: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:16 pm  

!RYAN! wrote:

one bad season and like 48% of voters are not renewing their tickets, pathetic, fickle and clearly not very bright people

Last year wasn't the greatest either.

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:18 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Once again with Tupou there has been contradicting stories. One was that all he had got was two weeks notice then inthe T&A the other day said he was working out his 6 months notice.

That is what I picked up on too. Any idea what a standard SL contract says on the notice front, especially in conjunction with termination by club under the "26 weeks and not fit to play" clause/s?

Someone - I think it was "The Eclipse" made a curious post recently suggesting it was savings on Solomona's contract (not Tupou's) which were to fund the Bird signing. If there is any truth in that - and its unsubstantiated rumour unless and until proven otherwise - then the plot thickens further?

: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:30 pm  

Adeybull wrote: That is what I picked up on too. Any idea what a standard SL contract says on the notice front, especially in conjunction with termination by club under the "26 weeks and not fit to play" clause/s? I was under the impression that it was two weeks. Adeybull wrote: Someone - I think it was "The Eclipse" made a curious post recently suggesting it was savings on Solomona's contract (not Tupou's) which were to fund the Bird signing. If there is any truth in that - and its unsubstantiated rumour unless and until proven otherwise - then the plot thickens further? You mean this by the inquisitor I did hear about them being real unhappy with Solomona at the start of the season so you never know. It makes a change having a proper discussion with someone who isn't a bighead.

Adeybull wrote: That is what I picked up on too. Any idea what a standard SL contract says on the notice front, especially in conjunction with termination by club under the "26 weeks and not fit to play" clause/s? I was under the impression that it was two weeks. Adeybull wrote: Someone - I think it was "The Eclipse" made a curious post recently suggesting it was savings on Solomona's contract (not Tupou's) which were to fund the Bird signing. If there is any truth in that - and its unsubstantiated rumour unless and until proven otherwise - then the plot thickens further? You mean this by the inquisitor I did hear about them being real unhappy with Solomona at the start of the season so you never know. It makes a change having a proper discussion with someone who isn't a bighead.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:50 am  

Adeybull wrote:

I have been made aware of a cost figure for the three together which, regardless of the split, was a significant proportion of the cap.

One thought: we terminated Tupou's contract a couple of months ago; did we have to give him notice, and pay him for that notice period? If so, that cap money won't be free yet will it?

Ironic how the club thought it sense to terminate Tupou's contract yet they cannot afford to do the same with MacNamara's.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:37 am  

However much they were on we should still have plenty for some quality signings.....


Outs
Solomona
Tupou
Jeffries (?)
Newton
Morrison (?)


I imagine all of these will be near the top earners bracket, so we should have plenty of cap space.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:59 am  

Duckman wrote:

Yes.

Because I love watching rugby league and Bradford is my team.

We've just had the most unprescedented period of success in our history, we we're always going to have a down time, like we've had before, and like we will have again after our next success. It wont stop me attending as I don't attend just to see us win, or indeed just our team, I like to watch a hopefully entertaining match between two rugby league teams and I still cannot think of anywhere else I'd prefer to do that than at Odsal.

Each to their own mind and I understand fully some people spending their hard earned elsewhere if they choose, its not compulsory attendance is it, and it has been tough watching a 3 year slide and only being rewarded with two home wins so far this season.

...plus if its quieter next year I might get my pre super league leaning post back

We will be there as usual, home or away.

I can't just stop going because the team is not doing as well as they were and like a lot of other people I love RL and being born and bred in Bradford there is nobody else I would even think about supporting full time. I have other teams I like to see do well but the Bulls are my home team.

A lot of us were there and had all the good times when we won most games we played and were always in the finals and winning them, now we are having a rough patch with developing a new squad etc I can't and would not turn my back on them.

It's a bit like marriage really, through good and bad, winning and losing.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:03 am  

Gill J wrote:

It's a bit like marriage really, through good and bad, winning and losing.

Queue MacNamara marriage analogies....

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:09 am  

Gill J wrote:

:CLAP:

We will be there as usual, home or away.

I can't just stop going because the team is not doing as well as they were and like a lot of other people I love RL and being born and bred in Bradford there is nobody else I would even think about supporting full time. I have other teams I like to see do well but the Bulls are my home team.

A lot of us were there and had all the good times when we won most games we played and were always in the finals and winning them, now we are having a rough patch with developing a new squad etc I can't and would not turn my back on them.

It's a bit like marriage really, through good and bad, winning and losing.

It's fans like you that mean clubs in varying degrees of harder times such as Workington, Hunslet, or in soccer Bradford Park Avenue, Leeds Utd and Notts Forest, to name but a tiny handful, survive for the long term.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:14 am  

!RYAN! wrote:

one bad season and like 48% of voters are not renewing their tickets, pathetic, fickle and clearly not very bright people

You are Chris Caisley and I claim my £5. He used to woo our fans by insulting them.

: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:54 pm  

mat wrote:

will renew because if you support the team it means through bad times as well as good.
plus reducing amount of money club has coming in by not going actively contributes to the decline. less money coming in = less money for players = worse on field performances = lower attendances in a continous downward spiral.

I'll be renewing for the above reasons also, i've been following the Bulls for too long to just turn my back on them.

Clearly the 40 odd % of people saying No are jonny come latelys who have only been following them since the success on the field started.

If you turn your back on them now the next time you turn around there may be nothing left.