But do we have time to wait? Second time he tries to kick I'll be running on the pitch and kicking for him - I really don't have time to sit there for an extra 5 hours whilst he decides where to kick it!!!

I think your right - think the point is that Ainscough has been offered a lot less than last year (maybe others players also). Even though tightening belts is in order, players on high wages have left so to offer a lower paid player less when they've sold shirts, campaigned, given their all to save the Bulls must seem like a complete insult as well as the fact that they can't support their family with the money offered.

It's not like we're talking about a player the team needed to get rid of and most would like him re-signed.

Wasn't their a rule about number of homegrown players in 1st team squad? 8 rings a bell. Can only see Bateman, Langley and whitehead so far. Do players outside 25man squad count? In which case naughton and other two would bring us up to 6. Which surely means we have to retain two out of addy,Donaldson and mcavoy to meet the quota? Does southernwood count and does obrien count if he's put on loan?

Have some forgotten already how much in debt you were? Paying peripheral players salaries based on enthusiasm & sympathy, rather than merit, is a sure fire way of swiftly heading back that way.

Yep 8 in the 25. Add Olbison to your list and we've got 4. The qualifying period is 3 years in the academy structure so we're not exactly spoilt for choice and those with any experience comes down to a list of 2, Donaldson and Addy.
Sykes, Pryce and Kopczak all counted last year.

Or maybe the 100 grand plus players who have long term contracts TUPE'd over and have sat watching from the sidelines and constantly injured put them there in the first place. Maybe if they all put back a thousand/two thousand a year from their 100 grand plus then the 20 grand players might be able to make a living or at least get and offer somewhere near last year - that would make good tv watching the discussions on that! Bulls could get paid for allowing them to film!

Whitehead, Langley, Olbison, Donaldson, Addy, O'Brien and Bateman all would have been in the 25 squad. I think that if an academy player plays 10 games in a season then their wage counts towards the cap? Could be wrong though. We didn't use McAvoy, Murphy or Southernwood last year.

I expect that we will re-sign Donaldson and Addy so plus McAvoy, Murphy, Southernwood, Naughton, Wood and Roberts we will have 13 players from the academy in our playing roster for next season.

Could we 'sponsor' Ainy?

sponsors night tomorrow

Lets have whip round

Disappointed if we get Foster. Most of his tries out from 10m out, although to be fair his finsihing is excellent. He just doesn't work hard enough for me, doesn't take the ball in, dodgy in defence and can't see him making the efforts backs in defence that Ainscough did last year.

Yes we'll have 13 in playing roster but think we need to have eight of those in the 25 man squad which iirc is the 25 highest earners. Not sure if obrien will count if he's on season long loan. Don't think Bateman will have been in 25 man squad last year although he certainly will be this year.

Remind you of anyone?