MARK Dunning has stressed there will be no “boom or bust” risk with Bulls recruitment anymore.

It will be a very different squad lining up at Odsal next season with 12 new arrivals so far and 16 departures since their bottom-half finish in the Championship.

But as Dunning gets to work with rebuilding almost from scratch, he made it clear that the club are not taking any financial gambles.

He said: “We’ve had 16 players leave the club at the end of last year which freed up a massive amount of our budget.

“We’ve spent wisely and we’ve been meticulous in what we’ve tried to do.

“I feel that we’ve done a really good job in getting value for money without putting the club at risk.

“I would never ask the club to do anything financially which would do that.

“Everybody connected with this club has seen boom or bust before and it’s not the way things should be run.

“It’s certainly sustainable what we’ve done and within the budget that (CEO) Jason (Hirst) and (chairman) Nigel (Wood) set prior to pre-season. We’re happy with it so far.”

Dunning can appreciate the questioning from fans given the club’s chequered recent history that saw them go into administration in 2012, 2014 and 2016 and then liquidation 12 months later.

But the head coach has assured the Odsal faithful that everything is now done on a solid footing.

“I don’t read much speculation and certainly don’t read it on social media,” he added.

“But I’ve heard stuff that there’s a backer out there who has thrown in a load of money and wondering if this is going to stretch the club.

“It’s certainly not. The people at the helm care passionately about the club and wouldn’t do that and nor would I ask them.

“Everything is done within the agreed budget.

“It’s understandable because Bradford Bulls fans have been through the wringer. They’ve been bashed about emotionally far too often in the last 10 years.

“I understand the cynicism but rest assured nobody connected to the club would ever put it at risk financially.”