One thing we'd really benefit from is a player going into contact and getting the ball away. Solomona was the best I've seen at that. Like a magician. But Nobby was a barge forward, never pass sort of a player so maybe offloads are distasteful to him.

Bulls need to come out on top here ,they have been losing too many big games .


Good effort in defeat last week but must start winning against the top teams.

Definite improvement tonight.  Gill, Gee, Okunbor, Keyes, Rogers all found some form.


Oldham poorer than I expected.  A lot of SL players in name only.  


Holmes at halfback worked really well, better than I expected.  

Was Holmes originally signed as a half?  Then Jack Walker got injured, then went to HKR so Holmes played FB all that season

Enjoyed that. Felt we were in control of the match even when Oldham had spells of pressure.


Still one or two moments of self destruction but it was a massive improvement on previous few weeks. Challenge now will be to maintain some form and string a run together with some winnable but potentially awkward games coming up:


Widnes (a) - usually a tough game
Halifax (h) - just seemed to have found some form again and will always lift for Bradford
Doncaster (h) - inconsistent side but can trouble any side on their day
Sheffield (a) - struggled this year but pushed us hard at Odsal


We need to win these games to give ourselves something to play for when Toulouse visit. 

Decent enough win. 


Hooley/Keyes/Holmes has to be our spine going forward. Thought Holmes straightened our attack much more than the passing sideways we've had the last couple of months. Hopefully them playing every week now will see our attack improve. 


Wasn't convinced by Lilley at Hooker. Didn't think his distribution was great. He kept taking a step to take the markers out before passing, but it slowed our attack down and allowed the defence to be on top of the receiver. Once Souters 100% fit again think Lilley is more of an impact Hooker to give us energy late on. 


Still far too many self-destructing errors. Against better sides, we get punished as we've seen recently. 


The ruck was the slowest I've seen for a long time.  Thought our defence as very good to be fair. 


Hopefully a confidence booster but still improvements needed. Widnes and Halifax will be tighter games IMO