So after practically giving away season tickets to see a weakened on the field product and then asking the fans to stump up 100 quid each, Bradford have today slipped into administration with apparently just 10 days to rescue the club from extinction.

My question in the midst of all this, is are we really that desperate to get back to the super duper league? Look at Widnes, they get battered every week, where's the fun in that? I can't honestly say I watch many games on a Friday night and think "that was a great game" in fact more often than not I've switched off before the end. Where as in the Championship this year I've seen some titanic battles, us at Fev, Fax at Batley, Leigh at Fax and I'm really looking forward to Fax v Fev on Thursday, should be a cracker.

We may essentially have very little to play for, but I'm enjoying the Championship this year; on our day we can beat anyone and there are some really exciting players playing in our division.

Would the banter and rivalry be the same with Leeds or Wigan as it is with Halifax and Dewsbury etc? I think not.

Obviously the club's long term goal is to get back to the 'promised land' and so it should be, but are we really having any less fun than if we were back there?

I know what your saying but in the super league i've seen us beat St Helens,Widnes,Warrington,Bradford,Hull and i definatly enjoyed it more than beating Batley,To see the likes of Bruce Mcguire,Paul Carr,Gary Jack,Darryl Powell,Keith Senior.Des Mea,Sam Pananpa,Francis Leota the list is endless,You wouldnt have seen these if you were in the division below,We were in Super League with little money and held our own and actually won a cup and always competed,Widnes were a major force in 80's,90's there just happy they have a chance to get back to what they were,It's swings and roundabouts,But there's no better place than the top flight if competitive.The franchise system has just made it harder and the gap bigger,1 up 1 down worked for years,The question is,Has franchising improved super league? How many clubs have gone bust in the time it's been going?
Would any of the teams in the league below done any better?

Do you honestly believe we could get back to that level in our current guise though?

I'd like to think so but I'm not convinced.

Wow - what a big subject !





What were they thinking about with the season tickets ?

Who was the target market ? If they were aiming at people who were only going to come a few times a year, why not sell five tickets for the price of four (or summat) ? Use them at any match in 2012.

I feel sorry for the people who coughed up £100. This money looks like it's heading straight for the HMRC coffers to pay MP's expenses.




Classic small fish, big pond or big fish, small pond question. At the moment, it has no relevance to us. Our gates are far too small and we have no stability in terms of our ground (imagine the problems if we're [irequired[/i to play on certain days for Sky).

The greatest threat to professional sport today is that everyone wants to be a winner. Second is nowhere and the more this notion is promoted the less spectators want to be involved with losers. Clubs chase success by throwing money they don't have and the whole pyramid becomes sandy at the foundations.

Pre-Superleague was completely different in terms of finances.



That's just not true. Paul Thompson was putting millions in. In the long run, where did that get us ? Huddersfield.



Did it ? Really ?

So if they get taken over and come out of administration will they stay in super league next year? and if not who will/will anyone go up in their place?

Nobody knows.

Step One is to keep the club going. Yet to be taken.

Probably yes, with a ten point deduction.

Unless the deduction comes in this year.

If ..... they keep going, I think the rule is that the deduction comes in this year because the season's not over yet.

Certainly works better than the shambles of franchises now,More clubs going bust than ever,Thought they had there accounts looked at every 3 years (Last year for Bradford),London bailed out more times than Gazza,Crusaders enough said,Move aside and let someone else have a go or better still 1 up 1 down

Can't do any worse.

Fair point, pal. Well made.

It's all a plan to expand the game. Bradford will be kicked out and Rangers will play in Super League next year.

16 staff including head coach Mick Potter and chief exec made redundant.

Sacking the coaches and other non playing satff







Sacking the coaches because the directors cocked up big time doesn't make any sense to me.

It's more a case of getting rid of them because the bank account has no money in it to pay them.

A surprisingly astute assessment.

Guilfoyle struggled to get this point across at the meeting last night, there is no money to pay them and there is Noble has offered to coach for free, its a no-brainer as far as he is concerned.

Did anyone at the meeting offer to pay the wages ?

A Director at from Bradford company Greenwoods apparently came forward to say he would be interested in a takeover, the RFL are paying the wages currently.

Takeover or hivedown ?

WHAT! Why the hell are the RFL paying Bradford's wages?!

Cos they ent not got no brass.

So what. That's Bradford's problem. Or are the RFL embarrassed that they reviewed Bradford's accounts, as part of awarding Bradford a franchise?

It's everybody's problem.

IMHO, directors ought to put up a huge guarantee to be directors. Then they'd happen not be so reckless.