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XBrettKennyX wrote:

There are a lot of people quoting lot's of financial figures. Could someone tell me where they are getting their info from please? Wouldn't mind a look to satisfy myself.

I think everyone agrees that the CC does not prevent a club from overspending. That much is pretty obvious- you could pay the cleaner £10m a year and your players £0.5m.

However, and this is the key point, it DOES put an "extra" safeguard into the system (or at least did under the old 50% non live cap system).

Well, Bradford's monthly outgoings have been stated as £300k by Guilfoyle, which equates to £3.6 million pa, which is more than double the cap limit.

Geoff wrote:

Well, Bradford's monthly outgoings have been stated as £300k by Guilfoyle, which equates to £3.6 million pa, which is more than double the cap limit.

Surely the outgoings arent just the players wages? Im sure there will be rent and other things eg the Coaching staff's wages and travel to away fixtures and training facility rental/upkeep (assuming they dont just use Odsal).

Even so the outgoings do seem quite substantial for a RL club.

hula89 wrote:

Surely the outgoings arent just the players wages? Im sure there will be rent and other things eg the Coaching staff's wages and travel to away fixtures and training facility rental/upkeep (assuming they dont just use Odsal).

Even so the outgoings do seem quite substantial for a RL club.

That's the point, players wages can only be £1.65 million, so even if the 50% rule was in place they'd still be under 50%.

The current situation at Bradford Bulls is sad for all concerned. Players, staff, fans and the whole sport of Rugby League will feel the ramifications for years to come. I really do hope Bradford turn it around but the current administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, has said he is open to offers for players but has yet to receive any offers.

I was wondering, given our current situation with half backs, whether Jarrod Sammut is worth a bid. Comparisons with Chase and Moran about his individual flair and play style will, of course, be keenly debated. Could Sammut do a job for us in the short term, while Tommy is out, and in the longer term next year in a partnership with Matty Smith? (if it ever gets finalised and announced).

I am in two minds myself; he can be devastating at times but has vulnerabilities that need to be worked on. On top of that he has had more than his fair share of injuries and might be seen as some sort of Jonah, considering he has now been at two clubs which have gone into administration in the last year.

So, what do you think? Worth a punt or don't touch with a barge pole?

XBrettKennyX wrote:

There are a lot of people quoting lot's of financial figures. Could someone tell me where they are getting their info from please? Wouldn't mind a look to satisfy myself.

kinky sod!

Falls into the silly hair category and simply not good enough for Wigan

have you been on the pop

Another problem Bradford have is that I don't think the sale of their best players will bring in as much cash as they may hope.

Bateman is the one who seems to be attracting all the attention, but he's only 18 and some of the figures being mentioned in his case are frankly ridiculous.

Two that I would be interested in are the centre, Lulia - because he's a big unit (but of course he's an overseas player, and that seems to be against our policy at present) and Kopczak (but we've already got lots of big forwards - so the same reservation must apply to Scruton and Langley).

We also have to be wary of 'star players' in teams who aren't even in the top eight. Usually it's a sign that they're not really star players.

I would look more at Jefferies more than Sammut. And even then I don't think he is that good either.

I'd have Ainscough back