Leeds away I saw flair in abundance ruined by an inability to defend and even catch the ball under pressure.
Kearney was flair.
I saw tons of scores against Bulls last year where one man was not putting the need in on our own line.
I care not.
Hes gone.
I want to see players prepared to defend and die for the uphill cause starting on sunday.
And he clearly was not up for that cause.
At least we"ve a bit more brass to put towards the RFl paying our wages at the end of the month.
Reality.Love Moron

Wish we could take Ryan Hampshire on loan from Wigan!

Well this is a big disappointment so close to the season. I've thought for some time FC didn't fancy Sammut as first choice stand off and unlike Carvell, I think this is FC's call. When it's come down to it, he's signed Gaskell and he's sanctioned this. Sammut looked like coming off the bench.

Firstly, backing Gale so unequivocably with precious little to support it is a massive gamble. If this goes wrong, Gale is injured and/or poor, then it's FC's neck.

Secondly, unlike plenty on here I don't believe this will define our season. What will define our season is what happens now. We have to resolve the ownership issue immediately, we have to sign players and we have to refuse to allow anyone else to leave.

He wasn't in tomorrow's squad anyway. The boys wearing the shirt need to look at their own careers and the likely destination of most of them should we be relegated. All this 'tell us the truth' stuff is childish - the fundamental damage has been done in 2011/12 and in the 50% Sky money scandal. Personally I can't see how it is this BOD's (or the previous ones) fault but that doesn't help us, the fans, who are after all, the club.

We're depressed now but hey, we're from Bradford!!! What's new? Time for everyone to get to Odsal on Sunday and get behind the lads. COYB!!

To be honest, losing Sammut shouldn't be devastating but with our current squad you cannot deny it is a big blow. At a time when we need to add numbers to compete, we'e lost two high profile players.

As Maislebugs mentions above, if in a few weeks we see some decent replacements brought in then perhaps things won't seem so bad. My worry is our first 3 games are crucial and our squad is threadbare. The morale within the squad is unknown but at the very least they must be unsettled and a little distracted. I guess we'll soon find out tomorrow but if we don't pick up 4 points from those games with a deduction looming, the pressure will be huge.

There is also a danger of rushing out and signing anyone available. If we can stay up we get our money back next year. This summer is when we need to sign better players on 2-3 year contracts so we don’t want to be stuck with “fillers” next year just because we signed them in a panic this year. We probably need to sign them on loan or one season contracts and then decide in the summer who to keep or replace.

The other issue is where do we get decent players? just about everybody over here is signed and settled, unless we take fringe players on loan.

The only other option is to look at NRL fringe players, or taking a punt on a couple of south sea islanders but then there is the visa issue and getting them over and settled from the other side of the world!

On the subject of getting new players can anyone shed light on us getting Mark Mexico ? I have read online news reports from png that date back to November saying he is a bulls player so what happened? Is he coming or not why no reports in the t&a and if it was a issue of hecouldn't come because we don't have the money promised by other owners would he really wait around just in case ??

I expect we will be hoping some players will become available once the season kicks off in the NRL, whether we can afford those level of player is anyone's guess right now. Probably look at a few more loan deals from SL clubs but we really could do with a few experienced heads in our squad as well. Filling the squad with youngsters without SL experience won't help us survive the drop.

The most experienced prop I can think of without a SL club is Keith Mason but Cas didn't seem that desperate to keep hold of him. Is his heart in it anymore?

What's Marc Herbert up to these days?

Scruton to Wakefield next.....

Unlikely, given our shortage of props but nothing would surprise me now

McGoldrick? Can play 1-17

Really Jarrod?? www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ng_Sammut/

Really Jarrod?? www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ng_Sammut/

Message to Bulls fans, what's all this rubbish that your going down? You've not even played your first game yet and you have some people saying your going to be relegated, it's time to stand up and be counted! Support your club till the very end! You might just shock a few!

Your a massive club start acting like it!

RANT OVER.