to be fair Lynch is right. Some boo-boys who have never touched a ball in their life and thinking they know more about rugby than the professionals. It its not so easy to say ohh you missed that tackle and this tackle, but you get games like that, and people who have never played just dont understand this. Lynch is spot on, balls to money we spend they didnt play like that to annoy people and laugh about it afterwards, how all the fans are feeling in regards to disappointment, the players will be 100 times worse and disappointed with themselves

It seems like a rather strange story to report so early in to the season. I don't find it constructive for the captain to criticise the support especially after some of the stay away fans have come back to club after the pledge scheme. You're potentially giving them another reason not to turn up and watch.

I could understand this being written in August/September if we were on losing streak that we experienced last year but mid-March?!

That being said I totally agree with our captain. I never have and never will boo my team from the field of play. What does it achieve really? It doesn't make the situation any better.

Funny this you clicked on the T&A sports page this morning and the top story was "Skipper Condemns Bradford Bulls Lynch Mob!" followed by "Rhodes applauds 'amazing' Bradford City fans".

Hidden agendas at work there?

In fact the more I think about it the stranger I think it is. Like has been mentioned earlier in the thread why have the T & A chosen this story for today?

There's another match tomorrow. Maybe it's time for the players to close ranks and the club to tell Connor Murphy he isn't getting anymore interviews for a while?

Bless Lynchy thinking he's the onlyh one thats ever picked a ball up and had a game.
Theres being silly and making an absolute tw@ of your self, so I'd like to congratulate Andy on both.

Everything I believe has already been said, but mr lynch has done himself no favours here.
The fans pay their money (£20 each last week which equates to alot!) and are entitled to say what they want. And four scores down and rugby befitting an under 9s side after 15 minutes, booing is justifiable.
I think Lynch needs to concentrate on his rugby, and as for the 'people who've never played rugby' comment, that's as bitter and sour a comment I've ever seen. Is he suggesting the only people are entitled to comment are players themselves? Not the people whove put thousands into the club over years?

Monumental PR cock-up by Bradford. Reading that article made me feel even more furious than watching the Huddersfield shambles itself. It is inconceivable that such a stupid article wasn't sanctioned by the club and harks back to the days of Caisley's little rants.

Yeah I dare say theres been some utter c0cks spouting crap but I'm sorry Mr Lynch the reality is you suck it up and say nothing.

I agree with that. It's stupid some of the rubbish people come out with in fact I often find myself laughing at games and reading the T & A comments listening to it but the language used by Lynch I find out of order.

That said don't you think the timing of it is strange? The next match is tomorrow shouldn't he and the T & A be concentrating on that? The time for this comment was earlier in the week wasn't it?

It'll be interesting to see what sort of reception he gets tomorrow.

If that's the case the media man has dropped a massive hairy boll...

I just can't help but wonder if politics are at play here given the City article praising the fans published on the same day. Maybe it's me putting two and two together and getting five.

Politics by whom though? And to what end? Mr Murphy has been a superb journo for the Bulls and a breath of fresh air from what came before. On that basis I just can't imagine he'd be part of some conspiracy.

I do think he might have killed Princess Dianna though...

I don't know . I just think it's a strange article, at a strange time and with the other article published at the same time. Maybe that's just a coincidence and it's just a PR c0ck up. Either way it doesn't look good.

Disgraceful attitude, it would be bad enough coming from another player but coming from our captain makes it even worse.

There were no excuses for the performance last week, the players should be doing everything they can to keep our new/returning fans, not slagging them off.

Not impressed at all by that.

The blokes obviously made a massive error of judgement but it shouldn't make the fans question his commitment to applying himself and putting in 100% as he does in every game. We all drop a bollock from time to time and I am sure an apology will be forthcoming when he realises that his comments have caused such offence.

Cannot agree more with eddievan. The guys an absolute workhorse and obviously hurting give the man a chance. If everybody in a Bulls shirt put in the same effort we wouldn't be even be having this conversation. True enough he shouldn't have said it. First real mistake in my opinion by Connor, I think he's done a great job in promoting the Bulls so far.

I agree with this I feel guilty for saying his comments were out of order earlier on as he does put the effort in. Just look at some of the shifts he's put in on one leg in recent years - all after being shifted out to make way for Adrian Morley in 2005 which must have killed him. That said it was a terrible choice of words and bound to get people's backs up. The blame for that getting printed in the way it did though has to fall at the feet of the club and the T & A. Which is why I find all so strange. Why now and in fact why at all? It's all very bizarre. That bit about the warm up being lackadaisical wound me up. Surely Connor Muprhy or whoever signs these articles off at the club must have considered what this would make Andy and the players look like? Has he been sold down the river for some reason or is this genuinely a mistake?

Anyway it's nearly Sunday and will all be forgotten about soon enough - plus I'm becoming obsessed with conspiracy theories and need to chill out. Time to get on with Castleford even if the T & A want to concentrate on last week.