If it's not a joke then i would guess that we'd almost certainly end up back at Odsal in that scenario.

Surely that would depend on how deep our new owners' pockets were. When it comes to owning the Bulls the RFL have already turned down a millionaire and a millionaires wife, but would they even have kept paying the rent on the Odsal black hole? That's not how millions are made or kept.

Stripping ownership from AC would surely be illegal, especially if it was only to set up a proxy owner to continue paying rent on Odsal to the RFL.....

Naah. That's too ridiculous. And besides, do you know how much planning such a nefarious scheme would take? Does that sound like something the RFL could even do with their past record?

They're that inept they could say they did know they'd done it and no-one in the country would disbelieve them...

THey couldn't [uplan[/u it. But if someone said "Remember when we put them in special measures last time and then they couldn't sign a team and had to go into Admin", one of the more intelligent of them may put 2 and 2 together.

https://www.totalrl.com/locks-to-be-cha ... AwcUaXM5Dg Locks changed tonight according to one source.

https://www.totalrl.com/locks-to-be-cha ... AwcUaXM5Dg Locks changed tonight according to one source.

That’s if the gates haven’t been stolen by some of our ‘fans’.

I have to wonder if Damian Irvine’s fall out at BPA is somehow connected to this.
Did negotiations there turn sour? Seems like Mr Roberts has a bee in his bonnet with his talk of starting a new club.
There is so much cloak and dagger going on that it’s impossible to know what to think. AC’s confidence in moving back into Bradford in 2-4 years is ridiculous if there isn’t something already at quite an advanced stage with someone, but who could that be?

The simple fact is that unless miraculous events occur at Valley parade, both re the pitch, and re the massive rent, we won't be going there, and there is nowhere else.

I can't believe that we can build a new stadium, because we are not associated with anyone who has that sort of money.

And I can't see the Council building us a new stadium at Richard Dunnes

So to me, the only way we end up back in Bradford is if the RFL/Council back down, and renegotiate an affordable occupancy. Which seems unlikely

I don't think the council are in a position to back down, to be fair. After all the cuts and given the number of mandatary areas they have to look after I'd guess RL won't be on their front burner.

It would have to be part of a large development, for the community, that fulfils the council's statutory requirements for Public health improvement.

I guess that having pro sport in the city is always an encouragement to youngsters to take it up and keep fit, yeah, I'll go along with that.