Having been to the forum last night and having a chat with Simon Foster it was good to see some pictures of the great man hanging on the wall of the new bar.

Apparently there will be more to go up. Simon was saying they'd like to get the whole Coral Stand covered in pictures and memorabilia. Stuart Duffy was telling me they intend to get some comfier seating in there too to make it more attractive to customers. John Downes said they would also stage some of the heritage video nights there with games from the past while also continuing to stage some at the Top House.

Can we think of other things that would pull in the punters to the new bar?

I would try and get a decent guest beer on draught. Smaller breweries in the Bradford and district area like Salamander, Old Spot, Haworth Steam, Gooseye, Naylors etc would I'm sure like to get there beer on sale at Odsal. Real Ale has never been more popular.

Apparently a cafe serving Omar's specialities is going to figure somewhere. It's obvious that decent curries would sell like hot cakes on gameday but something available during the week in the bar would be great. Simon mentioned Bulls Bhajis, hows about Kearney's Kebabs or Trevor's Tikka?

Regular showing of Sky games is a no brainer but NRL too would be good.

Some sort of jukebox to provide atmos when there's no game on would be needed. Could stock it full of Robbie & Henry singing run with the bulls! (How about a re-mix by some of the current players? Shame we lost Tom and George)

If they began selling real ale and showing live sky games or re-runs of classic matches like the heritage organise I would definitely use the bar away from match day. Real ale, if only a couple of options would be a huge draw for a lot of people.

I wouldn't drive/taxi to Odsal to drink what they have at the moment unless I was going for a forum/event.

I think the addition of some comfy sofas and perhaps HD quality tv is a must to be honest.

In season a bar selling decent ale, good food & showing televised games live on a decent screen would seem to be a no-brainer.

Sky TV should be re installed in the Trevor Foster Bar pretty soon plus other improvements in seating etc and heritage displays.

Have an official link up with a local taxi firm - if not already. Cheaper rates and decent trade.

Good idea. Odsal is a fair way from where I live so a cheap taxi would be definitely a good reason to go.

Now thats a novelty over here and you have to pre order in advance some nights, mind at least the drivers get paid a decent wage over here!

Some kind of grand final event would be good; Watch the match, meet the players, quiz?, etc. However, I suspect that getting sky for a single event may not be cost effective, and so we are more likely to see skyTV installed closer to the new season.

There might be issues of availability or priority on the taxi firms' behalf but that's not my issue to solve.

Another notion is to somehow create a link-up between both Cue Gardens and the Top House, obviously they might be worried if their custom goes elsewhere (TF Bar) but at the same time we want to TF Bar to succeed. Perhaps some kind of mini-pub crawl? But in a more mature way. From walking past on a match day there isn't much of an issue, both established pubs seem rammed, but this could be for the other days.

... further continuation "Red, Amber and Black", something Red related in Top House, something Amber related in Cue Gardens followed by something Black related in the Trevor Foster bar. Perhaps not so literal, but something to "collect" (for want of a better term), something to signify each pub/bar is a part of this link-up and each is equal.

This might be an idea too far but for when there isn't a game on, the whole Coral stand becomes something akin to a Wetherspoons "The Trevor Foster". Or if there is a game on, spend over £x and recieve a free/half price family ticket. I dunno. If someone like me can think of at least something, however daft, then the possibilities must be there.

Like a loyalty/reward card. So many pints/money spent gets you a free ground ticket which then is given away by the winner to someone else who either wouldnt hopefully normal come to game and then spend over bar from that group increases by one person. Hopefully we play well then they come again

As a season ticket holder i wouldnt object to free tickets given away in return for money spent over bar

I think its a chicken and egg situation with the real ale. I would be much more likely to go if they did sell it, but until they get decent numbers every night will it be viable given its short storage life? I dont see them selling real ale if its only going to be busy a couple of nights per week.

Real ale in a bottle?

Like champagne on draught.