Word is that he doesn't feature in Potter's plans, only what i've been told though.

I genuinely hope the Bulls move forward next year. Potter seems a reasonable coach and it looks as though you're making some interesting signings - albeit not star names. I'd expect to see an improvement next year and beyond.

If the rumours about Fielden to Hull are true, I hope he does well.


It will help him to have big dominating forwards around him too.

Ewan Dowes to Bradford according to the Daily Express

He's already contracted for next year though, isn't he?

think we can probably negotiate an early release under rule we used for kohe-love/tupou although im not sure how him returning to training, albeit sporadically, affects that. Dont think he can say club ahvent stood by him so expect an amicable release tbh.

we shouldnt be looking at dowes if fielden is available........i think he wouild rather head back to us than fc as he still has a buisness in bradford or something ?
would be great to see him reach the heights that he did in a bulls shirt (unlikley but near to his best ) again

suppose it depends on finances. even though fielden will be taking a pay cut I'd be surprised if he still wasnt significantly more expensive than dowes. rather than pay over odds for a prop potter may feel money is better spent on other areas like halves/. We need to see all our signings and balance of squad before we can really judge any one deal.

finance wise yes fielden would be on a fair chunk more than dowes
they are both similar ages so a two year deal for either one of them would be good but i personally would preffer fielden
although i have a feeling he wont come back cause he wont be able to live upto what he did in a bulls shirt

No he is'nt he is out of contract in Novemeber. He has been in very average form of late and Hull have offerd him a contract but with a pay cut. Like they have Radford both seem destined to be on their way out with possibly Fielden coming in. Hope that helps!

You appear to be talking about Dowes. The OP was talking about Sculthorpe.

I hope and believe we will.

For most of Superleague (certainly pre 2004) we didn't really go in for the "star signings" - the squads were built on solid players who the coach knew could do a specific job.

Often the squad together produced for more than the sum of its individual parts.

The "star players" often came through the system - Robbie, Fielden, Pryce, Peacock, Burgess to name a few.

I'm very much getting that vibe again, I don't know about anyone else?