If you were FC who would you renew the contract of and who would you like to get. Also FC said that he doesnt want Bosc so who else would you look to recruit.


I would give new contracts to: Kearney, donaldson and murphy if he is still at the club. Have heard keanrey may go to wigan. All the other out of contract players can go.

I would try and sign:
Henderson if possible
Mika
Bailey - only if FC can discipline him
vickery possibly
sarginson
broughton unless giants have already signed him
riley - doubt he would leave
wood - doubt he would leave
winterstein
higham - doubt he would come to us
crosby - think wigan would sign this kid up
goulding - not sure, you never know




This is the current player movement and out of contract list:


Bradford Bulls
Midseason - In:
Midseason - Out: Elliott Whitehead (Catalan Dragons)
2014 In: Gareth Carvell (Warrington Wolves), Dale Ferguson (Huddersfield Giants).
2014 Out: Ben Evans, Matty Blythe (Loan Return - Warrington Wolves), Keith Lulia (Released)
OOC: Danny Addy, James Donaldson, Brett Kearney, Jamie Langley, Jobe Murphy, Michael Platt

Castleford Tigers
Midseason - In: Ryan Boyle (Salford City Reds), Ben Davies (Widnes Vikings), Micheal Channing (London Broncos - Loan)
Midseason - Out: Jacob Emmitt (Salford City Reds)
2014 In:
2014 Out: Micheal Channing (London Broncos - Loan Return)
OOC: Dan Fleming, Keith Mason, Grant Millington, Stephen Nash, Jonathon Walker

Catalan Dragons
Midseason - In: Benjamin Garcia (Brisbane Broncos), Elliott Whitehead (Bradford Bulls).
Midseason - Out:
2014 In:
2014 Out: Remi Casty (Sydney Roosters).
OOC: William Barthau, Thomas Bosc, Julian Bousquet, Jamal Fakir, Cyrille Gossard, Ian Henderson, Kevin Larroyer, Antoni Maria, Steve Menzies, Gregory Mounis, Mathias Pala, Jean Philippe Baile, Michael Simon

Huddersfield Giants
2014 In:
2014 Out: Dale Ferguson (Bradford Bulls).
OOC: Ben Blackmore, Jamie Cording, Matthew Dawson, David Faiumu, Luke George, Nathan Mason

Hull FC
Midseason - In: Jacob Miller (West Tigers)
Midseason - Out: Danny Nicklas (York City Knights), Brett Seymour (Released)
2014 In: Mickey Paea (Hull Kingston Rovers)
2014 Out: Mark O'Meley (Retirement), Danny Tickle (Widnes Vikings).
OOC: Tom Briscoe, Ben Galea, Jack Briscoe, Alex Starling

Hull Kingston Rovers
Midseason - In: Danny Nicklas (York City Knights)
Midseason - Out:
2014 In:
2014 Out: Michael Dobson (Newcastle Knights), Mickey Paea (Hull FC)
OOC: Richard Beaumont, Matthew Beharrell, Alex Brown, Keale Carlile, Sonny Esslemont, George Griffin, Chris Heil, Tyler Hepi, Graeme Horne, Sam Latus, Constantine Mika, Ryan O'Hara, Aaron Ollett, Lincoln Withers

Leeds Rhinos
Midseason - In:
Midseason - Out: Darrell Griffin (Salford City Reds)
2014 In: Andy Yates (Hunslet Hawks)
2014 Out:
OOC: Ryan Bailey, Joe Vickery

London Broncos
Midseason - In: Jamie Soward (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Midseason - Out: Craig Gower (Newcastle Knights)
2014 In: Michael Channing (Castleford Tigers - Loan Return)
2014 Out: Jamie Soward (Penrith Panthers)
OOC: Chris Bailey, Mark Bryant, Michael Channing, Liam Colbon, Matthew Cook, Luke Dorn, David Howell, Alex Hurst, Will Lovell, Chris Melling, Chad Randall, Dan Sarginson

Salford City Reds
Midseason - In: Jacob Emmitt (Castleford Tigers), Jordan Davies (Sale Sharks RU), Darrell Griffin (Leeds Rhinos)
Midseason - Out: Ryan Boyle (Castleford Tigers), John Molley (Wakefield Wildcats)
2014 In: Stuart Howarth (Loan Return - St Helens), Junior Sa'u (Melbourne Storm), Adrian Morley (Salford City Reds), Francis Meli (St Helens).
2014 Out: Lee Gaskell (Loan Return - St Helens), Jack Murphy (Loan Return - Wigan Warriors), Ben Gledhill (Released).
OOC: Jodie Broughton, Alex Davidson, Ashley Gibson, Wayne Godwin, Connor Higgins, Jack Holmes, Jordan James, Lee Jewitt, Adam Neal, Chris Nero, George Tyson, Jordan Walne, Stephen Wild

St Helens RLFC
2014 In: Lee Gaskell (Loan Return - Salford City Reds), Luke Walsh, Mose Masoe (Penrith Panthers).
2014 Out: Stuart Howarth (Loan Return - Salford City Reds), Francis Meli (Salford City Reds).
OOC: Nathan Ashe, Mark Flanagan, Ade Gardner, Joe Greenwood, Josh Perry, Tony Puletua, Dominic Speakman, Adam Swift, James Tilley, Paul Wellens, Dan Yates

Wakefield Wildcats
Midseason - In: Jon Molley (Salford City Reds), Taulima Tautai (Paramatta Eels).
Midseason - Out:
2014 In: Chris Tuson (Wigan Warriors).
2014 Out:
OOC: Danny Cowling, Bobbie Goulding, Liam Kay, Frankie Mariano, Adam Slater, Lee Smith, Paul Sykes, Matt Wildie, Oliver Wilkes, Kyle Wood

Warrington Wolves
2014 In: Ben Evans, Matty Blythe (Loan Return - Bradford Bulls), Roy Asotasi (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
2014 Out: Mike Cooper (St George Illawarra Dragons), Gareth Carvell (Bradford Bulls), Adrian Morley (Salford City Reds).
OOC: Chris Riley, Lee Briers, Michael Monaghan, Micky Higham, Paul Wood, Tyrone McCarthy, Danny Bridge

Widnes Vikings
Midseason - In:
Midseason - Out: Ben Davies (Castleford Tigers), Shaun Briscoe (Workington Town)
2014 In: Danny Tickle (Hull FC)
2014 Out: Gareth Hock (Loan Return - Wigan Warriors), Ben Cross (Retirement)
OOC: Patrick Ah Van, Willie Isa, Frank Winterstein

Wigan Warriors
Midseason - In: Andy Powell (Sale RU)
Midseason - Out:
2014 In: Jack Murphy (Loan Return - Salford City Reds), Sam Hopkins (Leigh Centurions).
2014 Out: Gareth Hock, Lee Mossop (Parramatta Eels), Pat Richards (West Tigers), Chris Tuson (Wakefield Wildcats).
OOC: Liam Carberry, Dominic Crosby, Anthony Gelling, Darrell Goulding, Harrison Hansen, Jack Murphy, Paul Prescott, Tom Spencer, Logan Tomkins.

Did Ah Van not get an extension? Could be mistaken.

yeah think he got another deal at widnes

Dude you have put a lot of effort into this but for me the main question hi were do Bradford get the money to make your wish list signings ??

Also I would love to see matt cook back at bulls always ran his blood to water .

first of all its called copy and pasting and second of all I didnt say sign them all, I wouldnt mind if we signed any of those players, sorry for not clarifying.

Out of the above would gladly have :-

Tom Briscoe (to replace Lulia)
***Luke George Or Chris Riley + Jodie Broughton***
Ryan Bailey
Ian Henderson (if Heath goes)

***Personally i would use these 2 on the wings, as Purtell not the same since his heart probs, and only on the basis of Kearney going - move Kear/foster to full back

IMO

I'd love Briers at Bulls

Too much is wrong with that list, Hull KR players Matty Beharrell and Sonny Esslemont have 2 years left on contract after this year,Graeme Horne has last week signed an extension and we have others on that list signed but not officially announced as yet !

Apparently Tony Clubb all but confirmed that he will be leaving London at the end of this season. Did someone hint a while back that we were linked with someone from the Broncos? Could we be after him?
Only 26 and can cover a few positions in the team.

Would love to see Tony Clubb at the Bulls.
Yes, he has said he thinks it time for a move but contracted to 2014 I think.

I expect there are several players at London who might look to leave this year if they think London could be demoted 2014.
At that time 2 SL clubs will go down to leave (say) 50 players looking for jobs with the other 12 SL teams.
Whether Clubb et al might want to transfer to a team who might also go down is mute.

Not taking recent for into account the favs for the drop next year are.

Bradford, Wakey, Cas, Widnes, London, KR and Salford are the great unknown, some are at greater risk than others so the players at the greater risk clubs may believe they have a better chance to beat the drop by leaving and joining one of their rivals.

An interesting point, especially when you factor in that there will be two fewer clubs in SL the following season, ie at least 50 fewer jobs available for full-time pro rugby players, so many of them are going to be out of work in just over 12 months.

If i where any of those players i would be trying to secure my future, like i said it may be beneficial for them to leave one struggler and join another as they may to be better placed to avoid being out a job in 12 months.

I'd suspect there would be a general resettling of players after the trapdoor closes.

Every club, even those near the top and in no particular danger of dropping out will have the odd 'journeyman' in the higher squad numbers, and it may well be that every man in the best 17 of both relegated clubs will be better players than those in say, 18 - 30 in higher placed clubs. It's certainly going to be an interesting time but a nervy one if you're making a living from the game.

Won't happen as there is a 500K parachute payment.

With that the two clubs can easily continue to pay superleague level contracts because that's why Bradford don't need the other half of their sky cash.

my view on the squad for 2014 is that we need a lot of work for such an important season. If we assume we want a squad size of around 30 including youngsters that gives us a starting 17 plus a backup/squad/youth spot for for the starting 13. (not always a direct backup, we dont need 4 halfs for example, but I would have 6 props) Im going to include only players either under contract for next season based on silsdenbulls list or players confirmed in;

[ustarter[/u...............................[ubackup/squad/youth[/u
1 FB..Kearney...................Naughton
2 W...Kear.........................Purtell
3 C...???...........................Wood
4 C...???............................???
5 W...Foster......................???
6 SO..Sammut.................???
7 SH..Gale.........................???
8 P...Scruton.....................???
9 H...Diskin........................O'Brien
10 P...Manase.....................???
11 BR..Olibison...................Roberts
12 BR..Ferguson.................Mellor
13 BR..Bateman..................???

14 P...Sidlow
15 P...Carvell
16 H...Heath
17 BR..Walker


I make that 21 confirmed for next season assuming Purtell/Kearney/Heath all stay (have I missed anyone?). We have a lot of work to do retaining and signing to bulk that squad out. Im sure signings are in the pipline, but we need plenty (9) to just stand still with the quailty of this year, never mind pushing on. With the glaring gap being centre, followed by cover for outside backs and halfs if Kearney leaves.

I know its stating the obvious, but I think its useful to see the gaps in the squad when we're taking about recruitment/retention and doing it on a shoestring. I can understand why we might let people go who are on historically big contracts or have been offered bigger deals elsewhere, we need to maximise value for money out of every squad space.

But theres also a lower salary cap in League below so clubs going down will have to release players or break the cap.

I was assuming that will have to be raised surely?

If purtell stays he wont be just a backup. He'll get one of starting /wing spots. He might be overrated but he's still a decent SL level player.

In reality you're right, but its not where I'd have him, Id sign two centres and start with Foster and Kear on the wings. Plus the squad spot still needs filling either way.....bit of artistic licence

With a bit of luck we will manage to keep hold of Blythe, and Platt will re-sign too.
I'm not that impressed with Purtell, but if he decides to play on we are effectively stuck with him and who knows, maybe with a full pre-season he might do a bit better than his form this season. There's another winger in Ainscough who has already said would come back - even for what we offered him last season - if we need further backup there.
Halves is a worry, which is why I put so much emphasis on retaining Addy. He would also provide cover for SR, LF and Hooker. For this reason I said it was vital we keep him, and it looks like he'll be off at the end of the season.

Retaining Addy looks more important given the now open trapdoor to oblivion. We need cover for positions for when the injuries inevitably strike.

Whitcut's comment about the full cap being available means we should be able to hang onto anyone we want to keep unless they're asking silly money. If the squad starts to look even more short handed or low on genuine experience like this year then it's obvious he speak with forked tongue!

From what I've heard retaining Addy is looking a little more likely now. clubs looking to sign him were unaware they will still have to pay us a fee for his development.

Last I heard in one of league papers they were going to raise it but to something like half or less of the SL salary cap.