Quote: Scarey71 "I'd say getting the ground sorted out has to be a far bigger priority than SL at the minute.
Why have a tilt then find yourself in the situation you were ten years ago, struggling to compete in a decaying dump-hole that swallows money.
I'm happy with the team we have and if we aren't sailing to close to the cloth cutting days I think that's the best we can hope for.
I'm sure Niggle's been scheming for years but can he pull it off? He certainly phuqqed up the Thrum Hall debacle so did he learn anything??
He's hinted enough about it, the stands now sponsored by a construction firm and the lease is up at the end of the year with supposedly an option to take it on.
But would you really want to fluke our way into SL with major uncertainties like that hanging around? The grounds an embarrassment so for me, I'd rather be competing at the top of the Ch. until the millstone's gone for good.'"
Fluke? We'd have to reach and win the GF. How can ÂŁ1.6 million in TV money, plus sponsorship and the profile attached to the return of the Bulls to a moribund league, be more uncertain than the tiny amount we receive now playing clubs who bring in some cases bring 20 fans. There is absolutely no financial case for funding a top end championship squad. As unsatisfactory as it is, Odsal is the only ground we have. I'm not embarrassed by it compared to some of the dross we've watched these last 10 years. I'd watch Henry Paul playing on the tip next door. Everything, including the ground and the much loved academy depends on reaching SL.