Konrad Hurrell in on loan, guessing that means Gill isn't fit.

Abysmal. Where to start and where do we go from here. As soon as we come up against a quality team, our weaknesses are badly exposed. Okunbor can't catch a cold. Meadows is one of the most unintelligent halves we've had. If our player is off the pitch, don't ******* pass to them! So many average players not good enough when it comes to the crunch. We looked a rabble today. 


Team needs freshening up, and I don't mean getting more over the hill SL players on two week loans. Maybe give a young player a shot. 

Biggest concern for me is that in these tight games we all too often seem to lack composure and gift the opposition possession. 

Always felt like a mistake was likely and we would invite York onto our line and we did. 

We came into this fixture riding high on a 7-game winning streak, but once again found ourselves undone by a York side that continues to have our number. Despite moments where it looked like we could take control, the same frustrating patterns resurfaced: individual errors, a lack of composure when in control, and a tendency to gift York possession through careless decisions.



We earned good field position on multiple occasions but repeatedly let ourselves down with poor execution on final plays, a consistent achilles heel throughout the match. Simply put, if we have ambitions of challenging for a top-three finish, this performance shows we’re still some way off. The levels required just aren’t there at the moment, and that’s a concern. Discipline was another issue, with large parts of the game spent on the back foot due to avoidable penalties and poor decision-making. Some decisions from the referee were questionable but we need to be able to maintain our composure when things start to go against us.


However, the main bright spot was the return of Tom Holmes from long-term injury. His energy and creativity gave our attack a much-needed spark, and he was instrumental in setting up the second-half try for Armitage. I'm not sure why Souter didn't return but hopefully that's not another injury picked up. Konrad Hurrell went well and gained some good yardage. Hopefully he can improve and get some confidence back after finding himself shipped out from Saints.



In the end, it's another missed opportunity and a stark reminder that we need to improve — and fast — if we’re to be taken seriously in the race to be top of the Championship.

Brian Noble confirms Souter out with a shoulder injury.

We defeated ourselves big time again. Twice, we made errors from kick offs, one with a knock on the 1st tackle and the other when Michael caught the ball from meadows behind the dead ball line. These mistakes put us under so much pressure and as I said after we last played York, we have that soft underbelly in tight, high pressure games.

That game was there for the taking and to concede with 2 minutes to go on the first tackle was infuriating.

Its frustrating being a Bulls fan.