Well for all those saying we had no cover in the halves I guess this is it. He was nailed on to come to Wigan but they couldn't get Phelps to get lost.
He looks class but I guess this court case leaves the whole thing in limbo. He's pleading not guilty and the 'victim' is supporting him.
God, I hope he was having a beer, she slipped and he tried to catch her and it's all a terrible misunderstanding.......your honour.
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Beechwood Bull wrote:Well for all those saying we had no cover in the halves I guess this is it. He was nailed on to come to Wigan but they couldn't get Phelps to get lost.
He looks class but I guess this court case leaves the whole thing in limbo. He's pleading not guilty and the 'victim' is supporting him.
God, I hope he was having a beer, she slipped and he tried to catch her and it's all a terrible misunderstanding.......your honour.
very mixed feelings about this one. if it's like beechwood says and was accidental then I'd have no prob with signing but it was intentional then I'd have a problem with this signing. Also not sure if its worth risk for a one year deal - 3year deal would be better to give some continuity.
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I'd guess the deal would have release clauses in it should he be found guilty and face any prison time. I'd also expect it to be a 1yr deal with an option for a 2nd.
but I agree 3 years would be a better deal for bradford.
i do hope this doesn't all fall flat mind.
When you're a Bradford fan there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Joined: Mar 07 2005 Posts: 4028 Location: Brisbane
This would be a massive signing and would certainly boost our chances for honours.
Given the severe lack of availability of quality players (half backs in particular), this is a huge capture, albeit for only a year. It gives us a full season to look around for a potential replacement.
His off field antics is a difficult one. Firstly, No one really knows the FULL story, so who are we to judge, secondly has no one else ever made an error of judgement? Don't get me wrong, I am not condoning these types of actions for one minute, I'm just pointing out that maybe he deeply regrets what happened. Have any of you asked him?
On balance this could be the making of '09. It certainly got my pulse racing reading the thread title!
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Joined: Jun 22 2005 Posts: 9554 Location: bradford
Roofaldo wrote:I'd guess the deal would have release clauses in it should he be found guilty and face any prison time. I'd also expect it to be a 1yr deal with an option for a 2nd.
but I agree 3 years would be a better deal for bradford.
i do hope this doesn't all fall flat mind.
after digging further the only mention of 1 year deals is in the posts in this topic. None off the newspaper reports mention the length of deal. If we could get him on a 3 year deal then our prospects suddenly look a lot healthier. Think a lot of people have just assumed a 1 year deal cos of length he cant be registered in NRL.
Just as a side thought - given our over weakness in the centres, could jeffries be an option there? certainly got speed and decent hands. bird and deacon halves, nero and sykes centres and menzies/jeffries as cover for both positions looks a lot healthier than position a couple of weeks ago
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mat wrote:after digging further the only mention of 1 year deals is in the posts in this topic. None off the newspaper reports mention the length of deal. If we could get him on a 3 year deal then our prospects suddenly look a lot healthier. Think a lot of people have just assumed a 1 year deal cos of length he cant be registered in NRL.
Just as a side thought - given our over weakness in the centres, could jeffries be an option there? certainly got speed and decent hands. bird and deacon halves, nero and sykes centres and menzies/jeffries as cover for both positions looks a lot healthier than position a couple of weeks ago
I think Jeffries is too weak a defender to be considered for centre.
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