: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:42 am  

Despite how badly we are playing at the moment, I could never stop going to see the lads play. I couldn't go to either of the Catalans games this year due to financial circumstances, and that alone had me all over the place with much anxiety.

Rugby League is my world, if I had my way, I'd be attending 2/3 games a week, but for obvious reasons (Like family commitment etc...) that isn't the case.

Bradford to the end, through the good times and the bad times.

Sure I can be a sore loser and often I will talk crap when we lose, because it hurts. Usually the following day I tend to regret some of the comments I've made.

It would be the ultimate dream if we were to be sitting at the top of the league every season, but let's face it, there's (now) 13 other clubs out there trying to their best to keep their game on the right track.

Each week I live in hope that our turn will come, and that's the hope that keeps me alive during these (many) dark times.


So to turn my back on the club would be too much like betrayal and I wasn't made to betray anyone, let alone the team I have supported for so long............


What's the next step for those that are voting with their feet ?

.......................Deciding on what club to follow instead

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:01 pm  

af wrote:

I wonder if they unplug their washing machines when they play up to signal their disapproval and leave them unplugged until they witness an improvement.

Half right. When my washing machine is playing up I get shut and replace it. I tried leaving it for a year or two but it didn't fix itself.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:08 pm  

Asim wrote:

Has anyone actually tried to vote with their foot?

I did once, it was hard work and gave me a new found respect for Daniel Day-Lewis.

Perhaps you were trying with your right foot?

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:02 pm  

Not read all the points, but the worst thing that could be done at the moment is not turn up, crowds are desperately low and needs to change. Perhaps changes need to be made but club needs its fans behind it.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:06 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

Half right. When my washing machine is playing up I get shut and replace it. I tried leaving it for a year or two but it didn't fix itself.

When mine plays up I try to fix it.

Then I swear at it.

Then I kick it (and hurt my foot)

Then I go out to the garage and look for that bloody great lump hammer...



Not suggesting that provides a model for how to solve our present problems, but it must have potential?

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:43 pm  

Visage wrote:

Despite how badly we are playing at the moment, I could never stop going to see the lads play. I couldn't go to either of the Catalans games this year due to financial circumstances, and that alone had me all over the place with much anxiety.

Rugby League is my world, if I had my way, I'd be attending 2/3 games a week, but for obvious reasons (Like family commitment etc...) that isn't the case.

Bradford to the end, through the good times and the bad times.

Sure I can be a sore loser and often I will talk crap when we lose, because it hurts. Usually the following day I tend to regret some of the comments I've made.

It would be the ultimate dream if we were to be sitting at the top of the league every season, but let's face it, there's (now) 13 other clubs out there trying to their best to keep their game on the right track.

Each week I live in hope that our turn will come, and that's the hope that keeps me alive during these (many) dark times.


So to turn my back on the club would be too much like betrayal and I wasn't made to betray anyone, let alone the team I have supported for so long............


What's the next step for those that are voting with their feet ?

.......................Deciding on what club to follow instead

Bulldozer wrote:

I certainly will be voting with my feet ... by trying to get to more games than usual.

Call me a sucker for punishment but the club needs more support not less

This is what a lot of people don't seem to grasp, I understand all the frustrations, I share them, but if the fans stop turning up the club stops, simple. (although even with the results and endless navel gazing on here average attendance this year at home is still over 11,000) We need to back the club by turning up still - you dont have to be a cheerleader or anything, just please dont think its only worth turning up if we're going to win, thats the easy bit of being a supporter. You need to turn up because its your club and we might win, and even this week as unlikely as it most certainly is, its not impossible for us to get a result.

Re: Vote with your feet! : Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:46 am  

Lindley Bull wrote:

In a previous guise I advocated ... ridiculous ...turkey - ...which is precisely what the Giants did last year and are now reaping the rewards,

I like turkey. Anyway, I missed that game, what rewards did Shudds reap this weekend against the team we beat?

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:37 am  

Adeybull wrote:

When mine plays up I try to fix it.

Then I swear at it.

Then I kick it (and hurt my foot)

Then I go out to the garage and look for that bloody great lump hammer...



Not suggesting that provides a model for how to solve our present problems, but it must have potential?

Think Macca would prefer you to boo him than visit him with a lump hamer.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:50 am  

Stupid Post, Seemingly Stupid Poster and a Stupid Proposal (in my opinion obviously.) The worst thing any Bulls fans could do is make a deliberate effort to stop going to matches. Your team isn't doing well at the moment, but that my friend is rugby league. Like life, its full of peaks and troughs and its also why 1000's of people love the sport. Regardless of the financial implications, what do you think the players would feel like running out to see Odsal nearly empty because fans were "boycotting" the team they boast to love??? Don't think for a minute that this would be a positive thing, It wouldn't. The best thing Bulls fans can do is ride out the storm, get behind their team and think back to your recent glory days in 2005/2006. Bradford wont always be winning, nor will any of the other teams in SL....that is professional sport. If you don't like it, dont watch it; I know who's loss it will be then......yours!!!

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:05 am  

One point is, I've never yet woken up the following day and thought" Yes, I wish I hadn't gone to that game".

People are free to go or not, but I think actively encouraging others to stay away is shameful.