Well, You started it.

You lot would not believe what I've just been told... so, I won't be telling any of you.

Please tell, pm me.

It would make a welcome change a mod sending me a pm without a warning or ban

Pryce in frame for return to Bradford Bulls


Leon Pryce is high on the Bulls’ wanted list as their off-season shopping spree shows no sign of slowing.

The Telegraph & Argus understands Pryce has been targeted for a potential return to his hometown club as they aim to bounce back from two seasons of on-field failure.

Sources close to the player have previously indicated the St Helens stand-off would be keen to return to Odsal at some point but it is believed that possibility is now stronger than ever.

Although the 28-year-old Bulls academy product has one-year left on his current deal at Knowsley Road, Saints could be willing to let him go due to the emergence of talented youngsters Jonny Lomax and Gary Wheeler and the arrival of a new coach in Royce Simmons.

A sticking point could be the neck injury which ended Pryce’s season. He is likely to be sidelined until early next year following an operation this month, possibly putting him in doubt for the start of the new campaign.

Half-back has become a priority in the Bulls’ recruitment drive after the troubles they experienced due to the lack of a specialist No 6 and No 7 at the back end of this year.

After Matt Orford’s season was ended by a shoulder injury, they were forced to mix and match at pivot and won only one of their remaining 13 games.

Brett Kearney, Danny Addy and Heath L’Estrange all had to spend time at scrum half in their team-mate's absence, even though it is not their natural position.

With Orford almost certain to cut short his stay at Odsal in favour of a return to the NRL and Paul Sykes set to return to centre after spending much of this season at stand-off, Bradford are in the market for two halves.

Crusaders scrum half Rhys Hanbury – a key figure in the Welsh side’s recent run to the play-offs – is another rumoured target but there could be as many as four more new arrivals before Super League resumes again in February.

Wouldn't be overly gutted, especially if it meant a top class outside back coming in.

Would be a big miss though, he's been magnificent in 2010 and we would be gambling on two of three players not known for their fitness keeping fit (Lomax/Wheeler/Eastmond).

We do have a lot of young talent in the halves in those three, plus Gaskell. The worry would be if Eastmond leaves at the end of next year, we'd have little continuity in a key area.

This is a new one.
Arguably our most dangerous player, would be difficult to replace. I can't see him going cheap and I'm not sure how much coin the bulls have got going spare.

As I put in the rumours thread it would be the most ridiculous decision the club ever made. He's 28 and assuming his back injury isn't chronic he will be in his prime next season. He is our best player by a distance and the likes of Lomax, Wheeler and Eastmond won't fill a seasons worth of appearances between them, which means someone else playing probably 50% of games in the halves.

I'm a tad worried to be honest. Gardner is rumoured to have left, Meli and Flannery haven't signed new deals yet have they? And now the Pryce smoke is starting to flame.

So then shall we start the negotiations

Hes going nowhere and contract extension talks are due to start after christmas. Feel free to book mark this page so I can tell you all, "I told you so".

Fingers crossed.

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