You're right though. There's more to this than meets the eye.

As I said I'll wait for an official announcement before slitting my wrists.

It wouldn't surprise me at this stage if Bullman took his head off and Donald Trump was inside.

I'd take anything he says with a very large pinch of salt. Despite being asked many times he's not provided any proof of who he is or where he gets his rumours from.

The club's been a target of a lot of keyboard warriors/comedians in the past few months especially from the Halifax area.

Does anyone think the RL would be naive to the fact that the HMRC rules have changed? Thus now putting off the bidders due to potentially having to pay a bond to HMRC, I am no expert just a thought that's all.

Erm, well yeah I do. Just looking at the way they ran the bidding process seems to show that they don't really know what they're doing. There's mentions of the RFU and the RFL procedures and the huge gulf in professionalism between them.

Even on Friday the RFL were even forced into making a bungled admission that they had actually FOUND a buyer, and since then? Nothing.

The RFL had better pull their finger out though if they want this phantom Bradford team to take a mullering by Hull KR in2 and a bit weeks though: We have no team, no coach, some invisible owners and some irate fans at the moment. And I imagine the number of fans who give a t0ss is rapidly diminishing right as we speak.

The RFL issued Statement on Friday saying the news about a Bradford RL was"exciting".Where in subsequent news - or lack of - can this word possibly be justified?

Inside Nigel's head?

We know (pretty much) that the RFL are hanging on to the lease so apart from the chance of "jam tomorrow" there seems no chance to get any money back from Odsal in the foreseeable - and absolutely no guarantee ever, which is kinda more the point.

First job - borrow half a mill off RFL, and go part time with no investment of any sort sounds as insane as I assume it is - the ramblings of a lunatic.

Whatever Chalmers and Lowe might be - WFT would they have done what they have to end up slitting the new club's wrists on day 1? And however mad Chalmers is, there is zero chance he would put his personal house up as security for VAT. Anyone who believes that must be nuts. It's as believable to me as signing Warwick Davis to replace Sidlow.

I call bollox.

OMG what did I say?

He looks massive in that pic.

Thanks to our part-time voluntary new conditioner

It all sounds like Bull, does this mean that the RFL will potentially, very shortly, own Odsal and Chalmers house, if he's got a big garden they might look to expand and set up a team there.

Sounding like they will be no press conference but a press release this afternoon.

Will there be an announcement though about the press release about the press conference?

I think it likely that the RFU would be just as clueless in a similar situation. Difference is, they'd just let market forces take their course with minimal interference. They certainly wouldn't asre about micro-managing a survival package in the way the RFL has.

The other thing TBF is that most of their bidders' chauffeurs would have more disposable than all our suitors combined.

Imminently

It doesn't appear that Rohan knows too much or isn't letting on https://twitter.com/rohanrsmith/status/ ... 8426285056

It doesn't appear that Rohan knows too much or isn't letting on https://twitter.com/rohanrsmith/status/ ... 8426285056

So where the chuff are they?

It sounds to me like nobody really knows what’s going on up there. If this is the standard of leadership and transparency we can expect from the new owners it makes the Green regime look like halcyon days.

Statement due shortly according to the oracle

Statement finnally released by Chalmers & Lowe. Can't copy and paste it but in brief they say FT contracts will be offered in next 48 hrs (unsure how many) 2017 ST already purchased will be honored and they were impressed by our academy but didn't say if it will continue.

Statement from Lowe and chambers

Blah blah blah platitude platitude
More later

well, if he needs to borrow 400k, he clearly hasn't got the cash needed to invest in the club, it seems to me.