how consistent he has been in Gale's absence.

Really proud of this bunch of players right now. They're showing the kind of attitude and willingness to work that I've been waiting for so long for. We might not be a team of superstars but we're a pretty decent TEAM, keep it up guys the supporters are right behind you!!

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:01 am  

I'll stick with my current view. We're not very good, but we're very good at what we do. Bit like Stoke in the Premier League. Not got the best players, won't win anything, but by god, do you know you've been in a game against them.

Attitude and effort in every game is all we ever ask for. Now we are seeing this and getting some results we all show our appreciation and the players realise this and give a little more.

Putting pride back into the club, and its great.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:34 am  

I'm quite happy to be proved wrong and look forward to seeing it again, but IMO the ball is on the floor, Foster has already started to swing his leg before Whitehead grounds it. I've been slagging Foster for 2 years so am quite pleased to see the smug git get his come uppance. If you want to comment on a much worse incident look at Elima's on Gaskell after the ref had blown.

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Not even a penalty.. are you being serious? A player has right to compete for ball but you cannot kick the ball out a players hands. As soon as he makes contact with the head it has to be a penalty. It's no different to a player coming in with a clenched fist to try and stop a try and then knocking a player out...

Reckless but I don't think he intended to cause harm, penalty sufficient.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:37 am  

tigertot wrote:

If the ball is on the floor it is there to be kicked..

It is, but the important thing is to kick the ball rather than the player.

80% of high tackles are unintentional rather than deliberate or malicious. They're just badly executed tackles. But that doesnt mean they're not penalties. Similarly Foster was trying to kick the ball (and shouldnt be penalised by the disciplinary) but he executed it badly. Clear penalty.

Re: 17/3/12 | Bradford Bulls vs St Helens | 17:15 | #SLBraSt : Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:47 am  

tigertot wrote:

I'm quite happy to be proved wrong and look forward to seeing it again, but IMO the ball is on the floor, Foster has already started to swing his leg before Whitehead grounds it. I've been slagging Foster for 2 years so am quite pleased to see the smug git get his come uppance. If you want to comment on a much worse incident look at Elima's on Gaskell after the ref had blown.

Do you mean the one where gaskell knocked on, where the ref didnt blow the whistle so may have missed the knock on, therefore gaskell could have regathered the ball..elima then came in for the tackle..if the ref doesnt blow the whistle you carry on into the tackle as the player could just pick the ball up and run...