A not untypical parting shot from someone who has made a personal decision to move on; it happens all the time in every industry and always will.

I don't see anything particularly 'damning' in there about anything other than the people who ran Bradford Bulls into the ground; he makes a valid point about the Stobart deal, but only the same point that a million and one other people have already made, including many on here.

I wonder when his book comes out?

He is an end user not dissimilar to a gas fitter working for British Gas.

He won’t be any more familiar with RL strategy than any of us. Even if the RFL had received money for the Stobart deal it wouldn’t have directly impacted upon him.

The RFL have a strategy?

In the latest fashion

' This '

Same old people trying to use whatever, even when completely irrelevant, they can to back up their same old vested interests.

I bet he wasn't bashing the RFL when they were paying his wages?

I'm not sure how RL can ever recover from loss of the great Bryn Hargreaves!

The entire game is on the verge of meltdown, hargreaves can see what's coming.

When this is over, only the big fish will be able to cling onto life.

I think its a tricky choice.

There are lads in the squad who make the minimum or close to.

Early on you will have ambition to be the best and its a great wage for a young lad living at home.

Once you get into your mid twenties and you realise that's as far as you can go there are other financial pressures.

And if they go into their 30s their job prospects may be limited and bodies knackered.

But more than that - when players sign contracts they expect to be paid in full - as does any salaried worker.

And yet if a club goes bust then this isnt going to happen.

I can totally understand him questioning why he does it.

A good mate of mine played SL and plays NL now.

I often tell him Id like to be good enough to play one SL game.

Bryns had a career we would all be happy with. Enjoy your retirement.

You roll your eyes because you know your club won't survive. It's a ticking time bomb and when the dust has settled some club may even apply to become a rugby union club to save their business.

Oh dear. The joke went sour after your 4th post.

Indeed. A lot of posters here seriously don't understand what a bad shape the game is in. In the short term its only getting worse too. Once we assume that Wood et al aren't going to freely resign, the best hope left is that the pending disasters happen quickly and all at once, for a "short sharp shock" to get those clowns out. Worst case is slow decline with a "Bradford" ( or Crusaders, London, take your pick ) every season, accompanied by ever more moronic statements from the RFL telling us what a great job they're doing.