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 Post subject: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:49 pm 
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Cant say i'm surprised, failing in the million pound game in 2014 and only finishing 5th last season has killed them off. An unsustainable highly paid full time (and reasonably average) squad has cost them.

Im hoping for a reformed club who play in League 1, this means we get two (poss more with cup games) with our one sided rival team!

The RFL have no choice but to start them from scratch, if of course they get a new team/company formed in time. They cant allow them to start in Championship.....can they?! Im sure once liquidated technically there is no team/company and new club would have to re-apply. Like Toronto were started from the bottom.

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:57 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:58 pm 
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RFL desperate to keep them in the championship by the look of it
http://www.rugby-league.com/article/391 ... ford-bulls
RFL desperate to keep them in the championship by the look of it
http://www.rugby-league.com/article/391 ... ford-bulls

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:03 pm 
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Toronto might have something to say about that

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:07 pm 
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Surely moving Toronto into the championship this close to the start of the season would be too much to organise. But to be honest I wouldn't put it past them

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:18 pm 
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Yes i think RFL had this statement ready very quick, so must've been the plan from a while ago. It does I suppose make some sense as it means the league structure could just continue. That said surely promoting another team could easily fulfill the commitments etc?

It seems, dare i say it, unfair of the RFL to basically allow this to happen with minimal punishment. The new club will basically be allowed to completely start form scratch with no debt in the same league, albeit with 12 points off.

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:24 pm 
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Whoever takes on Bradford might want to start on zero points in League 1 rather than minus 12 in the Championship. Maybe Toronto would be up for starting in the Championship and swapping fixtures with Bradford? Wonder if Cougars will offer to swap fixtures? Go up to Championship, get twice as much money, sign one or two Bulls players and the new squad should be good enough to stay up.

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:40 pm 
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Nah, this is our growing year. Leave Bulls up there on -12. They have already lost their £300k central funding on paying the last two payrolls.

Unless some multi millionaire comes forward, starts again and develops Odsal, I think they will be relegated anyway. Surely they are going to have to shed some players/staff and drop to part time. If so they will perform no better than Rochdale.

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:34 pm 
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They should have no say , let them stop in the Championship. Its going to be hard enough to get out of C1 for you or the Dons as it is !

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 Post subject: Re: Bradford Bulls Liquidated
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:30 pm 
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Wonder if any of the four bidders who miss out on getting Bradford will look to take over Cougars instead? Could do with a new go-ahead owner who could grow the club.

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