Casual staff as mentioned above are exactly that and will only be needed every other week. When Steve Ferres was at Wakey he moved heaven and earth to try and get Jimmy Lowes to Wakefield offering him the moon on a stick, thankfully he wasn't interested, it would be interesting though to know how much it cost Ferres and the Bulls to employ him, add to that the reported £120k a year Hunter-Paul and Ferres were reportedly on, it's not too difficult to see where a lot of money was being wasted.

Ive read on the Bradford site that at the end of November they had 68 non playing staff (not including conditioners etc etc) that were to be paid...which was great.
But it's way too many in my opinion.when they were a championship team!!they needed to cut their cloth accordingly. When you add on a large and mainly . usless player pool,Robbie paul(about as much use as Jamie peacock),the bills start to add up.then it would appear that there has been a fair dose of creative accounting going on ,which has resulted in Admin for Them.
There won't be much sympathy from me I'm afraid..but I hope they sort out and get to the start line for the season.
I remember a certain mr Carter cutting our cloth accordingly when we were in the mire(look how great full we are he did that!)
Learn to walk before you try running Bradford!!!

The figures I quoted wasnt during my time at Wakefield. I have also worked in a similar role at another Super League club.

I spent 3 years working at Headingley Stadium.

we had to sell several players when we were in the mire in order to pay off our debts.

Bradford have now gone t1ts up 3 times and I can't think of anyone they have sold in order to try and make ends meet. On all three occasions they had plenty of players on their books that could have been sold, but they flatly refused.

Their arrogance has no bounds, whatever happens after this latest episode, I will make one prediction and that is their arrogant mentality will continue.

Again I repeat myself Wakefield trinity were told by rfl if you go into administration you will be relegated to not championship but league 1 but hey it's super bulls ,it's all or nowt

This is true and was linked to Chris and Michael putting houses on the line, but it still just emphasises problems with the RFL, perceptions and the various management. I have no sympathy with the management at Bradford, theyhave made a pigs of it, but that doesn't mean I want shot of the club or its fans from our game. I want them to have a dose of reality, be made to pay sufficiently and to have a club that's run within its means!

As for the RFL, I wouldn't want to pick a fight with them right now. We need to continue to work in our own situation first!

If they do end up having to sell players to reduce the debt, O'Brien anyone.

Just coming to his prime in a position we may need to fill.

Think Wellham is already on his way out of the Bulls according to FB.

TRB it's the way Wakefield were treat ,it's the protection of the bulls that's bloody wrong , untouchables,iconic club , magnificent bulls ,no having it

Radio Leeds are reporting that the Bulls have been put into liquidation.

If this is correct, it's a very sad day for the sport and more importantly, the players, fans and families of all those involved.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38418199

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/38418199

Dave Woods on his twitter feed is saying:

'New Bulls will be in championship but with 12 pts deduction. RFL board hope to make announcement on new club within couple of weeks'

Why should the 'new Bulls' be allowed into the championship? It will be a completely new business/sporting organisation and should start at the bottom like any other new club has to. I'm surprised that no-one is pushing for them to be put straight into Superleague as they are such an iconic club! -although there's time yet.

A new Bradford side hoped to be formed by the weekend and will be allowed to remain in the championship with nothing but a a points deduction. Sorry but for me that is very wrong, they should be made to start in championship 1. Wiping the debts and just carrying on should not be allowed.

Preferential treatment once again.

You can bet your house that the RFL wouldn't have made such a generous offer to bidders if it had been us facing liquidation.

I hope this sentence goes a long way to help people realise why there is not much sympathy from a large amount of Wakey fans.

There are people out of work not to mention all the poor buggers who have bought a season ticket, a bit more class required.

Tbf crusaders were told they had enter the league via champ 1 , more protection !!

Just think, a new club called Bradford Phoenix could possibly be in the million pound game in less than a year and in Super League next season!!!!! Talk about preferential treatment.

Yep there are people out of work now but why wasn't the administrator inviting bids for players?
As far as I'm aware, there had been nothing about having to sell players to help with debts.

A simple bye round with an 11 team championship is a potential solution.

Terrible news for Bradford, and a sad day for rugby league as a whole. I've some great memories of watching Wakefield at Odsal.

On the flip side a carte Blanche to give a new club in Bradford a spot in the championship is just ridiculous. Fair enough allow Bradford Bulls to remain in the league with a 12 point deduction. But it is only right that any new team start at the bottom and work their way up. It also would ensure a new club has the financial base to grow. Rangers FC is a good example for this situation.

The rfls quick statement seems to say they have someone lined up? In rle the chief executive of Rotherham titans says he would buy the club if it went into liquidation... they should start from the bottom and a club which has kept solvent take their place!

Will the new Bradford club be able to retain the old's previous achievements in rugby league e.g Super League and the WCC?

They shouldn't be able to, but they will be allowed to