paulwalker71

It's worth reminding ourselves that there has always been a track around the pitch, at least as long as I can remember (I've been going since the early 1970s), and that the so-called Bullmania era, with the Bulls at their peak, all took place in a stadium with a motor racing track. What has changed is that when Startrax Promotions regained permission to host Stock Cars again in 2021 (having been absent for some years), they did two things which (in my opinion) made things significantly worse for the Bulls. Firstly, they switched from a tarmac track to shale (there was talk of Speedway coming back, but it never happened, and probably won't), thus massively increasing the amount of dirt flying around, landing on seats, etc. Second, they cheekily widened the track, reducing both the length and width of the pitch. The fact is that both rugby and motor sport can coexist in the stadium, and it was never an issue in the past. What it would need is a degree of co-operation, perhaps enforced by Bradford Council. By reinstating the tarmac track (I assume it's still there under the shale, so it's not that difficult to do) and laying a new pitch to the former dimensions, we'd be back to the scenario we had through the 1970s and 1980s. The stadium would look cleaner and tidier, with a full-sized pitch AND a track for racing around the perimeter.

Bradford fan here, and I totally agree with this. Unless there is a big money backer in the wings (and such a person has certainly been keeping an extremely low profile since about 2009), then I don't see how it could happen in any way that doesn't involve being pumped every week at the bottom of SL

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Having watched the Cook Islands (not) compete against Tonga in the last World Cup, I hope South Africa beat them.

Astonishing scoreline! All plaudits to Oldham

Make that 20-6 to the Bulls

From the commentary it sounded like London deserved it - well organised and well coached That said, the Bull are now leading 16-6

Can Salford play the same team from tonight in this one, please

Turned it over so the wife can watch "Midsomer Murders" on ITV3 This isn't a contest; it's an embarrassment

Yes, we sent a reserve/academy squad with a couple of first teamers not needed for tomorrow

What about a game versus PNG in Port Moresby if we want England to play? Fly the squad out on Monday morning after club games, spend the week in camp, play on Saturday and fly back on Sunday so the players are back with their clubs on Monday or Tuesday. Is that so ridiculous in an age of air travel and globalism? And at least PNG will test an England team. None of the options I've seen on this thread for a game in England seem viable in terms of giving England a proper workout before we face the Aussies.

I think it demonstrates they were interested. For example, at the start of Bullmania, I took my three kids - and they all had the replica shirts, the foam fingers and so on. Now, fifteen years later, they've got their own families, mortgages, jobs, etc; they wouldn't go if I paid them. The notion that because we got 15K back then with vouchers in the local paper and free tickets from school, we could replicate that today on a sustainable budget is a fantasy.

This is a bit of a non-story, really. Almost all of those 14 players are either 1. People we already knew had signed elsewhere 2. Older players who are injury-prone and weren't worth keeping 3. Academy products who never made the grade. We've already signed replacements for all of those people.

Speaking as a (hopefully) realistic Bulls fan, I don't subscribe to the view that huge crowds will come flooding back in the unlikely event of us ever being in the Super League again. The plain fact is that most of the crowds from the glory days have long since moved on. I estimate we'd start at a baseline of about 6000; with some hard work, we could maybe get to 8K, but that would need attracting a whole new generation of support. It wouldn't be automatic.

I might be way off here, but is this anything to do with Keith Senior leaving the club? (By which I mean he didn't want to be associated with this skullduggery)

Whilst a quick scan of a ruling suggests the physio, Mick Hey, was mostly responsible, it seems like Aston sought to deflect: It appears that Mark Aston's defence was everyone else was to blame but him when the buck basically stops with him when it comes to team selection and player welfare in these cases.

Toulouse look stretched every time it goes wide. Nice to see McGillvary and Ashurst signing off with tries

Pretty cool team name...

I don't think I've seen a Bulls supporter say that for about ten years.

Right now, Goole is the one that makes sense. They have access to the player base and a decent ground. There's no reason why a town of 22K roughly equidistant from Hull and Castleford shouldn't be able to grow a semi-pro team. It's harder to make that same case for the other two But, hopefully, a plan will be put in place for the other two to reach the required level and player base for possible inclusion in 2026.

I don't think York would have expected much against Wakey, but it's surprising to see them at the bottom of the table with zero points. Hopefully, that won't change when we play them next week!

Hull KR vs Wigan will presumably be at Headingley or Huddersfield The other one will probably be at Leigh?

Thank for your hard work and diligence in getting things back up, John

Makes sense. If Fev releases Springer and Lacans, then if Toulouse releases two of their players, then surely that's fair enough.