What makes me think it is just b0llocks from him is that surely it is too late to be enquiring, having already made the shortlist.

Incorrect info there I'm afraid!

bellamy wont come if orford is still at odsal....they had a fall out which is what made ox leave melbourne

No they dint.

why do you think he has never played origin ??


not like he wasnt good enough to take the shirt from kimmorley

He wouldn't leave Man City.

So I'm going to add to the rumour that this is why Orford has become unsettled and wants to go home.

Cronk and Inglis with him please.

And you know this how??

Before the Leeds, Saints and wire fans jump in, I will add the comment that he is jumping from one set of salary cap cheats to another, and all titles won whilst breaching the cap were not deserved whatever the circumstances!!!

Glad you got that one in Isaac!

Would Bellamy really be the best option? Bradford seem to have the opposite financial circumstances to Melbourne (noting Isaac's comment), and he's hardly worked wonders with NSW against a star-studded Queensland side. He's obviously a brilliant coach - but the right one for you?

Aye, don't come up here with any of them fancy southern ways.

Are you being serious?

Let me start off by saying I seriously doubt we could afford somebody of his quality and reputation. So I hope people do not get their hopes up for a Craig Bellamy stepping into the hot seat.

However if money was no object and the decision was mine, Bellamy would be among the 3 or 4 coaches that I would pick from. I the Bulls need to do something to inspire the fans back up to Odsal. We signed big name players like Matt Orford (people on this very forum wanted a 'marque' signing) and it has had done nothing to increase the crowds. I think the next appointment is very important to the long term future of the club. The appointment ideally needs to be a popular one and somebody that will re-ignite some interest back into the club.

I'd question Hood's judgement if he had the opportunity and means to bring in a World class coach and passed on the opportunity! Unfortunately I expect this is nothing but a silly rumour, if we end up with a Denis Bett/James Lowes/Harrison appointment then I expect team card memberships to drop on this years figures.

Out of the more realistic targets, I'd love to see Mick Potter at the Bulls.

Or it could be merely opportunity cost. The manager/coach is arguably far more important than the players. See Mourinho, Ferguson, Ancelotti, Capello, Van Gaal, Bellamy, Bennett, Gibson, Lombardi et al

Given that Orford is evidently on a hefty salary, it could be argued that the club could have coaxed nigh on any coach in the game. And what could Wayne Bennett, Craig Bellamy, Tony Smith, John Lang, Tim Sheens do with the current Bulls squad.

Significant amounts arguably.

I'm afriad I will not say but I guarantee that he will not be our head coach next season!

And if he does, I will expose my rear end on the town all steps for all to mock and kick!

But seriosuly, he will not be our coach next year

Translation: "I'm afraid I do not know. "

Well if you would like to have a little bet i will kindly take your money off you.

Bellamy aint that good, he has cheated his way to the reputation he has. I doubt he would be where he is today if they hadnt cheated the cap.

Don't be even more stupid, the bet is not whether Bellamy is our next coach, which is on any view unlikely, but whether you have specific inside information. And nobody believes for one second that you do, so give it a rest as it's embarrasing.

Yeh, it's a doddle moulding top class players into a winning team. Especially if you are French.

He'd be a good option for you. He's done well at keeping Saints at the right end of the table with limited resources. I think he'd do a good job of getting bradford back on their feet and bringing on the youngsters you appear to have around the fringes.

He wants to go home though, so you may have to crank your offer up to secure him, which may not be worth it.

Denis Betts must have something lined up or he would not jack a job elsewhere in like he has.
Maybe big joe has applied!

There are other reasons for leaving... e.g. would you stay in your job if you'd won the lottery?

O ye of lttle faith!

Be realistic, rugby league isn't exactly a 'behind closed doors' type of sport is it? And its not as if information is ever kept strictly a secret, take for example Brough departing to Huuds, Harris to Bulls, etc, etc.

I'm sure I'm not the only person on here that has heard various peices of information from inside or passed from the inside to the next man and so and so on. Just because you may have been unfortunate not to have head anything more than petty rumours on a message board, it doesn't mean others haven't.

Believe what you want to believe, makes no difference to me. And once the decision is out in the open, I will more than happy to 'pm' you what I knew, how I knew it, provide a little form of evidence to back it up.

Hang on, you're now making [imy[/i point for [ime[/i! You're [iadmitting[/i (I think) that in fact you've just heard rumours/gossip etc.


No, you won't. Either you have to respect some sort of confidence, in which case you could never reveal your 'source', or you don't. And there is absolutely no possible reason for you not to post, publicly, "what you know", even if not how you know it or your 'evidence'.

As you haven't, and are floundering to explain why you won't, we all draw our own conclusions. You are free to remedy this. You may be the Bulls' chief lawyer, or the Prophet Isaiah, but nobody believes you, and you say you don't care, so everyone's happy.