Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:07 pm  

Nick Scruton latest to leave the sinking ship. Signed for wakey.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:54 pm  

Is it only me to feel a little sad about what's going on at the Bulls, surely this reflects badly on the state of the game and the RFL.
All those disalutioned Bulls fans won't come to the Shay they will be lost to the game.
We need a strong Bradford team for when we play in the same league.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:32 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Is it only me to feel a little sad about what's going on at the Bulls, surely this reflects badly on the state of the game and the RFL.
All those disalutioned Bulls fans won't come to the Shay they will be lost to the game.
We need a strong Bradford team for when we play in the same league.

No you are right, when things like this happen people go away never to return, not just Bulls, look at us, this is why we are trying to literally drag people down when we were always getting 5K plus at Thrum Hall. I don't wan to annoy this people who never came down the Shay(and doubtless won't as they will not be on here) but they followed the team, not the ground where they played.
But, people's circumstances change , I used to geo to every match with a group of 16-18 mates but I think only a couple, if a that, still go. I'm not in touch so that shows how things change so new ideas are required and not just saying we want/need people to come down.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:55 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

They only docked us two points 'cos they knew that's all we would get that season!

It was at the end of the season (or very near the end) that they took the points off us. As we only had the two points from the first game against London, it made little difference!

As as been noted, we were pretty competitive at the start of that season, but just couldn't get the wins we needed.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:06 pm  

HXSparky wrote:

It was at the end of the season (or very near the end) that they took the points off us. As we only had the two points from the first game against London, it made little difference!

As as been noted, we were pretty competitive at the start of that season, but just couldn't get the wins we needed.

I recall talking to Stephen Pearson at the start of that season. He had just come from a meeting of the SL directors, as they were coming out of the building, GH asked him how they would fare this year Stephen replied, mid way will do us. To this GH replied , you won't win a game this year , and as they say the rest is history, to the point of deducting the only points we got.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:11 pm  

HXSparky wrote:

It was at the end of the season (or very near the end) that they took the points off us. As we only had the two points from the first game against London, it made little difference!

As as been noted, we were pretty competitive at the start of that season, but just couldn't get the wins we needed.

It made a difference to me. Lol. Me and my mate went to every game and WE earned those two points.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:45 pm  

Move on, when I were a lad!!!!

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:03 pm  

spanishbob wrote:

It made a difference to me. Lol. Me and my mate went to every game and WE earned those two points.

I have to admit, London was further away than I was prepared to travel, but how I celebrated that win (and how the rest of the season went downhill....)

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:11 pm  

Turnip Head wrote:

Move on, when I were a lad!!!!

I did. I still go to every game.

Re: Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points by the RFL : Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:44 pm  

marillion man wrote:

I really don't see how anyone can expect us to survive in any format of SL, even if you add 1,000 for average travelling support to each home fixture for the attendances we currently get, sad is the case.

MM,

I think that is true for all the Championship sides, not just Fax, but it doesn't stop any of us dreaming.

Anyway here is an interesting question for you, and anyone else that might like to have a guess. There was only 5 teams in the Championshoip that averaged over 1000 for their home league games can you name them?

PS was good to see you last week even if it was only briefly.