With flags and balloons and other items, maybe these should come from the supporters, a la Middlesbrough's [url=http://www.twe12thman.co.uk/index.html'Twe12th Man'[/url. Though not sure it's working too well for Boro!

Where did it go last Fri?

How many other grounds would allow entry to flags ?

Shove 'em up yer Jumper.

. Or, if you have car flags, take them into the ground. What's happened to the big flag over the popular terrace pre-match?

Could the club offer free coach travel to the Salford Game on Friday as a way of reaching out to the fans? Get in touch with a coach firm to offer "discounted" rates to the club in exchange for some "free" advertising hoarding space around the ground or in the programme?

It could increase away support for the team on Fri, could generate a bit of good will between the club and the currently suffering fans - probably would not actually cost the club much as I doubt there would be a huge take up anyway so only a couple of coaches might be needed- but the club still gets a PR bonus and positive coverage in the media probably and a small away following bump for not much outlay, depending on any deal with the coach company.

Even if the club had to stump up for a couple of coaches out of its own pocket due to no deals with the coach company and only charge a quid or some such deal as a one off? The fans seem at a really low ebb with events at the club and maybe the club needs to try new ways of the fans feeling they are part of a feel good club again.

They could even than couple it to the free flag with a coach seat trick?

Just a random thought...

How about offering a free coach with pick up points around Bradford to get people to the home games.

Good work in selling the rain ponchos at the Celtic game. Also the male voice choir was excellent.

Where's the curry van gone?

I'm boycotting Odsal until the curry van returns! It's disgraceful that it was removed - I visited it every home game and it become my second home!

B@stards.

Right then,

Today I called in to see Mr Duffy at the Bulls in follow up to the club-fan interaction discussion last week. He was extremely positive and would be more than happy to engage in some dialogue.
The club DO feel somewhat aggrieved that it is perceived they are “letting the fans down” or not giving us enough information.

As suggested last week I suggested a quarterly “briefing” between us and the club. I suggest we use three sections; Questions, Suggestions, Offers.
I think the first two are pretty self explanatory and Stuart will do his best to answer all sensible questions with the information he has, as honestly as possible. (Obviously some information isn’t for the public domain). He will also respond to each suggestion, i.e. we’ve tried that and it didn’t work, that’s a really good idea, we’ll look into it further, etc.
The offers part was something that came up as we were talking today and I’ll use the example we talked through. Someone on here is part of a classic cars club or Harley Davidson club and could/would offer their club to provide a pre match parade, free of charge – a genuine offer that adds to the game day buzz, which has no time or cost impact on the club.
Another example was downloadable pdf’s for children for colouring in or for posters. Does anyone possess the skills to offer here? (To be fair I don’t know the time and effort that would be involved here).
Anyway, you get the idea.

Stuart also asked what we want from the club as fans. What sort of things do we want to hear about? What can the club do to improve communication?

Further down the line he is keen to meet face to face as a group, pre / post game perhaps.

This is by no means my baby and I would welcome input / suggestion into refining the format into something people are happy to input into.

Mods, in the meantime would it be possible to have a sticky (with a submission date to the club – i.e.Sept 09 – as a reminder really)? I don’t think it really sits under the FAO any club officials reading – I see that more as a “Could you make sure there are enough paper towels in the toilets”, “could you clean the flag” type area.

Lastly if you are going to post in there, please make it constructive and sensible.

Suggestions (one is Andrea's that I've never seen a comment on)... [list[*Pre-match entertainment that's cheap and people might like - get an old player back each week. Post who it's going to be on here the week before, collect suggested questions, and have Stuart interview him on the pitch at half time or before the game. [/*:m [*Youtube virals to promote games - spamming people will put them off but if it's half funny people won't mind and will forward it on to current and lapsed fans alike. Get the players involved, two minutes with a handycam in the week and you're sorted. More on this here viewtopic.php?t=397340 [/*:m [*Given that the Bulls logo is pretty well known these days, maybe merchandising (t shirts, baseball caps) that just used its outline would look good in a minimalist sort of way. [/*:m [*On putting stuff on Ebay - I've been saying for a long time that the club should set up an ebay shop. It's pretty easy to do, requires little work and can be used to sell one-off items such as used bits of kit. If a player rips a shirt in training, get it washed, get him to sign it and bung it on the shop. It might only fetch a tenner but it'd all go into the community development pot. [/*:m [*How about a printable poster before each home game to be displayed in schools and workplaces? Same job done as a billboard on the M62, and done virtually for free. [/*:m [*A pdf for kids to print off that when stuck together and stuck to card makes a full size Sam Burgess cut-out. Add a 'be healthy, don't eat chips all the time slogan' and get the kids to take them into school to be put on display. Even if only a couple get made, it's better than nothing surely and wouldn't take much time. Take the pic in high resolution, email it to someone with some nouse on here and I'm sure it could be knocked up in half an hour. Maybe put a spot on it for a replaceable 'next home game' square. [/*:m [*Youtube highlights of Academy games for the website- don't know if they are/can be videoed or whether Sky has the rights, but if not it could help get the message out that we have some reason to hope for the future.[/*:m[/list:u

Suggestions (one is Andrea's that I've never seen a comment on)... [list[*Pre-match entertainment that's cheap and people might like - get an old player back each week. Post who it's going to be on here the week before, collect suggested questions, and have Stuart interview him on the pitch at half time or before the game. [/*:m [*Youtube virals to promote games - spamming people will put them off but if it's half funny people won't mind and will forward it on to current and lapsed fans alike. Get the players involved, two minutes with a handycam in the week and you're sorted. More on this here viewtopic.php?t=397340 [/*:m [*Given that the Bulls logo is pretty well known these days, maybe merchandising (t shirts, baseball caps) that just used its outline would look good in a minimalist sort of way. [/*:m [*On putting stuff on Ebay - I've been saying for a long time that the club should set up an ebay shop. It's pretty easy to do, requires little work and can be used to sell one-off items such as used bits of kit. If a player rips a shirt in training, get it washed, get him to sign it and bung it on the shop. It might only fetch a tenner but it'd all go into the community development pot. [/*:m [*How about a printable poster before each home game to be displayed in schools and workplaces? Same job done as a billboard on the M62, and done virtually for free. [/*:m [*A pdf for kids to print off that when stuck together and stuck to card makes a full size Sam Burgess cut-out. Add a 'be healthy, don't eat chips all the time slogan' and get the kids to take them into school to be put on display. Even if only a couple get made, it's better than nothing surely and wouldn't take much time. Take the pic in high resolution, email it to someone with some nouse on here and I'm sure it could be knocked up in half an hour. Maybe put a spot on it for a replaceable 'next home game' square. [/*:m [*Youtube highlights of Academy games for the website- don't know if they are/can be videoed or whether Sky has the rights, but if not it could help get the message out that we have some reason to hope for the future.[/*:m[/list:u