Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:07 pm  

RagingBull wrote:

Hull KR have confirmed Moss.
Great way to bring everyone back to earth with a bump!

Cue the ****** on the Bulls banter FB page going into meltdown.

Really pisses me off when they talk about KR signing are player. Not because they are technically incorrect he was an unattached player made redundant by a club that no longer trades. It pisses me off because of the use of the word are instead of our.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:14 pm  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

Cue the spastics on the Bulls banter FB page going into meltdown.

Really pisses me off when they talk about KR signing are player. Not because they are technically incorrect he was an unattached player made redundant by a club that no longer trades. It pisses me off because of the use of the word are instead of our.

It's like the worst of both systems. Players can leave because the bulls don't exist but we get 12 points deducted because we went into admin. Maybe they should say that the 12 points deduction is to allow the new company to start in Championship instead of CH1.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:15 pm  

Looks a terrific prospect does Moss. Glad to have him on board.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:20 pm  

ChampagneSuperRovers wrote:

Looks a terrific prospect does Moss. Glad to have him on board.

Best in the league a country mile

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:36 pm  

psychostring wrote: So we will officially have a club to support this season on minus 12 in the Championship as per the RFL press release. The BBC article states that the club will play at Odsal and speculates that the consortium is the Andrew Chalmers consortium. A company was registered on Companies House yesterday afternoon in the name Bradford Bulls 2017 by Andrew Chalmers and The Orcas Rugby League. They appear to be a NZ RL team that competed against Gold Coast Titans for an NRL franchise and subsequently discussed joining Super League. Interesting. http://metro.co.uk/2007/04/08/orcas-bid-to-join-super-league-254013/ Perhaps my suspicious mind working in overdrive but given the introduction of one international team to our competition in Toronto, is it surprising that the RFL find giving this consortium the chance to start a Bradford club "exciting"? Anyway, we wait for next week for more news. I'm glad I have a new Bradford team to support for now and imagine the next 3 weeks is going to be extremely busy news wise in the build up to our opening game. I posted that link pages ago, and everyone ignored that one too psycho

psychostring wrote: So we will officially have a club to support this season on minus 12 in the Championship as per the RFL press release. The BBC article states that the club will play at Odsal and speculates that the consortium is the Andrew Chalmers consortium. A company was registered on Companies House yesterday afternoon in the name Bradford Bulls 2017 by Andrew Chalmers and The Orcas Rugby League. They appear to be a NZ RL team that competed against Gold Coast Titans for an NRL franchise and subsequently discussed joining Super League. Interesting. http://metro.co.uk/2007/04/08/orcas-bid-to-join-super-league-254013/ Perhaps my suspicious mind working in overdrive but given the introduction of one international team to our competition in Toronto, is it surprising that the RFL find giving this consortium the chance to start a Bradford club "exciting"? Anyway, we wait for next week for more news. I'm glad I have a new Bradford team to support for now and imagine the next 3 weeks is going to be extremely busy news wise in the build up to our opening game. I posted that link pages ago, and everyone ignored that one too psycho

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:16 pm  

Fingers crossed for the fledgling Phoenix. Hope that you're soon flying

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:22 pm  

Bent&Bongser wrote:

Fingers crossed for the fledgling Phoenix. Hope that you're soon flying

Depends what you mean by flying.
We'll be in existence next season, but it's going to be a long season full of games where we get our butts kicked.
The pre-season is supposed to be a time of optimism and excitement, I'm already dreading what's to come over the next 10 months.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:49 pm  

First priority for next season is to find players who can defend. The squad last season proved they weren't up for it so at least those re-signing and any new guys have a chance to prove they are. All we can ask for is that the team leave everything they have on the pitch every week.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:49 pm  

Well by all accounts Lowe & Chalmers are flying over from NZ this weekend.

Goy me thinking its a bloody long way to come and a lot to give up just to run a part-time team.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:00 pm  

It's a shame Moss isn't re-signing as he really is excellent and will continue to rip it up at hkr. But to be fair he's not been our player for a while now and I'm glad for him he's sorted, and if he was going to stay in the championship but not with us it's better he's gone to hkr who will be beating us three times with or without Moss rather than one of our relegation bottom 8 rivals. It's those teams we need to make sure we don't lose to with the points carrying over into the playoffs.

However, we now need a coach announced, which I'm guessing will be at the same press conference as the new owners.