Meh. It's a stock phrase and he's a sports writer for a dying local rag.

The word exodus means a departure of (usually) a large number of people. Whether they leave of their own free will, or are pushed, is irrelevant, the word 'exodus' still applies.

What an absolute load of toss.

"Local sports writer reports correct and accurate facts on local sports team". Well, he must be the devil incarnate mustn't he?

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I'm not the one spouting conspiracy theories just because someone is doing their job.

Jonny Campbell isn't leaving, he's under contract for another year and is definitely staying.

Totally agree, the guy is a snake!

We have enough fans that bury their heads in the sand, pretend everything is peachy and constantly slag off anyone who dare to utter a negative comment against the club, without needed the local journalist to do the same.

If you want someone to pretend everything's amazing and not dare to utter a word to suggest otherwise, stick to the official Bulls website. Or certain social media sites that champion "Supporting the club no matter what and never questioning anything". If you want something more objective and accurate, read the T&A or this forum.

I think 'exodus' , whatever its actual definition, suggests its biblical interpretation [which, tbh is its most usual application] or people leaving in the manner of refugees from North Africa and that just isn't case.

It may well be the biggest, 'exodus', ever at the club but that is only because, over the last two years, we've had the biggest squad ever and we're having a 'not before time reality check', on numbers. The number leaving is a positive imo, not necessarily some of the individuals, but certainly the sheer quantity of squad places disappearing is going to do nothing but good for our financial health, imo. Using the word 'exodus' suggests we should be worried about it, when, truth be told, the opposite is true.

I think the issue is that the phrase "mass exodus" is being worked into virtually every article about the Bulls at the moment regardless of whatever the story is about.

And the way it is being used denotes it as a herald of doom to come, however, this massive squad we currently have has certainly some fat to be trimmed from it along with players who clearly feel that they're too good for this league and therefore have turned in lackluster performances all season.

You don't need a 45 player squad and therefore taking 20 of those players out should be shown as a good thing as it means the club has a more sensible sized squad and as such there is a better chance of some of the younger lads getting some game time across the course of the season.

I reckon Ross is over negative at times and uses over immotive language when it's not really needed. Has he fallen out with the club for some reason.

I can see both sides of this.

On the one hand I think Ross sees a lot more than most of us by being close to the club on a daily basis. I guess he’s seen a lot of reason to be negative over the past 18 months. He’s fallen out with Lowes and with Caro and I know for a fact that Ferres had a problem with his coverage too. How that all started I don’t know or care really but obviously there are issues. Whether they are Ross’s fault we’ll never know. He could be a completely innocent party.

I also think he puts his spin on things too often but this may be a result of his fallings out with club officials. As a result he’s not an impartial reporter anymore because of the breakdown in relationship. Does he think he’s somehow doing us fans a service by not “toeing the party line”? I’d rather he kept a dignified neutral position and stuck to the facts. The club are perfectly capable of making themselves look daft on their own. The way he writes reminds me of some of Mick’s old posts sometimes when he alludes to things behind the scenes. The tone when describing Green as “sunning himself” or “jetting off” is a bit opinionated for my liking. It may be deserved but that’s a matter of opinion. Is he writing an opinion piece or reporting facts or jumbling up the two?

Despite the awful performance of the first team this season there are positives. We have a good young coach. We are clearing out the failures and the deadwood that got us in this position. We have some superb young players coming through. It’s not all gloom. Sure Ross has covered some of the positives but I think overall the tone is mainly negative. I think he could do himself a favour and cheer up a bit.

How's 'bradford new northern' progressing David? Would have thought you'd have been too busy with that rather than arguing dictionary definitions on here.

the article seems balanced to me, and remarkably similar in sentiment to a recent post on this site, ie that we had the creative spine of the team sorted, now the pack needs short. implicit in that is that a lot of the pack are leaving, whereas Ross with a required number of column inches to generate a day, had to put it in. As he also put in that chisholm isnt put out by the numbers leaving, etc etc.