We obviously won't play from Odsal in the Championship, it isn't to me even a possibility.

I agree with those who point out that it isn't like a 1 year penance till we rejoin our rightful place, it is much more akin to starting a whole new ball game in completely different circumstances.

And in some cases you could say that if a relegated club managed to keep the bulk of its side together in some way, then it would easily win the Championship. Generally that may be true but to me it certainly isn't true of the bunch who are pulling on the shirt and stealing a wage at the moment, which isn't all of them, but a significant number.

I would frankly prefer to see the lot of the non-trier wage-stealers who have got Cummins sacked through not giving a toss, right out the door. "Playing" like these have, they'd be nearer the bottom of the Championship than top of it.

Of course everything is going to be scaled down, salary cap and income is going to reduce.

But of all the teams left in the championship next season the Bulls will be best placed to make a swift return.

As for marketing, that's down to your marketing team. But a winning team , which is likely to get quite a lot of tv exposure has to be easier to market than the dross that us currently being served up?

I guess the biggest hurdle is your cost for running Odsal, but the RFL can't let you play elsewhere, so I'm sure they will adjust their costs , if need be, if some clever negotiations took place.

if bradford dont play at Odsal, then where? is it any cheaper to go to VP which is still far too big?

And if Bradford do leave Odsal, then surely that isnt going to just sit empty?

no team gets more as a winning championship side as they do a losing SL side. No team has averaged more in their promotion season than their relegation season.

There will be between 10 and 20 championship games on tv and they are largely to be the promotion group ones. This isnt going to be quite a lot of tv exposure. It will be far far far less than SL.

I don't see it sitting "empty", quite the reverse. Odsal would be worth in the hundreds of millions if developed and I'm sure that if you do the maths, us negotiating some deal to play anywhere else could make a lot of sense if all the parties agreed to forget about Odsal as a sports ground and cash in their chips.

Anyway everybody knows that it's not financially feasible for us to play from Odsal in the Championship yet still somehow think we might. Who's gonna pay then? These hopes to me are a bit like the irrational hopes of people who say mathematically we are not yet down. Yeah, right, whatever.

I apologise for trying to be positive, probably comes out if 25 years supporting Halifax.

The truth of the matter is that your BOD will work to achieve what is best for the bulls for next season and like it or not if you are in the championship you WILL be favourites to both top the league and compete for a 2016 Superleague place

Alas I'm leaning more toward Smokey's argument on this one. Unless we can gain rapid promotion to SL from the championship I can see the club withering away.

I said during administration that it was a "Koukash or bust" situation since you need the backing of a millionaire with money to fritter away to survive in SL (unless you happen to be in Leeds). Green isn't that man.

I think we could survive at a push but we'd be at the lower end of SL and not ever seriously challenging for honours.

That's if we can get a good new deal to play at Odsal. If not then all bets are off. That big old place a is a millstone but we've precious few options in the city. VP might work but would need to be cheaper and as equal partners with City. I can't see that happening.

I'm optimistic - I think SpanishBob may have made a couple of valid points.

I'm encouraged to think that our income from the RFL with the parachute payment and TV money will mean we actually receive more cash compared to the last 2 seasons.

If we can somehow manage to build a competitive side that is capable of winning more games than it loses, we should see the fans coming back to watch a decent game.

Problem is, the squad needs building now otherwise all the decent championship quality players will already be signed up.

A coach with a high profile in the game might help us encourage some of the 'quality' players to sign for the Bulls rather than another top 4 championship side. The main thing is, we need to start planning now.

Completely agree.

It will be interesting to see where the team runs out next year if not Odsal.

VP - too big for Championship crowds, and probably more expensive to hire at least.

Horsfall - too small and too easy to look over the fence

Wagon Lane - too small

Ground share with the Cougars anyone

I think we'll be at Odsal but just using the main stand for many of our games. I'm not sure that's sustainable long term - I just hope we get promoted 1st time of asking!

Cougar Park won't be getting a visit from me. It may be a shortish walk for me but I won't be able to see the action on the pitch for all the chips on shoulders blocking my view.

Agree about Odsal. We may move at some time, like if div 2 starts to seem a bit permanent but I can't see it being top the agenda any time soon.

What you got against our friends from Keighley, Bullseye? Fair enough, a few get a bit chippy on the boards from time to time, [as do some Bulls'fans...but when you talk to them they're generally a fine bunch. I had to write that, btw, I know a few Cougars that I refer to as mates and I'd be deader than our chances of staying up if I didn't...

I understand that we will play from Cougar Park next year, as they offered to let us use the ground rent-free so all their fans can come every week and laugh at us.

On the subject of alternative grounds... Horsfall has a current capacity of 3500 with 1800 seats en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsfall_Stadium Wagon Lane apparently has a capacity of 4000, albeit with only 250 seats. www.pitchero.com/clubs/bradforda ... -6613.html Both would need some work, but could they be potential short-term options for the Championship?

On the subject of alternative grounds... Horsfall has a current capacity of 3500 with 1800 seats en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsfall_Stadium Wagon Lane apparently has a capacity of 4000, albeit with only 250 seats. www.pitchero.com/clubs/bradforda ... -6613.html Both would need some work, but could they be potential short-term options for the Championship?

So, we move to Wagon lane, by some miracle get promotion, and ... then what?

Move to VP when we can afford it?

We will be able to afford something sometime? Nah, can't see it ...

Doomed I tell you!

If we are not doomed, then the thing is, it's all only a few months away yet nothing whatsoever seems to be happening. It empties me with confidence.

Embrace it FA. Don’t fight it. I’m just wondering what could possibly happen next. It’s like one of those films that you watch where the plot starts off plausibly enough then goes totally OTT.

Like Dusk til Dawn.

I fully expect Odsal to be full of blood sucking vampires at any moment (though that might have been when Huddersfield were last here).

All the other clubs outside Super League survive. The Bulls are a big club and should be able to attract a greater level of support than any other club outside Super League.

They should have a bigger budget, especially with the parachute payment, and therefore attract the best players.

Not being top dogs is nothing to be scared of. Look at it as a test of character. When the going gets tough.....

You were the one saying you don't see us at Odsal, I just offered a couple of alternatives

Where would you suggest then?

Moronic trolls turn up and talk crap?

You're making the rash assumption that there is somewhere else. I don't think there is. I mean, there are places, of course, but any named or any others I can think of fall down for so many reasons that to me they just don't work. If i could think of a venue that would tick enough boxes then I would say but I can't.

If that is right then we would end up somewhere totally unsuitable and struggle to get out. Playing in front of three men and their dog at Wagon Lane won't build up a fighting fund.

Maybe the Council could build us a new ground from their share of the Odsal redevelopment. He said sarcastically.

Liar