Re: Robbie Hunter-Paul on Radio Yorkshire : Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:13 pm
Wooden Stand wrote:
It's the financial position of the new company that owns the Bulls that should be of interest.
or not, because as you well know, BBNL was only formed 2 minutes ago and doesn't have a "financial position" in the sense you state. Any sensible person would know it is the financial position of Green, and his willingness (or otherwise) to provide funds, which is "of interest".
Wooden Stand wrote:
Of course, according to the Announcement, Mr Green will be overseeing the audit of the Club he mentioned.
You appear to have turned into a news bot.
Wooden Stand wrote:
Until that is done and the financial situation known, it is premature for anybody to be expecting new players to be signed.
"Expecting"? Who is "expecting" this? All people are pointing out is that without additional hands to the pumps, any chance we may have of avoiding relegation is lost. But that is one thing Green surely knows too. Whether he can afford to plug the gaps is the big question, we are "expecting" nothing except perhaps more bad news, and anything better than that would make a pleasant change.
However we do not need an audit to know that the club cannot afford to sign any new players. It has no money, all its season ticket sales have gone, we don't know what is owed back to the RFL for advances, we suspect we are not likely to be getting much in way of distribution, and so one thing you can be sure of is that the audit will simply tell him how bad the situation is - not produce some amazing hidden surplus of thousands to fund the acquisition of half a team.
I know your (present) hobby horse is that the Bulls (but no other club!) should not spend a penny more at any time than they have in income, and we get that, so you don't have to keep repeating it. However if Mr Green was able and inclined to do some bankrolling to try to stave off the threat of relegation then more power to his elbow so far as I'm concerned. I don't expect he's the sugar daddy we'd all love to find, but if he's got a packet or two of sweeteners then while you have a problem with that, I absolutely wouldn't.
