Don't take a genius to work out who you are talking about, really hope this isn't the case but guess its come from his mouth. Not right to prey on the side of somebody wanting a chance to prove themselves wouldnt be surprised to see him walk away come the end of the trial period

Okay, so this might just be while he's on trial then?
Presumably if the club offered him a contract, he'd be in the same situation as the other squad members.

What would be normal standard procedure for somebody on a trial period?

Lilley not in Leeds squad so hopefully with us.

The Polish forward is still in there square though which is disappointing for us as we really need forwards.

Or rubbish what's been said on here and sign a deal on his terms that still allows him to pursue his PT business.

Just a reminder that BCB Radio 106.6FM will be covering the game between Toulouse and Bradford at Stade Ernest-Argeles from 4.00pm till 8.00pm on Saturday evening.

I will definitely be listening Mick. Dont forget to say a big "Bonjour" to those of us that cant afford to be there.

Cheers.

Bradford Bulls Chairman Jasbir Singh Athwal will also be joining me to talk about the first 100 days from his perspective. Hopefully there's no technical problems, so fingers crossed.

Hi Mick ask him if the club owners have any plans to have any dialogue with the supporters in the near future e.g. fans forum.

From speaking to both Jasbir and Andrew, they plan to host fans' forums and do realise that to give supporters that sense of connection, they need to communicate and involve them.

Would be nice to hear that said publicly either on BCB or in the T&A.

Question duly noted to ask Jasbir.

Good one Mick.
I hope you can communicate to the duo the amount of 'disconnect' there is at present. We (the fans) and the club should be together in what we're trying to achieve. We all know there are problems, and we're all prepared to cut some slack and to help as best we can, but many of us feel that we're being taken for granted and being treated like mushrooms at the minute.

Ditto this and.. very important message - they need to understand what the effects of three admins has on those of who are sticking by the club.

Also - I think that bearing in mind the only person who appears to be bothered getting upto Tong for some news/interviews is Mick.

The T & A have given up and the Bulls web site news page is beyond a joke.

So I think its time to lay off the sarcastic jibes and leave be now.

Suspect the T&A have their own problems, to be honest. It is part of a big group and I expect it has profit targets to meet. To keep up circulation it has been going steadily down market for years, with journos clearly doing more than one job - the editor is no doubt doing his level best but ends must be met. With that in mind I don't expect we're going to get another "Bulls" reporter and we'll remain tagged onto the City reporter's remit - as and when he has the time.

Fully agree about Mick, btw. People in the public eye will always come in for some flack, it goes with the territory, but it's gone on long enough.

Might want to tell the players that that who share the same views about Mick as some do on here, judging by Leons tweets.

I appreciate the effort he goes to but he does himself no favours. I won't forget or forgive his behaviour throughout the admin/liquidation period. It was hell as a fan.

He does himself no favours again saying theres a press conference and they will be good news, when all he is doing is going down to basically dona pre-match interview. What happened to the press conference Mick?

I agree. Whilst more information may come via Mick than it does through any other means of communication, it's diluted by half-truths, exaggerations and totally made up speculation. And if the source of the information isn't credible, then the information itself isn't very useful.

And I also agree, I find the disgraceful attention seeking crap during the admin period as very difficult to get past.

As far as Jasbir, Andrew and whoever else go, I'll believe them when I see proof. They can say all they like that they need to communicate, but it hasn't happened yet. In fact, the total lack of communication has been possibly the worst in the last god awful 10 years or so. Yeah, it may be that it's due to them getting on with stuff, but since they don't tell us that, nobody can say for sure. In the meantime we all sit in the dark every day and are supposed to believe it when we're told "they'll talk to you eventually". I for one have tried to get in touch with the club over approximately 5 different things from tickets, to merchandise to other queries. I've only ever had anyone pick the phone up once, and my e-mails seem to fall into a f***ing abyss, even when I'm trying to give the club money. When you couple it with the Chisholm debacle and the blatant lies when the shirt ended up wrong, it seems from an outside point of view like a total shambles.

My behaviour during the administration? Excuse me, but I was the only one reporting the truth, seeing as everyone else didn't want to touch the sorry situation.

In reply to what happened to the press conference - it happened, the club announce the signing of James Davies on a full time contract until the end of the year and you still moan. Jesus wept.

When I first started covering the Bradford Bulls in 2011, you'd see the Pulse, Radio Yorkshire, Radio Leeds, T&A, Yorkshire Post and occasionally the press association.

You're quite right in that certain media outlets have "given up" on reporting on the club. They obviously don't deem the Bradford Bulls newsworthy enough for their column inches or news/sports bulliten.

I think a lot of people are failing to realise just how big this club actually is in terms of support base - our match day figures at BCB average around the 8,500 mark and for games on Saturday coming will be in the 13,000/14,000 threshold.

That's a lot of people wanting to get their weekly Bradford Bulls fix. I take great pride in putting all the interviews and the show together each week. As a Bradford Bulls supporter since 1987, I want the very best for our loyal listeners - many of who now reside abroad.

The media world has changed beyond recognition since I first started covering Rugby League and it's only going to get worse, trust me.

Appreciate what you are doing Mick and in many ways, unofficially at least, you are mostly, our bridge to information. I know you will be putting points to the MD in your upcoming interview, always relevant and interesting, but it is so frustrating that all and sundry recognise the need for beefing up the squad as soon as.Nothing, so far as indicated a pick up of momentum, although every signing is a plus of course.Without doubt, your passion drives your love for the Club as for most of us.However a welcome carrot or two would help sustain the old enthusiasm....The Visa episode and banking difficulties are a drain on the latter. Thanks for all your efforts in a challenging occupation.

I'll second that

I'd say it was a press release rather than a conference.

Anyway it's nice to see the t&a reporting the wrong day (Sunday) for our game against Toulouse in their article this morning. Quality journalism as always

People should remember that has a fan all they are to the club is someone who pays to watch matches. Club owners, players, coaches etc will come and go and they look at fans involvement in the same detached way. They look on the fanbase as a single entity and not as 4,000 individuals that have invested thousands of pounds and many years in the club. Unfortunately if you want to be looked on any differently you are in the wrong game. And this is no having a go at the Bulls or the new owners, it is the same at every club.

Without the fanbase (collective) there would be no club, it's as simple as that. So I think it would be quite prudent of the owners to not take that fanbase for granted. I'm not suggesting that's what they are doing, but the overriding opinion on here is that the silence from the top is deafening. I think it's a safe bet that the majority of our 4k core support is feeling the same way.
Nobody is asking for a personal chat with Chalmers & Lowe or anything like that so I'm not sure what prompted you to post that.

I endorse this comment.
We all like to come on here as a form of entertainment but it is too easy to criticise - and some people seem to enjoy doing it.
Mick isn't perfect but none of us are. He is giving a service to a lot of people.
There is a very simple solution - don't read comments from some posters. It works for me.
So lets just accept that.

The old saying is that, "without the players there is no game", but it's equally true that "without the fans, there is no [iprofessional[/i game".

If they keep chipping away at the fan base it will lose its critical mass. IMO, at the moment most fans are frustrated rather than annoyed, but the longer the frustration burns, the more folk will become annoyed and then probably disaffected. I don't believe it's too late yet, but the time to start this 'communicating' is now. Surely, even if they themselves haven't time to do it, they must have someone watching social media and gauging their [icustomers'[/i reaction to what is going on?