Heart/head/heart/head

Head - Well, if we believe what we've been told at the fans forum & by the more reliable journos out there - we haven't spent any of our increased central funding that we start to receive from next month, our expenditure on the stadium has gone, Chalmers has written off what he was owed (was that included or excluded in the 2 debt figures quoted I wonder - maybe that's why there are 2 figures?), there's a new sponsor on board and we've just received a decent 6 figure sum for 5 players. At this rate we may be debt free by Easter and can actively plan to attack the championship in 2021!

Heart. FFS. What a crock.

At least for a change the creditors are getting paid. That's a new one for this time of year. It's fairly standard for the Bulls to be shafted around this time, but at least other companies aren't getting stictched up too.

The person to blame in all this is the one who's racked up all the debts in the first place. My worry still remains that the rumours of Nigel Wood being involved from the start of Chalmers' regime are true (and I have no reason to doubt those considering they've been hanging around like bad smell for nearly 3 years), and that means nothing is really going to change and we'll be back here again in 2-3 years.

Academy player gone to KR. Who is it?

Who are we DR'ing?

When a club comes in with a bit of cash in exchange for a number of players we never really stood a chance. It looks a good opportunity for those players but I doubt they will get much of a look in for a side facing relegation next season so I’m not sure it’s best for them long term but time will tell.

Don't remember their fans being taken for idiots year after year after year..........

At least they can always DR to Dewsbury. Now who is their owner/chairman?

It's actually £150,000 for the three players.

OK, I stand corrected. £150,000 for the creditors

Who is the third player? Keelan Foster?

Well i hope the budget for next season, agreed with rfl, is sustainable on three figure attendances.

Can you really see the RFL putting a team of Nigel's into SM.

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No, Keelan Foster is staying at the club.

I'll respect the third players wishes that he doesn't want to be named.

What is really sad about this mess is that the players being sold don't want to leave. It's heartbreaking.

We've sold 1200 season tickets, so whilst only three figures might turn up, the actual announced attendance figure will be a minimum of 1200.

Long drive to Hull 3-4 x per week. At least there'll be a Bradford bus

He'll be named when HKR announce I suppose.

Ah, but we've been sold a Mondeo and been delivered a 1970's morris marina. I for one want my money back. And I bet a good percentage of those who bought them will think that way too....

Your lad was a credit to himself and a credit to you while he was at the club Chris.I wish him all the best over on Humberside.

Its sad what is happening at Bradford but I guess big John was always going to be in pole position to take advantage of things came to this point.

From what I gather, there are other young players getting interest from other clubs. I'm sure Mick will know more than me.

That's correct, there will be more pain as the club has to keep up to its commitments to repay the creditors.

There's no Full Eighty Minutes this week due to everything playing out in the background. We will be back next week.

Never mind - at least we can look forward to watching several of those players turning out for Dewsbury on dual-reg against us next season.

Now we are out of special measures and can offer contracts, I think the rules about academy players are we have to offer them an equivalent contract but if they leave to join another club with a better offer, then compo has to be paid.
So we get something.

Yes, the compensation works out at £100 per week that they were in your scholarship and £175 a week that they are in your Academy. Adds up to a recent sum when they reach 18/19.

it was inevitable that this was was going to happen, tragic as it may seem the players that have been sold should lay a foundation to work on to save the club,
as for the fans you'll need to stand back and see whats left and if your willing to support the name of the club and where your playing from
one day these players may return but to what will depend on you and whose in control, from a outsider point of view I'd be fuming and I'd walk away but I didn't with my club and we went through a hellish time too but nothing like what is happening here.

I genuinely do hope you return to better days, having a mother and family who comes from Idle and Thackley even though my club is Wakefield I don't take any satisfaction of a rival club being torn apart

keep your chins up fellers

One of the three will be loaned back to us, so small crumbs of comfort.