I really do wish I could say what I know, people have a right to know the full facts. Sick of the genuine fans getting fooled every couple of years

I can only imagine pal and I really hope Elliot stays on and things seem better come the new season. If he does leave I'm sure he won't be short of offers.

The only genuine glimmer of hope that is keeping me going is that the guy coming in has a history and proven track record of turning a club around. I can take years of being a mid table championship team, as along as the players are always paid on time, treat right and cared for, and the club is always honest and professional with them. He did that at Wakey.

It will take him years to repair the damage of the last 7 years though and we probably will never get rid of these last few years that have stained our club.

I'm now just waiting for Chalmers to uncover even more substantial debt on Friday and the consortium walks away and Bradford Bulls becomes no more.

I didn't say. I think the other two full timers may be Milnes & Storton. But their FT contract upgrades weren't accepted by the RFL as we were in special measures. But their original P/T contracts are valid until end of 2020. They would be in demand and would make sense for Harrison to move them on

Well. If he's cutting costs, then the 2 big ones are the hybrid squad and the academy. Which is why I was trying to work out the FT players. Because there isn't a lot of FT options in the championship, so they would either have to go p/t again, or try to get a lower level SL slot.
Green had several reasons for going, but the main one was it allows him to develop his mortgage business and become parttime. And York is a shorter commute.

The academy is different, as funding is matched by SL at the value of 1:1. We have to put in £100k of our own money to get another £100k funding. But that's another 100k if he were to scrap the academy.

My instinct would be we would go p/t, and keep the academy.

Jake Webster departure confirmed by the club: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article/ ... -departure

Jake Webster departure confirmed by the club: www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article/ ... -departure

I facetiously posted it in the jokes thread a couple of weeks ago about Webster to Keighley.it hasn't just happened over the weekend.so 2 players have terminated their contracts other than Webster.also heard Farrell is having knee surgery at the end of the month and will be out for 6 months.

I agree the Webster deal does look like it could have been happening for a while and suit both sides. We get a high earner of the books and potentially have his salary for 2 or 3 players (assuming we still exist) and he gets a 2yr deal, ours had only one left and a job after rugby. He is also mates with their coach which I suspect only helped the deal

It will be jy or keyes, I can’t fault Jake if he has been offered something good, 35yro well done Jake dip your bread lad, and thanks for the memories

Ross Peltier has signed for Doncaster

Pleased with that

Gutted but you can’t expect anyone to wait this out and see if they’re given a new contract.

Good luck Ross.

Amazed that Ross has had to drop down a division, he's easily good enough for any side in the championship.

I thought Peltier looked your most dangerous prop against us this season. Certainly seems strange dropping a division.

It will be interesting to see how these appeals over the contract terminations go. I can't imagine the Bulls have much of a leg to stand on and are pinning their hopes on making up the pension payments that are due. From a selfish point of view Im hoping it does not drag out and it would be good to get another home town lad in our team.

Heard Keyes to Fax and Andy Lynch to Cas.

I'm pretty sure he didn't HAVE to drop down a division. Financial stability and the other players being signed along with him may have influenced his decision.

Well, given that he was in the T&A two weeks ago saying that he was desperate to sign a new contract with us, should we assume that those unsigned players have been told to look elsewhere?

Maybe, but he does have a young child so if he has another offer on the table and they say it will be withdrawn on x date...... given things are up in the air here it would be a no brainier surely?

To be honest I would have thought the new, or at least potential, owners would have had some kind of meeting, or given the fact that some players are in the international series, some other communication with players? For god's sake it's 2019 not 1819 and you don't need to send messages via ship and carrier pigeon....

To be honest I think Keyes could aim higher than Fax, surprised none of the lower end SL clubs haven't offered him a chance. At the very least you'd expect him to be moving to one of the promotion challenging sides.

I think this thread should be renamed, So who is leaving/staying.

Genuinely feel sorry for you guys. I'm 43 years old and have been a supporter of Doncaster for most of that. We've had ups and downs but in all honesty have never been a "big" club as I'm sure you know. Bradford deserve better than this. We really shouldn't be signing players from you. Really hope you can sort this.

To be honest Peltier was no longer under contract so was free to sign with whoever. Given the Bulls we’re unable to offer him anything as things stand you cannot blame him for securing a deal. I’m just annoyed that the one thing that could not happen again has happened again. And that common link is the RFL who ultimately have chosen our owners each time. I’m not claiming the RFL have it in for us, I just think they’re also incompetent and should be shouldering some blame for this mess. It absolutely stinks.

Are we even going to be left with any player really feel for them at the moment. It must be such a hard decision to make as most with have families

"To be honest I would have thought the new, or at least potential, owners would have had some kind of meeting, or given the fact that some players are in the international series, some other communication with players? For god's sake it's 2019 not 1819 and you don't need to send messages via ship and carrier pigeon...."

John Kear has said there HAS been meetings betweeen the players/ staff and the prospective new owners.

It looks like unloading salary cap and selling any players we can get money for in order to save the 12 point deduction and hoping to finish in the Championship above relegation.