Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 4:35 pm  

If, as it's looking more likely relegation to championship 1 happens are the supporters going to give up on the club? Would the possibility of maybe one season out of the championship be enough reason to give up on the bulls entirely?
We should have a reasonable chance of bouncing straight back up with a club on more solid foundations and build again for a chance of competing in the top 4.
We give up our support the club simply dies and all hope is lost. After 3 admins maybe the owners are running the club on a smaller budget so we don't end up in admin 4
just my thoughts about a club I've followed for 30 plus years good and bad

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 4:39 pm  

It's not relegation that would make me give up on the club. I along with many others on here believe we should have been in Ch1 this season. What has made me give up on the club is that fact that we have been taken for granted this year and sold down the river.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 4:48 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

It's not relegation that would make me give up on the club. I along with many others on here believe we should have been in Ch1 this season. What has made me give up on the club is that fact that we have been taken for granted this year and sold down the river.

^This

I don't mind being in Championship 1 and think we should have been this season. It would have been interesting to play teams that we've never played before for one thing!

The reason I would 'give up' would be having owners that treat us like a commodity, who never bother to communicate anything important, and do absolutely nothing to feel like I should even care about my club.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 5:04 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

^This

I don't mind being in Championship 1 and think we should have been this season. It would have been interesting to play teams that we've never played before for one thing!

The reason I would 'give up' would be having owners that treat us like a commodity, who never bother to communicate anything important, and do absolutely nothing to feel like I should even care about my club.

Correct, the owners and the rfl to an extent have taken the Bulls fans for granted, just look at the farce upcoming in blackpool. Probable 60+ margin of victory (at least) coming for hkr yet we were matched up beacuse of the fan bases of the 2 clubs and so it'll be the one game which looks like a proper event so they can take all the publicity shots and call the joke event a success even though the match will be a massive mismatch with the result beyond doubt.

My continued attendance next season in league 1 depends not a jot on it being the third teir, more that I need to see a reason to continue making 60mile round trips and handing over £40 every other week beyond blind loyalty. Do we have or will we have next year any vague semblance of a plan to finance a competitive team? Or even get a suitable coach on board? Is it a secret plan? I don't need a team that wins trophies or leagues, just a team I can belive in and that can compete in every game, win lose or draw.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 5:14 pm  

Wouldn't it be a massive shame though if the club got relegated and the fans turned their backs.
Three times (administration) we were massively in debt and we survived.
We could go down and be in the black and then close because nobody turned up.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 5:25 pm  

I don't really understand the idea that we'd all turn our backs should we go into Champ 1

I seem to remember that a lot of people said that would happen when we went from SL to the Champ. People were on here saying 'Oh we'll be lucky to get 2000 if we get relegated'. Well, whilst the crowds did drop a bit - maybe from 6,500 down to around 5000-ish in that first season - they didn't fall away all that much at all.

My guess would be that crowds would drop a notch further in Championship 1 - perhaps down to around 3000. But the idea that we'd suddenly be getting less than 1000 is not the case IMO. If put together a competitive team and we're up at the top of that division, why wouldn't we be getting over 3K?

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 7:13 pm  

I belive that most of our issues are down to not having a bank account, mainly the visa farce. Geoff toovey is coaching this side, visa or not. Why would he travel from oz if there was no long term plan.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 8:30 pm  

Birky bull wrote:

I belive that most of our issues are down to not having a bank account, mainly the visa farce. Geoff toovey is coaching this side, visa or not. Why would he travel from oz if there was no long term plan.

If Toovey is coaching the side then that is a worry given the performances

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 8:32 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

If Toovey is coaching the side then that is a worry given the performances

I don't see how he can improve kids that quickly. He also needs signings.

Re: Relegation outcome : Tue May 23, 2017 9:00 pm  

woolly07 wrote:

Wouldn't it be a massive shame though if the club got relegated and the fans turned their backs.
Three times (administration) we were massively in debt and we survived.
We could go down and be in the black and then close because nobody turned up.

It's a slightly different scenario though. The owners are turned their backs, the the fans are turning their backs and then we get relegated