Nobody seems quite sure how the structure of Super League will work in 2015 but a return to promotion and relegation looks inevitable.

Super League clubs held their latest meeting at the Provident Stadium yesterday and the restructuring plans were again top of the agenda.

Nothing definitive was decided but reducing the competition from 14 to ten teams was effectively ruled out.

Super League in 2015 could involve a straightforward system of promotion and relegation or both Super League and a 12-team Championship being split after 23 rounds into three qualifying play-off groups of eight clubs.

Either way, the two clubs who finish 13th and 14th in 2014 are set to slide out of Super League.

London Broncos, currently bottom of the table and struggling badly again with attendances at the Twickenham Stoop, are particularly vulnerable.

Widnes, Wakefield, Castleford and Hull KR would also appear at risk but the Bulls can certainly not rest easily either.

It is worth remembering that Bradford are set to be denied £600,000 of central monies for the second year running in 2014.

At yesterday’s meeting, general manager Ryan Whitcut urged the 13 other clubs to relent and allow the Bulls the missing cash as opposed to it being carved up by the rest of Super League for the second year running.

His plea fell on deaf ears.

That loss will again do the Bulls no favours whatsoever and coach Francis Cummins has already said there will be no marquee signings for 2014.

Under the proposals put forward, there will be parachute payments for the two relegated clubs of up to £500,000, at least giving them a platform to return to the promised land.

But, if the Bulls are no longer in Super League, sponsorship would take a massive hit and crowds would fall massively.

Furthermore, if the Bulls end up in an effectively second-rate and part-time competition, would Omar Khan be happy to continue funding the club?

That is the worst-case scenario, of course.

It is to be hoped that Cummins can build a team capable of challenging at the right end of the table next term.

Whitcut certainly predicted a positive outlook for 2014 yesterday and vowed that the Bulls will be spending up to the salary cap.

He said: “I have every confidence that, with the squad we will have in place next year, we will be challenging for a top-eight finish.

“Franny will have the full salary cap to spend in 2014 and for us that figure amounts to £1.925million.

“With the players we have here already, the signings we have made and the further signings we have in the pipeline, I firmly believe we will have a very competitive squad next year.

“Despite appealing to the better nature of the RFL and the rest of Super League, there was no movement whatsoever in terms of getting that money back next year.

“We will keep trying, but aside from that we have worked hard to increase revenue streams from elsewhere in terms of sponsorship and making excellent use of the stadium and the Coral Stand.”

Garreth Carvell and Dale Ferguson are welcome additions but, with a small squad set to lose a number of players next term, some serious recruitment will be needed in the coming weeks.

Of the 27-man squad which began this season, at least a handful have question marks over them for next year.

Michael Platt, Danny Addy, Jamie Langley and James Donaldson are all out of contract.

Jobe Murphy is no longer a Bradford player, Matty Blythe and Ben Evans are Warrington employees, Keith Lulia is going home and Heath L’Estrange could yet join him on the plane back Down Under.

Whitcut added: “I think we need a squad of between 30 and 34 players for next season, which will give us a decent chance of getting in the top eight.”