Absolute rubbish (as always from Meast), there have been very few Huddersfield fans seen in Huddersfield in the past 3 years, never mind Bradford. Bradford have never recovered from the Harris court saga. It was never disclosed how much they lost over it, but it hit them very hard and the last 3-4 years has seen good players leave to be replaced by others who are distinctly inferior. the Matt Orford signing has been a disaster and the Club is in dire need of some new marketing ideas and a big cash injection. Until that happens things will just get worse.

Only becuase you do not understand his post



When Bullmani started and theyb were succesful they sucked in RL fans from all over West Yorkshire. Loads of Bulls fans came from Huddersfield, Keighley , Halifax etc. You regularly used to see Bulls fans going from Huddersfield. Now the bubble hs burst those fans have left them. The Bulls will not be able to win those fans back who have deserted them. they will have to maintain their core support and win new fans from Bradford. that is not going to be a overnight task.

Bulls are going through a ' sticky patch ' , to pronounce their demise maybe a bit premature .
Bradford haven't had the funding to finance another Vainikolo or Hape for a while .
the 6,380 crowd probably won't increase on their next home game ( Catalan ) and Bradford Warrington / Bradford Hull home games averaged 8,100 - 8,400
Sundays Game - Bulls on a big losing run - coach left - big signings injured - playing against a side that's 'unfancied ' ,weather forecast raining. season ticket holders & Freebies excepting , money's tight and Bradford fans I guess will be Cautious. Same goes for the Salford fans , on the back of a 60-10 battering by wigan , not won at Odsal for 23 years , not the recipe for a record crowd by any means.
I've been a Odsal on a Frozen January with 3,500 on in the old Northern days and a 6pm Sunday kickoff in the sun in the 2000's and I'd much prefer the latter.
I'd guess the best recipe would be to throw the young home grown talent for the rest of the season, give them a go , nothing else to lose so better times may just be around the corner.
Jodie Broughton wasn't born last time we beat Bradford at Odsal, couldn't get a game for the Rhinos, now he's running in 90 metre trys for us and looking like a great prospect .

Without wanting to sound racist or stereotyping how does having a club in an area with an ever increasing Asian community draw in the fans when the sport played by most Asians is cricket and football ?

What steps have Bradford, the RFL and the amateur clubs in the surrounding area made to appeal to a community with no history of rugby ?

Times change and the demographic of Bradford has changed vastly in the last 50 years, i honestly don't think a winning team and new stadium would be enough to draw in the crowds in the future if nothing is done to address the 'new' generation/community.

But I do understand his post. I just think it's a bit rich that someone from Hudds can make comment about the lack of support for another club after your turnouts in the 4th and 5th round of the cup. He also seems to delight in Bradford's current plight. Then again, maybe I'm different, Wire fan and RL fan.

Our 5th round game had only 350 fans less than the Bradford QF game (against the same opponent). What's your point?

But again you seem to misunderstand the post he is taking the mickey out of the fact that Bulls fans took delight in having a go at Huddersfield and now find themselves in a similar if worst position than Huddersfield were, if only for the fact that do not have a lenegan or davy.
But maybe i understand it and am not trying to use it to have a go at Huddersfield as i am a RL fan first and a Giants fan second.

Excellent post. And we are putting the kids in through necessity, young finigan who played wing and FB on Sunday is still part time but managed to score 2 on debut. We have Whitehead, Crossley, Kopczak, finigan, Addy, Donaldson, Wardle, Southenwood who have all come through into the 1st team this year. Some planned, some unplanned, some have made spots their own already like Whitehead and others look promising but without injuries wouldn't have been rushed in. Hopefully we can reap the benefits of this group coming through and developing into the 1st team, freeing up what little cash we do have to plug the gaps in the backline with decent recruits. Only time will tell I guess.

And I was also at Odsal to watch Northern on days with about 3000 other brave souls, and when we had 20,000 plus at our peak. Neither was set in stone as what the Bradford attendance could be, and TBF with a spectacular fall from grace over an agonising 4 years, 10 game losing streak, money being tight for club and fans alike, no coach, little entertainment I think the crowds could have been worse than they have been. As has been said, we're not a traditional hot bed of RL like a Hull or a Wigan, and some of our [inew [/i SL fans were always going to be put off by such a downturn.

With good recruitment, better coaching with hopefully competitive displays on pitch next year and our home grown lads developing I see no reason why we can't return to a 10K+ average in the medium term.



At least even in decline we're offering some form of entertainment with threads like these

Not too many of them were from Huddersfield. People in glass houses etc....

To see Bradford in the state that they are in now is such a shame.
When Superleague started they were probably the leading club in the game.

There are some down the road who would beg to differ

Not me. They grabbed the concept with both hands, and ran with it. It's a shame to see them end up like they have.

They had about 100 fans at Craven Park yesterday and judging by the performance it's only going to get worse before it gets better

Probably about a 10,000 increase from 1995-6 to 1997! Happy days.

One suspects that had Orford, Kearney, Scruton, Sykes and Donaldson been available for selection, then given how many points we managed to score against you as it was then things would have been very very different. Like it already has been twice before this season.

We would have managed somebody recognised in the halves, for a start, and you would have been spared the entertainment of Worrincy.

Injuries to key players, with a very thin squad a sit is, have done for us this season.

Rovers where missing 12 members of the squad that started the season

Incredible eh. In all honesty you think it could ever happen again would a strong side, great marketing and a return to the party atmosphere created back then?

By the way that shirt in your avatar was the one I meant before, still the best ever SL shirt IMO.

Give us back Vella, Cook, Webster, Welham etc and it would have been very very different.

Vella, Webster I'll give you, Cook? If you mean Matt Cook behave and if you mean Paul Cooke it was your own decision to get rid of him.

Bradford put 40 on you earlier in the season so it seems feasible to say that if they had a handful of their players back they'd really challenge you.

Meant Matt Cook.

If we'd have played to our best we'd have scored more then we did and conceded less then we did, simples.



We played poor overall but still hit nearly 50 points, good going IMO.

Adey is not making excuses, however it was noted at the start of the season that we have a small squad lacking depth and with only one halfback. We were always going to struggle once we got a few injuries particularly to Orford although I didn't expect us to struggle to the extent that we are at present.

Why was Orford sat on the sidelines watching the Manly game in Gosford?

Because he's getting 5 and and half grand a week to rehabiliate in Australia

you'd think seeing as he is on a FT salary they could at least find him a job to do at the club such as putting letters in envelopes or something?

You mean like helping out with Southernwood and Addy??