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| Quote ="Northern Lad"I like your posts, but now is not the time'"
WTF does that mean?
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| Quote ="Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza"WTF does that mean?'"
Seemed to me like you were taking the mick, if not I apoligise
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| Quote ="Northern Lad"Seemed to me like you were taking the mick, if not I apoligise
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Seemed like you were taking the mick, if not you should have been.
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| Quote ="rugbyreddog"Seemed like you were taking the mick, if not you should have been.'"
does that mean i have to apoligise twice
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| Quote ="Northern Lad"Seemed to me like you were taking the mick, if not I apoligise
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No worries mate. I know that I normally p155 about on here but not after tonight. I guess with the joke alter ego etc. that's the problem as it means people don't know when you are serious. My bad.
I just wanted to say that when you really care you get to a point where you no longer think and if you boo you do it because you instinctively feel that is the right way to show your feelings I stood their stunned and sort of clapped but it was weird. I have to abmit that it's the first team I've ever felt embarrassed. I've seen the best performances and the worst ones since I went to my first game in 1991 but personally if the team got relegated (before it was scrapped) but whilst fighting it I would still feel proud but the team seemed beat since the kick off!
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| I thought the booing of Platt when he had scored was fairly pathetic.
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| Quote ="Adeybull"On the now-locked thread, an accusation:
was made which - since its in the public domain - I'd like to answer. Then I will refer to it no more.
As I said, I do not recognise that as a quote from me. What I DO recognise is these exchanges, from just before the Leeds match on a thread suggesting we should actually get behind the team:
The "debate" continued, but I won't bore people with the details (check out the thread if you can;t sleep) since apart from some limited backsliding from ME, little of worth was added.
Then, we had, post-match:
Now: I presume this is the exchange where I allegedly said "99% of Bradford fans did not boo as it would be unacceptable" or words to that effect?
If so, I would suggest that - once again - ME has twisted and corrupted what was actually said, and used it out of context. In particular, you will see that the discussion was specifically about the coach being booed when he came out, and my "99%" was clearly referring to the fact that when he DID come out and when his face WAS shown on the big screen you heard little if any booing.
So, ME, I state that your allegation was untruthful.
But I leave the readers to judge for themselves.'"
I am sure people can judge. Last week you were quick to use 99% of the crowd as a reason to back up your own points. This week there were quite a bit more than 1% who appeared to have issues with the coach and the side.
As for it being untruthful? Your inference was clearly there as you suggest that booing was unacceptable at the game.
You used this as a bit of comfort last week but the fact is now that the opinion is clearly different from the one that you spoke of last week.
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| Quote ="vbfg"I said anyone who boos their own team is an idiot.
Happy to clear up your delusion.'"
Plenty of people for you to get your claws into this week then isn't there?
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| There was a lot of boos ringing out last night. It made me feel sick.
Horrible. I can't imagine how it made the players feel.
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| And besides, some Bulls fans have got a lot to learn about booing. Some of the Warrington fans were booing their own players as they were announced. That's true dedication, travelling all the way over to boo the team!
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| Quote ="debaser"There was a lot of boos ringing out last night. It made me feel sick.
Horrible. I can't imagine how it made the players feel.'"
Humiliated. Hopefully.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"I am sure people can judge. Last week you were quick to use 99% of the crowd as a reason to back up your own points. This week there were quite a bit more than 1% who appeared to have issues with the coach and the side.
As for it being untruthful? Your inference was clearly there as you suggest that booing was unacceptable at the game.
You used this as a bit of comfort last week but the fact is now that the opinion is clearly different from the one that you spoke of last week.'"
I am sick and tired of you twisting what people say to suit your own perverted ends. You have a very long track record of doing it. Its not clever. Its dishonest. You lied about what I actually said, then when I proved you to be a liar you just continue down a different route of attempting to demonstrate that something different was said or meant to what actually was.
There were many very very angry and dispirited fans on here last night posting genuine emotion and genuine feelings. I entirely respect their views and their right to do and post what they do, even if I don't always agree. Unfortunately we had one dishonest supposed supporter on - you - who it appeared could just not wait to get on to show how clever he was and how smart he was at twisting what people said to suit his own nasty mean little agenda. If you want to come on and rub people's noses in it then fine - I and others did that to you last week. But do it honestly and don't lie.
Emotion, passion, genuine anger I am fine with. But dishonesty from a seeming attention-seeking drama queen who appears to thrive on the club's problems deserves nothing but contempt. We have enough problems to contend with without you fanning the flames.
I have no intention of entering into protracted debate with you, since the attention appears to be all you really want out of your time on here, so we won't need to trouble the mods further.
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| Quote ="bullsonfire"Humiliated. Hopefully.'"
Yes, they may well have done. And probably a lot more emotions too. And on that showing most of them could have few grounds to argue.
But have you ever had any success in motivating people on your team through humiliation? I haven't in all my God-knows how many years of managing people. I'm not sure how you DO motivate some of that lot (a bazooka may be one option, but its probably a little too anti-social) but I'm sure there must be more effective ways. The trouble is, we as fans have limited options compared to the coaching staff, and as paying customers the players will surely realise why some fans reacted the way they did.
I heard little booing in the area of the stand where I am, although you could hear some pockets of it. Some Localised Macca Out shouts near the end. If fans want to vent their feelings that way, they have every right to.
But what was far more worrying to me was the general look of stunned despair on so many faces, and the number of people leaving early saying I've had enough of this. It was the silence, the numbness, that was scary. In the long run, we are going to lose dedicated supporters, and unfortunately that could be the real legacy of what we saw last night.
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| Quote ="Adeybull"I am sick and tired of you twisting what people say to suit your own perverted ends. You have a very long track record of doing it. Its not clever. Its dishonest. You lied about what I actually said, then when I proved you to be a liar you just continue down a different route of attempting to demonstrate that something different was said or meant to what actually was.
There were many very very angry and dispirited fans on here last night posting genuine emotion and genuine feelings. I entirely respect their views and their right to do and post what they do, even if I don't always agree. Unfortunately we had one dishonest supposed supporter on - you - who it appeared could just not wait to get on to show how clever he was and how smart he was at twisting what people said to suit his own nasty mean little agenda. If you want to come on and rub people's noses in it then fine - I and others did that to you last week. But do it honestly and don't lie.
Emotion, passion, genuine anger I am fine with. But dishonesty from a seeming attention-seeking drama queen who appears to thrive on the club's problems deserves nothing but contempt. We have enough problems to contend with without you fanning the flames.
I have no intention of entering into protracted debate with you, since the attention appears to be all you really want out of your time on here, so we won't need to trouble the mods further.'"
Oh I am happy to rub peoples' noses in it. Shame that some of them will not post on here for a while till the next win.
As for being dishonest? Come on. Your inference was perfectly clear.
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| Quote ="Adeybull"Yes, they may well have done. And probably a lot more emotions too. And on that showing most of them could have few grounds to argue.
But have you ever had any success in motivating people on your team through humiliation? I haven't in all my God-knows how many years of managing people. I'm not sure how you DO motivate some of that lot (a bazooka may be one option, but its probably a little too anti-social) but I'm sure there must be more effective ways. The trouble is, we as fans have limited options compared to the coaching staff, and as paying customers the players will surely realise why some fans reacted the way they did.
I heard little booing in the area of the stand where I am, although you could hear some pockets of it. Some Localised Macca Out shouts near the end. If fans want to vent their feelings that way, they have every right to.
But what was far more worrying to me was the general look of stunned despair on so many faces, and the number of people leaving early saying I've had enough of this. It was the silence, the numbness, that was scary. In the long run, we are going to lose dedicated supporters, and unfortunately that could be the real legacy of what we saw last night.'"
Great post
Just sums up the way i feel right now.
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| Quote ="debaser"There was a lot of boos ringing out last night. It made me feel sick.
Horrible. I can't imagine how it made the players feel.'"
It might give them a kick up the backside, spur them on to prove us all wrong... I can't see it though.
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| I would like to hear what options are open to fans to show their disgust of what is going on. We have been told not to boo? We should not walk out before the end? What can we do? I suppose we should cheer but not as loudly as we do when we are pleased. I can hear the players now " Flipping heck Riki. Can you hear the crowd? Only 96 decibels instead of 98. We'd better get our fingers out".
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| Quote ="Adeybull"Yes, they may well have done. And probably a lot more emotions too. And on that showing most of them could have few grounds to argue.
But have you ever had any success in motivating people on your team through humiliation? I haven't in all my God-knows how many years of managing people. I'm not sure how you DO motivate some of that lot (a bazooka may be one option, but its probably a little too anti-social) but I'm sure there must be more effective ways. The trouble is, we as fans have limited options compared to the coaching staff, and as paying customers the players will surely realise why some fans reacted the way they did.
I heard little booing in the area of the stand where I am, although you could hear some pockets of it. Some Localised Macca Out shouts near the end. If fans want to vent their feelings that way, they have every right to.
But what was far more worrying to me was the general look of stunned despair on so many faces, and the number of people leaving early saying I've had enough of this. It was the silence, the numbness, that was scary. In the long run, we are going to lose dedicated supporters, and unfortunately that could be the real legacy of what we saw last night.'"
Great post.
I believe that truly great players motivate themselves. They have pride in what they do and they have pride in the shirt and the club. As people have stated many times on this forum, this seems to be lacking in spades amongst many members of the current squad. It is an indication of how things have slipped in terms of recruitment perhaps but a good coach should be able to instill some of that passion into this team (see Wakefield for further details). Unfortunately, the only way supporters can vent their frustration is to get onto the team's collective back which will have one of two effects: galvanize them to do better or crush their confidence still further. The difference between sides of the Super League past and what we have now is that we had great players who responded with the former not the latter (2005 season a great example).
The current malaise at the club is the aggregate of many issues which have combined to produce a severe downward spiral. The players cannot be held responsible for much of that but if they're not prepared to commit 100% to the cause on the field then they shouldn't be wearing our colours. And if the coach can't get the best out of them, then he has to go.
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| i wish it was us (salford) playing you men last night! Would of been 4 wins on the bounce! Instead weve got to contend with an on form cats side! You were absolutely shocking last night but thats what we've been like most of the season. You will turn it round, you've got too many good players for it not too!
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| Quote ="Jaymc9"i wish it was us (salford) playing you men last night! Would of been 4 wins on the bounce! Instead weve got to contend with an on form cats side! You were absolutely shocking last night but thats what we've been like most of the season. You will turn it round, you've got too many good players for it not too!'"
I wish we had been playing Leeds. Only team we can beat.
(By the way who are these good players)
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| Quote ="debaser"And besides, some Bulls fans have got a lot to learn about booing. Some of the Warrington fans were booing their own players as they were announced. That's true dedication, travelling all the way over to boo the team!'" No us Bradford fans we boo our players when their name was announced after they had scored a try.
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| Quote ="redeverready"No us Bradford fans we boo our players when their name was announced after they had scored a try.'"
You miss the point. That's to motivate him to try harder. No, really...
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| Quote ="rugbyreddog"I wish we had been playing Leeds. Only team we can beat.
(By the way who are these good players)'"
burgess
newton
lynch
solomona
jeffries
halley
menzies
tadulala
there all top players who would probably get in most super league teams! KEEP THE FAITH!!!!
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| Quote ="Adeybull"
I heard little booing in the area of the stand where I am, although you could hear some pockets of it. '"
Either it is your turn to be "dishonest" or I suggest you see a specialist about your ears.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"Either it is your turn to be "dishonest" or I suggest you see a specialist about your ears.'"
Do not accuse me of being dishonest. That's your province. I was there. You were not. I can have others support what I said. You cannot.
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