Bulls prop Craig Kopczak admits the boos are justified.

The players were greeted by a chorus of jeers after the devastating defeat to Hull KR, and Kopczak fully understands the fans’ frustrations.

A Bradford boy himself, the former Dudley Hill amateur is hit hard by every defeat and wants to use the trip to Wigan as a chance to make amends.

“I totally understand the boos,” he said.

“Being a Bradford lad myself, when I’ve watched the team lose I’ve always hated it and I’m sure the fans hate losing too.

“It’s one of those things where we just have to keep trying hard and I know we’ll do that for them. Hopefully we’ll get the win this time.

“It’s important to me. We’re all working hard in training and trying to put things right.

“Like in the Warrington game when we got hammered, we wanted to put things right straight away.

“We’ll just keep trying to progress and see what comes up.”

Kopczak is at a loss to explain the collapse against Hull KR.

The Bulls started brightly enough, leading 8-0 until the 34th minute, but simply buckled - conceding 28 unanswered points in the second half to allow Rovers their first win at Odsal in almost 20 years.

“We’re very disappointed with the performance against Hull KR,” said Kopczak. “Obviously with the loss at Warrington and how heavily defeated we were, we wanted to make amends.

“We knew the importance of the game and we wanted to put our stamp on it.

“We did that in the first 20 minutes but, from there, we fell back into old ways and we were massively disappointed with the outcome of the game.

“We want to put things right against Wigan.”

But even if the Bulls have no realistic chance of qualifying for the play-offs, they are not ready to consider their season over.

“We’re not thinking like that,” said Kopczak.

“Results will take care of themselves but we need to focus on ourselves and how we finish the season “I couldn’t really say exactly what the turning point was but we have to get back on the horse and fix things up.

“It’s a short turnaround before Wigan and it’s a massive game. They’ve got plenty to play for and it’s tight at the top for them but we want to win and we’re not going to make it easy for them.

“They’re a big, physical side and they’re not champions for no reason.

“We had them close in the Challenge Cup at home when we were down to 12 men and we took a lot of confidence from that.

“If we take that attitude into this game I think we should be all right.”

Looking for positives in another campaign full of disappointments, Kopczak’s performances have stood out.

Despite the heartbreaking loss of his father, the 24-year-old has enjoyed his best campaign yet, earning more responsibility and more game-time with every positive performance.

Personal achievements offer little consolation for collective failure but Kopczak is determined has not let 2011 go to waste.

He said: “There have been a few throughout the season - near misses and disappointing results.

“I feel we’ve grown as a team and we just want to win at the back end of the campaign now.

“I’m happy with how I’ve been going so far but I have to keep improving.

“I’m not the finished article, not at all, so I need to keep improving year in, year out.

“Mick’s shown a lot of confidence in me and I’ve been getting a lot more game-time so it’s showing in my game.

“I just want to finish this season really strong.

“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind this year with everything I’ve been through but hopefully I can settle and reflect on everywhere I’ve been, then kick on again for next season.”