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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:22 pm  
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Get your £2.50 on the Euro raffle - it's £62m tonight.


Another fact of modern life to depress me further.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:29 pm  
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You have missed the point more than Addy's MPG kick :o .

The act of "favouritism" means Bradford as a club will always be hamstrung whilst the club pay rent and are saddled with all the bills whilst the RFL pay a pittance to CBMDC.

Legal and Planning considerations mean nothing if the lease is held by anyone without the money to develop the land and the message from Thorne is you can't be viable without a modern stadium.

With the RFL choosing not to sell they are ultimately interfering with the ownership process buy turning away people with real money because they are offering nothing in return.

This, in my opinion, means we'll only ever be a target for the Lambs and Greens

of the world. Which is fine if we accept that Green couldn't even keep us alive in the Championship and our future lies part time (though how a much smaller, part time club can survive in Odsal is beyond my crumb of a brain :D).

Such a scenario, for me, does not fulfill the remit the RFL put forward of a 'successful, professional club the City of Bradford deserves'.

No one is going to be stupid enough to build such a stadium on the land whilst the RFL insist on retaining the lease. You've have to be a fool to do that.


You omitted the word"exciting" from the RL quote.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:01 pm  
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I remember Duffy telling me of £70k that was needed to sort out drains in one part of the stadium that had collapsed. Possibly spending some of it on Lesley Vainikolo and Co wasn’t arguably the best thing to do in hindsight but I would suggest that as soon as the Council came out of that agreement the writing was on the wall anyway. .

Couldn't really see 24000 turn up to watch the drains being rodded
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:07 am  
Not sure about Henry Paul being a proven and experienced coach. Personally I'd have stuck with Rohan.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:18 am  
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Couldn't really see 24000 turn up to watch the drains being rodded


Very tempting but I the interest of good taste I will decline to lower myself to make the comment that resides in my head.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:32 am  
This really seems like a stop on the way to Admin4. But it all depends on the agreement with the RFL re: rent. If the rent is the same then I think it won't be long before Chalmers is homeless. I am hoping that if the supposed salary issue is the reason for Rohan leaving then the owners already have a replacement lined up.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Thu Jan 19, 2017 8:59 pm  
I know this comment was a while ago but I'm just catching up on all the posts and I thought these 3 replies so good I just had to remind everyone - We're Bradford fans, we're at an all time low but we never lose our sense of humour.

wire-quin wrote:
Year on year you manage to embarrass the game. Russia has something on Trump, you lot must have something on Fatty.


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It's your mum.
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What have I done?
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It must have been when I was trying to carry 3 pints back to the stand and my pants fell down. I did apologies at the time. What more can I have done?
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:53 am  
Article in today's YP about yesterday's press briefing from the RFL, with a couple of points I'd not heard/seen before. Apologies, couldn't find it on their website so can't post a link yet.

1. Rimmer stated 3 parties are keen to work alongside the new owners.
2. Chalmers and Lowe have not provided a financial bond as a guarantee.

From point 1, it would seem clear that the bigger plan around stadium development is the big prize for the new owners, there is no big prize from owning a championship team you have no emotional attachment to and from 2, wasn't it a pre-requisite to provide a bond in the application process? I suppose that Chalmers and Lowe haven't provided a personal guarantee, so maybe someone else has??

If this has been said before, apologies, can't keep track of all the threads and speed of developments.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:03 am  
I'm in the know and can confirm at least one of the parties. Little Wayne is hoping to have his birthday party there.
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Re: Phoenix from the flames? : Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:39 am  
Mirfieldbull wrote:
Article in today's YP about yesterday's press briefing from the RFL, with a couple of points I'd not heard/seen before. Apologies, couldn't find it on their website so can't post a link yet.

1. Rimmer stated 3 parties are keen to work alongside the new owners.
2. Chalmers and Lowe have not provided a financial bond as a guarantee.

From point 1, it would seem clear that the bigger plan around stadium development is the big prize for the new owners, there is no big prize from owning a championship team you have no emotional attachment to and from 2, wasn't it a pre-requisite to provide a bond in the application process? I suppose that Chalmers and Lowe haven't provided a personal guarantee, so maybe someone else has??

If this has been said before, apologies, can't keep track of all the threads and speed of developments.


By the sound of it the RFL has made a deal based around the stadium, they will want to get it sorted and probably make a few bucks in the process as much as anyone else.

It would be very interesting to see who the 3 "parties" are, but I suppose that will come out in the wash?
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