|
 |
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 792 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Dec 2015 | Oct 2015 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| I hope the Bulls fans who were wishing our down fall last year feel good now, with the boot on the other foot will be interesting to see what the RFL do here, as they have obviously already helped with buying the lease (even though your owner said it had nothing to do with financial trouble) which is more than they did for us so how far will they go? The writing was already on the wall in Jan that all was not well!
It looks like Admin awaits, wipe off the debt, start again but also have your best players raided.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 33944 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Mar 2016 | Mar 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote Kosh="Kosh"Holy Hell - that's a bolt from the blue!
I can't understand how the entire proceeds from the sale of Odsal appears to have been eaten up in repaying a loan to the RFL when both the RFL and the Bradford BOD stated that it was to secure the future of the club? Surely some questions to be asked there!
Hope a rescue plan can be put in place to save the Bulls, but it doesn't look too likely at the moment.
'"
It was to ' secure the future of the club at Odsal ' , it didnt state in which competition
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Board Member | 28736 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2003 | 22 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Apr 2016 | Mar 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote wakeytom="wakeytom"I hope the Bulls fans who were wishing our down fall last year feel good now'"
You've just proved you're no better.
You do have to question how a club the size of Bradford can get into such a mess. It's often down to bad management as it was when my club was in trouble and others.
Here's hoping it is. They won't necessarily prove unviable, just in need of new ownership which is a different challenge for the club.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 10000 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Dec 2020 | Nov 2020 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Looks like they'll have to sell off a few players. Tom Burgess, Elliott Whitehead, Bateman... Can't see the club keeping hold of these if they need to raise money.
We'll take Burgess...
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Board Member | 28736 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2003 | 22 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Apr 2016 | Mar 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| This is all from a club which was one of the concrete "big four" not long back. A spectacular fall from grace and not one which is healthy for our game or good for any club.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 792 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Dec 2015 | Oct 2015 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote Chris Dalton="Chris Dalton"You've just proved you're no better.
You do have to question how a club the size of Bradford can get into such a mess. It's often down to bad management as it was when my club was in trouble and others.
Here's hoping it is. They won't necessarily prove unviable, just in need of new ownership which is a different challenge for the club.'"
I am not saying I am, I just remember been in this position last year and lots of people saying this and that, and again when we gained our licence it was merely a throw away comment.
As a side note if they do not go in to admin will this still be taken in to account when discussing the licences as even though it was not one of the factors this time when the RFL commented on us gaining a position they still said they had to comment on the situation
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 12168 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jan 2006 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Burgess and Whitehead to Hull, Adam Pearson can get his checkbook out and gives you £400,000. Bradford stay in business. Sounds good to me.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 3356 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2005 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Aug 2014 | Apr 2014 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| What licence grade did they receive last year? Didn't the RFL look at their projected financial performance as part of the licence process?
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
International Board Member | 28736 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2003 | 22 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Apr 2016 | Mar 2016 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Quote wakeytom="wakeytom"I am not saying I am, I just remember been in this position last year and lots of people saying this and that, and again when we gained our licence it was merely a throw away comment.
As a side note if they do not go in to admin will this still be taken in to account when discussing the licences as even though it was not one of the factors this time when the RFL commented on us gaining a position they still said they had to comment on the situation'"
I understand, but you should've just rose above it. Wakefield have come out of this strong, you don't need to play that game or be bitter about them.
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 36156 | Wakefield Trinity |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Jun 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| This is a very serious dereliction of duty and a clear failure of the franchise system to spot a problem.
Last year Wakefiield were touch and go and rightly so - we went bust and the RFL refused to support us and rightly so - yet at the same time the Bulls must have been well in the mire and lying through there back teeth. They then got RFL support which was massive and should have been enough, it clearly wasn't - even the RFL are not that stupid and have clearly had the wool pulled over there eyes. Worst of all the Bulls seem to have made no attempt to cut there cloth in the last few month. It's like they feel entitled to be bailed out by the RFL and now their fans.
Sympathy for the fans not the club - the club should take the pain and we will have Burgess for starters as I believe that's how it works these days!
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 764 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Sep 2010 | 15 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Dec 2019 | Nov 2019 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Not pleasant news. It's a terrible feeling when this happens to your club. Hope you can pull out of it. We where in a similar position not so long ago, I would'nt wish it on anybody. Good luck.
|
|
|
 |
|