Ambition? Is this the club on half Sky money, that was only told on 1st May 2013 that it even had a SL licence for 2014, or some other mysterious club that I don't know about?

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We'll have him, we love liabilities at Rovers

No I don't. But when they sign a contract for x number of years I expect them to stick to it. If Manoukafoa or Lulia want to leave Bradford they can do so at the end of their contracts, the same as Whitehead, who's reasons for leaving are pathetic. He was happy to sign a 5 year deal just last year, when Bradford were 7th in the table as they are now. No-one forced him to sign a long term deal. He could have signed a 1 or 2 year deal. He should see out the length of his contract.

It's a bit of a dual standard to demand Whitehead honour all of his contract but then criticise him for exercising a clause within that contract. Bradford signed a contract with provision for whitehead to hand in a transfer request, that contract has two sides. If it is incumbent formWhitehead to honour his side of the deal it is incumbent on Bradford to honour theirs.

I have yet to seenWhitehead in the news bad mouthing Bradford for not honouring his contract in good faith(including the clause which allows him to request a transfer) I have seen franny cummins being pretty disparaging though

You can't knock some one for having ambition but I just think back to Sean O'Loughlin sticking with Wigan when they where far from being considered a top 4 side and then going onto lift the super league and challenge cup trophies a few seasons later. Things can change very quickly in rugby league especially when a club is managed correctly, and on the surface Bradford appear to be developing well on and off the field under new management.

I'm curious as to what FC's said that's disparaging about EW? Is it in here rlhttps://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/10466160.Whitehead_drops_Bradford_Bulls_transfer_bombshell/rl or here rlhttps://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/latest_news/article/8364/whitehead-hands-in-transfer-requestrl?

two words

TAME TUPOU

If Whitehead wants away, fair enough.

But he goes under conditions that are suitable for Bradford, not as when it suits him. If he had issues with playing for a "lesser" club, last year when his new contract was on the table was the time to air them.

In the tradition of footballers everywhere, having issued a "come get me" plea, expect him to kiss the badge next time he scores.

At the moment he's on 'gardening leave' so he won't be scoring again soon.

The coach is quoted in today's paper as saying that there is no club actually known to be interested, so whether he is eventually brought back into the fold is open for debate, I guess. My gut instinct though is still telling me he wouldn't have gone down this route if he[or his agent] didn't have a firm idea about a destination. Time will tell.