It's a funny old saga this one, and no mistake. It's nice for another club to be making the headlines for the wrong reasons for a change.

What a soap opera this is.

Fully expect Derek to come out with another statement in response to Brierleys statement

Honestly I hope the Bulls play no part in this. Literally utter not a single word or press statement whatsoever. Stay well out of this mess completely.

Completely agree. We shouldn't let this distract us from our season preparations and concentrating on our own games.

Even though most fans will call for blood unless they are personally told exactly what is going on my the club....

Same and that does seem to be something that Green does. He rarely interacts on social media, even when Koukash was bashing him on Twitter after the leaked letter.

Interesting he also mentions things going on at the club be doesn't agree with.

With Leigh self destructing, Salford in trouble regarding SC, KR appointing James Webster, big opportunity for us.

Wasn't the received wisdom that we'd be screwed this year because nobody would melt down like Wakefield did?

Indeed it was.


Of course, no one has ...........yet!

There are three candidates in HKR, Leigh, and Salford, Wakey have form, and Huddersfield, while they will probably pull it back round, are at least candidates for having a shocker. Whilst I take no joy in the failings of other clubs, it brings the dignified, steady approach of Bradford into stark relief and I take great pleasure in that.

I wouldn't wanna get into a legal wrangle with Beaumont because he may be the sort of man who will stop at nothing to preserve his pride, and taking issues with him to court could lead literally anywhere and could last a ling time.

Looking at both Leigh and Salford it makes me thankful we got Marc Green as our owner. He may not be a mega millionaire but he comes over as a very sensible chap who will do things right and that may count for us with the RFL if they have any quiet chats about changing the set up to allow dead wood to drop out of SL and devising a better way for a well run championship team to move up. We should stay well away from any of this nonsense and get on with building our club back up in a responsible way.

On Brierley, I doubt that many SL clubs will be looking at him. There has to be doubt about his ability at that level. He has apparently got set up for 2017 so it would be a short term deal that would be unsuitable for most clubs. Hudds are desperate for someone but most other teams are fine for halves.

Very well said, totally agree

Have you made an unfounded accusation?

You can t have made an illegal approach if no a approach was made

Just posted this on Leigh board in response.

Well. Reading brierleys public reply to Leigh, we can answer the op. No, no it appears we did not make an illigal approach, need to look closer to home for the source of the troubles. Id be surprised if he's a free agent for long though if he does walk out on April 1st.

I hope the bulls don't publish a single word on this issue.

Christ just got home from leigh, thought it was quiet theyre all online

I think the date he's saying he becomes a free agent is very apt for the whole circus that's going on at Leigh at the moment

Just reading the stuff that's going back and forth, I feel slightly vindicated regarding Leigh's off-season recruitment.

I questioned if players who seemed to be at the centre of the off-field issues at Salford last year were really good signings for Leigh and if they would improve or disrupt the team.

This whole thing about asking for an improved contract to stay seems, IMO, directly related to these new guys coming in on inflated salaries for this league and an existing important player wanting to be in the same pay bracket. Especially given the rumours regarding why Chase isn't playing, which just add fuel to the fire

While it's all very interesting, surely there is no parallel at all with Harrisgate.

If I assume that Brierly DOES have a "4 weeks notice" clause in his contract then he does have a right to leave. He'd be leaving IN ACCORDANCE with his contract NOT in breach of his contract.

Leigh's utterances are often harder to decipher than Sanskrit but I am assuming he does have such a clause, because their statement refers to their view that the "alleged clause is unenforceable". Maybe the word "alleged" was meant to suggest it may not exist, but something obviously does, because if it doesn't, how could a non-existent clause also be "unenforceable"?

Anyway, the point is, IF a club were to try to persuade Brierley to leave Leigh and join them, then as long as he KEPT TO THE TERMS of his contract, there would be no "breach" and so that club could not have induced a breach. If Brierley specifically leaves 100% in accordance with a clause in his contract, that is the precise opposite of a breach of contract.

It also has the slightly mad consequence that, from a legal point of view, any club could approach Brierley at any time to try to persuade him to give notice and join them, if they knew about the clause, as long as they made it clear they insisted on him honouring his contract and giving the due contractual notice.

You should come and be a Wakey fan Rog if you like stability, we don't do controversy

The law isn't always an exact science though and can be hard to interpret, even for lawyers - didn't Iestyn Harris' own legal team believe he was free to offer his services elsewhere, before the judge decided otherwise?

Oh ffs, don't get him started...

We folded, like a cheap suit, before the judge ruled...

Yes, I know, but he'd clearly stated his POV in an earlier statement IIRC, so I guess he would have been unlikely to change his mind.

Chissy it seems Wakie are a bit more stable these days, is that the case

This whole situation with brierley quitting I think has been in the pipeline since rowley left.. Something behind the scenes there is definately not right and I think I know why.

<sorry mate, have to remove that bit of your post as it may get the site in bother> Bullseye

Bradford's silence on the matter is pretty LOUD !

Neil Jukes: "Jeremy Kyle has a lie detector, if I sat in a room with Ryan Brierley with that on you can put all your money on me"