... oh, and I see we've reverted to type by announcing a September sale in the Bulls Megastore!

To re-cap it's "pay on the gate for London get a free ticket for Hudds" or "season ticket holders get a 40% megastore voucher for Sept at the turnstile".

Although rumours that it's Danny Addy handing out the vouchers are unfounded.

The losses against Catalans and Cas will cost us dear. Not that we would have had a record crowd v London but now it is meaningless there will be a zero walkup and it could be the worst crowd for a long time. The last game v Hudds could be a completely meaningless game too the way things are going.

It's meaningless in terms of league points but any Giants or Bulls fan who tells you they aren't bothered about the result is lying IMO. It will however be a handy excuse for the Giants fans not attending closely followed by the claim that they had 1000 speccys on the popular side.

I do fully understand about it being a community broadcaster and the implications of that. Yes they do give a great service that other organisations wouldn't offer. My main gripe is that on those few occasions I can't make it to the match i listen to BCB and his commentary isn't commentary. Yes he loves the Bulls and this allows him to say things without thinking but it is still a public broadcaster and there has to be standards upheld. I found myself nearly shouting at the radio asking what is going on. Mick explaind where the teams are, who has it, which way they were passing etc. This is commentary. Mr Hobson doesn't do any of that. He just chatters on and occasionally tells us what is happening - when he remembers between reminding us every 2 minutes we are listening to BCB, home of live sports and backed by Provident. If it is worth doing it is worth doing right and not just as a nice little hobby.

It's not worth doing which is why we're dependent on enthusiastic amateurs. I didn't hear Mick's commentary but if he's an improvement then good luck to him. Hobson's been doing it for years and usually he's the summariser while the other guy, who is clearly not an RL man does the commentating. Hobbo is much the better of the two and frequently has to explain what's just happened to the lad who's commentating. Recently, Hobbo's been commentating with Ken Firth. I think they do a good job with what they've got.

FC has to sign some props from somewhere or it's more of the same. Sidlow raised eyebrows but has been a good signing.

He's already got carvell and it sounds like Evans loan could be extended. If so then one more prop should be enough.

Evans needs huge improvement which I'm not ruling out due to his age and him missing pre-season but were anyone to ask whether he's looked SL standard, I'd have to say 'no'. We desperately need more numbers, size and experience throughout the pack. I think we need two props and another two back rowers.

If there was a fans forum round the corner, I'd ask if we're looking to the Championship for a couple of players. There are some good players in the competition that could add extra grunt to our pack.

edit: although I wouldn't be surprised if we took on another couple of lads on loan, in addition to Evans; Hull FC and Wigan have quite a few young props.

RHP made a comment on the super league show last night, during the highlights of the cas game (BTW some of those tries we conceded where abysmal) that there will be some major announcements in the next few weeks regarding new signings and deals for our OOC players.

Wonder what they are, woundnt put it past the club to make them before our remaining games.

Would expect retentions and departures to be announced before end of season. Other new players maybe after season ends to help sell season tickets. If Langley and platt are going people will want to give a send off and not have repeat of Robbies departure where it wasn't announced officially until after last game.

Announcement expected tomorrow morning.

From @OfficialBullsRL on Twitter:

Announcement tomorrow morning. What will it be #belong

Gaskell

Yes,I'm guessing its confirmation of one of my predictions