Are we going to TUPE across Sonny Bill Williams?

I suppose it depends what the deal is if we are funding the work on renovations and I’ve been told it isn’t a lick of paint but a refurb, this increases the value of odsal a Rfl held asset that I’m sure they would want doing so maybe rented to us at a significantly reduced rate at the threat of us leaving again and then getting nothing. Though I do know I’m being far too positive...

Anyone know if its true that work has already started at Odsal?

Have you heard he could be quite ill, too?

I think most of the posts on here have the same concerns. If we’re chosen as the 12th club, lose most of our games, lose most of our money maintaining Odsal, get relegated and the likes of Doyle, Scurr etc get picked by SL clubs - then that’s it. We wouldn’t survive in any recognisable form.

But Wood & Sawyer are smart people, with good RL knowledge and RL political capital. They must know that the above scenario is very possible. So if they’re going ahead, they must be confident that it won’t happen.

There’s only 2 ways it won’t happen - John “Harry Rednapp” Kear wheels & deals to a team capable of finishing 11th.
Or there’s no relegation.
The only way I can think of no relegation is that the rumours of a venture capital firm are true, they inject cash and request the league be expanded to 14 clubs again.
Interesting times

Who is paying for the refurb though?
IF we still had a sub-lease it would be our responsibility (under the terms of the last lease, anyway) but we don't have the money to do anything beyond the 'lick of paint' option - and even that would depend on fans buying the paint and bringing our own brushes (and turps).

Just to throw another 'undefined' into the equation, to the best of my knowledge the RFL haven't sanctioned our use of the Tetley's Stadium for next season. Though, technically, they did say for one season and no-one can seriously suggest we've actually had that yet but I'd assume the RFL would class it as a season.

It’s just what I’ve been told by a friend at the club mate and to be fair theres a lot of articles all seem to be corroborating that it’s more than a lick of paint... as for the money no idea wood, sawyer, Fogarty and the east of the Cabal I suppose?

Only way I can see any money being put into Odsal is if stock cars really do come back. Think they were talking about £500k being put in to make Odsal usable and it being essential both sports work together. There does seem to be more weight regarding stock cars returning than the usual rumour mill.

Anyways I'll believe it all when it happens. Remember reading on here we were definitely going to get new toilets, Martyn Sadler saying there was going to be a photo shoot outside Odsal with our new owners in hours time, only for us to be liquidated days later.

Also Just regarding rent. The rent was never the issue at odsal. Wasn't it £70k per year we paid. While it would be nice if it was reduced, it wasn't that. That was breaking the bank, it was the upkeep.

Do you get refused a safety cert for lack of paint? I don't know. Or only because areas of the ground are unsafe or failing to meet health and safety, environmental health etc. Be that stairs, terracing, toilets. Surely the whole stand and the whole of the terracing didn't fall below the standard all at the same time. Could it be possible to refurbish some toilets and get a safety certificate for 8k capacity? Is our stand worse than plenty of others? Is the ground really worse than Derwent Park in Workington (which I love) and is similar in some ways? It seems to have gone from safe for 23K to unsafe for anyone in the time it took to discover Chalmers hadn't a sixpence.

I'm not suggesting that the stadium is fine or a long term option. I don't. But we do need to be in Bradford if at all possible.
Isn't this about what is unsafe with the ground rather than what is simply 'wrong' with ground when judged against a modern stadium. The latter would be a long list, the former maybe considerably less so

You mean the Toronto that were 0 from 6 and looking likely to get relegated?

I agree with this but to be fair they hardly had any players either which deffo didn’t help