[url][/url][quote="Bullseye":2n6si5e2]Valley Parade owners wanted £750k a season so that was a non-starter. We're stuck with the Odsal millstone unfortunately since finding someone with tens of millions needed has been impossible since the 1930s. Valley Parade pitch is smaller than Odsal BTW. Odsal pitch has a dispensation to be the size it is. Length wise it's no different to many RL grounds.[/quote:2n6si5e2] Not sure how you get that. Valley parade is reported as 64 metres wide

[quote="STEVENM1000":45afcy7a][url][/url]Not sure how you get that. Valley parade is reported as 64 metres wide[/quote:45afcy7a] It's shorter than it was when we were last there apparently - and that needed a dispensation then.

No idea what the answer is for Bradford , given the financial pressures facing the game, ground sharing needs looking at more widely in the sport. Share a ground with Halifax? Share the new Ken Davy ground, Share Headingley, I know this will bring Bradfordians out in hives , would probably do same for me. On our game, 1,310 in attendance is abysmal and emphasises the game’s income challenge, see above share costs suggestions

[quote="Bullseye":2yu06y3o]It's shorter than it was when we were last there apparently - and that needed a dispensation then.[/quote:2yu06y3o] Good lord ! Has the metric wheel not reached Bradford yet City Of Culture and small playing surfaces.

[quote="Sir Gregory ParsloeP":h47agrr7] On our game, 1,310 in attendance is abysmal and emphasises the game’s income challenge, see above share costs suggestions[/quote:h47agrr7] Competition for leisure £'s combined with what was only ever going to be a no contest, procession of a game. The CC needs a serious overhaul. I'm not sure what that is, but I can't see this format being repeated next year.

Bradford and culture in the same sentence....

The attendance was terrible, but if we'd been away to say Batley, they would have had a nice crowd for them. Probably true of most Championship sides. I'd say the view of most people in the game as a whole about this round was largely positive, but it clearly needs a tweak to get the sort of draw that would help the game more.

[quote="tad rhino":cvw5dyjh]Bradford and culture in the same sentence.... [/quote:cvw5dyjh] Not really Tad. Bradford has plenty of culture - at least as much as anywhere else in Yorkshire.

[quote="Sir Gregory ParsloeP":3e6clvao]No idea what the answer is for Bradford , given the financial pressures facing the game, ground sharing needs looking at more widely in the sport. Share a ground with Halifax? Share the new Ken Davy ground[/quote:3e6clvao] Would think sharing a ground with Fax or Hudders wouldn't be too bad - somewhere on the border would be ideal. Not sure how having primacy of ownership would work for IMG purposes but it makes sense to have a stadium that gets plenty of use. Pitch would need to be made of stern stuff. The challenge is who pays for it? The Bulls are stuck at Odsal until I win a Euromillions treble rollover.

[quote="Bullseye":2v91gngk]Would think sharing a ground with Fax or Hudders wouldn't be too bad - somewhere on the border would be ideal. Not sure how having primacy of ownership would work for IMG purposes but it makes sense to have a stadium that gets plenty of use. Pitch would need to be made of stern stuff. The challenge is who pays for it? The Bulls are stuck at Odsal until I win a Euromillions treble rollover.[/quote:2v91gngk] Brighouse would be a good central location, bring back Brighouse Rangers

Overall consensus was that the format of this round was a success but some games were much better events than others. Burgess was complaining about the timing but he complains about everything. It's a shame Leeds didn't do more to promote their match, it wouldn't have taken much to get double that crowd by building it up a bit more.

[quote="Bullseye":1d9wcpec]Not really Tad. Bradford has plenty of culture - at least as much as anywhere else in Yorkshire.[/quote:1d9wcpec] A great criminal culture by all accounts. The most dangerous place to live in Europe apparently

[quote="leeds owl":2lbfmj1x]A great criminal culture by all accounts. The most dangerous place to live in Europe apparently [/quote:2lbfmj1x] According to who? I can think of plenty of worse places just in Yorkshire.

[quote="leeds owl":2odj2ehv]A great criminal culture by all accounts. The most dangerous place to live in Europe apparently [/quote:2odj2ehv]Jeez you'll believe anything.

Apparently, it currently is in terms of overall crime. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/region_ran ... region=150

Apparently, it currently is in terms of overall crime. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/region_ran ... region=150

Good grief, have we really got to the stage of taking Numbeo's easily manipulated "figures" as some sort of fact rather than actual official statistics now?

[quote="MjM":1r71p84g]Good grief, have we really got to the stage of taking Numbeo's easily manipulated "figures" as some sort of fact rather than actual official statistics now?[/quote:1r71p84g] The figures come from National Statistics Data. Disappear you buffoon and take your childish w####r emojis with you.

[quote="Bullseye":q8xt09bb]According to who? I can think of plenty of worse places just in Yorkshire.[/quote:q8xt09bb] Hi Bullseye, see my reply to the fool above about where the info comes from. You will also be aware that organised crime and serious violence is reckoned to cost the city £406,000,000 per year. That’s a lot of money if accurate. Alongside vanity projects to become City Of Culture, and an underperforming City Council, it may prove an insight into where your proposed 10% Council Tax increase is coming from. I’m not gloating btw, we have our own problems here in Leeds.

[quote="leeds owl":j4a4j85x]The figures come from National Statistics Data. Disappear you buffoon and take your childish w####r emojis with you.[/quote:j4a4j85x] Erm, the site itself states "The data in this section is derived from surveys conducted by visitors to our website." https://www.numbeo.com/crime/indices_explained.jsp

[quote="leeds owl":j4a4j85x]The figures come from National Statistics Data. Disappear you buffoon and take your childish w####r emojis with you.[/quote:j4a4j85x] Erm, the site itself states "The data in this section is derived from surveys conducted by visitors to our website." https://www.numbeo.com/crime/indices_explained.jsp

Move on from this nonsense chaps. Goodness me.

Well this escalated!

[quote="leeds owl":2u36c9j9]The figures come from National Statistics Data. Disappear you buffoon and take your childish w####r emojis with you.[/quote:2u36c9j9] The ability to do a tiny bit of critical thinking would do you the world of good.

all bullseyes fault for ridiculously claiming there is culture in Bradford. I blame him completely. he's deluded

[quote="tad rhino":1rft3ljz]all bullseyes fault for ridiculously claiming there is culture in Bradford. I blame him completely. he's deluded [/quote:1rft3ljz] Bradford has its faults (like many citys in the uk) but I do get a bit sick of people always putting them down, Bradford has plenty of culture and I for one am glad to see it getting some recognition (for the good things) and also some money put into it.

Debates on the merits of Bradford as a city aside, I miss them in SL, and would love to draw them (and thrash them) at home in the cup.