Dont think ut was Mick, think it was a parody account. Actually the parody account is more likely to be accurate than Mick

Can't disagree.



I would suggest, New Club, new start in CH1, keep your academy lads & blood a good few at this level. Cut costs, (this will happen anyway as the best players, Chisolm, Moss et al find a new gig elsewhere).



Stabilise the Club & base future prosperity on youth set up.



[iGet Away from Odsal !!![/i



Toronto Rat-Pack & Rowley already rumbling discontent at New Bradford in Championship, this would remove that particular issue.



Go CH1 to CH hopefully in 1 season then build over 3 - 4 seasons towards SL, if the finances/support base/squad depth allows.



Just a thought.

How do you know?

Pity Sheffield are gonna be dual reg with Leigh, we could of done with that, would of been quite interesting

To be fair to Rowley, he didn't actually say anything wrong.

Last year Giants had about 34 in their squad. I think 14 were academy products inc 3 full internationals + 1 England Knight + several academy internationals. (with 4 non UK players)



In 2016 ofthe top 34 Bulls players there were I think 7 from the Bulls academy. No full internationals among them. (with 6? non UK players)



So it looks like The Giants academy - though not in your class - is doing a decent job and is probably worth persevering with.



last year ex Bulls Wardle / Roberts and Patrick (briefly) featured for the Giants. In 2017 Roberts, Foster and O'Brien will be valuable members of the squad but it would be a stretch to say that they outnumber or outshine the club developed talent.



Now the Giants are playing Friday nights I hope you guys pull through and play Sundays - I'd try and get to plenty of your home games.

With every player that's announced as leaving, I become more comfortable about not finding a buyer. The prospect of what we will be left at the moment doesn't really appeal to me.

Might as well dual-reg with Huddersfield - most of their squad know their way around Odsal already

That's a bloody good idea

Oh god, can you imagine the hell it would be on here if that was the case...

Well, no he didn't true enough.



It's just the way he feels it's a sin to put the Bulls in the championship because it's unfair on all the other clubs who have had to work their way up - but apparently it would be alright to put Toronto in the championship even though they are a new club, just the same as us. Hypocritical or what?



Not that I want to be in the championship, that's the RFL's idea, I go along with the vast majority on here who favour champ 1 and build.

I have heard from a reliable source 'It will be your year this Year'maybe Bradford could sell you some of their Super League Titles profit my a...

The traditional response is to burn their houses down iirc

Tradition's just what your grandparents did. We can set them on fire and live stream it if we want to. Tinker round the edges a bit.

Gives a new meaning to flaming somone I suppose

This is rapidly become administration thread part 2.



Can tell there is nothing to talk about.



Does anyone want to make up some new rumours?

We're just in the revenge fantasy stage of acceptance.

I'm still in denial. I'm not sure any of this is happening.

Yeah I've been thinking about the issues us folding are going to cause and drawing pleasure from that prospect.



Hudgell for example is a gob e who's had it in for us for ages. Remember the Danny Sculthorpe statement where Hudgell solicitors left it for the ex player himself to explain that they hadn't actually won a case against Bradford Bulls? Now releasing statements pleading for RFL to ensure we fulfill our championship fixtures. The thought of him being out of pocket is really funny to me.



Blackpool being a disaster without Bradford and Hull KR being there would be hilarious.



RFL trying to offload Odsal at it eats up cash. Ha ha ha

There is positives to all this then.

Blackpool would be meaningless without a full complement of teams whoever makes up the numbers.



I am sorry for your hurt, especially as it seems so great your only pleasure seems to be if others suffer as well. I don't however believe Hudgel has it in for you at all. It is easy to convince yourself that anyone who says anything that you feel is critical as wishing your team ill. He has in fact said he supports the decision that you remain in the Championship. Having made that decision it would be assumed that the RFL have reasons to believe that was going to be possible. You would then be expected to fulfill the fixtures. No one outside the RFL seems to have any real information about what is going on with the differing parties said to be interested.



I hope you survive and in due time prosper again.

This is likely an unpopular position, but I do feel that Rugby League in this country is fundamentally damaged, and we are only going to see more and more of this sort of thing. If Bradford are genuinely no more at least me stake in it will already be gone.

The RFL statement said

".......It is hoped that many of the supporters and stakeholders of Bradford Bulls would naturally, in the absence of any other Bradford based RL club, switch their allegiance to the new RL club. In line with the requirements of the Operational Rules and the RFL’s overriding objectives to protect the sport of Rugby League and the ‘Persons’ subject to the Operational Rules, the RFL will look favourably on proposals which will generate goodwill with those supporters..........."



Like switching allegiance is the same as switching your electric supplier.

Let me just check that website "U-switch" - ah yes - it says if I start supporting a no-chancer BBC Ltd Club in the Championship, (who will be relegated anyway due to no players and minus 12 points) - I will get my electric bill reduced by 1p in 2018.

Oh simple then - yep I'll switch my f@ckin allegience just like that!



Tell you what RFL, if you only deduct us 6 points this season I will support the new BBC Club cos at least that way we stand a chance of not getting relegated - thats if we have enough players to actually put a team out.



If the RFL think this approach will keep the gate receipts in tact for Blackpool - they are thicker than I thought - I cant imagine many true Bulls fans turning up to watch Hull KR totally humiliate a team of Bradford youngsters; so how much will that hit the ticket sales.

the 9 point requirements of the RFL are basically a sugar daddy charter, and one hasn't turned up in the last few rounds of admin, so you would have thought they would have learnt by now. But in the event that one does turn up, you would expect them to say to the RFL stick KR up your middle nostril hole is my condition for buying half a team.

I cannot imagine any one with the resources to be a sugar daddy coming up with such a statement.