Or a bloke who would do what 99% of other people who were honest, would do.

Or does that not fit the RAB mantra?

No, he's just a crybaby

Because he hasn't done what you want?

No because hurt himself, cried and asked to go home so his mummy could look after him.

That's what crybabies do.

Or in the real world, thought Bradford was a hole and went back to Oz.

Clever bloke.

Would they?

I say thats bollox.

I say a large proportion of people, having entered into a contractual commitment for a period of time, would consider themselves both honour-bound to see the contract through, and not wishing to admit failure by running away.

And, funnily enough, that is precisely what I did, in a not dissimilar situation when I went to take up a two-year contract in the antipodes. I hated it at first - like Orford, I went from one winter to another. But I did not run away. I did not renege on a contract I had freely entered into. I gritted my teeth, stuck to it, made myself find ways of turning it round, and after a few months there came to very much enjoy it and realise I had made the right decision.

So if I could do that, on a contract worth a fraction of Orford's why the hell could not he?

Pious? Not at all. Been there; done that. Qualified by experience to offer comment. You?

In the real world he did what I have just said.

Crybaby

So, for the avoidance of doubt, you confirm your opinion that Bradford is a shìthole?

He doesnt even support Bradford and the only place he's been to is Odsal. 3 times.

Quoting the obvious is often futile.

As is not answering a straight question, when your meaning was perfectly clear.

Bradford is a hole.

Is that clear enough?

The city centre is. The rest of it's not that bad though. Some of it is beautiful and miles better than parts of Leeds.

Actually it's not. Some chunks of it are, sure, but then again Little Germany is oustanding; there's nothing much wrong with the so-called "West End" which includes the NMP/cinema, and a good and extensive selection of eateries and bars; City Hall is a superb centrepiece; the stone-flagged area around the Wool Exchange is very nice and North Parade is decent. And Darley Street and the shopping centre are no more a hole than the identikit street/stores in any city centre, ditto the Leisure Exchange and the landscaped areas around the new(ish) courts.

Sure it's criminal what the Council's allowed to happen in the city centre, but it is still a curate's egg, with much that any city would be happy to take.

Yes. Thanks Matt.
Thanks for f*****g off and leaving us in the lurch. What a honourable sportsman you turned out to be.
Good luck to your next club. Lucky team.