Mick Potter admits the buck stops with him for the Bulls’ embarrassment at Salford.

The shocking 56-16 defeat represented a low point of the Aussie’s tenure in the Odsal hot-seat but he refused to seek excuses.

Bradford have slipped to tenth in the Super League standings and Potter promised some harsh words for his players in the build-up to Thursday’s clash with arch-rivals Leeds.

He said: “It’s my job to get them to reach their potential. That’s my responsibility.

“It’s a fault. I have to get the best out of them and they weren’t at their best against Salford.

“I thought Salford played well and we didn’t do enough with the ball early.

“We didn’t build enough pressure. We had enough ball to build pressure but some of our options were poor.

“I need to rectify that. Maybe I give a little bit too much credit sometimes to some people. I need to take the responsibility and make sure they adhere to what I want them to do. It’s my problem to rectify that.”

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