You mean that those players whose signings are announced on the 1st September every year aren't really approached by their new clubs for the first time and given their medicals etc. on the morning of the announcement. Surely not

Jason Taylor

Your guess Paul, or something more concrete? I'd be happy with Taylor, but that all went very quiet, did he actually come over or was that just rumour?

Didn't Taylor pay his own flight over?

That was the rumour, how true it was I have no idea.





We should maybe have another thead where we all just state who we guess its going to be, along with a poll? With no prizes for the winners.

Which element of "the coach for 2011", makes it time emotive to announce it this week?

Agreed.



Todays announcement was enough good news for one season.

The new coach is on board already otherwise Sykes wouldn't have been signed on a long term deal.



The board however have there own reasons for not announcing it but I guess they are waiting for the right time to unveil him.



No doubt people with hammer me for this comment but before you do I'd like to point out in advance that I have posted time and time again comments that have been shot down or laughed at and have since become reality. Therefore, if you disagree with this comment you know absolutely nothing and I know a lot more about it than you.



Also "Mutual Consent" is the term used in proffesional sport when the head coach/manager is being sacked and neither party want to lose face or have the discussions of settlement made public.



I would like to speculate that that figure may be zero in this case as both the Steve Mcnamara and Engalnd would have been keen for him to go full time anyway.



I wish him the best of luck and hope his legacy is a new era of young Bradford produced talent THAT STAY AT THE CLUB THIS TIME!!!!

Completely spot on. See also, gardening leave.

You have a real penchant for stating the obvious.

If he did he would have said you were a =#FF0000<deleted>.

Give a clumsy man enough rope.....