I would encourage all supporters to get to the Bull's site and fill out the survey Robbie mentioned at half time on Friday. Link here
rlhttp://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/news__video/article/8472/have-your-say-the-bradford-bulls-wayrl

Filled it out, he seems to have hit the ground running, trying to get the club in shape.

Just completed, have to say, the last couple pages of questions threw me a little.

I have a feeling that I may receive a few more item in the post from various companies in the near future.

I hope my comments help improve my club!

It's certainly comprehensive. Good to see Robbie being proactive and getting stuck in.

Filled in.

Not sure what having a cat and some fish has to do with the bulls though. Although I suppose when we lose I kick the cat !

My cats black & white and on Friday she got a treat of
fish from Humberside

Interesting Survey.hope Robbie gets plenty of ideas from them.

That's the way you attract sponsorship by persuading commercial organisations that the clubs fanbase is worth contacting. If it brings money to the club I can manage to delete a few unwanted e-mails and envelopes.

Robbie and his surveys .......

Hmmm - 'would I consider a loan from Provident?' in the same survey as 'please give me all your contact details'. I must admit I went back and deleted my phone number from the responses

I liked the question about Provident and I hoped we all answered them in the same way...

Had you ever heard of Provident before they sponsored the bulls? No of course not.... Money well spent Provident guys!!! Yes you sponsor us so I would consider a loan with Provident...

Lets show the big sponsors that if they sponsor us for shed loads they will boost their exposure massively!

Those weren't quite the answers I gave to the questions pertaining to Provident.

Well, I answered honestly, so no, they weren't mine either, but I guess Provident already know they inhabit a somewhat out of centre position in market place, so will hardly expect the majority of fans to be potential customers.

I think if our fan base didn't contain a high proportion of potential Provident customers they would not have sponsored the Bulls. Prodominately white, formerly in the mills - struggling to find a decent wage in our modern shelf stacking economy - just what Provident is looking for.

I think the Provi customer base is always going to be limited to those who can't get 'mainstream' loans from banks, in a similar fashion to the 'payday' market. Let's be honest, why would anyone pay interest at [well] over 1000% per annum if they could go elsewhere? I don't think anything like the majority of our fans would be interested - if they are honest!

I agree Bradford isn't the wealthiest of cities but I wouldn't think it's [ithat much[/i out of kilter from most other post industrial areas either, though I totally agree that it's a rising market. That said, I don't find the Bulls' crowd, or RL crowds in general, to be more 'down at heel' than the general population. In all honesty I guess Provident's very welcome decision to sponsor our club is based more on a desire to put their name about a bit more to counter all the publicity being gained by the 'payday' loans companies, and secondly it being a local company.

A bit like the idea that Omar Khan took over the club to encourage fans to visit his restaurants, I can't imagine that fans of the club are really going to be particular targets - though I'm sure neither Omar nor the Provi would turn them down!