I agree I feel sorry for the staff there ... but I'm sure the powers that be have already sorted out a way that they'll get a 4 point deduction, and manage to keep hold of all their players, Get told how they were the inventors of razamatazz in Rugby League and should be saved at all costs.
BITTER ? ME ? NEVER !!!!! just detest them with a passion. Caisley I hope you get the guts ripped out of your club

We didnt fit into the super league plans beacuse of Caisley and Maurice Lyndseys ideas about our 'gloryfied village'. In fact i seem to remeber a quote where Caisley said 'featherstone should not be mentioned in the same breath as bradford' something along those lines. I was young when cougars were refused entry into SL, but i will never forget that year, we have been held in contempt by super league and in particular Bradford Bulls/Northern/Caisley. He hated what keighley started with Cougarmania, he thought is was wrong for rugby league. He then stole the ideas and shut the door.

I hate Bradford Bulls, not the staff, not the players, but the club itslef and directors. I could not care less and will sleep soundly tonight knowing their ship has sank a little bit. But dont worry Bulls you will remain in SL and will start afresh with a 4 point deduction, just like Wakefield. However Im sure you are feeling the same as we did in 1995, albeit you will remain in the top flight.

you can keep your super league place, being party to the most poorly managed, finacially broke and tired sports league in the country is not something I relish. i yearn for the days of keighley vs bradford, hopefully the RFl see through your SL applictaion in 2014 and chuck you in with us.

WELL SAID 'THIS_COUGAR_OUTFIT'

Karma's a bitch.

Well said Barbie Girl!!!

Brought a little smile to face did that.

I have sympathy for their genuine fans, the hardcore, the volunteers. We Keighley fans been through this twice ourselves.

For all those glory hunters from Keighley and other Rugby League towns that surround Br*dford that were suckered in when the B*lls came in to our towns and lured them away with the chance of seeing top flight rugby in a locked out league I'm kind of glad, now you know how we've felt for the last 15 years. Instead of glory you've got the gutter.

Looking at the bigger picture it's bad for the game of Rugby League if we don't have a team from one of the biggest cities in the heartland. Still I'd love for them to be booted out of Super League, there's just one problem, there's a precidence and unfortunately it's us. When we beat Oldham in that epic Grand Final 2 and a half years ago, we went in to administration and weren't denied promotion. With hindsight we didn't deserve to go up seeing as though we built a team with money we didn't have.

Still we can live in hope that this time next year we're taking them on at Cougar Park in the Championship as equals and we put 60 past them.

The medicine may be harsh but the patient requires it.

Sometimes it is best to hold a dignified silence!

Dignified Silence ????

Nah , they say 'laughter is the best medicine'

And to be honest I nearly wet myself because I laughed so much ......



<------- See , That's me laughing when I read that link.

Only way Bulls will be able to stay in superleague in my view is if bought withing the next ten days otherwise it becomes like the Rangers situation in that the spl clubs have refused to have the new company back in top division even though financially it would affect them.

I fail to see how the rfl and those who issue licences were not aware of problems but then again they did same with Crusaders, what would a reformed Bulls bring to superleague I feel very little.

This Cougar Outfits post was excellent.

Automatic promotion & relegation is essential for the revival of Rugby League here - even if only one-up/one-down. It hasn't done soccer and the Premier League any harm. Not against some reasonable amount of the SKY money going to the relegated club as a parachute payment.

By the way - going into Administration should also mean automatic relegation to the league below for the next season - such clubs obviously can't run their affairs well enough to afford to stay in the league they are in.

Once the carrot/prospect of automatic promotion/relegation is there, the whole game is reinvigorated.

Cor blimey.... would you Adam and believe it?

Bless me Father for I have sinned... it is at least 3 years since my last post, but thank you for at last answering my prayers.

Bull Baiting,its my new favourite sport,on second thoughts I thought endangered species were protected, sorry my mistake they are,After all they will still be in Super League this time next year.

If the Bradford Dulls are let to 'carry on as normal' next season with anything less than the 9 points docked that we had then I believe EVERY supporter from EVERY club should protest against the 'One rule for us and one rule for them' situation that we always seem to be in , In my opinion , as they cannot and have not been able to sort out their financial situation out they should be treated the same as everyone else.Remember it was only a few weeks ago that they were passing around the begging bowl .....

Shame on you Bradford Dulls for letting your fans down again.

Well what a suprise the "Dulls" can see out their superleague season even if they go into liquidation. I think some jerk at the RFL was blurting the likes of we will do everything in our power to help them out of administration. QUESTION ... if this was just about any other club would they be getting this treatment ..NO would they B******s.
The whole thing stinks, ... sorry Sabena but a dignified silence is not called for here. Like I said in an earlier post they'll get well looked after ... anything other than a stripping of their assetts and relegation will be a massive injustice to other clubs. But thats Super Duper League for you a massive joke ....

It is 9 points in the championship because you get 3 points for a win. It is only 2 points for a win in SL.
It doesn't make any difference what the RFL says about a new company fulfilling the fixtures because there will not be a new company. Friday WILL be their last game so you will all be able to go to sleep with a smile on your face.

Its good to know your still alive

Looks like it is all kicking off with the Bulls today. Potter asked to do his job for nothing and made redundant. From my limited HR knowledge no new Head Coach can be employed as position now redundant. What price Noble comes in as Director Of Rugby.
They'll find some mug to buy them but they are in a real shambles.

You are correct in what you say, if the bulls have made potter redundant then they cannot replace him with someone else. It's complicated how it all works but it's the position that's made redundant also. If and when the bulls need a new coach they have to offer mick potter the position 1st. If I remember rightly it lasts for a certain length of time, 1 year I think.

Only way out of this is if the bulls are sold and a new company formed.

You're right as regards that a position is made redundant, not the person so that position cannot be refilled for a period, I believe it's 6 months. In that period you also can't employ someone in an identical or very similar role, but with a different job title unless you offer it to the person made redundant on equal terms and conditions to what they left on.

However as Potter, was on a fixed term contract. He won't have been made redundant, his contract will have been terminated.

When a business is placed in to administration, the administrators have special powers to terminate fixed term contracts without having to pay compensation. In normal circumstances, unless the termination was dismissal for gross misconduct, that would generally be the remaining amount of salary to be paid for the duration of the contract.

This is done to allow the administrators to buy as much time as possible for a buyer to found before entering liquidation.

According to look north this morning Bulls have been given a extra two weeks
by the administrators to save the club being wound up. Noble to take over as coach. (temp)

Looks like the administrator is dancing to Caisley's tune. I always thought that Noble had questionable morals but to step into Potter's shoes so quickly will stink of a stitch up job. As Jamie Peacock stated last night it will be a tough job for him to win the players over.

Has Bullman & Bull boy gone too, or is the administrator planning on appointing them to coach the team this Sunday ? - seriously this is getting beyond a joke

"We are extremely grateful to the Super League and to the RFL for advancing us funds to enable us to pay the July wage bill," he said.

The future of the club beyond July 27 now appears to rest with a group of local Asian businessmen, known as the ABC consortium, who have followed up their initial interest by holding talks with the RFL.

Guilfoyle confirmed he had "serious interest" from the ABC consortium but has yet to receive a formal offer.

The businessmen want a guarantee that Bradford will be allowed to keep their place in Super League while the major stumbling block is their insistence that they be given the chance to buy back the Odsal Stadium lease from the RFL before agreeing any deal to take over the club.

The RFL, who paid around £1.25million for the lease in January, are likely to place conditions on the future use of Odsal before agreeing to any deal."

1. I hope the Administrator paid the PAYE and National Insurance to the taxman as well.

2. Scottish football has done the proper thing - Rangers to the third division. The RFL should do the same with the Bulls for next season.

not again!