Think part of our problem today wasn't so much with us but with how strong Fax's defense was. Compare how we tackled with one man trying to make the tackle with his fingertips and a 2nd tackler only coming in to wrap him up,the Fax player being able to get up quick & speed the game up. Compared to how Fax tackled, 4 men in every time forcing us on our backs, slowing it right down, winning & dominating the ruck. We made a lot of silly mistakes today but some of that might have come from how Fax stopped us playing like we normally do. I do think if we tackled like Fax did today we'd be unstoppable with the forwards we have, instead we seem to be using our forward's excellent skill to put one less man in the tackle which doesn't seem to be helping us. I thought & still think Jukes was the right man for the job & think he'll only get better but we did come up against a better coach today who knew how to set up his team against us. An excellent win. Considering everything a fantastic start to the season. I can't wait to see this team fully fit.

The bookies saw it coming.

Im not sure what you mean, by the time we played our last friendly against Widnes they had us as 3rd favs. Even before yesterday they still had the impression we would finish 4th.



The ones they look as though they got very wrong were Batley and Leigh. Batley were never such big outsiders considering their signings and although Leigh should have been that short, once it all started to fall apart though they do not look anywhere as near dominant as they should be.

Quote Greg Florimos Boots="Greg Florimos Boots"Im not sure what you mean, by the time we played our last friendly against Widnes they had us as 3rd favs. Even before yesterday they still had the impression we would finish 4th. [uThe ones they look as though they got very wrong were Batley and Leigh.[/u Batley were never such big outsiders considering their signings and although Leigh should have been that short, once it all started to fall apart though they do not look anywhere as near dominant as they should be.'" Batley yes, Leigh no. Despite our adversity/Injuries so far this season,we are still odds on. www.oddschecker.com/rugby-league/championship

Quote Greg Florimos Boots="Greg Florimos Boots"Im not sure what you mean, by the time we played our last friendly against Widnes they had us as 3rd favs. Even before yesterday they still had the impression we would finish 4th. [uThe ones they look as though they got very wrong were Batley and Leigh.[/u Batley were never such big outsiders considering their signings and although Leigh should have been that short, once it all started to fall apart though they do not look anywhere as near dominant as they should be.'" Batley yes, Leigh no. Despite our adversity/Injuries so far this season,we are still odds on. www.oddschecker.com/rugby-league/championship

No club in RL should have those pre season odds, silly at best.

Im not sure, with the team Leigh had assembled they really should have walked the league but its unlikely it is going to happen now with what has gone on. I think if you had Rowley in charge and a full team you would have still walked it. Bradford for me certainly do not look better than last season and there would have been no one else to challenge.

Lets wait till we do have a full team out

IMO we are better off with a change of coach but in this sport injuries are a given and we had been very lucky for 2 years so were due a run, the avalanche was a bit much though.

We had a fare share in the middle 8s.

That was more wear and tear rather than injuries, some of them played too often.

Every club was in the same boat as us, with 'injuries' in the Qualifiers. Unfortunately, just about everyone handled it better than us. At least we've seen some rotation so far this season. Alright, it's been ridiculous in the backs, but the forwards have been rotated pretty well so far. (except Higham, that is!)

Good to see you`re still chatting bubbles.What makes you think Rowls would`ve made any difference with the amount of injuries involved.He`d have gone for the miracle 6 pt play in yesterdays game with a minute left,fortunately our game management has changed and we went for the 2 to close out the game.