Lets not forget.

This is people's lives these bâstards at the RFL are playing with, for God's sake!!!!

We are beyond upset? THEY must be bloody devastated.

That statement fom the ex-board is pretty well dymamite. If they can support all they said (and if not, I guess they had better have deep pockets...) I have never read such a damning indictment of the conduct of a governing body.

There has to be some agenda running here. Maybe we will find out eventually what it is.

Tweet from Chev Walker seems like he's more than ready to give it everything he's got!

this is the same governing body that 6 club chairmen were not happy with but the others backed to the hilt.......they are an absolute shambles....

Indeed.


No no no, the club is in the hands of the administrator. It is nothing to do with OK any more.

If the administrator hasn't got a sale then he just liquidates the old company. It still has the assets - such as they are so they are all up for grabs. That presumably doesn't include the players who will all become free agents.


They are directors of BB2014 and their position is nothing to do with it now. BB2014's only involvement was bidding for, and having a temporary licence and provisional purchase of the business. As the offer to buy has now been withdrawn, BB2014 goes back to being a company with no function.


if you were him, (or any other interested person) would you be remotely interested? i can't imagine that anyone will be, not on these terms.


I think it is the RFL that lit the fire. But either way, the fat lady has not only sung, she's got changed and fecked off into the distance.

The situation at the Bulls does not make me feel happy in the slightest. Not all Wake (or Cas for that matter) fans like to wallow in someone else's misfortunes; we have enough of our own, thanks.

The RFL have just killed the bulls and are killing off the game as well. Shocking treatment. We need a new governing body ASAP.

feel for the players atm, hopefully they can rally together, can't see it happening though with these BS sanctions they've put on us.

Good post, I agree wholeheartedly. You guys have to ignore the idiots, put blame to one side and save your club through your actions and passion. There are many people to blame for the sad decline of your club, but what is any club about really? Supporters and Heritage in my view, myself and others like Tony Gee support other clubs and value the heritage of other clubs, that does not mean we are not empathetic. Don't give up, as much as you feel you have been kicked in the knackers today, you guys collectively are the club, not Caisley, Hood, OK or Moore.

On that note, I feel you may be better off long term without Mark Moore, my perception is he has not led you well in recent months however good his intentions may have been. He seems too fond of brinksmanship and a fait accompli, I would cite the Christmas Eve resignations and the ill advised statements on the club web site of 1 Feb and today. If he had appealed for help from the RFL rather than demanded it you may be in a better place today, but that is water under the bridge.

Just don't give up, you are better than that. Good luck.

Certain players talking about today's news on twitter.

Matt DiskinOperating with half sky money, losing star players, -6pts, smallest squad in SL & informed you can't reinforce, is this feasible? #COYB'"

TBH, anyone coming in to buy the club now can tell the creditors to go whistle. There's no incentive at all to give them a penny. THAT is the precedent the RFL have set now.

Admin? Take a 6pt hit and screw over anyone you owed money to.

Has a cas fan does this make me happy?? Err no. I feels desperately sorry for the players/staff of the club and there families. I believe the rfl had no choice but to give out a punishment has it would have been completely unfair on those clubs that have been punished in the past.

I don't see it has a long term disaster for the bulls but it will mean re-building from the bottom up something cas/widnes and hkr have all had to do.

why are you bitter toward Cas we have no fear of relegation we are in strong when it comes to finances so I have no idea why you singled us out. Cas was told to try help your directors out to how run club pre season. I am not glad about you going bust which will happen now but how this club as been run by idiots needed some thing doing and for me you 6 points which is fair.

wouldn't it be nice if teams like wigan, saints, leeds, warrington played you with an academy team and you took the points and they gave you back the money the RFL stole from you....What would the RFL do then..??

Personally i think you will make those 6 points up fairly quick if that squad you have now stays together. Everybody knows the RFL are poor and not fit for purpose even at administration it seems.

I don't think you can complain at the 6 points deduction to be honest as its the general punishment for administration, but they shouldn't then also punish you by putting other restriction on the club such as only giving you half the funding and not allowing new signings.

Also not sure about your new club directors pulling out at every little hick up and spitting the dummy out on this occasion. I think a siege mentality would be a lot more effective as i reckon they will be back within a week.

Plus side to all this your club is now debt free the RFL just need to allow you to perform like a normal super league club and not like a leper. Would be an attractive club to purchase in those circumstances, all the hard work is done.

So, the points sanction is "up to 6 points", dependent on the circumstances of the Insolvency event and the amount of money creditors are paid....

Now that the administrator is looking for a buyer again, how do the RFL know how much a buyer would pay the creditors?

I can imagine this feels terrible, but it's not the end.

8+8+8 could have come at a good time for Bradford. While it's by no means certain you'll go down, if you do then coming in the top 4 of the second tier next year with a restructured club finally running affordably from a clean slate should be very possible.

Competitive games and an entertaining season in 2015 followed by promotion is what you can look forward to. Even in the worst case scenario and you have to reform as Bradford Northern and start from the bottom you'd be back in the top flight within two years. Just don't let Caisley anywhere near things.