Mark Lawn's record at running a sports club isn't to be sniffed at. He is someone who will really divide opinion and many City fans love him, and many hate him but he can only be judged on his record and City were on a downward spiral when he joined and when he handed over the reigns they were and still are on the way up.

His input into City wasn't realised overnight however, Bradford spent 5 years rattling round the lower leagues before moving on up. I think he will look at Bulls in a smiliar way, he won't expect them to be in Super League the year after he takes over, he'd like it but I guess he is a realist.

There are many worse candidates out there than Lawn, Bulls have found themselves with many of them actually running the club. It's a little more positive however the line about City moving to Odsal and Odsal being redeveloped. I can't see that happening anytime. To bring Odsal up to Football League standard would cost as much as it would do to buy Valley Parade outright. The council can't and won't fund it as it would be political suicide. I think most of the Bradford public would ask why a stadium could be built with Council cash but the bins can't be collected weekly, etc, etc.

It will be interesting to see how it develops, one thing is for certain Green can't possibly be in control come the start of next season.

Talks of only a 12pt deduction for the reformed club. Surely that is the ideal outcome for a liquidated club to hope for?

Now, look at it this way, this might be the only way to get Marc Green out of the way, we have offers, RFL approved, players available out of contract. Could be a plan there somewhere?

Needs to be a club to exist to take that penalty!

New thread. Half the problem with site speed will be the size of this one. Get it locked and I'll do a final tally on the post counts.

See new thread...phoenix from the flames.