Your club needs YOU says Langley in rallying call to Bulls fans (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Your club needs YOU says Langley in rallying call to Bulls fans
8:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010 in
Jamie Langley has urged Bulls supporters to throw their backing behind the club’s bold Pledge 10,000 scheme.
Bradford’s vice-captain is excited about the prospect of a significant bump in attendances and has assured fans they can play their part in a return to the glory days.
Two years of underachievement have caused the average attendance to dip below 9,000 this year but the club’s new initiative aims to attract 10,000 pledges for season tickets at the reduced price of £60.
“I think it’s a brilliant idea and a great scheme,” said Langley.
I remember sitting in the stands [as a young kid] to watch those games and the atmosphere was unbelievable. There’s nothing else like it.
Jamie Langley
“The price being offered to fans is fantastic and if the target is reached then it will be great for the club as well.
“It’s been tough going the last couple of years but we have a loyal fanbase who have stuck with us through thick and thin. That’s what being a supporter is about, being there even through the bad times.
“We really appreciate that support and the scheme is reward for that.”
Signed by Bradford as a 16-year-old academy recruit in 1999, Langley was at the club throughout the Super League glory years.
A member of the Grand Final-winning team in 2005, he remembers vividly the buzz surrounding the Bulls during their time as a dominant force in the English game.
More than 13,000 fans regularly made their way through the Odsal turnstiles and Langley admits that kind of support was a big factor in attracting players to the club.
He said: “I remember being a young kid when the club first started bringing me down to games before I joined up.
“I remember sitting in the stands to watch those games and the atmosphere was unbelievable. There’s nothing else like it.
“That’s one of the reasons I wanted to play here.
“It gives you a tingle down the back of your neck and the way the crowd got behind the players was impressive.”
Moves have been made to improve performances through the appointment of coach Mick Potter and a strong recruitment drive but Langley reiterated the part the fans can play in the process.
He said: “It’s massive. When you come out for the warm-up or even approach the stadium and there’s already people turning up it makes you feel good and you know it will be a good day.
“There are times when both mentally and physically you might not have much left in the tank but when you hear the supporters get behind you it gives you that extra lift.”
Pledges can be made by calling the club on 08448-711490, by texting ‘pledge’ to 60777 or by visiting the Bulls website at www.bradford bulls.co.uk. The total number of pledges so far is just short of 5,000.
Comments(51)
Topgearman
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8:19am Thu 2 Sep 10
birkybull
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8:21am Thu 2 Sep 10
joevolcano
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8:35am Thu 2 Sep 10
The J Man
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8:41am Thu 2 Sep 10
Thought more would have signed up by now as not even half way there yet & just over a month to go so cant see it happening.
Reasonbly impressed with the 3 names we have signed for next season but we definitely need a "marquee" signing & fast as the floaters arent going to sign up otherwise.
Thought that they'd name a couple at least yesterday as Hood kept going on about the 1st Sept deadline at the fans forum & yet we announce 3 before this date & none on the day itself!!!
Elima has seemed nailed on for at least a week so presume he will be announced this week but we need to move fast & get these names out there so the fans who werent sure will back the pledge.
kitman
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9:33am Thu 2 Sep 10
obi wan kanobi
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9:48am Thu 2 Sep 10
haitch
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10:17am Thu 2 Sep 10
The simple truth is Mr Hood kept his prudence thing going far too long. Keeping "you know who"at the helm and letting things slide to the unprofessional mess it ended up in.
Now he comes up with a brilliant idea of £60 a season but is about to learn the hard way. It's very easy to lose fans, especially with the bulk of them being 'floating' but trying to win them back is a different matter. Just as you wouldn't want a stale loaf for say 5p fans will want to be sure of some value for their money, even at cut price.
It is a tall order which in my opinion would have been much easier had the likes of Potter been employed 12 months earlier.
theviking52
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10:39am Thu 2 Sep 10
bobby f
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10:48am Thu 2 Sep 10
pjbull
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11:02am Thu 2 Sep 10
Adey
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11:22am Thu 2 Sep 10
bobby f wrote:Actually if you bought say two adult season tickets on one web form, does that counts as 1 pledge? If you'd filled out two forms with a single ticket, would that count as 2 pledges? if that's the case all those who have bulked their season tickets pledges have missed a trick
I would say we have 5k pledges of £60 that does not include junior season tickets and as far as I am aware families only count as 1 pledge(anyone clarify) so while we saying it's poor for all we know we might have a true figure of 9k season tickets sold granted in don't change the pledge total, at least the attendances will be up
bobby f
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11:24am Thu 2 Sep 10
pjbull wrote:I suspect that 2, as for the number staying the same over the weekend that's simple, it was the bank hol weekend nobody their to update it :) not even computers want to work on bank hol
The current pledge number must surely be the number processed not the number pledged. It stayed at the same total for 3 days over the weekend - why do you think that was ? Do you think they received no pledges over those 3 days? The actual number of pledges must be higher; I suspect a lot higher.
josefw
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11:25am Thu 2 Sep 10
bobby f wrote:families count as 2 but I wouldn't get too worried as of yet, Its not a live counter and it takes times to proses the forms and I'm also guessing that the club will be holding a few back to keep interest.
I would say we have 5k pledges of £60 that does not include junior season tickets and as far as I am aware families only count as 1 pledge(anyone clarify) so while we saying it's poor for all we know we might have a true figure of 9k season tickets sold granted in don't change the pledge total, at least the attendances will be up
Duckett
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11:31am Thu 2 Sep 10
obi wan kanobi
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11:43am Thu 2 Sep 10
We do need signings that will get the fans pledging.
Baaa
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12:01pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Gumshoe wrote:Brighten up you miserable nick picker and pledge your support and get others to follow you unless you already have done so
'Two years of underachievement have caused the average attendance to dip' Where do they get only 2 years from when it has clearly been the last 4 years?
Baaa
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12:06pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Topgearman wrote:Couldn't agree with you more, well said. It's because of the negativity off bloggers on here that I seldom contribute. Koppy had a serious injury (broken leg?) and they are not supermen and it takes time to get fit again and regain confidence and he is only young and will keep improving
Just a quick note on all those kopczac slaters. All season you have given him grief and then because potter resigns him he's played well in last few games. Bunch of sheep follow your shepherd.
Baaa
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12:16pm Thu 2 Sep 10
kitman wrote:They were not crap when we were 4th in the league! The nucleus of the team is still there and with new signings things are looking up. Cant see Leon, Stu or Mason signing for various reasons, but I'm not in the know IMO, not like a lot of the crystal ball gazers on here
£60 is a lot of money to watch CRAP.This friday will show how bad we are.What i want to heard is Orford will return.Leon will play S/O. Big Stu at prop, and Willie Mason to give us a bit of mongul in the pack.I don't mind who stays at the club.But if we don't improve the squad i dread to think what will become of a once mighty team
Baaa
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12:18pm Thu 2 Sep 10
haitch wrote:It might help if you stopped pontificating and pledged instead of slagging the club off all the time from afar
It was always going to be a struggle to reach 10'000. It's not beyond possibility but still a long way off. The simple truth is Mr Hood kept his prudence thing going far too long. Keeping "you know who"at the helm and letting things slide to the unprofessional mess it ended up in. Now he comes up with a brilliant idea of £60 a season but is about to learn the hard way. It's very easy to lose fans, especially with the bulk of them being 'floating' but trying to win them back is a different matter. Just as you wouldn't want a stale loaf for say 5p fans will want to be sure of some value for their money, even at cut price. It is a tall order which in my opinion would have been much easier had the likes of Potter been employed 12 months earlier.
bobby f
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12:32pm Thu 2 Sep 10
THEMANOFSTEEL
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12:33pm Thu 2 Sep 10
THEMANOFSTEEL
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12:38pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52
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12:38pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52
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12:41pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Gumshoe
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12:52pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Baaa wrote:Be quiet you part time muppet, only stating a fact!
Gumshoe wrote: 'Two years of underachievement have caused the average attendance to dip' Where do they get only 2 years from when it has clearly been the last 4 years?Brighten up you miserable nick picker and pledge your support and get others to follow you unless you already have done so
Pledge already done and paid for unlike yours probably.
Baaa
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1:00pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52 wrote:I'd classify you as another old nick (picker). You are like something out of a Dickens novel. So long amigo as you wont find me wasting my time anymore putting my blogs on here or reading the dribble that slavers from your keyboard as it isn't worth reading.
baaa, humbug. as you state there are a number of us who live a fair distance from odsal, and the cost of travel to the ground is some what prohibitive. on the occaision that i go ,health permitting, i am willing to pay at the gate. as no doubt are others in the same boat. spending £60 in my case would be ridiculous. pontificating, slagging club off, that applies to hell of alot more on here. to pick out one person is ludicrous. do you include yourself, in all the pontificating, because i would.
theviking52
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1:15pm Thu 2 Sep 10
mumbyfan
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2:18pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Topgearman wrote:Totally agree!
Just a quick note on all those kopczac slaters. All season you have given him grief and then because potter resigns him he's played well in last few games. Bunch of sheep follow your shepherd.
3 years as well? Dont make me laugh.
haitch
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2:21pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Baaa wrote:Pledge is in mate!
haitch wrote: It was always going to be a struggle to reach 10'000. It's not beyond possibility but still a long way off. The simple truth is Mr Hood kept his prudence thing going far too long. Keeping "you know who"at the helm and letting things slide to the unprofessional mess it ended up in. Now he comes up with a brilliant idea of £60 a season but is about to learn the hard way. It's very easy to lose fans, especially with the bulk of them being 'floating' but trying to win them back is a different matter. Just as you wouldn't want a stale loaf for say 5p fans will want to be sure of some value for their money, even at cut price. It is a tall order which in my opinion would have been much easier had the likes of Potter been employed 12 months earlier.It might help if you stopped pontificating and pledged instead of slagging the club off all the time from afar
Or would you rather the thousands of ex pats don't pay anything and leave it all to you super fans?.
It's plonkers like you who cant look the truth in the face who have helped put our once glorious club where it is.
Just read my post again and tell me which part is 'slagging off'. If you can't see what's happening in front of your face, why try to insult those of us who can. Your remarks to Viking are exactly what I expected of you and make the point for me. Glad you'll be back at school Monday.
haitch
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2:28pm Thu 2 Sep 10
mumbyfan wrote:Hey guys, I.m glad to be one of the few who rated Koppy all along (though had a few doubts this season). He was my tip to be the most improved player this season but fell a bit short. Anyone who judges a forward before he reaches around 26 yrs old, knows little of the history of rugby league players.Forwards don't all blossom in their early 20's. Many are much older.
Topgearman wrote: Just a quick note on all those kopczac slaters. All season you have given him grief and then because potter resigns him he's played well in last few games. Bunch of sheep follow your shepherd.Totally agree! 3 years as well? Dont make me laugh.
bulls2win
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2:46pm Thu 2 Sep 10
I mean look at langley he has had his fair share of injuries and look at him now, he is only mediocre because he is now trying to get back to fitness after injury, whereas he was playing like a man posessed at the start of 2010. Give these guys a break and if you have not played the game professionally how can you even begin to comment nevermind criticise!
spanglishbull.uk
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2:52pm Thu 2 Sep 10
obi wan kanobi
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2:59pm Thu 2 Sep 10
bullsmania
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3:02pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Duckett
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4:08pm Thu 2 Sep 10
dibsy
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4:13pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Grandad final
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5:13pm Thu 2 Sep 10
With the new signings and Mick Potter taking the (long overdue) reins the only way is up as they say, surely.
The season's not over and I'm getting withdrawal symptoms already, roll on January.....Come ---on ----you---Bullls
Grandad final
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5:20pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Prycey
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6:03pm Thu 2 Sep 10
mumbyfan
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6:25pm Thu 2 Sep 10
haitch wrote:What like Stuart Fielden or Sam Burgess or Sonny Bill Williams or Adrian Morley, think you'll find age is no barrier...
mumbyfan wrote:Hey guys, I.m glad to be one of the few who rated Koppy all along (though had a few doubts this season). He was my tip to be the most improved player this season but fell a bit short. Anyone who judges a forward before he reaches around 26 yrs old, knows little of the history of rugby league players.Forwards don't all blossom in their early 20's. Many are much older.
Topgearman wrote: Just a quick note on all those kopczac slaters. All season you have given him grief and then because potter resigns him he's played well in last few games. Bunch of sheep follow your shepherd.Totally agree! 3 years as well? Dont make me laugh.
theviking52
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7:25pm Thu 2 Sep 10
haitch
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8:19pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52 wrote:It is true that with modern day training regimes and full time playing more young forwards are coming to the fore but I repeat, anyone who judges a young forward before the age of around 26 is judging prematurely and is showing a lack of knowledge. This is after all the reason Koppy has a 3 year contract. Because Potter also knows this. Just another indication the guy knows what he's doing.
mumby fan, re forwards, like in any sport, there are always exceptions to the rules. in general, what haitch said is correct. i should know, it took me time to establish myself at pro level, 25 when i got that chance to play first team rugbyas an hooker.
theviking52
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9:06pm Thu 2 Sep 10
vikings quids inare in talks with club over services of Anthony Thackeray
VIQI has held in-depth discussions with the Widnes Vikings Club with respect to helping to retain the services of Anthony Thackeray. A way forward has been proposed by VIQI that will hopefully help the club retain Anthony's services over the coming years whilst ensuring further youngsters within the club and Halton area benefit from his skills, knowledge and passion for the game.
VIQI has put forward a proposal whereby they would sponsor Anthony to secure his signature and for him to also become a Widnes Vikings Community Development Officer, placing him within the Youth Development structure at the club in a coaching / mentoring role, assisting the Scholarship and/or u16's within the clubs coaching structure. Anthony would also become the ‘front man' for the VIQI scheme helping to raise its profile and increase its membership numbers.
Lots of fans have already expressed a desire to help the club retain the services of Anthony and ensure that he plays a key role in the coming seasons. Should the Vikings secure a Super League licence he is exactly the type of player VIQI is here to support and we believe it is essential that we do all we can to keep him at the Stobart Stadium Halton.
Far Away
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9:22pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52 wrote:What the h**l is VIQI? And more to the point, who cares? If he is a good Stand Off and out of contract lets sign the b****r and move forward into 2011 with a full strength team with specialist players in all positions. Widnes? Cheshire? Strap me!!
read this re my post on thackeray, looks like he may be out of contract, if bulls made him a decent offer he may be interested, ie not relying on sponsorship to pay his wages.
vikings quids inare in talks with club over services of Anthony Thackeray
VIQI has held in-depth discussions with the Widnes Vikings Club with respect to helping to retain the services of Anthony Thackeray. A way forward has been proposed by VIQI that will hopefully help the club retain Anthony's services over the coming years whilst ensuring further youngsters within the club and Halton area benefit from his skills, knowledge and passion for the game.
VIQI has put forward a proposal whereby they would sponsor Anthony to secure his signature and for him to also become a Widnes Vikings Community Development Officer, placing him within the Youth Development structure at the club in a coaching / mentoring role, assisting the Scholarship and/or u16's within the clubs coaching structure. Anthony would also become the ‘front man' for the VIQI scheme helping to raise its profile and increase its membership numbers.
Lots of fans have already expressed a desire to help the club retain the services of Anthony and ensure that he plays a key role in the coming seasons. Should the Vikings secure a Super League licence he is exactly the type of player VIQI is here to support and we believe it is essential that we do all we can to keep him at the Stobart Stadium Halton.
rugbyguru
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9:31pm Thu 2 Sep 10
theviking52
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9:42pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Bradfordremoved
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10:09pm Thu 2 Sep 10
I'd welcome Elima but not especially Mason or Fielden.
The Worrincy re-signing would be a worry despite my view that Potter will wish to build his team and in theory Worrincy should be athletic BUT his tackling has been abysmal at times and he doesn't seem to have the commitment a forward needs. perhaps a lack of confidence?
On half backs I'll suggest again Rangi Chase but I don't know if he'd count in the quota. Glad to see we've gone for another Kiwi though; Kiwi's and south sea islanders every time over tired end of contract Aussies.
theviking52
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10:28pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Baaa
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9:05am Fri 3 Sep 10
theviking52 wrote:Haven't you heard of Old Nick? Go change your pad, your dribbling again.
baaa, the phrase is actually, nit picker, yes i am a bit of an old devil, character from dickens, would be PICKwick then. i must have hit the mark, for you to cut and run. the only person who has been writing dribble on here is you. so asta la vista mate.
theviking52
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10:13am Fri 3 Sep 10
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Gumshoe says...
8:12am Thu 2 Sep 10
Where do they get only 2 years from when it has clearly been the last 4 years?