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| Quote ="Bradford Badger"
All this uncertainty is not exactly going to help on the season tickets sale front is it?
A little bit of positive news needs to come from the club sooner rather than later.'"
I agree. The article in the League Express hardly gives cause for optimism though we know Sadler's not exactly a fan of ours.
Despite that I wish we could get some more positive news out there. Given the numbers leaving and the lack of incoming players the lack of news on new recruits or anything else of any note is depressing me.
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| Quote ="Bradford Badger"We're already announced the loss of Morrison, Cook, Solomona, Jeffries, Newton, James, Tupou (don't forget him), yet only announced L'Estrange and Hall.
Add to this we could still be losing Sam, and Hall may yet decide to stay in Oz after recent events the squad looks a little thin. There are more clubs vying for talent and the player pool has been spread more thinly. Saints looking at re-signing Fozzard is a prime example that the quantity of quality players available just isn't there for 14 teams at the moment.
The longer we leave our player recruitment, the more I become worried...
So, WHO THE HELL ARE WE SIGNING?
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Quite, I know its not the easiest game in the world assembling a SL squad, but some positive moves to address our obvious shortcomings this season would be welcome now we've finished.
The worrying aspect for me is that in the past dozen years the club have always had something lined up to announce for when the season ended, however it ended. The silence this time around is defening, and its looking like we have nothing to annouce because we've not got any of the targets we've gone for, as the club must have made its moves by now (?). Unless all our new players are still active in the playoffs....  doubtful. Or we're unsure of the visa issues for any imports and dont want to get burned again like we did with Bird?
Im not in full worry and panic mode yet, but I am mildly concerned moving towards anxiously apprehensive about our recruitment for 2010 so far.
Looking forward to some positive news soon Mr Duffy and Co if you're reading 
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| Quote ="Bullseye"I agree. The article in the League Express hardly gives cause for optimism though we know Sadler's not exactly a fan of ours.
Despite that I wish we could get some more positive news out there. Given the numbers leaving and the lack of incoming players the lack of news on new recruits or anything else of any note is depressing me.'" It's not going to be encouraging people to buy a season ticket either in these hard times.
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| Good thread this.
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| Quote ="af"2. For every L/S/W fan who would idly try to disrupt us by voting 'Macca must stay', there's likely one that would attempt the same effect with a 'Macca must go'. .
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If you believe that you will believe anything.
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| Ive just voted.
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| Is there any way to reset the poll, I really want to change my vote.
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| Personally, I don't think McNamara has a lot to play with. With the players he has got he's never going to work miracles.
It appears to me that the full cap is nowhere near being spent, so he has to try to find the best he can for the money.
What that gets you is a team full of (american) indians , and not many chiefs.
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| Quote ="leicester_rhino"Personally, I don't think McNamara has a lot to play with. With the players he has got he's never going to work miracles.
It appears to me that the full cap is nowhere near being spent, so he has to try to find the best he can for the money.
What that gets you is a team full of (american) indians , and not many chiefs.'"
But still, Danny Sculthorpe ?!?!
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| Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"But still, Danny Sculthorpe ?!?!'"
As no-one else would have wanted him, he'd come cheap, and is capable of some good play, so may turn out better than expected.
Can't see many people being persuaded to buy a season ticket on the back of it though
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| Quote ="leicester_rhino"
Can't see many people being persuaded to buy a season ticket on the back of it though'"
I've said to many today, I ordered mine last week, but if this news had of come first, I would certainly be thinking twice about it.
We were rumoured to be in for Bailey, I'd much rather have Bailey than Scumthorpe.
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| Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"I've said to many today, I ordered mine last week, but if this news had of come first, I would certainly be thinking twice about it.
We were rumoured to be in for Bailey, I'd much rather have Bailey than Scumthorpe.'"
Personally I don't think McBanana is that bad a coach. Last season, bulls managed to beat the top 2, and also managed a good run towards the end of the season.
I just don't think the squad is good enough to suceed over a season
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| Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"I've said to many today, I ordered mine last week, but if this news had of come first, I would certainly be thinking twice about it.
We were rumoured to be in for Bailey, I'd much rather have Bailey than Scumthorpe.'"
Have a word with yourself will you..
I'm not jumping for joy about this news either, but the last thing the club needs is people not renewing their season tickets. There is still plenty too look forward to next year, Silverware will perhaps not be one of them though.
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| Quote ="Bully_Boxer"Have a word with yourself will you..
I'm not jumping for joy about this news either, but the last thing the club needs is people not renewing their season tickets. There is still plenty too look forward to next year, Silverware will perhaps not be one of them though.'"
I just said i've already renewed. I said it would make me think twice, I doubt i'd not actually renew, but it does make you think where we are going as a club. I'm looking forward to see more young Bradford products next season, and more of our good performers like Nero, Halley, Lynch, Scruton & Beaver. What i'm not eagerly awaiting is to see Sculthorpe in action.
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| Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"I just said i've already renewed. I said it would make me think twice, I doubt i'd not actually renew, but it does make you think where we are going as a club. I'm looking forward to see more young Bradford products next season, and more of our good performers like Nero, Halley, Lynch, Scruton & Beaver. What i'm not eagerly awaiting is to see Sculthorpe in action.'"
Poor you.
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| Quote ="Paul124897"Poor you.'"
I know.
It will be poor us come the end of next season though.
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| Quote ="Bully_Boxer"There is still plenty too look forward to next year'"
Like what?
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| I have said for long enough that McNamara was clueless and a joke of a coach and this off-season is doing nothing to suggest otherwise.
We have lost half a team (admittedly some that needed replaced) and have hardly recruited very well at all. Reardon is a crocked has-been, Sculthorpe is a never was and whether Kearney, Hall and Le'Strange are better than the players they replaced, only time will tell.
Last year we had one decent winger, next season (at this point) we have none. Our backs are a joke and the latest signing of Sculthorpe just about sums up the ambition at the club at the moment.
Another season of abject failure ahead with this poor excuse for a side. Hopefully this will hasten the departure of the chump that is making us such a laughing stock.
No doubt we will get the usual Macca apologists telling us that there was no-one available or OOC. Burgess was not OOC and he left - we took the cash for him - will it get used? It could have been used to buy someone that was not OOC but this seems to be ignored.
Reardon and Sculthorpe??? Bloody hell.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"Like what?'"
I'm looking forward to seeing how the likes of Donaldson/Whitehead/Olbison progress in the 1st team. I'm also hoping to see some of Crossley and maybe even 1 or 2 games from one of the Burgess twins.
I reckon with a bit of luck Brett Kearney could be a pretty exciting player for us.
I'm looking forward to seeing if Halley can continue his rise at FB. I thought he was probably one of the big success stories of 09.
I'm looking forward to seeing if Scruton can start next season like he finished this season. I thought he started to show that with a little more work he could come into reckoning for the England side.
I am looking forward to seeing Menzies again, he's a legend and I thought he did magnificently for us last season in a side that was often quite poor.
Perhaps I am easily pleased but I always look forward to the new season for my RL fix.
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| Quote ="Bully_Boxer"
I'm looking forward to seeing if Halley can continue his rise at FB. I thought he was probably one of the big success stories of 09.
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Indeed. Shame it took McNamara longer than most to realise his potential.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"No doubt we will get the usual Macca apologists telling us that there was no-one available or OOC. Burgess was not OOC and he left - we took the cash for him - will it get used? It could have been used to buy someone that was not OOC but this seems to be ignored.
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I think everyone was hoping that the funds from Burgess would be re-invested in to the 1st team. The fact that it so far hasn't and looks likely it won't surely says something? You may call it lack of ambition, but what if we simply cannot afford to spend that cash?
What do we do then?
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| Quote ="Bully_Boxer"I think everyone was hoping that the funds from Burgess would be re-invested in to the 1st team. The fact that it so far hasn't and looks likely it won't surely says something? You may call it lack of ambition, but what if we simply cannot afford to spend that cash?
What do we do then?'"
We look to have saved considerable money from the player movement for next season so that should have been some sort of money saver.
As for us not being able to afford to spend that cash, lets look at it another way. Our crowds are dwindling rapidly - therefore we are bringing in less money per week. Answer - sell the crown jewels for next to nothing and replace him with players who are hardly gonna entice the fans back. Our biggest draw leaves - we bring in a couple of journeymen. Crowds dwindle further, cash becomes scarcer.
Spend the money? Maybe get in a name that will excite the people of Bradford and the floating voters. Put more bums on seats, maybe make us competitive for 2010? A better bet than just cashing the cheque.
We keep getting told that we are not in financial trouble, therefore the fee for Burgess should be made available. If it cannot be, then, once again, we are getting lied to.
The club will start losing more money the longer this goes on and if they do nothing to address it it could be curtains.
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| Quote ="mystic eddie"We look to have saved considerable money from the player movement for next season so that should have been some sort of money saver.
As for us not being able to afford to spend that cash, lets look at it another way. Our crowds are dwindling rapidly - therefore we are bringing in less money per week. Answer - sell the crown jewels for next to nothing and replace him with players who are hardly gonna entice the fans back. Our biggest draw leaves - we bring in a couple of journeymen. Crowds dwindle further, cash becomes scarcer.
Spend the money? Maybe get in a name that will excite the people of Bradford and the floating voters. Put more bums on seats, maybe make us competitive for 2010? A better bet than just cashing the cheque.
We keep getting told that we are not in financial trouble, therefore the fee for Burgess should be made available. If it cannot be, then, once again, we are getting lied to.
The club will start losing more money the longer this goes on and if they do nothing to address it it could be curtains.'"
I'd like to think that an expensive big name signing would see the crowds flocking back, but I am extremely doubtful that it would. We had one of the biggest names in RL in Burgess last year but the people of Bradford didn't flock to see him in Bulls colours.
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| i think that the bulls should keep bananna,it's obvious that he has the clubs wellfare upmost in his list of priorities,hence the reason he replaced sam burgess with danny sculthorpe 
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| Quote ="Jonesy's a Legend"i think that the bulls should keep bananna,it's obvious that he has the clubs wellfare upmost in his list of priorities,hence the reason he replaced sam burgess with danny sculthorpe
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If you're going to attempt a troll try make it a good one or at least a funny one.
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