Whereas I think, whatever will be.. will be. We've had enough doom and gloom this year, let's just enjoy the final few games and the potential of a play off spot.

Only if the SL(E) bid is accepted by the administrator as it is only they that have said [iall[/i players will be encouraged to find new clubs.

Both Koppy and Gale are contracted to the end of 2013 with Bradford.

If one of the different bids is accepted with Bradford being brought out of admin then they remain contracted to Bradford [iunless[/i the new owners decide that the transfer fee is too huge to turn down...

I think it more likely that Hudds have signed pre-contracts with Koppy & Gale so that[i in the possible event[/i of them becoming available from December - Hudds will get them.

I also would think it likely most of our longer term contracted players will also be arranging deals for next year just in case.

Can't wait for gale & Kopczak to rip it up next year for the GIANTS

I think Pratt sorry platty will have to pay a team to take him!!

With the performances and commitment shown by Platt this year I would have thought he would have no trouble finding a team for next year

I agree think Platt has been one of our most consistent performers since his switch to centre

Or maybe they can pay him 100 grand to sit on the side with injuries like most of this season!

Poor Scruton it isn't his fault he's on a wedge but always injured
Platt won't get a new club, oh maybe Halifax may need him as a squad player

Sykes to come back to us and guide us to play off glory

Tom burgess to Souths, John bateman to wire

Terry Holmes is on his way back to you no fear.

Think you have seen the last of him in a bulls jersey and hopefully he will be involved in the playoffs for another team.

Think he's more likely to go down-under than go to wire!

Was offered NRL last year and turned it down, wants to stay in England with his family (not 100% but hasn't he got a kid?)

Wests are having a sniff.

He's been saying on twitter how amazing australia was, so if clubs down there have been sniffing around, imo he will go there.

No he wont - he'll stay in Bradford unless the Bulls are non-existant

I hope you keep as many as possible, especially the younger guys with potential. The sale of the club needs to be sorted ASAP, along with your position for next year. I for one hope you stay in SL, and have no idea why anyone would want to see otherwise.

I'll say again, the gloaters from other clubs make me sick, as they did around Wakefield previously. What gets me is that I'm not sure there's a single club in SL that hasn't been in serious financial distress at some time or other (maybe Sts?). Some of these idiots will look every bit the tools they are if/when their own club faces possible extinction.

Wouldn't wish it on any club to be fair. At every "tool's" club there are a thousand genuine RL fans (and probably more than fifty players and staff) who just don't deserve it.

I think the older, wiser Saints fans will tell you their club was seemingly 24 hours off oblivion when McManus stepped in, IIRC?

Most of the other clubs struggled cos they can't/couldnt get fans thru the doors not cos they chased the dream, tasted the glory and then it went belly up as in the Bulls case.

So the Giants are not chasing the dream? as in actually winning some silverware... and by the way you lot still can't get the fans "thru the doors"

There was an element having "tasted the glory" which didn't help in the Bull's case. The fact that we'd been so successful did cause a number of fans to be totally unrealistic when the club hit the inevitable downward spiral, pace the number of fans on here with their posts about, "We shouldn't have such poor players as ???? in the team 'cos we're the Bulls", or "It's a disgrace that we're losing to teams like XXXX", etc etc, and ridiculous as the posts were it, there's little doubt it did put the people in charge under pressure.

Getting fans through the door is only one way of raising finance though, as most clubs know only too well, but we never found that elusive backer either.

Although it may not seem like it to you guys, particularly early on when the vultures seemed to be circling, but given the speculation about every other teams players, there appears to be very little about Bradford's, especially given that so many are off contract.

OK the Bateman speculation has always been in the background and there is the occasional claim from a club that they have signed one of your lads, but no serious stuff, as we have had about Holdsworth going to Hull, Blake Green going to Wigan etc and all the palaver about Chase going to Hull prior to the deadline.

In a strange way your squad seems to be treated with a bit more respect, well at least in public. It may well be that all sorts of deals have been done with your OOC players, but at least they seem to be under wraps.

No doubt all linked with the wider uncertainty about what the future holds for the Club itself.

I'd expect that all the player's agents would have some sort of deal set up. They would be failing in their duty to the player otherwise, nor could you blame them, they have families and mortgages and bills coming in like everyone else. The players and staff (who are working for nothing) at Odsal are total heroes for me and some of the very few to come out of this debacle with credit.