Come on Bullboy get with the programme. We are in this mess for many reasons, undoubtedly one of them being the obsession to have a particular player we couldn't afford. As much as Bateman is immense and I would love the team of the next decade to be built round him, Whitehead, Crookes etc, we simply can't allow any one player to dictate the future financial stability of our Club. These are difficult times and difficult decisions have to be made.



If you would genuinely pull your pledge cos of this idealism I personally feel you are a tad short-sighted. Greatest good for the greatest number and all that.

His English is shocking?

Haha, it is indeed. I thought of including a (sic) or two but there were too many!



Great news he's staying.

Actually Bullboy101 makes a decent point



I pledged on the basis that we were not simply going to survive as an entity - we could do that by going into Administration and starting over in the Championship. I pledged because I wanted us to keep a viable SL team based around our home grown talent.



I don't want the £500K to be spent on immediate liabilities, and then the second £500K be garnered from selling off all of our better prospects. That would be unacceptable IMO

I'm not sure now the problem is can we afford him. We already have him, and every team has the same cap.

It's can we resist the fee, and Warrington must be stupid to pay 100K+ when they could hold back that money, wait for the club to fold and pick him up for free.

I believe if the club folded they would reform after that, as Wakefield did last year.



Selling the players would be the last straw, the last lie told by a BoD that I already do not trust.



If 500K can be raised in under 2 weeks, got to hope to raise a similar amount with more time, or possible investment.

Exactly how I feel. We have waited for the talent, and the possibility of a top 8 finish. If they were to go, what would be the point? We may aswell save the money and reform.

Same for me, main reason for pledging verses administration was keeping the players and not losing the progress we've made this season on the pitch.



It's definitely not Bullboy101 that needs to get with the program!

Any club days away from closure would have to consider selling an asset. I would love to keep him but if he was sold to save the club i dont see how we can argue.



Teams in all sports have had to do this in the past, will again in the future, why are we any different?



Would love him to stay though

I would still pledge but Bullboy101 is totally correct it was what was sold on the pledge.

Maybe it's not that another team have offered him a contract but that Bradford have?



With everything that's gone on the last couple of weeks he's surely got a big decision on whether he wants to commit to Bradford. Seeing him running around the pitch last night jumping on everyone shows us he's Bradford through and through, that however doesn't pay the bills at home so a big decision to commit for another 2, 3, 4, 5 years.

There are two ways to read it, you are correct. Hope it's this way round though

I obviously missed this promise by the BOD that £480k meant we could keep the team together.