Re: Is it time for the RFL... : Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:50 am
Northernrelic wrote:
Well broadly in agreement, but think the section:
"But fans’ outrage at the treatment of much-liked Potter and disgust at the prospect of Noble returning caused a change of heart in the former Odsal hero."
The second part is way off track and disrespectful to both the majority of fans and Brian
"But fans’ outrage at the treatment of much-liked Potter and disgust at the prospect of Noble returning caused a change of heart in the former Odsal hero."
The second part is way off track and disrespectful to both the majority of fans and Brian
It sure is.
As Bulliac so eloquently wrote yesterday, none of the outrage was directed at Nobby at all, at it was a bloody tragedy that he got sucked into it, and he cannot have deserved any of it. It was indeed about the perceived treatment of the coaching staff, hence the massive cheering at the back when Potter came in.
I guess had the Bulls been hammered at the Piedome the previous Friday, the conspiracy theorists might well have argued that the timing (it must have been planned previously, to be able to get all the letetrs and stuff done ready) had been picked to coincide with the fans being maybe a bit down at the performance? But that could not make sense really, could it, if they really understood Bulls fans, because I think pretty well all the fans understood the pressures the players had been under, the scale of the injuries (even if the Sky muppetry chose to ignore it) and the massive ask of even getting across the line at their place. Hence an honourable defeat was expected and would have been fully understood; so a totally fekking brilliant win sent the respect for the players and the coaching staff intergalactic. As it therefore transpired, the administrator could hardly have picked a single worse day (for him) in recent memory to do the deed.