Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:39 am  

Out of interest how did they lose 1.2million quid and over what period of time has this debt been building? I get the sense that maybe they couldn;t pay the rent on the ground and that is why the RFL stepped in to buy odsal so they weren;t kicked out and some clause invoked that allowed redevelopment of the ground?

Shame when you look at how they revolutionised the off the field game in early SL days. I guess nothing lasts forever?

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:41 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Out of interest how did they lose 1.2million quid and over what period of time has this debt been building? I get the sense that maybe they couldn;t pay the rent on the ground and that is why the RFL stepped in to buy odsal so they weren;t kicked out and some clause invoked that allowed redevelopment of the ground?

Shame when you look at how they revolutionised the off the field game in early SL days. I guess nothing lasts forever?

Your confusing the bulls with keighely cougars, any hoot. Surely this has been coming since the exodus started when noble, fielden, vainikolo and the rest of them left. The bulls need to get real and stop trying to con their own supporters, they are stopping the progress of other clubs who maybe better suited to running a professional rugby league club.

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:42 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Out of interest how did they lose 1.2million quid and over what period of time has this debt been building? I get the sense that maybe they couldn;t pay the rent on the ground and that is why the RFL stepped in to buy odsal so they weren;t kicked out and some clause invoked that allowed redevelopment of the ground?

Shame when you look at how they revolutionised the off the field game in early SL days. I guess nothing lasts forever?

You mean how they copied ' Cougarmania ' ?

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Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:56 am  

Starbug wrote:

You mean how they copied ' Cougarmania ' ?

Exactly!

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:59 am  

According to a thread on the Wakey section, we are interested in signing Whitehead, Kopczak and Elima....

What goes around, comes around, ey? Remember Obst, Jeffries, Millard, Ferguson all being "poached" by the vultures? It seems like the tables could be turning. I doubt that we will sign them, but its nice to be linked with some good players for once.

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:56 am  

I always enjoy the Cougarmania mythology.

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:11 am  

£100k a month??? How is that even possible.

They spend £1.6m a year on first team players, get £1m a year from Sky so they have to pay £50k a month out of their own pockets for the players.

You would think that other staff and rent would get cancelled out by shirt sales, sponsorship and gates.

I guess having 10k fans that pay buttons for their season tickets doesn't help but there has to be something else going on to lose that much during the season.

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:17 am  

Noel Cleal wrote:

£100k a month??? How is that even possible.

They spend £1.6m a year on first team players, get £1m a year from Sky so they have to pay £50k a month out of their own pockets for the players.

You would think that other staff and rent would get cancelled out by shirt sales, sponsorship and gates.

I guess having 10k fans that pay buttons for their season tickets doesn't help but there has to be something else going on to lose that much during the season.

Im with you, it just doesnt add up. what the hell are they spending the money on!?
whilst its very sad, i think bradford should just be allowed to die now, hopefully coming back stronger in the long term as a result. why should the rugby league community bail them out again? most of us dont support bradford, yet many of us are currently keeping them going with our recent donations (small or not). now they need more money. And if they get that money, what happens a few months down the line? because there seems to be little action to drastically curtail expenditure.

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:23 am  

still not gone bust yet then load of old tripe!!! will still be playing next season

Re: are the bulls back with the begging bowl??? : Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:10 pm  

just_browny wrote:

I always enjoy the Cougarmania mythology.

Why do you suggest it was a myth?