you can forget about them as they too come with the package deal

no players will be sold you watch

RFL and clever in the same sentence I never associated those two together

Maybe RFL and Circus

Said that from the start snowie! Whole thing stinks, we go bust Trying to get the stadium we have to have, Cas struggling on the pitch with some sub standard players because of saving cash for the stadium efforts, Bradford situation stinks to high heaven and the more I read the more I hope they get liquidated to hopefully force some kind of change in regards to the pressures the stadium issues raise. I was against franchising and got talked round with talk of financial stability, better international side, improved competitio and improved facilities, well yes the facilities have improved as for the others! Hopefully this will not continue forever and we will get back to being a p & r with minimum standards. I urge anyone to boycott odsal if hood or Caisley have anything to do with a reformed club.

Thought they'd already had some advances on their sky money. What months payment is this one??

A Bradford fan who I work with was asking me today about guaranted franchise which is apparantly part of the deal, he thought it was part of our deal.

Put him straight on that one, told him if that had been the case we would probably been a very very wealthy club indeed.

Something very strange about the whole issue, this administrator seems to be making a name for his self.

Just tried to debate this on the Bulls board, gave up because we are all bitter and twisted at Wakey.

And then they peddle the (you only stayed in because of Crusaders) line, if only the RFL had not turned a blind eye to certain other clubs problems



I got told at the time 2 clubs would get the chop before us and i still believe to this day thats its true.

Wonder if bratfud were the 2nd

I agree. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the RFL pay our players' wages when we were in admin? I presume AG had to pay them back, but all the same, to help people out who have families to feed and mortgages to pay seems a pretty decent thing to do, if you're in a position to do it. Where I struggle with this one is the issue of the backroom staff, who also have the same problems, but seemingly no support.

Perhaps they want the ground in order to secure future loans against. Another point to note is that according to a local radio station, the 'consortium' is made up of, amongst others, a restuarant owning business and a property developer. I wonder why the latter would want to get involved in a loss making business? It must be because they have been a Bradford fan since the days of Northern

I think that's probably the point. It's the only asset they'd have. I know that AG was arguably in a worse position, but our debts were also smaller by comparison, and Bradford don't have a similar Newmarket option on the horizon either.

went on the other night with a light heart joke as to who would pay for the curry at the meeting and got a frosty remark 'we will'

1/2 million quid would by a decent curry wouldn't it

I think it would be a wonderful thing too, and not (just) for culinary reasons.
If a local asian community saves a working class white mans' sports club, it may cause a few people to rethink their ideas. They're damned if they don't integrate, and they're cast with suspicion if they do. Any businessman, regardless of their background, would look at what's in it for them before signing on the dotted line.

but its more to do with the land and reasons for not signing sooner, also they didn't want any of the young players to go which is like having the cream with the cake

If all they were interested in was the land and the leasehold, surely they would have made a bid from the off?
If they don't want any of the young players to go, that must indicate they're interested in the club as a going concern?
Any buyer will try and get the best deal they can.

not necessarily its only like a last minute bid on ebay most business men would do the same, got a nice little rotivator for half the price


the players are just meat if you have some prime cuts it costs you more simples

Or thy would rather sell the players themselves so they get the money rather than the administrator.

Don't get your point now, mate. They don't make their interest known earlier (so they're clearly not interested), then they come in late (and they're just looking for a bargain, like the rest of us).

Maybe Guilfoyle's voicemail wasn't activated in the pub in Ilkley?

not a case of not being known early its more of they are the only ones interested, I think Bradford will be saved but will end up being moved away from Odsal as its too big and losses money, now what do you do with the land

You don't make big money from the majority of young players. Certainly not from young players with no valid contracts.

but they would have new contracts with the newco club, if they don't they could move now for nowt

It makes you wonder if Halifax are monitoring this situation closely. If Bulls come through this they may have their lawyers all over this as they should have had Bradfords place if the RFL would have done some more stringent checks when it came to the license process.

I'd sell the lease to Venky's, obviously, to create the world's largest iconic chicken farm.

That's kind of the point I'm trying to make - they don't have valid contracts with any newco, so if they, like all other players, want out, then they're out. They have no value to the newco until they sign newco contracts.