Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:37 pm  

Our problem is self-belief, and character. I remember Potter saying our heads go down after making mistakes, and it was so evident today. The brand of rugby early on was superb, yet we let Cas into the game through silly penalties and we reverted to nothing rugby. So, losing is becoming abit of a bad habit for us at this moment. We don't seem to have the belief to win from behind.

Our problem is self-belief, and character. I remember Potter saying our heads go down after making mistakes, and it was so evident today. The brand of rugby early on was superb, yet we let Cas into the game through silly penalties and we reverted to nothing rugby. So, losing is becoming abit of a bad habit for us at this moment. We don't seem to have the belief to win from behind.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:39 pm  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

It's horrible to say but despite him being our third top try scorer Lynch is a player very much in decline.

Sad but true he is a shade of the player he once was. the amount of times he was tackled by one man today and put down with little effort was shocking. He must look at Burgess and think why can't i do that because the kid is showing him up. For all the criticism of Herbert he was pivotal in all Bradford did well today but sadly disappeared when we needed him most at the end as did Jeffries.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:42 pm  

No, neither half disappeared. They didn't get enough ball!! Don't you realise what structure is? If we're playing one up rugby, the ball won't get the Herbert on the edges will it? You wanting him to go running around like a headless chicken? The distribution from DH towards the end was shameful.

I've never seen Diskin play as poor as he did today, and he knows it judging by his Twitter.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:44 pm  

God, what a shambles. For the first ten minutes, we looked like a different team. Energetic and imaginative in attack and seemingly scoring at will. But after that, the same old 5h1t different day. Poor defence, poor decsion making, no team work, stupid penalties, etc, etc.
Painful to watch another season going down the toilet in such an abject way.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:45 pm  

And FWIW, I though Herbert was our best player today, everything that we did good seemed to come through him.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:46 pm  

We just dont have enough quality. How many more poor seasons will we endure ?

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:47 pm  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

It's horrible to say but despite him being our third top try scorer Lynch is a player very much in decline.

He has been for two years Mick.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:48 pm  

debaser wrote:

God, what a shambles. For the first ten minutes, we looked like a different team. Energetic and imaginative in attack and seemingly scoring at will. But after that, the same old 5h1t different day.

The thing that needs to be discovered is how we go from playing at full potential, to playing nothing in the space of 10 minutes. There's no self-belief or confidence when they make mistakes.

You just hear Ian Henderson on SKY? Said the main reason Catalan are fourth, whereas they were bottom last year, is that they believe. They believe they can win when they're losing and they believe in theirselves. We do that, and we're top 8 comfortably for me.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:49 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

No, neither half disappeared. They didn't get enough ball!! Don't you realise what structure is? If we're playing one up rugby, the ball won't get the Herbert on the edges will it? You wanting him to go running around like a headless chicken? The distribution from DH towards the end was shameful.

I've never seen Diskin play as poor as he did today, and he knows it judging by his Twitter.

Is it not a halfbacks job to demand the ball though? Both of them went missing when we needed them which was epitomised by Kearney having to come into the line as receiver and run from one side of the pitch to another to try find someone running a line. But i do agree that we play one man rugby way too much and it isn't good enough.

Re: Cas 34 Bulls 30, all post-match discussion here : Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:49 pm  

We need psychological help I think. As soon as we concede, it's like we give up.