Agree with you there BullMania. For me personally everything that happens from now until Christmas is key. If he can deliver on the likes of Kit, Coach, Signings and even something small like being able to make card payments then it will be positive for me.

Also let's not forget next year will be our first 'proper' year for this new club. The first time we will have facilities for the start, a proper pre-season, business structure etc since the liquidation. And hopefully (finger's crossed) no more 'punishment' or 'criteria' from the RFL.

If I can correct your post: Up until the launch of Super Dooper league ALL teams could have been classed as 'hybrid' (Wigan being a notable exception).

It worked because everyone was the same and I'm actually not certain that even Wigan didn't still have the odd part-timer. You're also missing the point that ALL our competition will be part time, so, at worst, it just nullifies some of our advantage. Though, if you'd sat through the vast majority of our games this season you'd be wondering just what the advantage was.

Sorry I were poking fun at what your owners have you believing. You think Fev and Fax's "full time" players are actually off training during the day? Their "full time" players are doing work in the community with their wages been made up by government grants. I would be amazed if Bradford do any different or if it worked if they did, they seem to be just glossing over the what looks like the step down to part time.

Don't think he mentioned specific cist of ST other than they were being kept at current rates... to me this could mean £10 per game (which is what they were this year based on 15 home games).

If we have 14 home games they could be £140. I reckon that's why they are holding off until September to launch them.

Doesn't work like that for clubs getting relegated/promoted. On that logic we would have got 1.65 million funding our first season in championship as 12th placed team in previous years SL. Also it was mentioned at start of year that it was worth an extra 75k central funding to Whitehaven if they took our place in this years championship as they would have received our 150k funding and we would have received their 75k funding in championship 1 ( although RFL would probably have taken the 75k off us too even in championship 1).

Thank god its not just me that thought that.
Look into my eyes - you are feeling sleepy - the future is bright

2. Winning more games than we lose
3. Players putting 100% effort in - irrespective of whether they are involved in the court case
4. Less school boy errors on the pitch

Well, since you're asking me personally......

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me

I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair, and well

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs so I can eat my meals for free

I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a fold that loves to blow my money for me

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar


Well you did ask

Is it bad that I sand along straight away and it made me laugh way more than it should have!!

Now my serious response;

1. I dont have a manifesto - I'm a fan not a phuqqin politician

2. I've supported Bradford Bulls since the early Steaming Pig days and I've been through thick and thin with them and I never doubted my loyalty until last Xmas when I chose to spend more time checking on my clubs plight than I spent talking to my family - and the penny dropped - my mood is linked to the performance of my beloved Bulls - the worse they do - the more of a I become - and thats just not fair on those around me - so I've decided to cut the red amber & black umbilical cord. If anyone wants to criticise me for not buying a season ticket, then so be it; sorry but my family come first now. I'll always be a Bradford fan till I die; and I'll have my lucky Northern scarf draped over my coffin - but life is too short, and family is more important than sport.
Based on our life experiences we all have different views / tipping points / thresholds - if you're feeling positive about AC's speech - good for you - but I'm not you - it's my choice whether I think AC is the saviour or just another scheming businessman who wants my hard earned cash

3.What did I want from AC?? A surprise package that would guarantee us back in SL by 2019! You did ask. - Ok I set my sights unrealistically too high - but how many of us on here were really hoping for a surprise announcement at that forum, a billionaire owner, or reinstatement of points deduction, or a few hundred thousand found down the back of the Bulls sofa, a handful of superstar players signed by Mr Lowe, etc etc

Are you any happier now?

It was meant to

I seem to recall F@cks Reserves playing Saints Reserves and beating them, yes by one point but more importantly, beating them the F@cks way. Bit like a Stoke in your face and your gonads V Arsenal pass the ball into the goal please game.

Amateur cynicism, SPIT.