Ok, so that's those 8 plus another

Thinks someone mentioned mikey wood had found another club too.

Chalmers confirmed Grant is leaving
Milton left half way through the season
Wood is 50 50 at the min

So we still need to improve the wing/centre and props.

The big thing is really who we get DR with, because if we keep hold of the guys who are out of contract but wanting to stay along with the guys already signed, then I could see us finishing 2020 in a similar position to this year. A solid DR partner could mean we're in a position to push on for play-offs

I assume we’ve looked at the models Leigh and York went for. York had a relatively thin squad, but used DR really well, no Distractions and built through the season.
Leigh were the same, added to their squad through the season as finances improved and squad SL players became available.
Our finances should improve through next season as we’ve (hopefully) not lost too much income, but should have significantly minimised expenditure

Article in T and A said Grant but on Bulls website Grant was never mentioned.

This thread has got me completely baffled, so I tried to compare the info that AC posted in the T and A with the list of contract end dates on this board.
He lists the 14 players contracted for next year, although one of them (DFJ) has a contract end date of 2019. I assume AC has the correct info (what with being the club owner and all!).
There are 5 other players listed as having contracts that don't end until next year, 14 players out of contract:
Rickets
Grant
Oakes
Evans
Hallas
Flanagan
Kirk
Peltier
Magrin
Milton
Wood
Gallagher
Cobi Green
Roche

Roche has finished his loan and, presumably, returned to the Giants. Milton has been widely reported to have left the game. Magrin and Green have spent periods out on loan and seem to have drifted away. There is a certain amount of confusion regarding the situations of Wood and Grant.
So who are the 9 that we are hoping to resign from this list?
You would assume that Oakes, Evans, Hallas, Kirk and Peltier are shoe ins? Possibly Flanagan. That leaves Rickets and Gallagher as "maybes". Which is 8 in total. Possibly the 9 includes a couple of new signings?
Either way, we need to come out of Special Measures asap.
All the above is merely my interpretation, happy to be corrected if it clarifies things.

Small point of order: York didn't use DR in 2019.

Lurking mate. Always watching...

Hope you're well!

Has anyone actually got any rumours to post just to make things even slightly interesting.
At this time of year we are usually linked with loads of players but at the minute there seems to be absolutely nothing.

It’ll be depressing. All we'll have at the moment are people we’ve missed out on...

We need props. I’m fairly sure we’ll have at least had a chat with Annakin (sp?) but missed out.

And that's why we're in special measures. There's no reason for it other than to ensure that the Bulls in 2020 are weaker than 2019