Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:09 pm  

pies-r-us wrote:

Quite so, one has a tendency to lapse into the common in an effort to make a point, it’s a weakness I know.

Well, tha fon thee level ere cocker.....

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:12 pm  

http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html MANAGING director Steve Ferres has expressed an apology following yesterday's defeat at the hands of Super League champions Wigan Warriors. Ferres, who was appointed last month following the club's takeover, has moved to thank supporters for their continual backing. In a statement, he said: “On behalf of Bradford Bulls, I would like to apologise for what was a truly woeful and embarrassing display, yesterday, against Wigan Warriors. “It was, without any doubt, the worst performance I have seen by a Super League side – and one of the worst I have ever seen...

http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html MANAGING director Steve Ferres has expressed an apology following yesterday's defeat at the hands of Super League champions Wigan Warriors. Ferres, who was appointed last month following the club's takeover, has moved to thank supporters for their continual backing. In a statement, he said: “On behalf of Bradford Bulls, I would like to apologise for what was a truly woeful and embarrassing display, yesterday, against Wigan Warriors. “It was, without any doubt, the worst performance I have seen by a Super League side – and one of the worst I have ever seen...

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:17 pm  

Geoff wrote: http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html Crikey Not pulling punches are they? Ferres wrote: woeful and embarrassing Ferres wrote: worst performance Ferres wrote: stripped of talent Ferres wrote: tortuous Glad I'm not in that boardroom!

Geoff wrote: http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html Crikey Not pulling punches are they? Ferres wrote: woeful and embarrassing Ferres wrote: worst performance Ferres wrote: stripped of talent Ferres wrote: tortuous Glad I'm not in that boardroom!

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:27 pm  

Geoff wrote: http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html Couldn't make the game yesterday but I'd argue our two back to back 70 point mullerings would be hard to knock off top spot in the "worst ever performance" category.

Geoff wrote: http://www.superleaguefans.com/bradford-bulls/2014/04/22/managing-director-steve-ferres-offers-public-apology.html Couldn't make the game yesterday but I'd argue our two back to back 70 point mullerings would be hard to knock off top spot in the "worst ever performance" category.

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:28 pm  

CyberPieMan wrote:

Crikey Not pulling punches are they? Glad I'm not in that boardroom!

So glad the RFL have never stepped in to micro-manage things at Wigan.

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:15 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Tickets are very reasonable on Sunday and they will need to be to draw an attendance.

As much as it's never good to see a superleague game as farcical as that, it was pleasing to look in to the future and see young lads like Hampshire and Williams toy with an opposition defence like that. They were both exceptionally good I thought. I've been particularly impressed with Williams recently. He's grown in confidence each week and looks a real threat with ball in hand.

They had a defence???

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:08 pm  

Cruncher wrote:

I'm not sorry for their fans.

After one of the two Grand Finals we lost against them in the early 2000s, my grandson and I were unfortunate enough to spend 10 minutes in a tram with a great gang of them, and were subjected to the worst behaviour I've ever seen by any RL fans in any circumstance ever.

I'm sure that lot were all the sort of fair weather supporters who would have dropped the Bulls at the first sign of trouble and now don't even remember following them, but I will never forget the events of that night. The Bradford club all but disappeared in my estimation as a result.

That's terrible to hear, and unfortunately these people do crop up all over the place. For what it's worth, I've had nothing but good experiences of Bradford fans, and Odsal has long been my favourite away ground because the fans have come across as the most gracious in victory and defeat over the years.

Obviously we will all only ever meet a small amount of a supporter base, so there's always the chance that we have different experiences of the extremes. So in contrast I can't help but feel bad for what's happened to Bradford over the last few years.

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:48 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Couldn't make the game yesterday but I'd argue our two back to back 70 point mullerings would be hard to knock off top spot in the "worst ever performance" category.

Those days makes you really appreciate what has happened to us from 2010 onwards.

You were the lucky one to miss the game. Seriously the first set of 6 and you knew it was going to be a very big score. I do think that Hunslet will gie a better account than Bradford did.

I really think its time to end the 2 game Easter bank holiday players needs time to recover and the beatings we gave Hull Kr and the Bulls on the last 2 Easter mondays does not do the game any good. Whilst some of the tries were impressive and it was good to see so many youngsters on display it shows how bad sides really are. I did not enjoy the game as it was a non contest but boy we do have some incredible young talent atm.

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:05 pm  

tank123 wrote:

Those days makes you really appreciate what has happened to us from 2010 onwards.

You were the lucky one to miss the game. Seriously the first set of 6 and you knew it was going to be a very big score. I do think that Hunslet will gie a better account than Bradford did.

I really think its time to end the 2 game Easter bank holiday players needs time to recover and the beatings we gave Hull Kr and the Bulls on the last 2 Easter mondays does not do the game any good. Whilst some of the tries were impressive and it was good to see so many youngsters on display it shows how bad sides really are. I did not enjoy the game as it was a non contest but boy we do have some incredible young talent atm.

Think Cas and Widnes might want to keep the Easter Monday fixtures

Re: Will it put people off : Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:45 pm  

tank123 wrote:

I really think its time to end the 2 game Easter bank holiday players needs time to recover and the beatings we gave Hull Kr and the Bulls on the last 2 Easter mondays does not do the game any good.

But the turnaround is the same for all sides, no-one gains any advantage from it. It's suposed, in theory, to benefit clubs with bigger squads, but as already pointed out, Cas & Widnes put paid to that argument, as did saints