I don't disagree regarding the arrogance of the 3 previous owners. Marc Greens actions were almost criminal and if you look at the liquidator/admin reports of one of his companies that went bust, it makes interesting reading of the mans business dealings. Still at least we had Steve Ferres which the RFL insisted on to assist us. Only thing he assited on was helping Marc Green kill the club.

Will this one be any different? Who knows. Well we've had no winding up petitions, wages paid on time. So, so far so good Andrew Chalmers does seem to be taking a more long term approach rather than trying to get back up ASAP.

I've said before, i think we've got one of the best academies going. But off-field mismanagement has resulted in us losing the young players. If Chalmers can bring stability off-field, i believe we can get a HG team that can improve each year until we're in a position to challenge for SL again. 5 year plan

Pres Super league.
Gates have risen under Super League to what they were in the 5 years before Super League

But Hull/Rovers we've still got, yes they had a year off but given they've overdone it with the constant Magic weekend games then a year off is arguably what the fixture needed.

What with the 5 games a year incl the friendly it was ridiculous and has put fans off from turning up to some of the games so the break from it will help this year but hopefully going forward we can avoid replicating the potential 5 FC/KR games.

ATEOTD there are bigger rivalries even just in West Yorkshire than the Leeds/Bradford one, it was a big deal for a couple of years and Bradford certainly had some big numbers attendance wise but aside from that small period the match was not really a 'derby' type match IMHO and has been small fry compared to others on either side of the Pennines.

Amazed that this thread has lasted so long without anyone uttering the immortal "Leeds-Bradford isn't a derby, it's an airport".

ah, Yeadon aerodrome, often a bit dicy landing there and several military marques were built nearby but mainly AVRO including hundreds of Lancs. I guess it was an ideal location for test flying post war given the challenges the weather often gave.