Hirst said to keep up the engagement with fans of Halifax, Keighley and Fev on the official social media platforms as they're unwittingly really helping our fandom score on the IMG ratings.

Zac Fulton should be arriving in the next 3 weeks, visa permitting. He’s done a full NRL pre-season so he should hopefully get up to speed quickly.

The club placed a bid for the lease 6 days ago. Still no news regarding bid.

No secret investor. Journalists spreading misinformation.

The women’s team is now officially affiliated with the club after being run by the foundation. Appointments have been made to support player pathways, sponsorship and investment for the girls and women’s teams.

Elite Academy status was rightfully removed in Jason Hirst’s opinion. Sounded like it was an absolute farce off the field. Coaches weren’t even DBS checked?! Ryan Hunkin still working wonders with the academy and investment in the academy has come from recent additions to the board.

We have increased our scouts from 5 to 16.

Player recruitment is ongoing and we will strengthen the squad as the season progresses.

Lee Greenwood mentioned how disruptive dual reg was last year. Sounds like we won’t be using that option this season.

No real news on injuries. Doro is long term. Everyone else is 3-6 weeks away.

Club will post a small profit in the next accounts.

One final point, the coaching staff draw straws on whose turn it is to speak to Mick Gledhill.

Lee Greenwood was on record has hating dual reg when he was head coach at Gloucester way back. I totally agree with him that it's disruptive. It's no coincidence that we started to improve after we stopped playing so many Leeds kids last year despite what the Fax fans say.

Oh and Mitch Souter is trying hard to get used to driving around roundabouts. He's a character. He mentioned his "two kids" - Eribe Doro and Dan Okoro.

I notice Mick put out that they have said they will be developing the main stand is this right?

Cheers for the accurate updates ddoomm and Bullseye. Sound like we're very stable and a lot of hard work has gone on in the background.

The old Pavilion Bar behind the main stand which has recently been torn down is being developed.

This all sounds very optimistic and un-Bulls-like.

Whats the catch?

Yes, season ticket holders have notified of the planned changes and have been reallocated new seats for the new season.

It puts Bradford’s current IMG score on 13.02 before the extra IMG points are added for investment into the club and the profitability of the 2023 season is also added.

So you’re saying essentially those works alone would see us get a point?

Jason Hirst said he expected the IMG score to go up because of several off field factors including increased investment.

It still relies on the 1st team maintaining its 2023 performance levels I think.