The most cheerful thing I can think of to say about this one is underwhelmed
Previous disciplinary issues are a worry and he's never really impressed me.

BUT he is now a bulls player and I will wait to see how he goes for us before I get depressed and think about slating him.

...only to Bradford fans. The rest of us can sit back and giggle.



Seriously though, the Bradford public need to get back to supporting the club when it needs them.
Lower crowds are reflected by signings of the calibre of Sculthorpe.

I have it on good authority that our next signings will be in the same vain.

Bob Beswick next week and Eorl Crabtree the week after.

More likely to be Michael Korkidas and Dale Cardoza!

Not going to set the pre-season adrenaline going for me.

AND I'd have been a bit happier with a 12mth contract too.

Hope they coach the stupidity ridiculous/no way offloads out of him - whilst keeping that, at the right time, in his repertoire.

He's heRE, lets see what he can do / have a crack at the whip.

I just soiled myself . . . . . .

I was thinking Rob Roberts and Marlon Billy with maybe Andy Kelly coming in to coach might be the next logical step

I'm actually a little embarrassed to be a Bulls supporter after this signing. Simply terrible.

So we sell our best player, receive a six figure fee, and all we bring in is Reardon and Sculthorpe??

TBH I don't normally bag players but this signing is plain awful. I don't need to see what he can do because I'm fully aware of it already. He's unlikely to change his spots aged 30 is he?

Sculthorpe's been at a load of clubs in the past and not once looked like stopping any of his bad habits such as ill discpline or needless errors. I've always seen him as a weakness in any side he's played for. Sure he can offload but IMO it's like signing the e version of Solomona - the one that was lazy, made terrible offloads to nobody and gave away daft penalties. Add to that his unfortunate injury and illness record and I'm seriously wondering if McNamara's taken leave of his senses!

A 2 year deal is 2 years too long. We'd have done better to save the cash.

There must be some decent lads around Gateshead? What about Youngquest?

...actually come to think of it that doesn;t work for the purposes of this joke as he would actually improve the backline.

Only yesterday I was reading through the signings thread and thinking this is all very well but these are just confirmations of what we know. I want a surprise.

I would have preferred a nice surprise if I'm honest though.

TBF there was a troll from Wakey on a thread somewhere on here saying we would be signing players like Danny Sculthorpe. At least we thought he was a troll at the time.

If anyone comes on here with news that we're re-signing Ash Lumby and Errol Johnson I'm not going to be happy.

Reardon and Sculthorpe are hardly going to get Bradford back in the top 4, if there isn't a great deal off money get kids don't get mediocrity.

McNamara is clueless thought the signing of Jeffries, Tadulala etc were bad signings these 2 top that recruitment drive.

We must have bottomed out now right?

Dear Me.



Record low attendances at Odsal next year?

You hope so don't you?

Give the guy a chance! i've never read so much negativity before a ball has even been kicked!

What I am dying to know is the club said last week that we can expect another forward and another back.

Surely this can not be it?

Reardon I was ok with but this just took all the wind out of my sails for next year already.

One quota spot left and surely cap space left.

I know everyone bangs on about lack of money.
Judging by these 2 this is clearly the case.

Could they be holding back in the hope someone half decent becomes available before or during the early stages of next season?

BAH!!!! we're doomed.

We seem to be hearing that rather too much about our signings! That in itself says something and I don't think it can be all blamed on us being too negative either.

We are signing more players of the type that we wouldn't have really considered 5 or 6 years ago. We're increasingly gambling on players with histories of injury problems, off field problems, those with unfulfilled potential or all three. As has been said in the past when you do that without the spine of the side being of top quality you get poorer performances. This is borne out by the club finishing in worse positions in the table each year since 05.

I know the reasons for this, it all comes down to money. It's just depressing to have the fact rammed home. Of course I'll still be there next year but I can't say I'm particularly looking forward to it.

I thought he'd already been given a chance by Wigan, Cas, Wakey and Hudds, and he'd turned out to be useless, I'd rather have had Chris Feather back (

). Unless of course, you think that Brown and Kear are considerably worse coaches and he just needs the Macca touch to ignite his deeply buried potential?

It's depressing, we've got rid of our biggest star and done what exactly, signed a journeyman no-one else wants.

knowing Bradford, we'll end up with Shirley Crabtree.

The Reardon signing I could take because I thought this is a good bit of business and with a couple of class signings the squad will be improved. We aren't going to get those class signings though are we.

Time after time I see the dross and cast offs of (with all due respect) mid table at best Super league clubs sign for the Bulls and time after time I am prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Well not any more Sculthorpe is a crap signing at 30 he's never done anything and never will. I'm not going to give the bloke a break because I know deep down that come June next year we will be adrift and I will be stood on the terrace at Odsal watching the Bulls scrum down after knocking it on on their own 20metre line after Sculthorpe has attempted to off load it in his own half.


I will of course be there no matter what the squad is but personally I can't see how we can compete.

you can judge our ambitions by the fact we are signing players that the big 4 are not interested in but the likes of Barrow, Salford and Wales are interested in!

Now if we have our 2 new Britis on the cheap and the same wage as some of our juniors prospects thats is acceptable .. however i doubt this is the case.

Again we will have a average squad .. however if we sneak into 8th spot it will infact mean we are progressing as a club ... heaven help us all!

We had a better squad last year and made it into 9th. I'd say that in 2010 if we managed anything above 9th we're over achieving. Given that Hull have strengthened they'll rise above us next season. Looking at other squads I'd say we only really look much better than Salford, Quins or Celtic.