At this rate the only coach for Sunday will be the one taking Leon to the John Smith's Stadium. At least there'll be no rush for the back seat.

I did like a comment on the shudds forum about the game, someone mentioned we only have Leon signed up so far and the next comment was just "Leon always scores against us"

Leon might make a decent go of it himself - maybe some of us just need to turn up with some boots to fill out the squad.

Players back training today according to the t&a journo, so unless it's just Leon putting bombs up for himself to catch I think there are some announcements due.

All this knee-jerking before we hear what they have to say on Friday seems a bit silly to me.

Have I misinterpreted Dane's tweet?

I got the impression he hasn't even been offered a deal. It's one thing for the owners to offer a reduced salary etc, and Dane to say "sorry that's not good enough for me" - I could understand that, but it sounds to me like they haven't even bothered engaging with him at all to see if he would be interested in a reduced deal - that to me is bonkers.

Sorry cant play Sunday i'm working

We can all speculate on what may or may not have happened but I’d caution folk into believing everything you hear. We don’t know the ins and outs of Dane’s business. I’m as disappointed as the next person that he’s not coming back but we are where we are now and starting from scratch.

I am definitely getting premier this year they also have all the toronto games on got a couple of mates who play in that league so be good to get to see them. Also one of our (dudley hill) former players has signed as token canadian will be interesting to see how he gets on

No Smith was instantly always going to = no Moss and no Chisholm.

So, that's all our decent players gone.

Great. The chances of me getting a season ticket are similar to paddling in the Morecambe Bay sea approaching low tide at the moment, and that is not just because we lost Moss and Chsisholm, not just because of the worrying words of Rohan, but because I genuinely have no clue why Cha-Lo have come, I don't have a clue what they have the financial ability to do, I have no clue so far what they WANT to do (save that it clearly never included keeping any of the first team) and they ain't saying.

My preliminary conclsuion is we continue to suffer from our eternal curse of people without a pot to piiss in, with the added bonus they seem they admit they also have nobody in with any clue how to run a sports business. (Which I concede may not be as bad as having someone who pretends they do).

Really? The RFL chose guys with no money, and no plan?

PS I have no interest any more in anything they or the RFL may have to say. I will judge Cha-Lo by what I see them doing. Nul points so far. Had enough brave words and hot air to last several lifetimes, but they were never in the end enough to keep the balloon in the air.

Well it was nice having a 7 while it lasted. Gutted to lose Chisholm and doesn't make good reading that he wasn't contacted. I can live with Keyes/Pryce though. Think that will be a decent HB combination.

This press conference will be interesting Friday.

I bought it yesterday in time for the Hull vs Toronto game this weekend haha. Looking forward to seeing if Chad makes the team at any point!

Plus be nice to see Kitty and Conroy up against them as well! Does Danny T still play at that level too?

I thought we would need Thomas as FB? Although Campbell could play there as well I suppose.

Yes. It might be useful to see if we can get details of planning discussions re Odsal/Dunne site.

All purely speculative, of course, until we know if ANY of these guys get signed up

My sky not getting installed until 28th ha. He was at Hunslet last year dont know if hes resigned

Unless they brought a planeload of young, talented, hungry Kiwis with them and have got dispensation from RFL to play them all, we've a fairly small pool of unemployed players to pick from.

I'd like to see Campbell given a go there very experienced at this level

Strange feelings for me, just seems like we are somehow not a part of a Club who has few ties to us.The RFL have not shown much 'family' spirit to our supporters so far either.Not having the 'belong' feel.

Unlucky pal! I got mine put in my room on the 4th and waited for Premier Sports until I knew if the Hull/Toronto game was on. Otherwise I would have left it until the NRL 9's haha!

Just throw a sickie it worked for Gaskell with us

Is it just me who ain't that bothered about Chisholm going? He had a couple of reasonable games against poor opposition. I felt that when Thomas was sent out on loan he was just finding his confidence. In all honesty I'd much rather see a traditional 7, like dom Brambers come across. There's no need for a flash pants 7 in the championship, you want a leader who will stick to a game plan. I was more disappointed in whelam and Moss going

Yup - gutted about Welham too. Quite relaxed about the rest, as long as we keep a few of our young 'uns.

Chisholm would’ve worked well with Pryce as the organiser outside him. Academic now. Welham was great at championship level even if he could be a bit flaky in defence.

Lachlan Burr not offered a deal either.

Pryce will be a good mentor for the young spunkers coming through. He will be a good role model who has played his entire career at the pinnacle of British RL ** and came through the ranks during the glory days at odsal.

**with the exception being his current stint to come.

I hope the new guys have some ideas to entice the fans back to Bradford. I'd start with letting the kids go free if they attend with a responsible adult