: Fri May 29, 2009 1:57 pm  

tigertot wrote:

After putting FA to the charidy betting sword last week I'm severely tempted. What odds are you offering?

I think the difficulty of the task should weight the bet.

How about if we make the 8 you donate £20 to a charity of my choice.

If we don't I'll donate £10 to yours.

Game?

: Fri May 29, 2009 2:12 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

I think the difficulty of the task should weight the bet.

How about if we make the 8 you donate £20 to a charity of my choice.

If we don't I'll donate £10 to yours.

Game?

How about you get ******?
You've got the best young coach in the world & you are offering 1/2. You offer me 2/1 & I might bite. I could get better odds from Gledhill.

: Fri May 29, 2009 2:16 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

SNIP

I can't see any real possibility of Bradford not getting a spot next time. If Wakey, Salford, even Cas, can get in one of the bigest cities in the UK shouldn't be a problem. I would be surprised if a sod has been turned on any of the aforementioned new stadia come franchise.

[Bullseye]

: Fri May 29, 2009 2:25 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

snip

TBH Adey I think that getting a franchise won't be too much of a problem provided the goalposts haven't been moved.

Our real challenge is to continue as a solvent business given the financial millstone of the ground, lack of money in the boardroom and dwindling crowds due to poor performances and less marketing.

: Fri May 29, 2009 4:30 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Our real challenge is to continue as a solvent business given the financial millstone of the ground, lack of money in the boardroom and dwindling crowds due to poor performances and less marketing.

Why don't we just sell the ground and build a new one as with the likes of Wakey, Cas, Salford and the S

There must be suitable land in Bradford going begging for this kind of development. On second thoughts lets build it just outside Bradford so that Bradford council don't balls it up for us. I'm still waiting for Bradford to 'bounce back' and that campaign must have started in AD 411?

: Fri May 29, 2009 4:40 pm  

Lets say - for sake of argument - they stick with 14 clubs. (I suspect MIGHT go to 16 but lets say 14).

Lets assume the Championship winner is admitted automatically.

Lets assume the RFL decide to admit at least one new "Development Area" club" regardless (I have feeling will be more than one, but only if they increase beyond 14 clubs).

Lets assume that at least one more championship club easily meets the criteria.

Lets assume that Cats and Celts are allowed to stay (by whatever means) regardless, because they are from "development areas".

That's 11 slots left, so we lose three of the existing 14.

So who goes?

On anything like current performance, I'd suggest you'd be looking at Wakey Salford and Cas. And us.

If just one of those gets a decent ground between now and then (or can convince the RFL (again) that its imminent) and we don't I suggest we could be in some difficulties?

And I deliberately passed on the solvency test, cos the club cannot really NOT be solvent provided it pays its PAYE and VAT and trade suppliers - it effectively cannot borrow so can't run up huge debts in the normal course of business, and the biggest potential liability (the repayment to the council) only crystalises if we move from Odsal. What would most likely happen if things onfield do not improve is that we will end up with a cheaper and cheaper team and operation, so come franchise time we'll be failing most of the criteria anyway. IMO.

: Fri May 29, 2009 4:43 pm  

Ancient Provocateur wrote:

Why don't we just sell the ground and build a new one as with the likes of Wakey, Cas, Salford and the S

There must be suitable land in Bradford going begging for this kind of development. On second thoughts lets build it just outside Bradford so that Bradford council don't balls it up for us. I'm still waiting for Bradford to 'bounce back' and that campaign must have started in AD 411?

1. Because we'd have to pay a seven-figure sum back to the council when we left Odsal.

2. Because we don't own the ground so we can't sell it.

3. Because we don't have the cash nor the ability to raise cash to fund such a project.

Other than that, its a cracking idea!

: Sat May 30, 2009 4:13 pm  

DORIAN J ASQUITH wrote:

Even after this season i would still class Bradford as a play-off team that could challenge for Old Trafford

Someone has been out in the sun too long.

: Sat May 30, 2009 5:52 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Someone has been out in the sun too long.

Here's an idea - how about leaving one thread free of 'humorous' comments from you intended to underline how sh.t you think we are. Just one!

Mod hat off here... this is just friendly advice.

If you're so confident that a side that has already beaten Leeds and Saints this year has zero chance of doing anything in the play-offs, offer some odds.

: Sat May 30, 2009 10:48 pm  

tigertot wrote:

After putting FA to the charidy betting sword last week I'm severely tempted. What odds are you offering?

You're now the proud owner of a square something of titchwell march in Norfolk. With EU Life project funding that doubled to a tenner and i matched the stake so between us we own half the reserve.