Have been told today that the funds to run the club will run out in the first week of November. Anyone ANY news of what the f*** is going on??

No.

The club have chosen a very bad time to try and force the RFL's hand. There are much bigger issues at play. We are probably stuffed.

So....we have no ground, no confirmed investors who I suspect require certain assurances from the RFL before they commit, no squad to speak of, not allowance to recruit more foreign players and apparently, from the end of this month, no more funds with which to pay our admittedly small wage bill.

The RFL have said they will not discuss anything (in public at least) until after the RLWC 2013, which ends about 30 days after we run out of cash. I suspect that Bradford's new owners will be ratified shortly, as the RFL need to protect their investment, but other than that, I believe they will be quite content to let us disappear.

Now, as passionately as I have defended this club from assaults and attacks by the northern masses over the years, I am actually of the opinion that it might be best if we were consigned to the knackers yard now, rather than have this doubt hanging over our heads.

Jaybs and co....I admire your optimism and your belief that we will be OK, but in reality, it is my belief that we are dead in the water.

The annoying thing in all this is that although the RFL are about as much use a chocolate tea pot, they did warn the club a number of times about sorting out certain things that, if we had listened, would have prevented the current situation.

I think you are correct although I expect the youth to survive.

Re the comment the RFL would be content to see us go. To be fair the RFL, and others in the RL world, have bust a gut trying to sort us out. They seemed to have brokered a deal only for it to fall down due to decisions beyond their control. It had reached the stage where the RFL wanted it sorting, they wanted a vote on us at the EGM suggesting they think we have reached the end of the road. If Ian Lenegan doesn't have a trick up his sleeve, or there is a dramatic change of heart from our financers,they are probably right.

Re the youth. My understanding is that the collapsed deal did include clauses that would have secured their medium term future.

Obviously that means little now and I don't have any info about what is going on, if anything, at the moment.

Maybe Ian Ramsdale and guests will be able to shed some light on Sunday afternoon: ianramsdale.tumblr.com/post/6365 ... ondon-94-9

Maybe Ian Ramsdale and guests will be able to shed some light on Sunday afternoon: ianramsdale.tumblr.com/post/6365 ... ondon-94-9

So far no news on Dixon though. When he leaves that will be the ball game I think.

Quote BroncOnIon="BroncOnIon"Maybe Ian Ramsdale and guests will be able to shed some light on Sunday afternoon: ianramsdale.tumblr.com/post/6365 ... ondon-94-9'" Calvin wrote a truly awful article about the CCup final calling RL fans extras from Phoenix Nights and like people on a works night out. Not for me thanks.

Quote BroncOnIon="BroncOnIon"Maybe Ian Ramsdale and guests will be able to shed some light on Sunday afternoon: ianramsdale.tumblr.com/post/6365 ... ondon-94-9'" Calvin wrote a truly awful article about the CCup final calling RL fans extras from Phoenix Nights and like people on a works night out. Not for me thanks.

Will try and tune in. That's an important discussion.