Our hardcore support in SL seems to be 5k. If we can be competitive, there's probably another 5k floating around that could be interested in watching some games.



I've no idea what our support would be like in the championship.



At the end of the kids training day yesterday, our chairman was trying to convince all the adults there to come along on Sunday.

Would the pop stand close all season?

I would have thought by default they only open the seats but for bigger games standing areas can be opened.



But you have to question just how viable odsal is going to be in sl2 at all.

It's a funny situation at the moment. I think most of us deep down know that we are going to be relegated, yet somewhere cling onto some hope that we may not be. Somehow.

At what point do we have to accept that it's all over and start thinking about next year? I suppose by the end of this next week, it may well be all over.

well you will have gathered I personally know we are relegated. I don't say that smugly, it's just for me it's not worth the heartache from pretending otherwise.



So I think about the practicalities of staying at odsal etc. I respect anyone who wants to cling on to hope for a while yet but it's not for me.

On reflection, when we were not in Super League we had crowds of about 2000, the ground was owned by the Council and therefore they did the upkeep. We are in a very different position now. Our landlords, as far as I am aware do not upkeep the ground and the charges are £72000 per year rent. In essence the Club would be saddled with large debts without doing anything. All very depressing - just hope we can keep in SL -

I doubt the club would want to be paying £72k + upkeep, per annum in the Championship. Which brings on the possibility that, if the club decides to take a cheaper alternative and moves out of Odsal, the conditions of the RFL's primary lease it would then become null and void as a Bradford team wasn't playing most of its games at the ground. Maybe the club could then retake the primary lease from the council........using peppercorn as the rent natch.



As for the rest it's very much a series of open questions; will the owner stay or go? how many players would we lose? [with no team being promoted, how many would actually get another contract elsewhere?, would many of them remain, but on lower contracts? How much effect will the new competition monies [and slightly higher cap for lower division clubs have on how many could be retained? Maybe most importantly, what is going to happen to the academy system and training ground?



I would hope a city the size of Bradford would attract more than a "couple of thousand", to be honest. With a team which is winning [oh dear gods of RL, please a few more games than recently and playing well, all be it at a lower level, I would have thought maybe 3 -4 K as a realistic baseline. Anyway, best we win as many as possible of these games, as said before, there is always the unexpected win or loss in the equation - let's hope for more wins.

I am saving up so that when we avoid relegation I can go to the pub and get pi**ed.

If we get relegated I can also afford to go to the pub and get pi**ed. It's a win, win situation regarding having a night out at the pub so not everything looks gloomy.

The Dog Fight starts here and Looking at both The Bulls and Wakefield's remaining fixtures i reckon that we have got by far the easier run in



IMO I believe we will need at least a 2 point return from the appeals committee to take the relegation battle down to points difference



Wakefield Wildcats remaining fixtures and my predicted outcome



London Broncos Home win

Wigan Warriors Home loss

Hull FC Home loss

Leeds Rhinos Home loss

Widnes Vikings Home loss

Catalan Dragons Away loss

Warrington Wolves Away loss

Huddersfield Giants Home loss

St Helens Away loss

Salford Red Devils Home Win

Castleford Tigers Away loss

Hull Kingston Rovers Home loss



I can see them only winning 2 more games this season against London and Salford = 4points



Bulls remaining fixtures and my predicted outcome



Salford Red Devils Away loss

Hull Kingston Rovers Home win

Warrington Wolves Away loss

Catalan Dragons Home win

St Helens Away loss

Huddersfield Giants Away loss

Wigan Warriors Home loss

Leeds Rhinos Away loss

Hull FC Home Loss

Castleford Tigers Away Loss

Widnes Vikings Preview Home Win

London Broncos Away Win



I can see us winning games against Hull KR, Catalans, Widnes & London = 8 points



Thoughts..........

Pretty much argee although I think we can take Salford as well!



COYB!!

Think the next few weeks are crucial. We cannot afford to lose momentum. Definite improvements needed. Definitely need O'brien to return and someone will have to step up and fill in Kaufusi's huge boots (Walker certainly isn't the answer, although I'm sure Cummins will stick with him. )Stand off needs addressing as well, Addy is too slow to be a half back. If we're going to stick with Gaskell at FB, i would try Brook in next week. Full bloodied challenge cup game, in which we have nothing to lose. Try him, let's see how he does.

I still think we are relegated unless we get all 6 points back, and i'm not expecting that.