I think he is probably fit....

Unfortunately those players will he all signed up at different clubs now.

I'm presuming and still hoping that us leaving 10 12 and 13 shirts free that we have players sorted for these positions but maybe waiting on their visas being accepted.

I bloody hope so because if not we are in the crap

where have you been the last few years? this is usual start to the season. No props,half backs that need to prove themselves etc., so look on the bright side: at least we haven't got the usual 15 back rowers that have to be played at full back wing hooker prop half back.

Recovering from an injury apparently

I wonder if we get any exemptions because technically we have signed a player from the other code.
Not that I expect us to be anywhere near our limits this season, but still worth a mention.

Watched a few videos of him. Looks an exciting prospect. I trust Graham Lowe and Geoff Toovey to recruit players that will suit our budget but add plenty to the team and suit the division. We saw what a field day the likes of Moss and Chisholm had against some of the Championship teams last year and this guys looks like he could have the same impact attack wise.

He reminds me a bit of Ryan Brierley in terms of his build and speed. I imagine he'll be one of those players that if he gets through a gap he wont be caught. His step looks great too.

He is on Twitter and replied to someone saying he'll be here in a couple of weeks.

Whilst there is some truth to that, I think the biggest disappointment is that the latest set back and admin came just when we seemed to be getting over the on-field problems that had beset previous seasons and had the makings of a good side, under a good coach.

On-field, we're basically back two seasons and with a poorer team - though I suspect Toovey is a better coach than Jimmy was, and hopefully the owners will have a better handle on the finances. Though that last bit won't be [ithat[/i difficult to achieve... I think any real optimism must be for the longer term though, unless some forwards can be unearthed relatively quickly.

IMHO the squad last year should have performed a lot better than it did.
Rohan didn't really do anything to hint he was a great coach, a nice guy a good publicist and related to the best thing that ever happened to Bradford Bulls but not the Messiah as some people seem to think.

We are already seeing a lot more blood and guts from the team than we have since long before relegation.

Toovey a few quality additions and I think we will all be well on board the Bulls train again.

We will start to see a turn in a couple of months, but I agree it will be 2 or 3 seasons before we are firing.

Anything before that and survival this year is a big bonus!

Bit harsh on Rohan.

He didn't come in until almost June and took on someone else's team and also introduced a couple of decent players into the mix. I agree the season was a big let down as a whole, but I'm far from sure you can lay that at Smithy's door. Biggest problem last season was leaving Jimmy in charge too long and then all the financial stuff right when we needed the squad to concentrate on playing rugby.

In all honesty, I don't know how anyone manages to rank Rohan either way on coaching ability based on his time at Bradford. I won't say he was good, because not a lot happened. Similarly I won't say he was rubbish, as he was lumped with a lot of poor players and attitudes and never got chance to bring in his own people or coach a full season, save for a few hasty additions to the squad last season.

The way he stuck by and still worked with a positive attitude after the admin is a credit to him as a bloke, and you feel for the way he hasn't got something from that. But actually judging his ability as a coach from his time at Bradford to me is totally impossible to do.

Now we know what we know, isn't it reasonable to assume that the problems in the first half of last season might have been to do with the board, and not Jimmy's ability as a coach? Jimmy might have seen what was coming and jumped ship before it sank. It would make some sense - we almost made it back to SL under Jimmy let's not forget, with a squad that wasn't too dissimilar from last season's.