Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:27 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

Can't really remember the Willows toilets being that bad to be honest..but the riverside caverns at Central Park scarred me for life even though I was brought up very close to a number of pig farms..

haven't been to KR for years but didn't there used to be a big pig farm on the way to the ground, just out of town ?

as an aside (sorry to off topic) but many years ago when I was selling properties in sw France a nice old house came up for sale, perfect for renovation with great views etc and really cheap, even for the 80s in rural France - problem was it had pig farm running adjacent and every time I took clients to visit the property they saw and smelled the pig farm and were put off (not surprising) - I changed the advert in the window and called it "Pig Farm Cottage" and people were intrigued by the name and the first couple who visited it after the name change bought it and are still there having turned it into their 'dream home'...that's when I realised that honesty is usually the best policy...

and the smell ? .......well, the pigs got used to the people !

[Kosh]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:58 pm  

FONT wrote:

Hull had gone out of business and were refused entry in the lower league as a new club, Gateshead moved down south to Hull and set up business leaving Hull to go bust and Gateshead were able to register twice as many players as everyone else, did you forget about that part?

The Hull club to this day are registered as Hull Super League LTD!!!!

It shows that the RFL will allow a club to up sticks and move, i,e Gateshead moving to Hull!!!

But I guess you missed the point and need things explaining like a small child!!!!

Wrong on all points. But this isn't the place to have an in-depth discussion on the issue with someone who's clearly new to the game - or has a very selective and faulty memory.

[Kosh]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:03 pm  

FONT wrote:

I see, it would be interesting to know if all the SL clubs have had a stake in the same club in the past!!!

I am not sure this would have had to happen in the Hull and Gateshead situation though.

All SL clubs had shares in the 'new' Hull FC. This information is in the public domain, and was discussed extensively on RLFans on a number of occasions. The shares were initially non-voting shares and were redeemed by the Hull BOD a few years ago, shortly before they were due to mature into voting shares. I believe the shares came about because all clubs had made some investment into Gateshead when it was formed.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:06 pm  

Kosh wrote:

someone who's clearly new to the game .

miaow!!

assume you were at the George Hotel in 1895 then????????????????

condescending ass!!! what does it matter if someone has watched the game 100 years or 100 minutes???????

prat

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:20 pm  

Bullpower2012 wrote:

what does it matter if someone has watched the game 100 years or 100 minutes???????

The former shout "Gerremonside" at all the wrong times.

[Bulliac]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:26 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

haven't been to KR for years but didn't there used to be a big pig farm on the way to the ground, just out of town ?

as an aside (sorry to off topic) but many years ago when I was selling properties in sw France a nice old house came up for sale, perfect for renovation with great views etc and really cheap, even for the 80s in rural France - problem was it had pig farm running adjacent and every time I took clients to visit the property they saw and smelled the pig farm and were put off (not surprising) - I changed the advert in the window and called it "Pig Farm Cottage" and people were intrigued by the name and the first couple who visited it after the name change bought it and are still there having turned it into their 'dream home'...that's when I realised that honesty is usually the best policy...

and the smell ? .......well, the pigs got used to the people !

The pig farm was just over the lane from the Pilkington factory where the coaches used to park a few years back. Can't say I ever noticed the smell, as I mentioned previously, I was brought up in one of the more rural parts on the edge of the city so regarded pigs as something which were always around. Pigs were never the smelliest creatures anyway, provided they were 'mucked out' regularly. Anyway, too much information...

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:35 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

The pig farm was just over the lane from the Pilkington factory where the coaches used to park a few years back. Can't say I ever noticed the smell, as I mentioned previously, I was brought up in one of the more rural parts on the edge of the city so regarded pigs as something which were always around. Pigs were never the smelliest creatures anyway, provided they were 'mucked out' regularly. Anyway, too much information...

thanks for the pig info/confirmation - glad the old grey matter hasn't given up altogether !

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:43 pm  

vbfg wrote:

The former shout "Gerremonside" at all the wrong times.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:07 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

many years ago when I was selling properties in sw France

If you'd said you were an Estate Agent I would have made allowances...

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:14 pm  

Bullpower2012 wrote:

What makes you think this?

If they had they would have bought us by now.

We're well past the stage where a buyer, intent on keeping us in SL, has anything to gain by dragging this out. In addition to minimising the purchase cost, a prospective buyer needs to have a strategy in place to make us competitive and cut our losses next year. The longer this saga continues the worse are our prospects, competitively and financially.