Hmmm, yep you're correct the tweet is still there. Not exactly subtle
However, not a sniff of an announcement coming from the official Bulls twitter feed, so let's just wait and see.

Anyone want to link the tweet?

Ideally, in my opinion, we'd sign Sammut on a month's loan; a loan swap for Walshaw (who I feel should be getting more game time) and we de-register Siejka or Ulugia while one remains injured. Hopefully this also means we are living within our means...

I still think we should at least see what Brook is like once his loan expires.

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I'd link her tweet all day long.

It's pointless signing a half on loan. We adjust our plays to suit loanee then have to readjust when he leaves. Either sign someone permanent, or at least til end of season including middle eights, or go with backup we already have.

Not sure we'd need to de register anyone for sammut. Suspect he doesn't count on quota at all after crusaders mess.

I heard last week, the Bulls have asked the RFL if the salary cap can be increased. This has come from somebody who works at the RFL.

I don't know exactly when they put that request in or what the response was. Apparently we can afford a super league salary in the championship, to be honest, the way Marc Green is running the club I wouldn't be surprised

Can't see the clubs agreeing to that, to be honest, since most of the clubs don't even pay up to the cap we have now - and it would need the clubs to agree, as far as I understand how things work. Why would they want to give an even bigger advantage to clubs like us? In any case it wouldn't be until next season, even if they [idid[/i think it was a good idea, when, IIRC, management don't expect us to still be in this league anyway.

Seems strange to be honest; maybe it was a general suggestion for discussion, a bit like one or two of the wealthier SL clubs want a higher cap and 'marquee' players' to not count?

Depends on where we're at with regards to our salary cap at present.

I'm not personally privy to what the players currently earn, but I'm able to make a logical assumption that the guys on multiple year deals will most likely be on low wages this year with the assumption that the club gets promoted back to SL(and the bigger salary cap that entails) which would see those players get a big wage hike which in it's own way would be a motivational tool for the club to use. Even so, I will accept that with a 31 man team we've got to be pushing the Championship cap close to breaking.

Surely we have to be able to fight the Middle 8s on an equal footing?

Otherwise it's not a fair competition.

No welcome back to Odsal according to a sentence at the bottom of the piece on Tahraouri www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/

No welcome back to Odsal according to a sentence at the bottom of the piece on Tahraouri www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/

Disappointing. Would be worth trying to sign Gareth O'brien again with Wire signing Gidley. Also with Declan Patton coming through I can't see a spot for him at Wire.

Hmmm, there are now medium term issues with Siejka and Mullaney. No bench/replacement hooker option has emerged owing either to lack of quality or game time. Overall I think we're heading in the right direction and gathering momentum but we're pinning an awful lot on Gaskell and O'brien.

I'm not saying Sammutt is the only answer or that taking him off Wakey's wage bill is in our interests but in the key playmaking roles it's looking very thin.

You'd have thought so, true enough, but the fact [as I understand it] that we [idon't[/i have an equal cap is the major reason why I don't believe the RFL ever really intended the middle eights to be a means of obtaining promotion. It gives the illusion, of being [sort of] fair but clearly favours the SL clubs with their more highly paid squads. It was always a sop to the championship clubs who wanted some P&R 'jeopardy' back - sort of 'jeopardy lite', you might say.

Gaskell, as our main strike weapon, not unnaturally seems to be taking knocks every week too, and you have to wonder how long it will be before one of them keeps him off the field for a period. Without him, we're in trouble in the immediate future.

Thought Adam O'B nsurprisingly] looked a bit tired on occasions last week and, much as I admire the way he's bearing up to it, I'm surprised Jimmy has kept him on the field for 80 minutes every week, particularly, as you suggest, when you consider the effect that lack of game time has on the possible alternatives. Let's hope he also stays fit! We may welcome that gap on the 17th.