[Bulliac]

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:49 am  

Cibaman wrote:

In fairness to Noble the only player that has proved he wasnt given a fair chance is Atkins. I'm sure that if the others mentioned had genuine potential more of them would have made it elsewhere.

Clubs keep tabs on young players at other clubs and they would have been snapped up, as Atkins was, if other coaches believed that they had talent and werent being given a chance at Bradford.

The problem for Atkins at the time was we had a very strong back line; he was effectively fourth or even fifth choice at centre. There`s no doubt that, if fit, he`d get a game now!

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:48 am  

Cibaman wrote:

In fairness to Noble the only player that has proved he wasnt given a fair chance is Atkins. I'm sure that if the others mentioned had genuine potential more of them would have made it elsewhere.
Clubs keep tabs on young players at other clubs and they would have been snapped up, as Atkins was, if other coaches believed that they had talent and werent being given a chance at Bradford.

4 of them quit all together because they couldn't see any chance of getting a chance.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:16 am  

redeverready wrote:

4 of them quit all together because they couldn't see any chance of getting a chance.

That appears to still be the case really doesn't it?

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:32 am  

redeverready wrote:

4 of them quit all together because they couldn't see any chance of getting a chance.

That may be the case but it wasnt just the Bulls that didnt believe they were good enough. Every other SL club will have watched those 4 players, assessed them and decided not to take them on.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:40 am  

redeverready wrote:

4 of them quit all together because they couldn't see any chance of getting a chance.

But it's a tough world and that in itself may show they didn't have the necessary dog and determination to make it at SL level.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:04 pm  

I'll give McNamara his due, he certainly knows how to try and deflect the blame elsewhere!

Just about all the players in the squad have proved to have a reasonable pedigree under other coaches or at other clubs. It's the coaching they are currently receiving, nothing else.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:02 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

That may be the case but it wasnt just the Bulls that didnt believe they were good enough. Every other SL club will have watched those 4 players, assessed them and decided not to take them on.

They quit the game altogether I know that one of those got a very good offer at Wakefield but decided against it, he;d just had enough of the game after having his spirit broken.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:39 pm  

I'm still concerned about the whole "we're not playing as we're coached" I'm sure that's not the first time that's been said either.

So that leaves us a few explainations.

1. McNamara has a discipline problem. He can't enforce his ideas and tactics on the squad and it's left the squad unsure as to what they're supposed to do in given situations

or

2. The team want rid of McNamara and are purposely playing poorly.

Personally I hope it's 1 and if McNamara had a more seasoned hand guiding him a la Tony Smith & Jimmy Lowes at Wire, that the team would be able to turn it around. I'd hate option 2 to be correct. Because if it is then every single player that's turned out this year has spat in the face of the Bradford fans and don't deserve to play the game let alone wear Bradford colours

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:14 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

I'm still concerned about the whole "we're not playing as we're coached" I'm sure that's not the first time that's been said either.

So that leaves us a few explainations.

1. McNamara has a discipline problem. He can't enforce his ideas and tactics on the squad and it's left the squad unsure as to what they're supposed to do in given situations

or

2. The team want rid of McNamara and are purposely playing poorly.

Personally I hope it's 1 and if McNamara had a more seasoned hand guiding him a la Tony Smith & Jimmy Lowes at Wire, that the team would be able to turn it around. I'd hate option 2 to be correct. Because if it is then every single player that's turned out this year has spat in the face of the Bradford fans and don't deserve to play the game let alone wear Bradford colours

Either way it can't be let to continue.

: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:47 am  

redeverready wrote:

Either way it can't be let to continue.

No it can't. The club MUST do something now before we slip any further. But without knowing exactly what the root cause of all this is there's no way of saying what the right solution (if there is one) would be