Thats how I have seen it since announcing Toovey. There has to have been some assurances made to him for him to come halfway around the world into this mess! I wouldnt be surprised this is why they arent panicking about visa issues either because as long as he is fully in place for next year that will be all that matters

It's "grateful". As in The Grateful Dead

Agreed. The more FT sides we can get in that division the better it will be. The less players will be lost to the game, and sides will be able to keep their junior prospects together for longer.

I personally think it should be ten FT in SL and ten FT in CL/SL2. Both competitions would be of a higher standard.

Is this all wishful thinking though?
I certainly hope not..

We could do with a break.

I put on here after the Sheffield game I was talking to Chalmers after the game. I said to him Toronto must of had assurances of an easier path to Super League than the current system and his reply was Bulls would be back in Super League within 2 year

If Bulls finish in the bottom 2 this year fully expect the RFL to move the goal posts and relegate whoever finishes 10th. Shame Halifax won't be anywhere near 10th place, that would be extremely funny

The vast majority of people feel the Bulls should have started again in Ch.1. The RFL did everything they could to get their choice of owners in to the club. They then put themselves in the firing line by keeping the Bulls in this league. Why?
If they are happy to see the Bulls relegated in 4 months time they should have put us there now and replaced us with Toronto. They fought to keep us here.
It does look like they want us in the second tier along with a handful of other decent teams.
Yes we once were a big club results wise and we are not that any more. But, we are still a relatively big club with far more potential than most Championship clubs. SL feels to be sliding backwards to me and if they believe Chalmers and Lowe can build the Bulls again with possible plans of a new stadium then I would push for the Bulls to be kept in the second tier if I was the RFL.

This is all whispers at the moment but I believed this a couple of months ago and I believe it now. I do have my fingers crossed though as a back up plan. Our owners can't say that is why they are taking things easy but if they have been given the wink wink, nod nod from big Nige then I am giving them the benefit of doubt over their reluctance to be in the papers every day.
I am not concerned about losing our position in this tier but it will be nice to earn it by finishing 10th and stop Nige having to explain his reasons for not demoting his "favourite" team.

The plan isn't the championship.

The plan is......
We get a bye straight back into Super League cos we're the RFL's favourite pet?

Have you got a moustache? (sorry, cant help it - the guess who game is so addictive)

No tash.

Not because we are RFL pets. We have very important friends fighting our corner.

cheers



Excellent. I dont care who they are - I like them already - SL here we come

Do we expect to see different people running the club in the next couple of years

Yes.

Me too

If it's true what I've heard this season is irrelevant and new people running the club will raise a couple of eyebrows, to say the very least

In a good way or a Richie Mathers way

Haha I like that. I would say not in a "the Bulls have opened the cheque book" and signed Richie Mathers type way

I love the sound of it all... i' m sick of us been ..

Do you have ginger hair?

Have we to start a similar game with new owners?

Does he have a bald head, goaty beard and generally look like Ming the merciless?

Ginner nope.

Are you in France?

Will the new owner make the utter dross if the last few years fade into insignificance?

i dont care if he looks like Flash Gordon's lunch-box as long as he has plenty of money to plough into taking the bulls back into SL

Probably

Some of our fellow West Yorkshire friends will go into meltdown.

I hope you are right..would be lovely..
When is the big announcement?

This thread is like going back in time to the dark days of pre-liquidation

I'm expecting Frank 'don't worry.... everything will be fine' Whitcombe and KCBULLSH!T with 'my son told me' to launch in at any point

I am very cynical too..

I don't think it will be like that, that was ridiculous with that bloke saying he was an academy players dad coming out will all sorts of e

I don't know Red but I'm certain he knows what he's on about. I also know a couple of bits but maybe not as much as him