Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:34 pm  

Duckman wrote:

I think its simply a case of a player wanting to play at the highest level available to him week in week out. If there had been no superleague club offer or we were still in superleague he'd have signed for us I'm sure, as it is he's just decided to play at the level he clearly belives hes able to (quite rightly for him IMHO). I'd have loved Leon back but if he can play on in super league then fair play.

It also sounds positive that Marc Green has said the club will look to "invest strongly" in the playing staff if we go down, we'll have to wait and see who we attract/who we let go/who we retain once relegation is confirmed. Clearly though talks are going on regarding next season, its just we've not heard about them, but we have heard about this one beacuse its Leon.

didnt he say similar when took over about bringing reinforcements in to try and stay in SL. Since then we've seen Fakir and a raft of loan players who go back to their parent clubs as soon as they get match fit. Meanwhile Green hides behind comments about players not wanting to sign for a club in a relegation position, despite Salford and wakefield both managing to bring players in whilst in same situation.

Green made a comment when he too over that he wasnt a talker and we should judge him on his actions. So far pretty much all he's done is talk. Hopefully we do have players lined up but not announced until relegation is confirmed, but until we atart announcing players I'm still nervous about Greens long term plans.

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:17 pm  

mat wrote:

didnt he say similar when took over about bringing reinforcements in to try and stay in SL. Since then we've seen Fakir and a raft of loan players who go back to their parent clubs as soon as they get match fit. Meanwhile Green hides behind comments about players not wanting to sign for a club in a relegation position, despite Salford and wakefield both managing to bring players in whilst in same situation.

Green made a comment when he too over that he wasnt a talker and we should judge him on his actions. So far pretty much all he's done is talk. Hopefully we do have players lined up but not announced until relegation is confirmed, but until we atart announcing players I'm still nervous about Greens long term plans.

You can't really compare us to Salford. I don't think Wakefield have made any permanent signings recently.

I don't think people realise how hard it is for us to buy players. The liklihood of clubs letting players go half way through a season are slim, especially props. We can't afford transfer fees. If you were a player, why would you join the Bulls? Almost certainly nailed on for relegation. As a player you would wait to see what offers you had. Not jump straight in with team that's getting battered by 50 points every week.

Think we need to wait til the off-season to see what sort of investment he's put in.

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Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:16 pm  

Whilst we are in this walking dead limbo of not officially being relegated, how can we possibly recruit? I presume all we can do is make conditional offers to our hypothetical SL2 squad. In which case, they’d be well within their rights to go for a firm offer elsewhere.

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:24 pm  

You'll need your Bradford Bulls knotted hankies for next year, your magic weekend has moved to sunny Blackpool

How many fans do you think you'll take there?

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:28 pm  

Exactly. There was a time when we could have signed players, but we didn't, and as our results have progressively slid down the pan and the nails started to be hammered into our coffin, possibilities rapidly began to recede into the distance, until the moment passed. You could argue about when that was but the fact is it did, and the exact official date is purely academic.

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:29 pm  

Starbug wrote:

You'll need your Bradford Bulls knotted hankies for next year, your magic weekend has moved to sunny Blackpool

How many fans do you think you'll take there?

47.

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:17 pm  

Starbug wrote:

You'll need your Bradford Bulls knotted hankies for next year, your magic weekend has moved to sunny Blackpool

How many fans do you think you'll take there?

Hard to say. Bulls usually attend magic weekend in decent numbers.

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:45 pm  

Weekend in Blackpool? Sounds like it could be fun

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:13 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Weekend in Blackpool? Sounds like it could be fun

And they'd really struggle to have us playing leeds or shudds next year in Blackpool, so thats a plus

Re: Next Season : Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:27 pm  

Too true Duckman. Just because the club aren't tweeting things it doesn't mean they are not working hard in the background. Diskin said last week that Green was trying to bring in players but nobody wants to come to us at the moment.