On a side note, not a sniff of this signing on here. When's the last time a player turned up out of the blue like this without someone to the wise giving us a nod beforehand?

Im quite pleased with this signing too.

If we're looking for a hard running forward then Danny certainly does that. For me this is a similar signing to Mr Scruton last year.

Don't you need to improve to attain mid-table mediocrity.



TBH to me he seems like a Jamie Thackray but with less issues. He'll do a job for aseason or maybe two but after that you need to get rid.

Well, I dropped his name several times earlier in the signings thread because I'd been told we were looking at him, but he was one of three we were looking at and I hoped we would stay clear as I dont rate him.

Now he's here I'll see what he can do, reserve furthur judgement and hope he proves me wrong and McNamara right.

This is a signing that proves we did not expect or want Sam to go when he did, but our hand has been forced and once he went it was obvious that we needed to being in some experience in the front row whilst we wait for the kids to come through. And due to the timing we were looking at OOC fed trained props only, which is thin pickings. If anyone cares to mention a better player that is fed trained and available now to offer experience in the front row feel free, but the only names are people like Thackery and King from Hull.

He doesn't run hard. he plods. It's an insult to Scruton.

Either you guys have no money or Mcnamara is taking you backwards -

And we don't have a super special salary cap like some teams seem to have.

Very very poor signing IMO. Just shows how skint we must be.

Agree completely.

Unless we couldn't afford to do that.....

With reardon and now sculthorpe the continuation of signing average journey men should be a concern!

The most cheerful thing I can think of to say about this one is underwhelmed
Previous disciplinary issues are a worry and he's never really impressed me.

BUT he is now a bulls player and I will wait to see how he goes for us before I get depressed and think about slating him.

...only to Bradford fans. The rest of us can sit back and giggle.



Seriously though, the Bradford public need to get back to supporting the club when it needs them.
Lower crowds are reflected by signings of the calibre of Sculthorpe.

I have it on good authority that our next signings will be in the same vain.

Bob Beswick next week and Eorl Crabtree the week after.

More likely to be Michael Korkidas and Dale Cardoza!

Not going to set the pre-season adrenaline going for me.

AND I'd have been a bit happier with a 12mth contract too.

Hope they coach the stupidity ridiculous/no way offloads out of him - whilst keeping that, at the right time, in his repertoire.

He's heRE, lets see what he can do / have a crack at the whip.

I just soiled myself . . . . . .

I was thinking Rob Roberts and Marlon Billy with maybe Andy Kelly coming in to coach might be the next logical step

I'm actually a little embarrassed to be a Bulls supporter after this signing. Simply terrible.

So we sell our best player, receive a six figure fee, and all we bring in is Reardon and Sculthorpe??

TBH I don't normally bag players but this signing is plain awful. I don't need to see what he can do because I'm fully aware of it already. He's unlikely to change his spots aged 30 is he?

Sculthorpe's been at a load of clubs in the past and not once looked like stopping any of his bad habits such as ill discpline or needless errors. I've always seen him as a weakness in any side he's played for. Sure he can offload but IMO it's like signing the e version of Solomona - the one that was lazy, made terrible offloads to nobody and gave away daft penalties. Add to that his unfortunate injury and illness record and I'm seriously wondering if McNamara's taken leave of his senses!

A 2 year deal is 2 years too long. We'd have done better to save the cash.

There must be some decent lads around Gateshead? What about Youngquest?

...actually come to think of it that doesn;t work for the purposes of this joke as he would actually improve the backline.

Only yesterday I was reading through the signings thread and thinking this is all very well but these are just confirmations of what we know. I want a surprise.

I would have preferred a nice surprise if I'm honest though.

TBF there was a troll from Wakey on a thread somewhere on here saying we would be signing players like Danny Sculthorpe. At least we thought he was a troll at the time.

If anyone comes on here with news that we're re-signing Ash Lumby and Errol Johnson I'm not going to be happy.

Reardon and Sculthorpe are hardly going to get Bradford back in the top 4, if there isn't a great deal off money get kids don't get mediocrity.

McNamara is clueless thought the signing of Jeffries, Tadulala etc were bad signings these 2 top that recruitment drive.

We must have bottomed out now right?

Dear Me.



Record low attendances at Odsal next year?