Dave Bowden, he frames all my shirts !!!

If not reporting to us every trial and tribulation that they are undoubtedly suffering means that those trials and tribulations are overcome better and faster, then I am quite happy to read puff pieces until we have attained third from bottom position. I am not a shareholder after all - and they are only entitled to get one/four report(s) from the business. Yes we have invested more emotionally than any shareholder ever will, but I would rather the priority was achieving targets than placating a few grumpy old men.

And all he is saying in the puff piece is exactly what a number of posters have commented on in recent weeks, which is the lack of belief once the first score goes against us and the heads start to drop. And of course the converse, last weeks immense belief getting us to within 1 point of the runaway leaders which many posters forecast to be a cricket score against. Thankfully the players believed differently.

I've not read Lowe's piece. Good for you Martin.

To me it's simple.

You can forget 'company reports' and 'fans investing emotionally', it's meaningless rhetoric in truth. What matters to any entertainment/service business that wants to survive, is that its customers are happy with the service they get. What is true in our case, is that the customers, or at least a large part of them, if we're to believe what is written on here, are clearly not very happy. These customers, by and large, have indicated that they would be more forgiving if the company would pass down a little more information about their plan to supply our entertainment. If indeed there is a definite plan, because at the moment it seems almost as vague as May's brexit plan, or to put it another way, it's a case of, "we don't actually have clue what we're doing, so we'll just bugger on and hope for the best".

It's funny, I watched every summer bash game at the weekend, and it seemed that at the end of every match, Angela Powers would speak to at least 1 player from each side and both coaches - except for our game where we heard from the KR coach, but nobody from our coaching set up was available for comment - it's as if there is a wall of silence policy running right through the hierarchy at the Bulls!

I went to Odsal today to buy tickets for Dewsbury. I cycled so had no cash and of course it was cash only. So I didn't bother.
The lady in the shop said the machines had been down for a "couple of days". So more lost revenue today.