leave roberts where he is, progressing very nicely!! think we would have lost him if we got relegated.

top 4 is quite a jump from rock bottom, top 8 would be a step back in the right direction?? top 4 after the season we just had is very high expectations and maybe abit unrealistic but we can all hope and back the team as fans.

Yes i am not expressing any dissatisfaction with him, he is a fine prospect, I would just like to see a big blockbusting again in the Fox ,Newlove, Inglis mould, Also Wardle has jumped about from back row to a fair bit, opinions are split even on here which is his best position. Anyway just thinking aloud.

Bitch and moan all you like but NOBODY knows what will happen next season, regardless of who we sign or don't!
Those who say we won't make top 4 unless we get a full back, hooker, prop, tea lady etc, on what do you base this fortune telling on?
Or is it just you can't or won't post anything remotely positive as that's not the done thing on this board anymore and if you dare to say anything positive then you're labeled deluded and pathetic etc,
Last season was pants but that was last season, yet there is still nothing but negativity on here, bet you were all gutted when the season ticket deals were announced!

Get a grip man.

Ironic.

wardles best position for us is out the door

Well thats

Crabtree
Wood
Johnson
Connor
Ellis
Grix

With the possibility of Wardle still going to Australia

We should really be expecting 5/6 new players now surely ......

That will cover one decent Aussie...

You've announced Big Eorl's replacement in Paul Clough.

He's going to bring a strong work ethic! Does that include refusing to play when fit?

No offence but helping us get rid of dead wood is not going to see you progress from where you finished last year. If you keep signing Bradford players you'll keep going the same way.

Clough says he wants to help young players, maybe he shouldn't tell them how when declared fit by the staff at Bulls, he goes and hires his own physio who then advises he ain't fit.

Or maybe Bulls should have better player welfare.

Paying them on time might help too......

You've signed a dud pal. Bottom of the league so you sign players from the side that finished fifth in the league below to improve things.

However, you try and dress it up its a garbage signing.

Funny how Clough and Gaskell were the only 2 players to refuse to play, and as soon as they signed for Hudds all of a sudden found a reason to stop playing, this was before the wages issue.

No one is dressing it up. I'm commenting on Bulls who are being down on a player who wasn't getting paid on time and was expected to take to the field when not fully fit. You might want to look at Eorls tweet showing what they dug out of his elbow- he was playing on with that! These guys put their bodies through enough without being flogged.
We've signed a half decent player who was in a shiz team- most of whom didn't want to play for you. Let's see what a decent coach with a happy squad can get from him.
Clough is a solid signing -nothing more, we need a squad and Clough is a squad player.

A championship level crock (allegedly) is a solid signing for a side that finished rock bottom and is happy signing players of thewlis' mate for the sake of it. You have a point

Aww bless, I forgot how low rent the Bulls fans were

From today's bit in the examiner cruise is expected to step up! His year is this to become the hooker. It's also mentioned this is in partnership with hinchy!
Also Monday the bulk of the squad will be in including all the overseas players which is good to see

Looking forward to seeing Kruise this year. Still really young, getting bigger and lots of experience. Needs a dominant pack before we judge him

Resorting to personal insult is low rent. As is signing players then being reported in the press as trying to offload them before they come off contract at their previous club.

That takes some beating. It's these lads' livelihood - they're not a commodity they are human beings.

Please feel free to send me a sweary PM like before!

looks like kruise leeming will get his chance this year at hooker with hinchcliffe

bit disappointed as id have liked to seen a new hooker come in to allow hinchcliffe to go to loose forward

but hopefully stone can improve leeming , still only 21

and one of the biggest signings we have made is this new conditioning coach!!!! well done stone, noonan departed

Well It's another squad player, " if I'm allowed to say that " he will get his chance like the rest, and we don't really know how they will perform under Stone yet, It's hardly inspiring but i don't think Stone will have been able to do anything about it, sure he'll do his best with whatever squad we end up with.

Don't know what all the aggro is about between the fans, We are where we are, in SL, and the Bulls are where they are in the Championship, and likely to remain there for the foreseeable future, Which is a shame really because they have been one of the SL successes. They don't just need a rich man they need one who is an Idiot, which you would have to be to take on Odsell. But good luck to them anyway.

Like the rest of them, it depends what Stone can make of him, It's the dominant pack bit that I'm a bit uneasy about, We shall see.

the thing with us and bulls fans goes back a long way!!

glad to see the back of them, us signing 3 of their ex players is a opportunity for them to poo poo them and us.... been a while suppose

Yes i suppose a lot of Giants fans are just thinking Payback. The more important thing for me is we have lost a fixture that was easy to get too, same as Wakey Leeds etc, and RL is such a poorly supported sport that it can't afford to lose top flight teams such as Bradford. IMO the Bulls fans have been right Royally shafted, They dug deep to save their club " as did a few others" and it seemed to get spirited away.

I think they are in a bad place now because of their ground, I wish they could get another because there is no doubting that they were a great side, Some of the games with Leeds were among the best S league games ever, and in front of terrific crowds, the thing is nobody can take that from them, I don't see any light at the end of their particular tunnel but you never know there is always a chance.

We are where we are, I personally think Anderson's legacy has unfortunately left us in a right pickle, he's left our new coach's plans for building a team to take us forward well and truly ****** (limited). I can't believe for a second that Thewlis should be blamed for poor recruitment and the dishing out of massive contracts to mediocre players, and getting rid of decent of players who were "surplus" to requirements. Sorry but the sh*ts got to fall at Andersons feet. He should have gone halfway through last season, the writing was on the cards, we were going downhill fast but the club in their wisdom chose to let him blunder on, take us to Super Leagues wooden spoonists and supposedly build a team for this season. The only thing that mystifies me is why the club (Davy and Thewlis) didn't reign him in, and give him a couple of games to turn things around before we hit rock bottom.
Let's hope that Stone's juggling can bring in a few players who he feels can take us forward. This whole Bradford thing is a complete farce and doesn't really show the the club in a good light.
If and it's a big IF that Thewlis has sole descretion on player recruitment then I despair, why not go the whole hog and make him team manager.
Think it's time some fans woke up to the reality of Andersons legacy, he took over a good exciting team who could challenge for honours to a "Wooden Spoon" and this apparent recruitment mess we find ourselves in.
I'll be giving the club and whoever pulls on the Claret and Gold my full support this season regardless.
Onwards and Upwards.