Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:08 pm  

If they want any chance they would have to be full time?
Can't see a lot of present players agreeing part time?

To be in top 4 which no doubt has to be the plan next year, and even to survive this year we would have to be full time?

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:14 pm  

bowlingboy wrote:

If they want any chance they would have to be full time?
Can't see a lot of present players agreeing part time?

To be in top 4 which no doubt has to be the plan next year, and even to survive this year we would have to be full time?

Most of the 'present players' will be gone. Our team, if there is a team, for this season will look very different to what was envisaged - and will have to be cobbled together from whoever nobody else wants.

And I think you are a bit optimistic if you think the Top 4 is 'the plan' for next season. More realistically it would be survival - and if we can avoid relegation then that would be amazing.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:26 pm  

7-8 of your better players already gone, being reformed under the name Bradford Northern with a predominantly team of your youngsters with a few seniors.

Affordable contracts with win bonus incentives.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:29 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Players leaving at a rate of one per hour

I'm actually encouraged by how slow that is.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:38 pm  

vbfg wrote:

I'm actually encouraged by how slow that is.

Who's left I know Walton has gone to Fev and Oblison has signed for Widnes who's the others

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:40 pm  

fun time frankie wrote:

Who's left I know Walton has gone to Fev and Oblison has signed for Widnes who's the others

No others have been confirmed yet, but it's believed Sidlow has gone to Toronto, Welham to Salford, Mellor to Huddersfield, Clare to Leigh, O'Brien to Hull FC and Trueman to Cas.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:41 pm  

Clare
Mellor
Olbison
Sidlow
Welham
Walton
Obrien

Amongst others.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:50 pm  

The Squad sticky at the top of the forum lists 31 players. If the eight aforementioned have indeed left and working on the assumption that the 3 Aussies won't come back / get visas, then we now have 20 players.

By tomorrow lunchtime I would imagine we'd have too few to raise a team

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:51 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Players leaving at a rate of one per hour

Try not to spaff in your pants. It's unbecoming.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:52 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

The Squad sticky at the top of the forum lists 31 players. If the eight aforementioned have indeed left and working on the assumption that the 3 Aussies won't come back / get visas, then we now have 20 players.

By tomorrow lunchtime I would imagine we'd have too few to raise a team

Aussies players will come back, but probably only to get there stuff.