It wouldn't be a Bradford Bulls off-season without all these grey clouds and financial crisis rumours rearing their ugly heads again.

I admire your optimism.

It does go without saying that had the first offer that has been made, been made back in January, then we wouldn't be here discussing this.

I said at the time that the actions of Gary Petit and the RFL would come home to roost.

This could all backfire on the new bulls too. Another winter of turmoil.

That won't be the case mate, enjoy the Rugby League World Cup and 24 day break before the pre-season starts.

It will depend on how much you liked Marc Green though.

Not at all.

this

How much did you like Marc Green then Mick?

...and the Bulls womens team SL playoff final this Saturday.

Not much however, there's no denying that he was ill advised by the RFL's man - Steve 'will fix it' Ferres.

Surly any business man can see when over spending is happening though. Oh I forgot he was rubbish at that too.

To be fair, you said a hell of a lot of things at the time (and deleted a lot of them shortly after). Most turned out to be rubbish. One or two was bound to be right. If you get 100 goes at answering a question that has 100 possible answers, you're bound to get it correct at least once.

You thought that was optimistic?

Truth is, who knows? as the excrement descends, ever closer, to that large, whirling object then minds, previously closed, tend to consider possible outcomes ever more closely.
I still don't think the acualité will ever become public knowledge though. Wonderful stuff, that mist..

It's amazing how business people seem to lose all business and common sense as soon as sport is involved. It's as if sport were some parallel universe, where Monopoly money is accepted, debts aren't 'real' and responsibility, payment deadlines and taxes are all optional.

Would be very interesting to know who is funding the claims. Given the sheer numbers of claimants involved, and claims against multiple parties, the overall costs are going to be something horrendous.