There are loan signings then there are LOAN signings.



In Smith case he's a LOAN signing in that he has rejoined a club he never wanted to leave and the only one he's ever been really happy at from a club he just didn't fit into - a LOAN in name only.



I very much see Owen as a Wakey lad who started well at Cas then lost his way - these are players Wakefield have a real reputation for resurrecting the careers of these types of players.



Gilmour a gap filler.



Riley, I'd like to keep him tbh.



So they may be loans but they are proving their value which is all you can ask for.

That was when I first felt it was [ireally[/i unlikely we were going to hang on - though losing half our competition money the year before didn't help either. It just seems to have been one thing on top of another over the last couple of years with every little 'snip' biting away at our self confidence - and that's just the fans, so I can only imagine how it's been for those who depend on the club for a living.

So does anybody know what our resident shrink makes of it all, if indeed we still have one? Or is that just another mystery doomed to disappear forever without trace in the Odsal fog with the rest?

Short answer is no. I think his appointment was a bit like those 'sprint coaches' who turn up at the the start of the season but then disappear with a bit less fanfare than they got when they arrived.

To be fair you would not expect a "sprint coach" to hang around

Ha, indeed!!



With regard to the psychologist, I wondered if he was maybe a fan who had offered his services. Maybe trying to build his practice?

He was/is indeed [url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/10757182.Mind_guru_aims_to_help_Bradford_Bulls_on_and_off_the_pitch/a Bulls fan[/url, and as he's from Dewsbury that rings true, and according to one [url=http://www.maudsleylearning.com/events/speakers/allan-johnson/profile[/url he still works for us.

Well, he was stood in the dugout on Friday night. So I would think he still works for us.

Things could be worse, then.

Fair comment-- the underlying issue I was alluding to was the contrast between the success of your loan policy and decisions and the Bulls. The only real successes at Odsal were the 2 props from the Giants who lasted a month - one recalled the other did not want to stay.

We lost 3 key players at the start of the season, 2 of whom are now out on loan to other clubs. We have 2 Leeds youngsters ,one of whom has still not seen first team action. We had Bridge ( now with Fev) and Sutcliffe recalled by Leeds.

What, you mean he could have been playing for us!

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