What is going on with my club? : Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:13 am  

I have watched Bradford for a good twenty years of my life, ever since my dad would take me up to see the steam pigs "Northern" up at Odsal.

I like many others have been there through thick and thin, Hull KR away in 1992 when we needed a win to stay up.

But tonight's showing was so depressing to watch because when Rugby League is close to your heart and you see that happen in front of you, it kills you inside. Rugby League can live on without me but I can't live on without the sport I love, Rugby League is my lubrication of life that keeps me ticking.

Where is your soul Bradford?

Where is your pride Bradford?

Where is your Passion Bradford?

Tonight we got NOTHING, the players don't want to play for the coach anymore.

What I saw tonight was probably the single worst performance I have ever seen in my twenty years of watching Bradford Rugby League, an utter disgrace in fact.

We coupled defensive ineptitude with a clueless attack and for 1 to 17 to call themselves a Super Player on yesterdays showing, some of the players want to have a look at their performances and look at what they are doing to the loyal fans of this once great club that embraced Super League in 1996 like no other.

I'm just so sick & ill at this moment in time.

Mick

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:25 am  

When will the chairman understand that running a business successfully is about raising revenue not losing it. The attendance last night and the performances this season should be enough to realise that now is the time to act!
We need a complete clear out and a proven coach appointed asap. Any further delay will show Hood and his fellow directors as spineless, incompetent failures and we should all boycott further matches until action is taken!

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:37 am  

andycapp wrote:

When will the chairman understand that running a business successfully is about raising revenue not losing it. The attendance last night and the performances this season should be enough to realise that now is the time to act!
We need a complete clear out and a proven coach appointed asap. Any further delay will show Hood and his fellow directors as spineless, incompetent failures and we should all boycott further matches until action is taken!

I will still be there at St Helens on Friday, but for how much longer I can take of this I don't know

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:43 am  

Even if you got a new coach though, I fear you could be poor for the next couple of seasons due to the calibre of some of the players that you have, and the length of their contracts.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:17 am  

EmmaMur01 wrote:

Even if you got a new coach though, I fear you could be poor for the next couple of seasons due to the calibre of some of the players that you have, and the length of their contracts.

Sorry but I don't agree the team is not as bad as the results suggest. A stronger minded coach IMO would be able to get far more out of the players than McNamara.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:19 am  

redeverready wrote:

Sorry but I don't agree the team is not as bad as the results suggest. A stronger minded coach IMO would be able to get far more out of the players than McNamara.

Spot on. On paper we have one of the best packs in the league, we suffer in the halves but they're not as bad as everyone makes out.

Our predicament is either down to something going on behind the scenes or poor coaching. The latter I suspect, which isn't surprising considering the coaching squad we have.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:21 am  

Paul124897 wrote:

Spot on. On paper we have one of the best packs in the league, we suffer in the halves but they're not as bad as everyone makes out.

Our predicament is either down to something going on behind the scenes or poor coaching. The latter I suspect, which isn't surprising considering the coaching squad we have.

Maybe it is this because the players don't play for the coach

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:07 am  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

Maybe it is this because the players don't play for the coach

bingo

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:56 am  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

bingo

But what do we do to sort it out???

Macca is here for the ride I feel

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:05 pm  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

But what do we do to sort it out???

Macca is here for the ride I feel

Thought you were the one with all the ideas'