Belief and confidence are not the same thing.

That might sound like splitting hairs but, for a winless Bulls side struggling near the foot of the Super League table, it is an important distinction.

For a side that has contested the last four Grand Finals, the lack of confidence evident in back-to-back defeats to perennial strugglers Widnes and Wakefield has been staggering. Normally rock solid players are failing to execute the simplest of plays, while the goal-line defence has looked anything but assured.

"Just about everything" has been going wrong, admitted skipper Jamie Peacock.

"The only good thing to happen is that I've won both tosses.

"This week was slightly better than last week - there was a bit more enthusiasm.

"There are very few positives for us at the moment but we have plenty of time to turn it around and we are not frightened to do the hard work to achieve it.

"A lot of us aren't playing to our best. We are making dumb mistakes, the kind of plays we don't normally make. And that comes out in our team performance. If every player makes one or two of those mistakes in a game then you've basically had it.

"We are a little bit down on confidence. It doesn't show to start with but when a couple of things go against us then it does start to creep up on us. But that is when we need to focus a bit more and believe in ourselves."

And that belief, says Peacock, is well and truly present at the club despite the dreadful start to the season.

Faced with a daunting trip to Wigan in just three days' time, Peacock insists his side can turn things around at "fortress JJB".

"I think we can win. The belief is always there.

"We believe in our own ability and we are prepared to put the hard work in.

"Those two things are vital if we want to turn our fortunes around. Stick with us and hopefully we'll put it right on Friday."

A loss could see the Bulls bottom of the table by the end of the weekend but even then it would be too early to write off the club's title ambitions, said Peacock.

"It is going to be tough for us to go there and win and if we do lose it will make things even tougher for us. But it won't be impossible.

"That is the beauty of the play-off system. And with the Challenge Cup later on this season there is still everything for us to play for and plenty of time to put things right. We are not panicking."