This is a more readable post and mine was a big bite to be fair. Got a guy i work with who supports the football side and does nothing but moan. Like I said hope fax sort their issues out

I've posted the following on the Wigan board. As Bradford fans, let me know your views:

Out of curioisty what would people think of the possibility of our owner Ian Lenanan buying the Bradford Bulls and using them as our reserve team and/or an academy outpost?

Didnt he sell Oxford FC last year or something? If he did he must have a few million sitting in his bank.

We could use them then to test out our players who arent getting game time on dual regiustration and given they get crowds of 5000 this will be far more economical than us running a reserve league team which only plays 6 games a year. The players would get game time in a competitive environment like the championship and if (heaven forbid) we had another injury crisis we could call up players who we have contracted to Bradford to play for us as stop gaps.

I suppose it could be a bit like Man City and New York City in football terms.

Also didnt Lenangan say a couple of years ago that we were setting up an academy outpost in London to nuture and identify talent? If we could do this in Bradford as well it would be a great coup. Something like half the England team in the 13 during 4 Nations came through the Bradford academy so if we could poach these future players it would supplement our already brilliant academy and give us a hub in Yorkshire to compete with Leeds for youth talent.

If Lenagan did manage to pull this off it could be one of the biggest things to happen to our club for years and the future would look very bright indeed.

Anyway back on topic heard Rohan was quite positive on the facebook banter page. Does anyone think the Mark Lawn article is serious of his intentions? Would be great if he was to attempt it if Rhodes got involved too with his money aswell

Hahahaha my god ive seen you on the wind up on your own board but this takes the biscuit. Wipe out a whole teams history in a different county to be Wigans reserve side wow

Say what you want but end of the day beggars cant be choosers and if it savs your club and puts you on firm financial ground your fans cant complain.

Your all saying you dont know why anyone would invest in you yet here is a reason for investment that will benefit a future owner. All parties win.

I'm not sure that's true. Fans have options to turn up or not, players are instantly put of a job and even if picked up by another club someone else's place is put in jeopardy. There are no winners here and as a Fax no satisfaction to be drawn from this situation

I'm not on Facebook. Can you confirm what was said.

I honestly don't think the supporters owning the club will work. I do hope Mark Lawn & Rhodes gets it.

I feel better about this.

For the last couple of administration, we've been trolled by Super League fans - mainly Wakey and Hudds, but top level all the same.

This time, we seem mainly to have been trolled by little old Leigh - a sure sign that we're on the wain. But trolling from the SL champions shows we're still a name - if not a club - to be reckoned with.

Not seen any trolling from Leythers. Just one misunderstanding perhaps.

If you meant option C to be revocation of RFL membership then yes it was the RFL who thought of it but it is in their Insolvency policy. Which takes you to option D which is anything else made up by the RFL. Good luck.

Thats a lot of words to waste just for a clickbait subject header.

Not an expert on all this but from what I unseratans Green thinks he will lose the case and doesn't have the funds to pay HMRC. Hence we'll be wound up. So he has put us into admin to avoid this. So if regains control again and doesnt pay HMRC then we should be relegated IMO

It would have hurt but im sure we could have raised enough funds by seeling O'brien, Ethan Ryan etc

This admin hurts the most as I waa really excited by the juniors in our team.
What a bloody mess

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Doesn't mean much as far as the overall Admin 'issue' goes, but its good to know he's at least trying to keep the players positive.

Cheers for the good wishes, problem is we're all so weary of it, it's not just this week, it's the decline since 2006, world champs to 3 admins relegation and possible oblivion in 2016. You've got to say that's an impressive level of incompetence.

And as for the options,
Rfl input, who knows but the least the better.
Green can forget it, I wouldnt follow his club again if he's using admin to just clear his debts.
Supporter run club? No chance.
It needs someone with money and experience, and at the moment the only one declared that even closely fits the bill is lawn. But being the best option isn't the only criteria apparently, just see our previous admins.

I'll wait to see which other white Knights appear, there must be a queue......no? Shocker.

The thing that worries me most is how we as fans seem to feel 'meh' about this admin.

The Bulls have always been the 'people's team' even during the good times in SL but that only meant we could only keep going as long as the people believe and importantly pumped the fan money in. I.E. no sugar daddy.

Have we finally given up? If we have its curtains for us no matter who comes it tbh.

Also, I don't see the need to round on the opposition fans posting.. most seem to wish us the best of luck and the ones that don't only want a bite which then upsets the genuine well wishers.

Last time, option C was the made up option of removing an entire years worth of funding and sharing it out amongst the other 13 clubs.
As FA has said, if that was a one off, Omar must wonder why the RFL and the other chairmen singled him out?

Go on then, get yiselves off.

Surely the only viable option now is a new club, debt free, starting at the bottom, playing somewhere other than Odsal.
Anything else and we will be back here in a year or so.
Say we get a buyer who saves us and thus a 12point deduction and no chance of winning anything for a year. No season ticket sales, poor gates and a loss made every week trying to survive at Odsal. Who would take that on?

It pains me to say it, but enough is enough, let's start again and build the club up properly.

As for Odsal, well the RFL and Bradford Council can do what they like with it then. Bradford Council may one day look back on those rejected planning applications ruefully.

I think it's a plan. Where do we sign?

Wondering if the RFL would grant membership to a new entity playing away from Odsal if it threatens their financial interest?

Whilst it is a good idea that we move from Odsal the main people to lose out would be the RFL and it is them that would have to grant us a licence to start again.
Also (with my tax payers hat on) there is no way that Green should be allowed to not pay a tax bill, go into admin and start again.

Everyone keeps saying 12 point deduction but this has only been said by the press. Let's wait and see. I hope this mess can be sorted.

Does anyone no how long the administration period can last?

Don't talk boll ox

Laughable rubbish.

Where is this investor Mick interviewed 3 months ago who wanted to be kept secret.