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When you're a Bradford fan there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Ian Sibbit
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Kyle Briggs
Karl Pryce

That's 14 first teamers who'll be on the market come November. The ones I've marked in blue are the players I think the club should be looking at getting offers to asap. The ones in green are the ones I think are dependant on a good year. The ones without a colour are the ones we should look to let go.
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I'm a little bit blah about Bryn.
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I'd agree with pretty much everything you've mentioned above. It's make or break for a couple of our younger players (Crookes & Donaldson). Their situation reminds me a bit of when Matt Cook was here. Great young talented player but never really excelled when given the game time. Donaldson has struggled to maintain his status in the squad after the injury against Warrington. Hopefully this can be his year.

In my opinion the biggest priority is Tom Burgess. If he wants to stay then hopefully we can work something out that is good for both the player and the club. I know he's mentioned publically that he wants to establish himself in Super League before he tries his hand at the NRL. Ideally, I'd love to have him signed up and build a front row around Burgess, Koppy and Whitehead.
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I know what you mean, but as our overseas quota is pretty full, there's very few available options at prop to replace him.
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I can't quite make my mind up about Donno, when he's played he's showed glimpses of what he's capable of, but, when he makes a mistake he then tends to over compensate.
I'd really like to see him given regular game time this season before deciding to keep him or letting him go
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I'd like to hold onto Sibbit. He was very solid and the other 2nd rowers in our squad are still quite young.
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I'd like to hold onto Sibbit. He was very solid and the other 2nd rowers in our squad are still quite young.



Agree, maybe Walker too, depending on how he goes this season.
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Roofaldo wrote:
Chev Walker
Ben Jeffries
Oliver Elima
Bryn Hargreaves
Manase Manuokafoa
Ian Sibbit
Shaun Ainscough
James Donaldson
Thomas Burgess
Jarrod Sammut
Danny Addy
Jason Crookes
Kyle Briggs
Karl Pryce

That's 14 first teamers who'll be on the market come November. The ones I've marked in blue are the players I think the club should be looking at getting offers to asap. The ones in green are the ones I think are dependant on a good year. The ones without a colour are the ones we should look to let go.


Interesting list. Tom Burgess and Ollie Elima are absolute priorities. Out of the rest it's up to them to earn a new deal. Right now I wouldn't offer a new deal to Sibbit, Hargreaves or Crookes. Walker, Pryce and Briggs and Ainscough all need an inury free run to find some form and confidence but wouldn't be prepared to give them longer than a year to find it. I'd be inclined to stick with Donno and Addy at this point purely on the basis that they're our own lads and we've discovered time after time that the type of players available to sign to replace them are invariably poorer. It's between Manase and Sammut for the overseas spot so only one can stay.
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I've been thinking about the high number of players who always seem to be OOC for us, and as we dont seem to give deals for longer than 3 years, and potter himself sign most on 1 or 2 year deals its easy to see whay we end up with approx 50% of squad in last year of contract.

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=509092&p=16472783#p16472783
I've been thinking about the high number of players who always seem to be OOC for us, and as we dont seem to give deals for longer than 3 years, and potter himself sign most on 1 or 2 year deals its easy to see whay we end up with approx 50% of squad in last year of contract.

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=509092&p=16472783#p16472783
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I don't regard Briggs as a priority re-signing at this moment in time. He still has it all to prove that he is a SL level half IMO. For the team, I hope he proves he is worth a new deal with his performances in 2012.
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