Preaching to the converted here I know but this is a positive move by the club [url=http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news/4966/BULLS%20PLEDGE%20BUS%20TO%20HIT%20THE%20ROADBULLS PLEDGE BUS TO HIT THE ROAD[/url

I'll be honest I'm finding it hard to believe people are dragging their heels to sign up, talk about not being able to get blood out of a stone.

Decent start, but the same stones.

New target market needed. Simples.

Also needs the follow through of Sachin Tendulkar.

6940 now, plodding along...

So we'll have 7k by tomorrow that leaves us 10 days to find 3k.

Well you are wrong.

You only have to see the crowds to know that the McNamara years knocked 40% of the gate off before he took over at the Warrington game.

We have twelve days to go which means that just 250 per day from here on in will do for us.

The resigning of Whitehead is excellent news and with (hopefully!) more positives to come this week I think we can almost say we are over the line......

I hope I don't have to eat my words

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Optimist

Mick, when I'm wrong, I'll let you know.

For now, let's get back to your point of "irreversible damage." Given your bangwagoning of "The Pledge" and the evident pick up of belief in the club at the moment, qualify how it is "irreversible damage."

this pledge thingy is still on the go then?


can't you just get the 10,000 pledges sorted afterall it's only £60

IMO we are going to struggle to hit the 10k marker ! However can any one shed any light on 1, club holding numbers back (optomistic!) 2, family pledges counting as one ? 3, a new half back !!!!!!

family pledges count as 2 pledges. 1 for each adult.

I would have thought that previous members such as myself would have pledged almost instantly. I was one of the early pledgers that received no reply so I think it will be prudent on my part to make sure the club actually received my pledges.
I cant help but to feel disappointed so far as I cant see us making the 10,000 that we require. That said with the child ticket holders and the number already committed crowds will hopefully be on the up again next year.

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Does anyone know how many total pledges we have including kids and OAP's?

We've pledged 3 Adults @ £60, 2 Kids @ £45, 1 Kid @ £0 - AFAIK thats only 3 pledges to the total but 6 clicks of the turnstile!

If this were repeated by a number of families we could have well over 10k 'members' and an increase in attendances albeit we miss the total pledges required.

Just to veer slightly OT, how would the pledgers feel about an increase of £10 per membership (Adults and Kids) at this stage to maybe pay for a marquee signing £100k transfer fee?? I for one would be happy to contribute to such an idea if I knew the increase were to be ring fenced for such a signing...

Great idea and one which I would support if it helped get the Big Marquee signing here quicker.

It's a good idea in principle, and one I certainly would consider getting in on. However, there are too many uncalculated risks for the club to offer something like that.

Imagine if only half took it up, we'd be in a worse position than where we are now more than likely.. and its too late on in the pledge drive!

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You sound extremely certain Pryce is going anywhere, let alone coming to us. Any foundations in that confidence?

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Micks going to get himself into trouble by posting nonfactual rumors. He's way off on various aspects of his last 4 or 5 posts.

From what I read Paul, you're a man in the know. Care to enlighten me on the halves situation? Connor's twitter insists there's irons in the fire potentially, any names?

7,037

struggling badly now. We need either good news on orford front or a halves signing if we're to have any chance of a late surge. If it continues as it is I think 8.5k-9k will be final figure.

Seems to be pretty much on target from what the club has been saying throughout. Have you got anything to back up that it's "struggling badly"? Plus, how on earth would 9K be a "bad" figure?

Let's hope the pledge bus has a successful weekend