I don't know.

Every other club in super league is £650,000 a year better off from central funding than us for this year and next.

If any club says they don't want bulls in super league,remember you are 50k a year better off for this year and next simply cos the bulls are still in super league

Only the RFL could preside over a farce like this

This.

States in T&A we will be spending full salary cap next year, even though we are been robbed of half the sky money again

Happy with new signings so far, I have every faith we will do well next year

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... xt_season/ Ryan Whitcut saying the Bulls will spend the full salary cap and look for a squad between 30 and 34 which is great but it doesn't feel like the message we're getting from FC. Didn't something similar happen last year whereby the club said we'd spend the cap and then FC pretty much said he'd spent up? This isn't a complaint, I think Carvell and Ferguson are quality additions. It's just unclear and if we're going to have a squad of 34, FC needs to sign 12-15. Sounds unlikely.

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... xt_season/ Ryan Whitcut saying the Bulls will spend the full salary cap and look for a squad between 30 and 34 which is great but it doesn't feel like the message we're getting from FC. Didn't something similar happen last year whereby the club said we'd spend the cap and then FC pretty much said he'd spent up? This isn't a complaint, I think Carvell and Ferguson are quality additions. It's just unclear and if we're going to have a squad of 34, FC needs to sign 12-15. Sounds unlikely.

If thats the case we need to sign up all our OOC players plus more besides, cant see it happening TBH. As we are set to lose Addy and Langers for starters.

I think we have to spend the full cap for next season even without the Sky backing. It is going to be make or break next season and if we end up in the bottom 2 next year it will have a massive effect on the team so if you don't spend the money now then it could be worthless spending after you have already gone down.

At the moment I think we will be fighting to avoid the drop next year with Cas and London, the others seem to strong to end up in the bottom 2 without seeing the recruitment yet! But I also think KR might struggle next season, Dobson and Patterson will be hard to replace and they, like us, struggle with money it would seem

It will be interesting to see how clubs in the bottom half of the table approach next season. There must be a temptation to concentrate on winning games against other clubs in the bottom half rather than trying to make the play offs. I can see a few half strength teams being sent to places like Wigan & Warry in order to save the troops for more winnable games.

From me and I was ridiculed for the suggestion.

What is a greater worry is the level of competence of the officials - they could soon see a team off.

BTW did you all notice how OK got a few more bob in the kitty by having the SL clubs meeting in the Coral Stand?

From the T&A


The ironic thing is, whilst we won't get the £600,000 during the season, we WILL get £500,000 if we are relegated!

Exactly FA,the lunatics have really taken over

anyway. It hardly matters to them who goes out - the cost is the same.

I think the RFL will be trying to get their ludicrous idea of 2 x12s,then 3 x8s in place

Have you seen what funding each set of 8 gets,now that really is lunacy

Clubs will be going to the wall very soon

Not at all, the RFL know exactly why they need Bradford in the comp, that's one of the reasons we are still in the comp. Eg replace the Bulls with Sheffield - who are top of the Championship, yet drew a crowd of 841 last week - and see how much money [ithat[/i costs the comp over the season. I don't know how many of those paid what, but just for example if you averaged that @ £10 a speccy, that is £8410 x 11 = gate income of £92,510 for a whole 12 team season. Not counting that U16s are free, and many of the 841 would be season ticket holders and others would be OAPS etc paying significantly less. Last time they were in SL except when Leeds or Bradford were in town, they were basically declaring gates bet. 2500 - 3000 - with many gates that happened to be a perfectly round figure, which often happened to be 3000. It didn't work then (Huddersfield-Sheffield, anyone?) and it won't work now.

BTW just to avoid any doubt, I'm not arguing against them, or anyone, being promoted by the rules if the rules are changed. I'm just debunking the theory that from the RFL's perspective it "hardly matters" - little could be further from the truth.

Logically none of the other clubs will want to level the playing field financially and give us a better chance of surviving at the expense of their own club. I would not expect anything else if we were in their position. As long as nobody will get preferential treatment and it is decided on the field that is all we can ask.

Somebody posted on T&A website what Sky will say if London finish in bottom 2 next year, will they insist they stay in the top flight. Lets hope the RFL have consulted Sky about this before just doing it then finding out Sky say no

Could be another Peter Hood selling the lease on Odsal to the RFL then the bank calling in the overdraft cos we then had no assets to secure

Brian Carney, employed by Sky and speaking on Sky, seemed quite lukewarm about the need for a London club. Perhaps Sky have finally decided after 17 years of SL that it just isn't going to work at a professional level in the capital? They don't seem to show that many London games these days.

Don't show many of ours either,but yes I know what you mean

Bear in mind that's he's almost certainly including o'brien,naughton,wood, Roberts, Mellor and conroy in his 30-34 man squad who probably don't have ten SL games between them. So in reality were looking at a 22-28 squad of SL level players. If we get to upper end of that then its probably ok but if we're at lower end of that then well struggle again when injuries strike unless young lads really break through.

There should be no one 'safe' from relegation so that it's a level playing field.

Except it isn't a level playing field, because we have half as much Sky money as everyone else.

of the middle ground British players who are available. In a short pithy sentence, we get less bang for our buck.

It's pretty obvious that a club with reduced income is going to suffer more than others, of course.

But all the other clubs [iare[/i getting preferential treatment; we're £600K down and they're all around £50K up. At least they're not claiming "we're all in it together"..

It's hard to say just what influence Sky have over the RFL. Maybe also we shouldn't assume that Sky presenters are always speaking on behalf of management. The two Sky bods on Backchat were together in saying it was unfair that we should be on half money in such an important season as the one coming up, but hey-ho, exactly what did they ratify the very next day..