Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:37 pm  

Has anyone got any other top tips for the club? I'll kick off

If you go behind, score some more points Too many times this year Bradford went behind at various points in matches. If you start to trail, there may be enough time left to score some more and start to win again. Don’t forget to check either with the ref or the stadium clock to see how long is left as points scored after full time do not count, especially if the opposing team has left the pitch and gone home.

Convert as many tries as possible There were a lot of close games that Bradford lost this year by very few points. It’s a little known fact after you score a try you get a shot at goal for an extra two points. Get a few more of these over the uprights in 2017 and you will have a better chance at winning games.

Pass the ball backwards Refs have recently started being really picky about forward passes in the past 120 years, especially at Odsal, so the Bulls need to avoid chucking the ball the wrong way to stay in contention.

Have a fully fit squad Players usually play at their best when fully fit, so it’ll be ideal if none of the squad get injured during the crucial 2017 campaign. If the unthinkable happens a player does get injured during a game, Rohan Smith would do well to substitute them, as a prop with a broken arm traditionally has less of an impact than one with fully functioning limbs.

[Bullseye]

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:47 pm  

amberavenger wrote:

Has anyone got any other top tips for the club? I'll kick off

If you go behind, score some more points Too many times this year Bradford went behind at various points in matches. If you start to trail, there may be enough time left to score some more and start to win again. Don’t forget to check either with the ref or the stadium clock to see how long is left as points scored after full time do not count, especially if the opposing team has left the pitch and gone home.

Convert as many tries as possible There were a lot of close games that Bradford lost this year by very few points. It’s a little known fact after you score a try you get a shot at goal for an extra two points. Get a few more of these over the uprights in 2017 and you will have a better chance at winning games.

Pass the ball backwards Refs have recently started being really picky about forward passes in the past 120 years, especially at Odsal, so the Bulls need to avoid chucking the ball the wrong way to stay in contention.

Have a fully fit squad Players usually play at their best when fully fit, so it’ll be ideal if none of the squad get injured during the crucial 2017 campaign. If the unthinkable happens a player does get injured during a game, Rohan Smith would do well to substitute them, as a prop with a broken arm traditionally has less of an impact than one with fully functioning limbs.

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:51 pm  

amberavenger wrote:

Has anyone got any other top tips for the club? I'll kick off

If you go behind, score some more points Too many times this year Bradford went behind at various points in matches. If you start to trail, there may be enough time left to score some more and start to win again. Don’t forget to check either with the ref or the stadium clock to see how long is left as points scored after full time do not count, especially if the opposing team has left the pitch and gone home.

Convert as many tries as possible There were a lot of close games that Bradford lost this year by very few points. It’s a little known fact after you score a try you get a shot at goal for an extra two points. Get a few more of these over the uprights in 2017 and you will have a better chance at winning games.

Pass the ball backwards Refs have recently started being really picky about forward passes in the past 120 years, especially at Odsal, so the Bulls need to avoid chucking the ball the wrong way to stay in contention.

Have a fully fit squad Players usually play at their best when fully fit, so it’ll be ideal if none of the squad get injured during the crucial 2017 campaign. If the unthinkable happens a player does get injured during a game, Rohan Smith would do well to substitute them, as a prop with a broken arm traditionally has less of an impact than one with fully functioning limbs.

How about:

Salaries Pay the players the correct amount of money you have been contractually obliged to pay them on the date set out in their contract. Players like getting paid and don't really like not getting paid. Journalists love it when players aren't getting paid (apparently) and so do some people on Twitter. Most fans don't like these people though, especially when they are talking about players not being paid the correct amount of money they should be paid on a monthly basis.

Supporting the club All fans money should be paid to the club. Not pubs outside the ground, not on pitful things like bills or mortgages, just to the club. In fact come and live in a tent inside Odsal and give the club all your money. You may be a little hungry though as there are no pies, and probably wont be until next season now, but you WILL be supporting the club.

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:57 pm  

The point I've made before, though, is the main reason the players are not always being paid on time is because they failed miserably to do their jobs. That's why they are in this position, and the unfortunate Green is left holding the baby, but let's not forget that he is having to pay for their failings.

[Bullseye]

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:10 pm  

Fr13daY wrote:

How about:

Salaries Pay the players the correct amount of money you have been contractually obliged to pay them on the date set out in their contract. Players like getting paid and don't really like not getting paid. Journalists love it when players aren't getting paid (apparently) and so do some people on Twitter. Most fans don't like these people though, especially when they are talking about players not being paid the correct amount of money they should be paid on a monthly basis.

Supporting the club All fans money should be paid to the club. Not pubs outside the ground, not on pitful things like bills or mortgages, just to the club. In fact come and live in a tent inside Odsal and give the club all your money. You may be a little hungry though as there are no pies, and probably wont be until next season now, but you WILL be supporting the club.

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:55 pm  

Ross is just learning from Buzzfeed on how to create clickbaity-style articles that will attract idiots and nobody else. ut him some slack - he has to get his metrics up somehow

Oh wait - where's the "can't criticize someone's job if you haven't done it yourself" guy........

Re: Five areas for improvement : Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:30 pm  

amberavenger wrote:

Has anyone got any other top tips for the club? I'll kick off

If you go behind, score some more points Too many times this year Bradford went behind at various points in matches. If you start to trail, there may be enough time left to score some more and start to win again. Don’t forget to check either with the ref or the stadium clock to see how long is left as points scored after full time do not count, especially if the opposing team has left the pitch and gone home.

Convert as many tries as possible There were a lot of close games that Bradford lost this year by very few points. It’s a little known fact after you score a try you get a shot at goal for an extra two points. Get a few more of these over the uprights in 2017 and you will have a better chance at winning games.

Pass the ball backwards Refs have recently started being really picky about forward passes in the past 120 years, especially at Odsal, so the Bulls need to avoid chucking the ball the wrong way to stay in contention.

Have a fully fit squad Players usually play at their best when fully fit, so it’ll be ideal if none of the squad get injured during the crucial 2017 campaign. If the unthinkable happens a player does get injured during a game, Rohan Smith would do well to substitute them, as a prop with a broken arm traditionally has less of an impact than one with fully functioning limbs.

You'll do for me cocker !

Re: Five areas for improvement : Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:37 am  

NOT passing the ball backwards is now a Bulls tradition started by Robbie Paul and has continued after he finished playing us, on the other hand I'm sure someone showed Dane Chisholm some Henry Paul video clips highlighting his kicking game and that was pleasing to see on Bulls TV.
Marc Green is now finding himself in a similar but different fiscal problem to Peter Hood, whereas Hood had a half million toxic debt and desperately wanted an investor, Green now wants an investor with half a million or a lot more to invest.
Whatever innovation he comes up with re early season ticket purchases Fans wont be happy for one reason or another.
Bottom line is you want the Club to go forward you have to keep paying the price if you don't he certainly won't, so despite the moaning both sides need each other, but a better dialogue with the Fans would a good way to start for the Club even if the news isn't as positive as one would like!

Re: Five areas for improvement : Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:35 pm  

Pretty much agree with all that, except "investor" isn't the right target - there's nobody in the world would put money into Bulls as an "investment", the only alternative is basically the proverbial sugar-daddy. We never could find one even when we are good, so good luck to him unearthing one now;

also I don't get the improved dialogue bit, I mean, I get the basic principle but if there is nothing to say, then I really don't see the point of vacuous messages, statements etc which say nothing.

Don't you think that in fact the messages that ARE coming out of the club - that is, the drip drip drip of announcements about new signings, promotions for juniors etc - are (or should be seen as) an improved dialogue?

Just speaking personally, I really don't feel any need for mere reassuring cooing and arms around my shoulders, I reckon its as tight financially as for a while but am only interested in actions not flannel, and whether or not we can keep it up, we do seem to be trying to make progress in the right direction, even if we may be sailing very close to the wind.

Re: Five areas for improvement : Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:10 pm  

These five areas - does anyone else feel short-changed? I'm used to someone getting 10 games, after all