: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:16 am  

trin77 wrote:

The ultimate irony for me watching the SKY coverage, was listening to Iestyn Harris the man whose signing has effectively destroyed your club, giving his "expert" opinions. I'd like to have heard him say "well they were pretty good before I signed".

the fault was with the person who offered him the money surely. would you have turned it down?
nope, me neither.
and only one man has ruined the team and that is the current coach

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:25 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

So much for our 'loyal' fans eh?

With around 7.5k home support, we can expect to be staying in the bottom half of the table for the foreseeable future. If the Bulls are to stand any chance of getting out of this mess, they need the fans to continue to support the club.

Shame on you 'glory fans'.

If the fans are to keep on turning up they need to hear some positives from the club. Whilst we are told rubbish about 'flat performances' and 'there were positives to be seen' nobody is going to pay any attention to the club. And as for the old standard of 'dumb rugby' can anybody tell me what the hell Sheriffe was hoping to achieve by palming the ball back into play. The best outcome would have been a drop out for a knock on behind the line and that was supposedly what he was trying to stop.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:30 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

If the fans are to keep on turning up they need to hear some positives from the club. Whilst we are told rubbish about 'flat performances' and 'there were positives to be seen' nobody is going to pay any attention to the club. And as for the old standard of 'dumb rugby' can anybody tell me what the hell Sheriffe was hoping to achieve by palming the ball back into play. The best outcome would have been a drop out for a knock on behind the line and that was supposedly what he was trying to stop.

And maybe a little more honesty? I said that a few weeks ago (unlikely I pleased anyone from the club reading it at the time) and its surely more important than ever now? If there are financial or other issues behind the scenes contributing to the current dreadful situation, maybe fans (with the usual one exception) would understand a bit better? Maybe that would give the fans more hope, or at least some better reason to keep turning up every week and to try and get behind the team?

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:33 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

If the fans are to keep on turning up they need to hear some positives from the club. Whilst we are told rubbish about 'flat performances' and 'there were positives to be seen' nobody is going to pay any attention to the club. And as for the old standard of 'dumb rugby' can anybody tell me what the hell Sheriffe was hoping to achieve by palming the ball back into play. The best outcome would have been a drop out for a knock on behind the line and that was supposedly what he was trying to stop.

quite. And Sheriffe's gaff was one of the worst I've seen in a long long time. Problem is it was bourne out of good intentions and an instinct to help the team, but it was the incorrect thing to do. Which is much like a lot of our play at the moment, well intentioned and some effort but all too often misapplied - like solo trying a hero over the top ball in his own 20 that surrendered possension (perhaps because he realised that he was the only one carrying any threat last night), or rushing the miss out pass that ended up being a pass into the warrington line for one of their last tries.

These errors of concentration and application are ultimtely the players fault, but I'd like to think good coaching and drilling might remove these poor decisions over time but thats not happening. Why?

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:41 am  

The errors they are making are typical of people that are tired. This is not solely due to the Easter period but have been shown all season. We do not seem fit enough. At the start of the season we fell away badly in the second half. Unfortunately we are not going to pick up any fitness mid-season.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:44 am  

Orrell Lad wrote:

Looked more like 100 on Sky

Looked like the self styled Barmy Army was a very small Detachment.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:47 am  

Div wrote:

Looked like the self styled Barmy Army was a very small Detachment.

It would be interesting to see how many the Bulls would have taken to Warrington had the fixture been reversed. Travelling to Odsal from Queensbury seems a pretty long journey at the moment.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:47 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

And yet you still don't go to away matches.

Just like you lot to BV on Monday what 10 miles and it was a poor away support.

Like the man says its about winning.

From Volcano to Sherriffe do the maths.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:49 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

Just like you lot to BV on Monday what 10 miles and it was a poor away support.

Like the man says its about winning.

From Volcano to Sherriffe do the maths.

You are joking. Whilst I will agree that we didn't take hordes of supporters it was a mickey poor effort from the good people of Wakefield for a team in such a great position as we are constantly being told.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:03 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

It would be interesting to see how many the Bulls would have taken to Warrington had the fixture been reversed. Travelling to Odsal from Queensbury seems a pretty long journey at the moment.

Travelling from Wibsey is far enough.