The time for patience has long since passed.

Even if Mick Potter’s side is still in its infancy, the Bulls boss knows time is fast ticking away in the quest to make this season a success.

A five-game winless run has sparked a slide to 11th in Super League and the start of Challenge Cup proceedings means Bradford must snap that streak now.

The pressure is on but Potter will not panic.

“Where we’re at is not good enough and as soon as we lose a game, it’s not what we want.

“We want to win every game and, as much as that’s not realistic, it’s still achievable before each individual game to pick up the win.

“At the moment we are out of the eight and we need to get back into it hastily.

“It’s easy to say how to fix it and the players are doing their utmost. We understand as a group we need to capitalise on opportunities but it’s about getting it done.”

The Bulls’ last plays have come under particularly heavy scrutiny as part of the inquest into a 58-14 loss to Warrington.

Six tries were conceded directly from Bradford errors, three of them coming from charged-down kicks, leading Potter to label the defeat “extraordinary”.

But the problems are nothing new.

Potter has frequently bemoaned his side’s failure to complete sets in a positive fashion but insists it is not down to a lack of preparation.

He said: “We got to the end of our sets but to come up with three tries off the back of your kicks is an extraordinary situation.

“We did talk about kick pressure and discuss how to deal with it before the game. We had a plan to alleviate it but we didn’t follow it through.

“They are having too many lapses in concentration. In practice we are emphasising plans to alleviate potential threats but, for one reason or another, it’s not happening the way we want.

“What can happen is you get a repeat set and get the ball back but it didn’t happen. Instead they scored from three kicks and they scored from three errors as well.

“It was an extraordinary game in that sense and we even scored a try off one of their errors, when Elliott Whitehead intercepted.”

A lack of continuity certainly hasn’t helped.

The Bulls have only been able to name an unchanged side on one occasion so far this season and the problem is particularly acute at half-back.

An injury to Paul Sykes has necessitated further changes at pivot tomorrow and new signing Ben Jeffries is likely to join Marc Herbert in the seventh different half-back combination of the season.

But Potter refuses to use the disruptions as a crutch and believes his team can still enjoy success by sticking to the systems practised in training.

“When you don’t complete a set efficiently it builds pressure on yourself,” he said.

“It’s a simple one to solve and it’s easy to say but we have to make sure that every little facet of every little play is correct to build pressure.

“They have to follow the systems. I don’t want to take out anything they do see that they can capitalise on.

“If there’s a set play on but they see something else, I don’t want to completely stop them from doing that, but it is important for them to carry out the plays efficiently.”