Best not to accuse him of being 'off the cuff'! That was suggested to both Paul Rowley and Rangi Chase in interviews for LCTV, about Chase's signing. They both came up with the same answer of him always playing 'within a structure' and being allowed to express himself within that structure. Chase, in particular, wasn't amused at being called an 'off the cuff' player!

Well that would make sense as I don't think that he's been able to drive since his wrist operations so getting to Workington wouldn't be possible. That would also explain why he has been training locally on his own (hill running and possibly Tong school).

faux pas is maybe another matter...

Last I heard was Phil Vievers say he was confident of keeping Sammut at Workington but as of mid November he hadn't signed for the club. Surely if he'd signed for next season this would be big news and Workington would be keen to publicise it. If only Jarrod would give us an idea and put an end to the speculation....as a Bulls fan I'd love to see him back at the club, but I guess we can only wait and see....

If he's had both his wrists operated on, perhaps he is currently physically incapable of signing anything?

Another way of looking at it is that perhaps Jimmy has had a reality check in that we are not as good as he thought

I'm certain Jimmy knows the pros and cons of the squad, but brainfart after the last game excepted, he generally plays a straight bat and keeps to the company line with his comments. At the end of the day, the big challenge right now is selling memberships and that means saying how well everything is progressing and what a great squad we've amassed etc etc.

Add in that he can't comment on any ongoing, or not finalised deals, for fear of losing them at the last minute - plus they probably [well, I hope.. want another big spur to sales, and despite what others have said previously, Sunday - collection day- would be an ideal time.

It seems to have gone quiet on Godinet. I am not sure who I would prefer. Godinet would possibly be a player who sticks to a game plan and can guide a team whereas Sammut can be unpredictable for a SH. Having both would be nice with Godinet on the bench for interchange. I haven't heard if Godinet has signed for anyone. If not, it is strange that two decent halves are currently without a club and effectively unpaid. I just can't see that so they both must be lined up somewhere and just waiting for announcements to help ST sales - but that must be soon to help with Christmas ST sales.
I expect an announcement any day now. If nothing before Christmas I and many more will be disappointed.
Leigh could be a stronger force next year and it could be very hard to get that £1m spot again. If they are, we might be better than this year and still not get that play off spot. If we could afford it I would sign both Sammut and Godinet as the rest of the team looks decent if we keep Mullaney and Nielsen?

Id forgotten about the Mullaney rumour, all seems to have gone quiet on his rumoured departure!

And yet I was told the other day that he's not involved in pre season training.

Haven't seen it with my own eyes, but the person that told me doesn't usually get things wrong.

Maybe just that he's coming back from Oz later than others, or it may be there's something to those rumours.

Wasn't mullaney supposed to be having surgery to sort his hamstrings out?. Sure they said something about identifying an underlying issue which was causing his ongoing issues and it would be addressed by in off season. If that's happened then surely he'd still be recovering and not able to take part in pre-season. Guess time will tell.

Jarrod will not be officially signing for any club for a few weeks, at least not until his agreement with his current agent expires at the end of this month......

Jake Mullaney, will not be returning, it is a family made decision and not because of any issues with the Bulls.

I'm sure once season ticket sales are essentially over, the club will announce it. Oooo, I'm getting cynical...

Godinet gone back home according to wakefield chairman on twitter.

I doubt anyone expects another season without a SH. Jimmy has 6 months (June) to earn a new contract. I am still not sure whether he will get another contract unless we are transformed this year. Mediocre performances like last season will soon have supporters shouting for Smithy to be signed up for October 2016.

So we haven't unveiled Sammut today...what a dissapointment....in fact no scrum half.... I'm somewhat worried by this. An earlier post said he'd already signed for Workington...maybe this is the case. If Workington have kept him, well hats off to them, but you have to question why the Bulls have over looked an opportunity to acquire a good quality SH like Jarrod....what now?... I'm still hoping he is a free agent and we may yet sign him....but we appear to be very limited in our options.

For what it's worth, I think it may be a good business plan to have someone [maybe Sammut? already signed and ready to announce when the membership sales start flagging a bit.....I also think they seem to have someone who knows a bit about selling at the club these days. Or, to put it another way, I'm not counting anything out yet.

Perhaps they're saving a few 'Xmas Presents' for us, I seem to recall Lauaki was revealed around that time last year. Though let's hope it's somebody more effective than Lauaki was for large parts of last season.

I think Lauaki was a bit of a panic buy though wasn't he? Offerdahl pulled out and left us scrambling for another prop. I think in an ideal situation the club would have finished most of its transfer dealings before christmas.

I like the optimism...yes there is still time to acquire a decent scrum half and as already speculated maybe we have signed someone yet to be revealed. I shall to try and remain positive.

Other thing to bear in mind is with sjielka and mullaneys departures we have quota spots available. Maybe a case of we have someone signed and waiting on visa before announcing signing.

That said I still expect Sammut to be in a Bradford shirt next yr.

What's happened to purtell? He ran the show at our place in the 8's, you will go far better with a Gaskell/purtell half back pairing than Gaskell/Sammut! He goes hiding to much does jarrod.

I was told last week (same bloke that told me Mullaney wasn't training, which proved correct) that a 7 hasn't been signed yet and that the club were on the lookout for one. I noticed Gledhill also tweeted something recently about the club looking in Australia for a new 7, so that would marry up with what I was told.

To me, it looks like Addy or Purtell are the current option for 7 (probably Addy), and if they can find the right available scrum half, that plan then changes. I personally would rather go with Addy at 7 than blow money on a panic buy like Siejka again, although I appreciate we're screwed as soon as we have an injury or two to Addy, Gaskell or Thomas.

Addy is nowhere near consistent enough, or quality enough to be one of our regular halfbacks to get us into SL. He may look good at Championship level but he’s not able to string quality performances together versus SL opposition – much like many of his teammates.

Purtell’s one good game at halfback away at Leigh looks increasingly like enough to get him the job fulltime. Mind you’ll he’s still a better option than Siejka.

Gaskell is more important than ever. I hope we do get a halfback in time for the season starting otherwise we’ll be in the same boat as last year.