I'd look at the fitness and availability of Ben Harrison first and foremost. Other than that I cannot think of too many experienced pack members who would be on a fair wage and would be good at this level.

Larroyer and Moore,

I agree, bringing 2V in was definitely a coup that is being overlooked.
If we think back to those annoying days over Christmas when it looked like the Bulls were down and out - I'd take this long road to recovery anytime.
Our cobbled together team has only played two games; one of which the majority of us thought we would lose by 50+ but we didnt.
Ok the Rochdale result was not expected - but the way they stuffed Dewsbury the week before suggests our lads didnt do that bad a job.
I still think Cha&Lo will do their best to avoid us being relegated; but they dont want to make the same financial mistakes of previous owners.
If we go down I will still support the club because the only other alternative is no club to support, and we were so close to that over Christmas that we know how bad it could have been.
I dont blame anyone for doubting the current owners, we've been let down too many times; but personally I'll back Cha&Lo until the fat lady sings; and she's not even warming up yet.

Thank you

I'm really surprised at some of the negative posts. How many times has the line cutting ones cloth been trotted out. Maybe chambers and Lowe are realists. New sponsors have been found, the academy is still operating, yes we need some experienced beef up front but where from, but remember when we signed an experienced forward called Luaki, how much was he on money wise for 5 minutes a game of third man in lying on.
Keep the faith it's a long season.

We signed lacking lauki when we had a pile of forwards now we have non..
The academy will be no good when we are in c1 and will not pay dividends for a couple of years if we stay where we are or achieve SL.

So what's the answer, sign players on inflated wages and risk going bust again in a few months . At least we now have RL folk in charge. It appears because they are not being as communicative with the fans as the fans would like, some don't trust them. I remember Green being very communicative at first. Just what happened with him. I say give them time to sort it out and remember they are starting from scratch.

It's not that they're realists, it's that they're skint realists. I wouldn't care if they were surrealists, hairstylists or even unicyclists, if they had a decent amount of liquid assets to build the club.

If there is any truth in any of the reports that proliferated at the end of the admin, there were other bidders who did (claim to) have a wedge of cash available to put in. But again, a known potless bid wins the day.

It is ludicrous to whine on about "cloth cutting" without considering who's the tailor. This seems like cloth cutting bu Harold Steptoe. You must concede that if the new owner were (for example) George Soros, we could obtan some damn fine cloth.

I am surprised I would even need to state the obvious, but skint owners who bring no money to the table will never get us anywhere but the knackers yard, whether in grand style,Marc Green stylee, or death by a thousand cuts like this looks like being

I agree with all you say.Which raises the question asked by many, why are they in it?

Agree with this. When signing experience they need to do a job rather than wasting money on just a name. The lad we got from Leeds (Oledzki) has done more in two games than Lauaki did in 2 seasons

. Only thing Lauaki did really was one bit hit and two barnstorming runs in those 2 seasons. Whereas Oledzki offers us more minutes and more go-forward per drive.

That being said we are not winning the ruck and experience is needed in that respect.

But as mentioned before. Moore, Larroyer and a fit Ben Harrison would improve our pack massivley and give us a better chance of making yards, punching holes in defences and ultimately winning games.

Isn't Ben Harrison still at Warrington? I'm sure when they announced their squad numbers, they said he was still at the club but only wasn't given a number because they were expecting him to spend the season on loan (which turned out to be Leigh and never happened).

Yeah a loan deal may be on the cards, but people keep talking like he's a free agent. I don't think he is.

[iDavid Thorne - Talking to The Yorkshire Post, the man who helped turnaround the fortunes of stricken Premiership rugby side Wasps, said:

“The level of professionalism I was expecting from the RFL was the same as I’d expect from the RFU but there was disparity between that expectation and reality. They are in a difficult situation, though, and it’s not easy for them. The story broke of my interest as our group had agreed to purchase the assets of Bradford Bulls Northern Limited (in administration) from the administrators after the decision was made the club could no longer trade and importantly, after advising the RFL of our intention.

“Although all the staff are made redundant, you can still make an offer to the administrator for, in effect, the intellectual property – the name, the trophies, website – which can give you a competitive edge in the process later on.

“Initially there was no opposition from the RFL who were given the opportunity to veto the process, and Bradford Bulls Capital Limited was formed. A meeting was held with the players and staff on Thursday, January 5 at Odsal Stadium. Again, contrary to media reports, the RFL were aware of this meeting and there was an RFL staff member present for most of that meeting.
“But it became clear after committing to the acquisition, the RFL changed its position. The problem was I don’t think they understood what was really going on.”

Thorne’s consortium pulled out of that transaction[/i

The above report is why I think the relationship between Wood and our owners skewed the process, in my view there was only ever going to be one outcome from day one.

As for the reasons behind all this, its a choice of sheer incompetence or as suggested - something more sinister and/or rewarding (for some!)

For the life of me I cannot work out why anyone would up sticks to Bradford and take this mess on OR the RFL answer to the question about their previous liquidation for 24 million NZD was "A phone call to NZ cleared up the issue"!!

Fit and proper owner test my butt.

I remain suspicious and angry - but continue to support the poor sods left behind.