Earlier today I emailed Ryan a few questions :

Dear Ryan

I am emailing with regards to the statement that Omar Khan has released regarding the current financial situation that the Bradford Bulls are facing.

I am quite concerned by recent events that have taken place over the past 4-5 days and Omar’s statement has raised a number of questions.

1) Why were players, staff and fans told that the delay in wages was down to an ‘admin error’ when this clearly was not the case.
2) Why did the Bradford Bulls give Robbie Hunter-Paul false information to pass on to all concerned parties. As you will be aware his statement assured everyone that wages would be paid on Tuesday 30th July.
3) If there is clearly no money available this month, what assurances can you provide that monthly wages etc can be paid next month.
4) The RFL has stated that money will be obtained from a 3rd party. Does this mean that the Bradford Bulls are in the process of obtaining a bank loan to cover expenditure ?
5) Why is there a lack of honesty coming from the Bradford Bulls ? As a fan I feel the Bradford Bulls have lied not just to us as fans but to the players who have worked hard to be in a position to fight for the play-offs.


Here is Ryan's reply :

Thanks firstly for your email. Here are the answers to your questions.

1 The players & staff were told of all the information at the time we had it. When the words admin error were quoted this was exactly what we had been told, nobody was intentionally misled or given false information.
2 I think the above answer, answers this question.
3 The funding issue is to cover us for the rest of this year and next, so there will be no more issues.
4 The money is coming from Omar as has all other monies received by the bulls since 1st September 2012. Omar is using equity in his portfolio to fund the Bulls.
5 There is no lack of honesty coming from the Bulls, hence why I have given my email address to all who have questions. This was and is a dynamic situation which has changed over the last few days.

I hope this answers your questions.

I don't believe it until Elliot Whitehead tweets it.

Its rumoured he will be in the England Squad but only to help Big Sam show the boys how to perfect the "Squirrel Grip" and keep it hidden from the cameras!

Excellent news and a requisite selection for someone of your standards. You'll find them on the bottom refrigerated shelf in either Morrisons or the Co-op.

Perhaps Whitehead will be tweeting how the team stole their pay today.

I hope they have not been paid for that.