They've done the Bulls so many favours over the years I'd hate for the Club to get on their wrong side!

Jeez, they do that and there'll be a full on out break of rabies in parts of Halifax, Fartown and Wakefield...

Would I do that? Seriously though they are expecting a new club to be up and running almost within a matter of days. That is going to be tough. It was a serious question with no ulterior motive

Yes you would.



Seriously though, it's a real factor. Look at the Brand thread and see to how many people the name "Bulls" means something and for how many people "Northern" does. Run that poll again now and see how it goes, and ask what accounts for the difference.

More rules to be broken is more sticks to beat the fans with. And I for one am past sick of it.

On here, the majority are sensible. On Twitter, they're not. Tony Hannan ran a similar poll on what the phoenix club should be called. Northern won the vote. Now, on Twitter, it's full of mental cases and other clubs' trolls, the former of which probably swayed the vote. On here, people didn't just vote, they explained their reasoning. I personally think that counts for a lot more.

What worries me is that the owner of the new club takes into account twitter polls and suchlike and brands it based on what they think the fans want. When in reality, it's not really a measured thoght process that came to that conclusion.

I say worries me, but FA was right when he said the name is very small in the grand scheme of things. But as discussed here, the name actually factors into other things like merchandise, kits, stadium branding etc. Keeping the Bulls name saves a lot of money. Getting a new name spends a lot.

Of course, it's a tiny thing. But my real point is I think (and it is just a feeling on my part) that opinions have changed here on this forum and that it's a symptom of something else. that's nothing to do with the name.

I see Halifax based w@nker Matthew Shaw is once again trying to remind everyone which ones of our players are currently available for signing. [urlhttp://www.totalrl.com/bradfords-squad-look-2017-previous-players-stay/[/url

My reasoning for a change back to Northern..

Is a clean start to forget the train wreck that has been the last 10 years.

The Bulls early period was super something to have witnessed and been a part of.
But it's time to look to the future and earn our "big club" status, as Leon said we are no longer super league we have to get there, new club, new name, new start.

I can see the point in starting with a new name. I dont understand the logic about dropping Bulls and reverting back to Northern. It seems like trying to disassociate ourselves from the past 20 years, including the most successful period in our history.

More a tip of the hat to our heritage?

Bradford RL sounds ok too?

all the new stuff but with an old name?

i'm not too fussed about the branding of the club, I'm a Bradford RL fan. Bulls/Northern/a.n. other doesn't hold the sentiment for me.

Originally my thinking was all about the actual name value. Now my thinking is strictly a financial one.

It'll be a lot cheaper to keep the Bulls name. Having a new name means re-branding a lot of things around the stadium, as well as all associated merchandise. It also means getting the name out to those who only has a passing interest to tell them who the club is, whereas they already know who the Bulls are. Try explaining to youngish kids that going to watch Bradford Northern is exactly the same as going to watch Bullman and Bullboy and see what their reaction is.

With the amount of other things that are going to cost money in the forseeable future, I don't see the point of adding something else to that list unless you absolutely have to.