Steve McNamara - the Ultimate Poll : Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:55 pm  

After that . .

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:59 pm  

...after that...

Im physically and mentally drained. But tonight will do for me. For a long time. He can have the freedom of whatever he wants. I might have waivered a bit lately from my normally positive stance, but I am firmly in any positive camp now if thinking positively brings nights like that into my bradford rugby league following life.

get in.

and now.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:04 pm  

Last time we gave a Bulls coach the freedom of the city, he used it to wander off to Wigan...

: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:15 am  

So, 100% Freedom it is for the Macster

: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:55 am  

So what did Macca do differently last night? It was the same players but you couldn't have a more different performance.
Did they players actually do as they were coached last night? To me it looked as if they had a game plan and stuck to it!
1) we seemed to try to hold the Saints player up in the tackle, stop the offload and push them back to stop their dangerous quick ptb.
2) obviously identified a weakness down their left wing, kept attacking there and it came off time after time.
3) it seemed to be a deliberate ploy to kick the ball deep so it went dead and Saints had a 20m restart, the defensive line was well set by then.
Was this good coaching? Luck? Or mistakes that came off?