Joined: Apr 06 2016 Posts: 1226 Location: South of Bratfud
Betsy Bulls wrote:I don't understand the lack of ambition due to pitch size comment. We need stockcars to help pay for ground and return from dewsbury, slabs protect pitch to not damage it. I’m sure if they could make it bigger they would
If all the stars aligned and we put the team and coach together and got promotion I really don't think they'd have us in Super League with a Mickey Mouse pitch?
Joined: Nov 28 2009 Posts: 2051 Location: Mirfield
And if we did get into SL we would likely have more money and then could take on a bit more of the upkeep of Odsal and then maybe have the ability to extend the field in role as dominant partner?
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32122 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
The pitch is an embarrassment but we're between a rock and hard place. Get rid of the stock cars and we have to find the money for stadium overheads ourselves. Go back to Dewsbury and you lose more supporters. Either option means oblivion.
Getting into SL seems like a million miles away at the moment. If it did happen we could potentially expand the pitch again but we'd need income to guarantee we didn't end up in th same situations as in the past. I'm not confident it's possible. What we really need is a new ground. Is it beyond a possibility that they could sell Odsal as an inert landfil site and use the proceeds for us to build a nice tidy Halliwell Jones type ground somewhere in Bradford?
Hopefully Mark Dunning will get the team playing better rugby. I think that may be happening slowly. If that happens people will return, maybe not in their droves but it will happen. The Kear gameplan on the tiny pitch was a huge turn off for supporters. Opposition teams have played expansively on that surface so it can be done.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
As to the question of super league, we all know it’s light years away on current standing however, if some miracle happened and we gained promotion I have no doubt we would play at odsal on the pitch as is.
We would be ridiculed every week for it but why would that bother our overlords? Instead each one of us on this forum would be made personally responsible for it from our friendly neighbours
Joined: Mar 03 2005 Posts: 9202 Location: Odsal Stadium
Have the club drawn up a shortlist… held any interviews, I’ve not seen anything but I’ve not really searched either. I’m fully expecting Dunning to get it now, probably waiting for a run of a few wins to announce. Good luck to him if he does, but it isn’t going to encourage many back and the silence from the club is deafening.
What is the exact opposite of the term ‘feel good factor’?
Just a post to echo the general sentiment on here. The silence at the min is deafening and also alarming.
Im honestly getting to close to my absolute limit with the whole club at the minute. Its an absolute shambles from top to bottom. Absolute zero enjoyment at the minute with game day and there seems to be nothing going on off the field to give me any hope that thing are going to get better.
Having not missed a game for over 9 years (where crowds have been allowed) , im starting to feel like the only reason to attend games is just to 'keep the run going' rather than to go for any form of enjoyment.
RagingBull wrote:Just a post to echo the general sentiment on here. The silence at the min is deafening and also alarming.
Im honestly getting to close to my absolute limit with the whole club at the minute. Its an absolute shambles from top to bottom. Absolute zero enjoyment at the minute with game day and there seems to be nothing going on off the field to give me any hope that thing are going to get better.
Having not missed a game for over 9 years (where crowds have been allowed) , im starting to feel like the only reason to attend games is just to 'keep the run going' rather than to go for any form of enjoyment.
RagingBull wrote:Just a post to echo the general sentiment on here. The silence at the min is deafening and also alarming.
Im honestly getting to close to my absolute limit with the whole club at the minute. Its an absolute shambles from top to bottom. Absolute zero enjoyment at the minute with game day and there seems to be nothing going on off the field to give me any hope that thing are going to get better.
Having not missed a game for over 9 years (where crowds have been allowed) , im starting to feel like the only reason to attend games is just to 'keep the run going' rather than to go for any form of enjoyment.
Nobody is asking for a running commentary or expecting actual names on the shortlist.. but keeping your supporter base in the loop with a brief outline of where we are isn’t unreasonable is it?
At least we know there is still a process happening. Look forward to the announcement in September
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32122 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
The club lacks a charismatic chief exec or marketing manager who can exude a bit of positivity. Wood certainly isn't that person. As a result people switch off and drift away. The club can't survive on fans feeling obliged to go to games. It has to be enjoyable. People need to feel like they're going to be entertained and have fun. It's like we've gone back to the mid 80s in terms of the state of Odsal and the enthusiasm from the boardroom.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
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