Haha hit a nerve have I?
I am talking about people scapegoating sykes when other players get off blameless for far far worse performances

This argument would work if your crowds were ever as big as ours before the pledge scheme but they weren't.

Just the usual jealous ramblings of a troll.

Stick the the homophobic (Gareth Thomas), xenophobic (Catalans) and anti-semitic (Leeds) garbage you lot are better at that than trolling.

I didn't walk before the game finished and I'm glad I didn't because of the great atmosphere and gallows humour when we eventually scored.

No, no nerve hit. Just think it's bizarre to have a pop at people for scapegoating then do it yourself, haha.

Haha good one chin up!!!!

I was driving past McDs at 4:10 and saw 3 Bulls fans walking away. I don't think its shameful, if you don't like what your seeing you have every right to do what the hell you like.

3 Bulls fans? There you go then. Evidence of a mass exodus.
The prosecution rests...

I can't believe that fans would leave the game so early before half time,or did you know what was coming today and told the missus to get the dinner on early?

you need to get behind your club guys

The day they give us something to get behind, we are there.

I have supported this team since the start of Super League, I will never leave a game early and will never boo the team of the park, I will however just stand there in silence and not show any appreciation for the team as they leave the field of play as I did after today’s stunningly poor performance, you pay your money you do what you like as far as I am concerned.

Bulls players have one the biggest set of supporting fans in SL. Bradford fans have one of the worst supporting teams in SL.

More than doubling the average attendance of the other 13 clubs at the mo.

Oh well, that's ok then.

Sure heard enough about it when attendances fell to just above the SL average.

Our fans aren't bad. Problem is we have probably the biggest fall from grace in the super league era, considering how much we won. Expectation is still higher than it should be and is not always helped from some of the press releases from the club.

Actually i find the majority of Bulls fans to not be ruthless enough, when it comes to Questioning the coach and players. They get a lot of slack from a lot of fans.

I'm clearly confused here?
how are you doubling the average attendance of the other 13 clubs?

Average of the thirteen, not sum of the averages of the other thirteen.

I still can't get your drift
could you possibly supply a link to substantiate your facts please?
or explain it again for me in plain

I could.

Last time I checked we don't get a trophy for that.

Can you list me (and Mr Hood's solicitors) some of these lies please and also where he is on record as believing the fans to be gullible?

Thanks.

Hmm...looks to me like there might be a libelous statement there? Some very unequivocal allegations being made.

Must admit, I left a couple of seconds early after Wires final try. I thought our supporters were great today (except the cheering of Sykes when injured...not his biggest fan by any means but support yer own). You love the club but it really got tested today. Keep the faith people, we will come good.........maybe!

Adey, haven't we had this discussion before, as we know, no-one is going to pursue anyone for libel on here, because a) To call anything on here libel is a stretch b) proving authorship would be nigh on impossible c) it would cost more than could possibly be gained and d) none of us are rich enough, otherwise I hope we'd be buying in to the Bulls and helping out



Perhaps the title of the thread is also a little overstated - I'm fairly certain all 14000 fans didn't leave early, I didn't for one, and thoroughly enjoyed Elliot's try and the ironic cheers and applause of the Bulls and Wire fans.

Am I annoyed, yes and no, expected it to be honest. We were getting bullied by their forwards ( made worse when Elima got injured) and they have a much better back line with power and pace (we don't - made worse when Ainscough got injured and Walker is a second row not a centre now). They even have two halves who know how to play, can organise and direct their troops, we don't. The ricochets/charge down scores (3 or 4?) were dumb kick plays but were probably part of the game plan given the wind. What annoys me more is the complete lack of options on the last tackle, slow execution of pass plays and our inability to run support (barring Royston who tried hard). We need to invest in the halves if Potter doesn't think Briggs is up to it, Herbert is plainly not good enough and we can't rely solely on kearney to play stand off and fullback simultaneously. We also need more firepower in the forwards - a decent impact prop, Koppy is working hard but not there, and Hargreaves looked intimidated going in to collision all afternoon. Be good to see Scruton and Langley back.

Rugby League is part of the sporting entertainment business and if your no longer entertained then your quite within your Rights to get up and leave. Pay your money and take a chance !

You might want to ask the mods or owners of various Hull forums over the years about whether anyone would threaten libel action against an internet forum? By way of example.

Certainly the RLFans site owners are mindful of the risks they face. If they were not concerned, why would they state the following so clearly and so early in the AUP?

"1.2a. Legal action
* This covers posting content that is libelous or racist, or which risks legal action being taken against the site.
* Under British libel laws the burden of proof is on the defendant so we will consider anything potentially defamatory as libelous."

Proving authorship - remember its on "balance of probabilities" in a civil case - would not be that hard given email addresses and names are held.

Anyone wanting to bring a libel action against this site would (I suggest) be unlikely to be doing it to make money. They would be doing it to right what they saw as a perceived wrong. And the loser pays both sides' legal costs, even if the award was only £1. There is no way the site owners would want to be exposed to legal costs which could easily bankrupt them. Is there?

I still have a video of Saints 12 Wigan 65 from 1997, in which Saints fans are clearly shown streaming out of Knowsley Road in their hundreds, if not thousands, by half-time.

Everyone has their dark times. Please don't assume that your club and fans are somehow superior to this, and that you can therefore lecture. You can't.

I almost never post on other clubs' message boards, but I think that when it comes to trolling a troll I can happily make an exception to that personal rule.