: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:54 pm  

Mick W. wrote:

He doesn't seem to follow the English game much...
..."a team ON THE RISE"?

He must have been misquoted.

"I have been paid a shed load of wonga to go a city that if a nuclear bomb was dropped on it, it would cause about £20 billion worth of improvements." Is more like it.

: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:11 pm  

Mick W. wrote:

He doesn't seem to follow the English game much...
..."a team ON THE RISE"?

Well its quite a rise out of Bradford to get up to Odsal lol!

: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:58 am  

That's a bit harsh, SC - the city centre will be nice, when it's finished: don't suppose any of the present population will live long enough to see it, though.

: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:42 pm  

That is a hell of a lot of money and it really winds me up. The fact we have just lost to Australia again and yet heres comes another, who has openly admitted he wants to end his career in SL. Bradford are not the only ones who do it and they think in the short term he will be good for Bradford but still stifles any British talent and as long as the rules stay the same the clubs will carry on.

On the signing itself, I feel he will guide them around the pitch better than Deacon has these last few seasons. His confidence seemed to have been knocked to me when he had that incident with Vagana againt NZ. I think they will be back in the top six next year, looking at there other signings as well as Orford (from OZ aswell )

: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:51 pm  

Mick W. wrote:

That's a bit harsh, SC - the city centre will be nice, when it's finished: don't suppose any of the present population will live long enough to see it, though.

You'd have to demolish half the city centre to get it anywhere nice.

It's an homage to 1960's utilitarian architecture. It's a complete and utter dump.

: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:46 pm  

Stealth Comic wrote:

You'd have to demolish half the city centre to get it anywhere nice.

It's an homage to 1960's utilitarian architecture. It's a complete and utter dump.

and they STILL cannot connect the two railway sidings which makes train travel from a city of that size such a joke.

They were only 1/2 a mile away at one stage but each city centre "Improvement" has taken them further and further away.

Bradford is a dying city IMO based on the fact that because of train trouble we had to get to Leeds via Forster Square ( now nowhwere near that place) and walk to the Interchange (of what?) . At 7-45 a.m the city centre was dead!!!!

Leeds at that time is a vibrant place.

Just glad I aint depressed as Bradford would be a lovely place to go.

: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:11 pm  

Leaguefan wrote:

and they STILL cannot connect the two railway sidings which makes train travel from a city of that size such a joke.

They were only 1/2 a mile away at one stage but each city centre "Improvement" has taken them further and further away.

Bradford is a dying city IMO based on the fact that because of train trouble we had to get to Leeds via Forster Square ( now nowhwere near that place) and walk to the Interchange (of what?) . At 7-45 a.m the city centre was dead!!!!

Leeds at that time is a vibrant place.

Just glad I aint depressed as Bradford would be a lovely place to go.

It's not just that have you ever tried shopping there?

The main area's on a 1 in 4 slope.

And to be honest I don't think even a brand new shopping centre (which is taking nearly as long to build as the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona) is going to make much difference when Leeds is only 20 minutes away and has classier shops and classier people around.

: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:38 pm  

Prefer Manchester to either in all honesty, but Leeds is well ahead of Bradford all the same.

: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:37 am  

Bradford is an absolute dump of a place. It would be good if Keighley could distance itself from there completely, control and improve our own town without their involvement etc.

We are Keighley, not Bradford.

: Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:04 am  

Yes, Bradford is a dump: Keighley, on the other hand, is utterly charming.