Our 5th round game had only 350 fans less than the Bradford QF game (against the same opponent). What's your point?

But again you seem to misunderstand the post he is taking the mickey out of the fact that Bulls fans took delight in having a go at Huddersfield and now find themselves in a similar if worst position than Huddersfield were, if only for the fact that do not have a lenegan or davy.
But maybe i understand it and am not trying to use it to have a go at Huddersfield as i am a RL fan first and a Giants fan second.

Excellent post. And we are putting the kids in through necessity, young finigan who played wing and FB on Sunday is still part time but managed to score 2 on debut. We have Whitehead, Crossley, Kopczak, finigan, Addy, Donaldson, Wardle, Southenwood who have all come through into the 1st team this year. Some planned, some unplanned, some have made spots their own already like Whitehead and others look promising but without injuries wouldn't have been rushed in. Hopefully we can reap the benefits of this group coming through and developing into the 1st team, freeing up what little cash we do have to plug the gaps in the backline with decent recruits. Only time will tell I guess.

And I was also at Odsal to watch Northern on days with about 3000 other brave souls, and when we had 20,000 plus at our peak. Neither was set in stone as what the Bradford attendance could be, and TBF with a spectacular fall from grace over an agonising 4 years, 10 game losing streak, money being tight for club and fans alike, no coach, little entertainment I think the crowds could have been worse than they have been. As has been said, we're not a traditional hot bed of RL like a Hull or a Wigan, and some of our [inew [/i SL fans were always going to be put off by such a downturn.

With good recruitment, better coaching with hopefully competitive displays on pitch next year and our home grown lads developing I see no reason why we can't return to a 10K+ average in the medium term.

At least even in decline we're offering some form of entertainment with threads like these

Not too many of them were from Huddersfield. People in glass houses etc....

To see Bradford in the state that they are in now is such a shame.
When Superleague started they were probably the leading club in the game.

There are some down the road who would beg to differ

Not me. They grabbed the concept with both hands, and ran with it. It's a shame to see them end up like they have.

They had about 100 fans at Craven Park yesterday and judging by the performance it's only going to get worse before it gets better

One suspects that had Orford, Kearney, Scruton, Sykes and Donaldson been available for selection, then given how many points we managed to score against you as it was then things would have been very very different. Like it already has been twice before this season.

We would have managed somebody recognised in the halves, for a start, and you would have been spared the entertainment of Worrincy.

Injuries to key players, with a very thin squad a sit is, have done for us this season.

Rovers where missing 12 members of the squad that started the season

Incredible eh. In all honesty you think it could ever happen again would a strong side, great marketing and a return to the party atmosphere created back then?

By the way that shirt in your avatar was the one I meant before, still the best ever SL shirt IMO.

Give us back Vella, Cook, Webster, Welham etc and it would have been very very different.

Meant Matt Cook. If we'd have played to our best we'd have scored more then we did and conceded less then we did, simples. We played poor overall but still hit nearly 50 points, good going IMO.