Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:49 pm  

Feel sorry for Bradford fans but this is another week of Admin and they still have kept all their players, thanks to RFL paying there wages its a joke. We were stripped to the bare bones at the very least they have to let some players leave. They cannot depend on the RFL FOR EVER !

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:12 pm  

Don't hold your breath, the RFL will keep paying until they eventually get bought.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:16 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

Feel sorry for Bradford fans but this is another week of Admin and they still have kept all their players, thanks to RFL paying there wages its a joke. We were stripped to the bare bones at the very least they have to let some players leave. They cannot depend on the RFL FOR EVER !

There needs to be some equality with how SL clubs are treated by the RFL. The writing must have been on the wall last year but was ignored because it was a big club like Bradford and other smaller unfashionable less successful clubs like WTW and Crusaders were already struggling. Think with the amount of significant financial support they've already had they should be showing some sacrifices with Batemen, Manuokafoa, Burgess & Hargreaves allowed to be sold on to pay off some of the massive debt like Wakefield were forced to do. They would still have a quality team if these 4 were sold on.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:20 pm  

Once again the RFL show they don't have a clue and this is why super league is destined to fail and the Championship will once again be the premier league.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:40 pm  

Quite agree! The RFL are getting on quite a few supporters nerves I think. They don't have a structured vision for the game, they supposedly had one but Im afraid they seem to have lost the plot, someone needs to get a grip.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:44 pm  

I think its the administator that is keeping hold of the players,while ever there is a prospect of a buyer they will keep the players until they atleast stop paying there wages,just makes the club more buyerable,when this consortium decides to pull out that is when the players will go.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:47 pm  

Seeing as the RFL have invested in the iconic Odsal are we actually surprised?

The game is a farce, the sport is brilliant but it is just being run in a bizzare fashion, RFL booty kissers may think differently but it beggars belief to think how incompetent the RFL are. I am slowly losing interest in Super League altogether.

No rules about ineligible players in the Challenge Cup, the Wigan points deduction / Salary Cap farce, Crusaders, no sponsorship money this season, buying the lease on Odsal, franchising blah blah blah, how boring. Bradford Bulls seem to do as they please because they dug themselves a massive hole and the RFL are bricking it, even the Leeds Rhinos (their biggest rivals) are bailing them out with charity donations At least Andrew Glover bought the club fearing that we may slip into the Champo.

What do Wakefield have to play for this season now? Nothing, boring. Its just not the same anymore, I know the stadium news is great for the club, but I will miss Belle Vue immensely when we finally do leave, I wish we could stay there.

Rant Over :bigsigh:

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:55 pm  

The administrator is in charge of the club and he decides if any players are sold.. not the RFL. If he feels the best chance of getting a buying means holding off selling the crown jewels then that's a good thing surely? I'm sure everyone on here is very keen to see a buyer emerge as soon as possible..

The RFL have so far only advanced money that we would receive in the very near future anyway. I'm pretty sure this is something they have done previously for other clubs as well, perhaps even Wakefield at some point.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:15 pm  

I have sympathy still with the bulls fans but the way the admin is transpiring smacks of rfl bending backwards a little.

The wages were not sustainable in relation to the income and are still not yet it seems the bulls playing roster is being looked after.

If a buyer is interested it will not/should not burn the interest on the loss of a few players to bring down the wages. It is what's required in some respects to atleast run closer to a break even figure and pay off owed monies.

Should be equality for all clubs and it doesn't appear so.

Re: Bulls Keeping hold of their players. : Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:17 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

The administrator is in charge of the club and he decides if any players are sold.. not the RFL. If he feels the best chance of getting a buying means holding off selling the crown jewels then that's a good thing surely?

Not if you have been living beyond your means for the best part of a decade winning stuff due to the size of your overdraft. No sympathy. Sell your top earners, start again. The only downside will be the incesent fawning over the Bulls corpse by Eddie and Stevo. Like Lazarus you will rise again but have to put up with a few years of mediocrity.

Please get on with it.