I'd possibly take Burgess and Whitehead but none of the others..............quite ironic i suppose after all those years of Bulls fans giving us gip about been held up by Ken and how we cant survive without him and they make their money by having large crowds and winning trophies etc....thing is the large crowds are still there but are paying very little to see them....maybe that has something to do with it...yes it looks good when they can still attract 10-11000 fans when they've been crap for a few years now but the club did that because they knew crowds were falling and didnt want to seem like all the 'glory hunters' had gone so offered cheap deals to keep the crowds respectable.



10,000 or whatever paying £60 a year looks good in the papers but not on the bank balances !!

The frightening thing is that all that season ticket money must have been spent! With more than two thirds of the season left they are skint.



It is a shambles and the RFL buying odsal now looks ever more murky.



As for player...bateman and whitehead are quality... possibly Koppy.

id have thought the RFL buying Odsal was a good piece of business, so when the club does fold it's main asset can not be sold to pay debts as the club does not own it. Odsal will still be there for the next Bradford team.... how about.... Bradford Northern?

Exactly, the RFL have acted to protect professional RL in Bradford without treating Bradford Bulls differently from any other club. Before someone mentions Wakey, they did not have stadium or a long lease to sell and apear to be doing just fine now.

Banter aside, I think it's really sad to see such a big club struggle like this, and wonder how many others are not far from a similar fate.



I for one hope they pull through, it's another RL club ATEOTD, not a football club who spend far more on wages for overpaid 'superstars' who get paid more in a week than most RL players earn in a year.



There's been talk about the SL having too many clubs and therefore the money (sky) being spread too thin, it events like this that make me think maybe there are too many and we should reduce the league to 12, which would improve the quality and make the games tougher.



Clearly the upkeep of Odsal must have a part to play too (stewards/insurance/rates etc.), maybe they'll have to share the facilities at Valley Parade and cut costs (not to mention better facilities for the paying public), there's a few other clubs who have gone down that route.

this is bad news for rugby league as a sport if bradford go under every club will be affected and we are hardly a sport that brings in tons of money. plus with the economy as it stands in general future prolems could arrive

rfl should of taken the BETFAIR offer instead of stobart then bradford would of had an extra £200,000 from the sponsorship deal



bradford did vote for betfair too...the rfl are clueless

The money men at bulls must have known how close to the edge they were when they applied for a franchise.They should have done the decent thing and withdrawn their application.

The one thing this thread tells me is that people are concerned over our pack. Everyone has suggested going after a forward or two, nobody has suggested a back or even Sammut - one of the most creative players currently in Superleague.





Interesting thought isn't it?

Peter Hood said at the forum we voted for Stobart. Could be yet another lie though

If they'd taken the Betfair deal Bradford would have had about £18,000, that'd hardly make a blind bit of difference to their present plight.

Na, as good a player he is , all the clubs he plays for end up going bust......he's a bad omen that fella