Time to vote with our feet

Quote: Roofs "From an outsider's perspective, I wouldn't say that's really the case. Okay the team's having a bad run, but the club is an A-level franchise (only 2 other clubs can say that), plays at one of the best sports stadiums in the country, has one of the biggest home (and away) followings in the country, and has already signed players next year that some clubs could only dream of being able to attract. When you look at it that way, is it really that bad? '"

This is what makes it worse. The fact that we have all those things and still have to make do with battling (in the loosest sense of the word) for 8th spot in an extended play off system. With the amount of money the club is bringing in through record sponsorship, gates, merchandising etc, we should be competing with the best.

Also, it depends what you mean by 'bad run'. Our 'bad run' has lasted 3 years.

Quote: Roofs " Remember about 4 years ago Bradford getting absolutely mauled at home by Saints in May/June, but then went on to win the GF and then WCC. '"

We'll be lucky to make the 8. The GF appearance of 2006 seems like a dim and distant memory.

Quote: Roofs "Can't believe I'm doing this, but in defence of Rule (
Most people's problem is not where the club was ten years ago, but where it was three years ago. I remember being at the game where they avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth just before the merger. We celebrated like we had just won the competition. Of course it wasn't much fun seeing them getting stuffed every week, but we had nowt then. There was no state of the art stadium, we had 5,000ish gates and were probably nowhere near spending £1.8m on playing staff.

All the positive things you pointed at earlier in the post should mean that we can be competitive on the pitch, not just off it. Indeed, three years ago we were the second best team in the competition over the weekly rounds and play offs. Now we're also-rans.