That's some competition for places right there. Gill & Myers are actually going to have to fight to hold their centre spots.
Halves - Keyes/Lilley - they've played together before? I don't have any outstanding memories from that time. Maybe Keyes/Meadows with Lilley/Souter at hooker? Harsh on Ott though...

Lots of options at halfback and hooker.

Gill and myers will be backup centres will be armitage - certainly not a winger anymore and blake

Gills been our top try scorer for the last 3 seasons. I reckon Noble will give them the friendlies and cup games to fight for this place.

He will let him fight for it but likely it is armitages and blakes to lose he hasn’t brought those 2 in to sit on the bench they are his chosen players myers will likely get more games as he can go on wing when OK or Taufua injured

Still need another 3/4

do we?!

Cover for fullback needed maybe.

Could do with a forward, second row/ prop to replace smith and another fb would be nice unless they want to go on faith with Ackroyd i think if we went with this squad into the season we would be okay. Will be interesting to see if there are any trialists

Back rower needed for mine, we lost Fulton, Davies , Butler and now Smith who played a bit of LF last term.

Wakefield eying up Myers according to RL press.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-30474633 Hmm. Would have to bide his time at Wakefield too since he's some way off being SL ready. He could join Lawford on being farmed out on dual reg I suppose. He's under contract until the end of 2025.

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-30474633 Hmm. Would have to bide his time at Wakefield too since he's some way off being SL ready. He could join Lawford on being farmed out on dual reg I suppose. He's under contract until the end of 2025.

Would be very disappointed if we let Myers’s leave, he’s a top prospect in my eyes.
He’s not going to get much game time at Wakefield, would end up back in the championship in dual reg.

I suspect most players have superleague type clauses i.e. if the opportunity arises they can speak to interested superleague clubs if they want to. So how much Bradford can do to keep Myers, I'm not sure. Would we get some kind of transfer fee if he goes? I'm inclined to agree that he'd end up on dual reg if he goes.

Unless he signs a new contract they’ll have have to let him go. If he’s offered a new one and doesn’t sign it then he’s off at the end of 2025

It’s the difference between going Fulltime and testing himself and maximising his development while he’s still young, and not, I suppose. If he gets an offer that compensates for his job, then he’d need to consider it.

So it depends what Wakey or anyone else can offer financially and developmentally.

It's always bittersweet when a young homegrown player moves on to a team in a higher league. This is part of the reality of being a part-time team—when you nurture talent, it's inevitable that some players will outgrow the level of competition we can provide. While we would love to keep our best players, we also understand and respect their ambitions to challenge themselves at the highest levels.

I assume the club do not want him to walk for nothing at the end of the season so they’re cashing their chips now.

He’s still young and let’s be honest isn’t SL quality right at this moment in time, so he isn’t going to be playing anywhere but the Championship in 2025. Now whether that’s at Bradford or another club on loan remains to be seen but are we in a position where we need to cash in on him? Unless it is an offer that is too good to refuse I guess?

Id wait before putting all my chips on him going anywhere

Going elsewhere could end up knacking his career...
In Hindsight Lawford should have stayed with us, he would have played last year.
Instead he's going to be out on season long loan.
We haven't looked closer to Super League since the MPG at Wakefield so there isn't much point moving on to bigger better things.
Unless it's Wigan or Saints.

I'd be very sorry to lose Myers. Of course its understandable that any young player wants to play SuperLeague if they get a chance and there is also the point that he isnt guaranteed a starting spot at the Bulls either after the recruitment of Blake and Armitage. I have always liked Nobby but I do worry about his preference for expensive experience over youth (remember Leon Pryce and Iestyn Harris). The club needs money to fund the positive changes made recently so a transfer fee would be good, but are we paying too much to fund Blake's pre-retirement stint?

I’m not sure what to expect from Blake. An experienced NRL player, who wasn’t able to deliver the standard Saints needed in SL. But it’s the championship….
Surely he’s got to be able to deliver a high standard in the championship?

Hopefully another Jayden Okunbor.

Pre retirement blake is only 30 3 years younger than armitage