Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:25 pm  

KCNBABT wrote:

Get ready.

Bull Mania wrote:

Ross (who has provided much more info throughout this saga than the t&a) says it looks very likely we'll have a definitive decision tomorrow.

Yep anyone can jump on that wagon.

I predict that tomorrow the RFL will a statement about Bradford RL - cue the fireworks

(apologies mystic eddie if I've stolen your thunder there)

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:26 pm  

I think we have all missed a trick here. If admin would of happened last season and we lost 7 or 8 players in a week or so, we would still have a squad of 41 players. So maybe Steve Ferres was right all along

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:33 pm  

roger daly wrote:

I think we have all missed a trick here. If admin would of happened last season and we lost 7 or 8 players in a week or so, we would still have a squad of 41 players. So maybe Steve Ferres was right all along

MaYbe he wasn't such a muppet after all....

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:34 pm  

roger daly wrote:

I think we have all missed a trick here. If admin would of happened last season and we lost 7 or 8 players in a week or so, we would still have a squad of 41 players. So maybe Steve Ferres was right all along

Yep, and the wage bill would have been less so theres another saving.

And we all wouldnt feel like we'd just had a whole chunk of our lives pulled out of our emotionally pummelled bodies.

Hey, thats the answer.

If we had a time machine we could go back and change it all and tomorrow morning the RFL announcement would be;

"The RFL board fully apologise to the Bradford Bulls and have agreed that the RFL Executive will pay back the money borrowed from the all conquering 6 times in a row treble champions; and confirmed in honour of how much the Bulls have brought to Super League the RFL have agreed sponsorship of the SL for the rest of eternity; it will now be called the RedAmberandBlack League"

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:54 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Ross (who has provided much more info throughout this saga than the t&a) says it looks very likely we'll have a definitive decision tomorrow.

I - pessimisticly - took that to read "there is nobody so the definitive decision is that's it's over"

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:59 pm  

amberavenger wrote:

I - pessimisticly - took that to read "there is nobody so the definitive decision is that's it's over"

Down to the final two bids. Flip a coin. Someone is getting the club but the RFL may need the weekend to decide.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:23 pm  

I've just listened to the Bulls/Robbie/Henry Aint No Stopping Us Now song from 1999 on YouTube.

Proper nostalgia hit with that one.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:50 am  

so, just watched the videos. Can't help but think we should just pull the plug and remember the good times.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:59 am  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote: https://vimeo.com/198777617 Watch this without getting a bit of a lump in your throat. Bet you can't it's like sucking a fruit pastille Watching Gareth Gates kick off against Wakefield reminds me of an interesting conversation my missus had with a "prominent official" at the Bulls a couple of weeks later. There was a ticketing cock up at the following game against Halifax which meant that my 82 year old father in law couldnt get into the main stand, had to stand on the terraces for the game. My missus rang up to complain, received a fulsome apology. During the course of the conversation she was told that the actual attendance for the Wakefield game was "thousands" more than the declared attendance. We'd completely bust the maximum attendance allowed on the safety certificate but no one was prepared to close the gates. Happy days.

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote: https://vimeo.com/198777617 Watch this without getting a bit of a lump in your throat. Bet you can't it's like sucking a fruit pastille Watching Gareth Gates kick off against Wakefield reminds me of an interesting conversation my missus had with a "prominent official" at the Bulls a couple of weeks later. There was a ticketing cock up at the following game against Halifax which meant that my 82 year old father in law couldnt get into the main stand, had to stand on the terraces for the game. My missus rang up to complain, received a fulsome apology. During the course of the conversation she was told that the actual attendance for the Wakefield game was "thousands" more than the declared attendance. We'd completely bust the maximum attendance allowed on the safety certificate but no one was prepared to close the gates. Happy days.

Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:09 am  

Bloody hell, those were the days! 20k attendance against Wakefield!