I agree with keeping it simple when confidence is low but I don't think our gameplan could be any simpler.     That's why we struggle when we don't dominate up front.   I know winning up the middle is a fundamental of the game and you don't win unless you do that but we're soooo predictable at times.  


The kicking game was spot on in the early part of the season, more mixed.   You have to vary the kicks.   Otherwise the opposition gets too comfortable.   I know in goal areas are tiny but we don't try and put the ball there enough IMO.   We need to be better at building pressure.    

It did cross my mind whether Waine was here because of Appo and losing him unexpectedly has unsettled him. I was expecting him to be a real handful but so far he has been pretty ineffective.


Key for this week is attitude, are the players prepared to try and win every little battle and 1% effort areas? 

Waine certainly doesn't run the ball in as hard as Appo.  Liu looked OK when versus Hunslet before he had to defend at centre.  He runs good lines so I agree,  maybe he's worth a shot.  Do you drop Fulton or Gee?

Bulls 21 man squad:


Guy Armitage
Logan Bayliss
Waqa Blake
James Donaldson
Zac Fulton
Matty Gee
Kieran Gill
Sam Hallas
Luke Hooley
Joe Keyes 
Michael Lawrence 
Jordan Lilley 
Bayley Liu 
Nathan Mason
James Meadows 
Ronan Michael
Jayden Okunbor 
Franklin Pele 
Ebon Scurr
Mitch Souter 
Emmanuel Waine 

Still looks a good team on paper, just translate that to the pitch and we'll do alright.