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can't blame them for that....look how the merger shafted Sheffield

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Quote: pie.warrior "can't blame them for that....look how the merger shafted Sheffield'"


Yes, but never the less they did have the chance to be in Super League as a merged team, they chose not to. End of argument.

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Gingdong, leave it alone and focus on Thursday's game.
Whilst the cheap tickets at Bulls have most certainly had an effect on the Fax gate I would not want to be in their shoes. The Bulls fans who I am more than happy to give banter to at a match deserve more after the efforts they made to raise 1/2 a million quid.
What has to happen now has got to be fair to others that have been in this situation, and others who may come up against it shortly.
Not sure what the situation is if the club go under and the RFL have hold of the great white elephant.

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Quote: gingdong "Im no fan of this corrupt game and its selfish fans. Its the most corrupt sport in the UK as will be proved when the new Bradford stay in super league'"


You're not a fan of Rugby League yet you have over 400 posts on a Rugby League Internet forum?

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Quote: gingdong "Im no fan of this corrupt game and its selfish fans. Its the most corrupt sport in the UK as will be proved when the new Bradford stay in super league'"

No place for you on a forum called RLFans then eh???

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Quote: kinleycat "
The one thing that unites this game, indeed the only reason we have the game is the supporters.
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we were united until, at a guess, around 1995....then it was a case of 'I'm alright jack'

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Quote: spener "we were united until, at a guess, around 1995....then it was a case of 'I'm alright jack''"


Spot on, and while I feel for Bradford fans I doubt there will be too much sympathy, especially as it was Caisley who played a major role in shafting the rest of the clubs.

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Quote: spener "we were united until, at a guess, around 1995....then it was a case of 'I'm alright jack''"

Where all victims somewhere along the line spener!!!
Better to take it out on those dishing it out, rather than those who hurt the most as a result of it!! icon_biggrin.gif

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Quote: gingdong "In 95 we were pushing for a play off place then booted out all rubber stamped by Caisley and i never heard 1 Bradford fan protest. '"


And that is the basis for you coming on here and making a t1t of yourself?

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Firstly, sudden amnesia from the Fev fan thinking his team came 7th?! Funny that because Bradford came 7th too..4 places above Fev.

Lets look at other clubs who didn't make the initial cut - Salford, Wakey, Widnes, Hull, Huddersfield, KR, Leigh. Look at how all those clubs have struggled since icon_confused.gif Or perhaps they all got promoted back into Super League at various times, all but one now being in the 14.

Everyone knew that 10 teams were staying up, the rest relegated.

Maybe Fev fans should be more bitter at the coaches, teams and boards not competent enough to stay up or get back up rather than childishness like this

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Quote: gingdong "Your point is?
My last word on the matter, you never know you may just merge with Halifax and be known as "the Halifax Bull Soxs"'"

I would have thought that any Fev fan would keep well away from mentioning Halifax Blue Sox. Or are you just another one that didn't see anything.

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Quote: dagger "Firstly, sudden amnesia from the Fev fan thinking his team came 7th?! Funny that because
Everyone knew that 10 teams were staying up, the rest relegated.
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How do you work that out? At the start of the season the rules were the bottom 3 were relegated in a 16 league division. This making us easily safe from relegation. It was only after the season had finished that the decision to relegate 11 and below was anounced.

I remember playing Sheffield towards the back end of the season and we rested many key players resulting in us losing the game narrowly. Would we have done this if we knew what was at stake?

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Quote: Pencil "How do you work that out? At the start of the season the rules were the bottom 3 were relegated in a 16 league division. This making us easily safe from relegation. It was only after the season had finished that the decision to relegate 11 and below was anounced.

I remember playing Sheffield towards the back end of the season and we rested many key players resulting in us losing the game narrowly. Would we have done this if we knew what was at stake?'"

Ask Wigan if they would have rested so many players against Widnes if they thought they would lose.

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As a fev fan I find it hard to disagree with gingdong. My beef with Bradford started when you pinched Paul Newlove from us for about 200K when the deal should have been at least 500K using Martin Offiah's 440K when transfered to Wigan form Widnes as a guide. I am sure that Mr Caisley had some indication with regards what the trasfer fee would be set to by the tribunal and got the best centre in the british game at a knock down price. Bradford then a few years later sold Newy on in a deal that was worth about 750k if you include the players exchanged.

Then SL comes along and Mr Caisley was involved heavily in the creation of this which resulted in us being kicked out of the top flight. I don't seem to recall the same level of caring RL fans when this happened and in fact many SL fans believe that my club should stay in the past and do not have the right to compete with the so called big boys. A comment that Mr Caisley made in the past quite clearly on the title of this thread.

So when Bradford were winning trophy's and building a decent fan base teams such as us were struggling on just above 1k gates. We had and still have fans disillusioned with the way the game had treated us. From a personal point of view my Dad was one of these and the decision to kick us out of the top flight robbed me of watching my beloved club with him.

Bradford fans have know idea what the creation of SL did to Featherstone Rovers and how hard the struggle has been. If you did then you would realise why we have very little sympathy for Bradford with regards to there financial state.

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