It could be returned and used as it's original function.

In a nutshell, bang on. It will not ever change.

Remember the story. Our first real inkling was when it all came public. The lease was already in RFL hands at that point, and had been for a bit. Remember that there were more rumours of Odsal actually becoming RFL HQ before there were rumblings about the club going under. And then suddenly it basically did.

They were trying to help. That's the best I can say about it.

So, a new deal. Woohoo. There were RFL preferred bidders. Some had money. Something, right?

I was at Wembley in 1973 for Fev V Bradford and it happened a month before I was born. If whatever this new thing is happens back at Odsal and it's a Richard Lamb or someone of that level of wealth I at least know enough not to bother. Why go through it all again?

If there is money. Fine. Set arrogance to level six and make a note to review.

When are you going to point out the 2 nd tier Aussie clubs with 5,000+ season ticket holders that attend all their games ?

He means you're a knob

So as soon as BBs 2017 is up and running somebody needs to get Bradford council , RFL and whoever owns the club round a table and come up with a plan

That's my worry about this plan. Something has been cooking since at least the 23rd when the big announcement deferred. For this RFL announcement today to drop something has been in the works. I am genuinely concerned that the continued existence of the lease will be a stipulation. I understand people want their money's worth. Sadly, there ain't no money.

For me CH1 and Horsfall stadium is the only thing that makes sense. Insistence on Odsal and CH is a poisoned chalice.

A rock and a hard place comes to mind , and then as you say , something has to give , it brings back to the fore how stupid the original 500 K loan and subsequent lease compensation deal was

NIGEL ?

Do many Bradford fans actually hope the club starts again in Championship 1?

Not withstanding the absolute bliss from certain corners of the R.L. "fraternity" you would have to bare

But would the fact the R.F.L. got a bloody nose, give you a little satisfaction for all their interference during these dark days?

It would work for me.

It does seem to be the consensus on the Bradford board at the moment. Not sure it's about giving them a bloody nose tbh. For me it's naked self interest. There's the hard material facts of the finances already mentioned. But there's also narrative, and it's everything in sport. It does not get lower than this. We were not worth the asking price, and so now there is only "were". There is no "are" or "is".

So surely, given that, the only way must be up. Right?

No. -12 points. No TUPE because there is no sale. The squad will be what remains, and what remains will be the remnants of the (very good) U-19s team and whoever else does not have a mortgage or an offer. And Leon, I suspect. It's not unreasonable to begin choosing your games to try and win at this point, and just being grateful you have a team at all. You're already strategically trying to avoid relegation. Never say never. But plan for the bloody unlikely.

I'm at the point where if we know where we are then we know what direction to set off in. That's my motivation.

Maybe this is the smack in the face the game has been avoiding. The game in its current state is unsustainable.

Let's bring in a team to look at how the game can change for the better. Maybe look at accelerating Toronto's rise, see how we can reinvigorate London...... or equally sit still and lurch from problem to problem until the game folds

That is just a viscious & nasty comment to make about a fellow RL Club ....

How exactly would you feel if it were your club suffering ?