Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:50 am  

There is already talk on other forum on which 'young stars can be cherry picked'. So if the 0.5m initial target isn't met can we expect the club to once again sell its best players? Or will it be a little to late by then... so disappointed.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:51 am  

It's an unholy mess. It sounds like this has been bubbling for a while but the news has been kept quiet.

Wakefield tried the fast cash plan shortly before they went into administration. It's a pie-in-the-sky idea.

It looks like game over. Just got to hope someone comes in and buys the ashes so at least we've got something to support.

Champs to Tramps in 6 years. Absolutely depressing.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:51 am  

"the Good Friday visit of Leeds Rhinos could be their last-ever game at Odsal..." http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/9614049.Bulls_need_to_raise___1m_or_go_bust__says_chairman/ "Director Andrew Bennett said: “We’re at death’s door.” He added: “We can stay alive for about two and a half weeks. “We could just about, at this moment in time, put the Leeds game on. “But that could be the last-ever game at Odsal unless money comes in quickly.” Bennett added: “If we get over the blip, we’ve got a plan that actually takes us forward long-term that physically works as a business. “Therefore we wouldn’t need to go back to our fans in 12 months’ time asking for them to bail us out again.” Not so sure about that last bit tbf

"the Good Friday visit of Leeds Rhinos could be their last-ever game at Odsal..." http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbulls/9614049.Bulls_need_to_raise___1m_or_go_bust__says_chairman/ "Director Andrew Bennett said: “We’re at death’s door.” He added: “We can stay alive for about two and a half weeks. “We could just about, at this moment in time, put the Leeds game on. “But that could be the last-ever game at Odsal unless money comes in quickly.” Bennett added: “If we get over the blip, we’ve got a plan that actually takes us forward long-term that physically works as a business. “Therefore we wouldn’t need to go back to our fans in 12 months’ time asking for them to bail us out again.” Not so sure about that last bit tbf

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:55 am  

I cant post on here at this moment so angry at what seems to be incompetent leadership and blatant untruths told to loyal fans.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:56 am  

The more I think about this the more I get angry, why come to fans do close to the wire, why not be open with the fans about our position and give the club a chance to raise funds with the help of fans. To do this in tw short timescale they're quoting just seems impossible. I understand they weren't expecting the bank to reduce the overdraft and the RFL to ask for repayment so soon but why did it even get to that stage.

I feel I've been lied to by the current people running the club and I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:56 am  

not being funny or anything like that, but the signing of lynch for my beloved fc really shows the trouble your in, the guy would have stayed at the bulls until the end of his career no doubt if the finances were right...having fc paying a transfer fee has helped you for abit and weve taken a big earner of yourselves, but i cannot understand how you can offer whitehead a new 5 year deal on the back of this latest news? tragic as it is....
fc seem to have alot of cash to splash at the minute and were linked with whitehead, also strong rumours of a bid for your burgess going through at somepoint and weve almost done a deal for arundel from cas for next year...
unfortunatly some of your younger players may be lost, which is a sad outlook from a top club like your own

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:57 am  

Northern Lad wrote:

The more I think about this the more I get angry, why come to fans do close to the wire, why not be open with the fans about our position and give the club a chance to raise funds with the help of fans. To do this in tw short timescale they're quoting just seems impossible. I understand they weren't expecting the bank to reduce the overdraft and the RFL to ask for repayment so soon but why did it even get to that stage.

I feel I've been lied to by the current people running the club and I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling.

You are certainly not alone.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:58 am  

There is no chance of selling players. You need £500k. But even selling your whole squad at this point it would be difficult to raise this amount of money. Why? because whilst the club was solvant some players would be worth over 100k in terms of contracts. Now you have no money and insolvancy beckons, no club will offer money for a player they can get as a free agent in a few weeks.

If you had a player high in demand you may get something for them as clubs may compete with each other to secure their services.

In the end once the club goes bust, the players are no longer receiving a wage and so the contract is null and void and they can walk.

It's a shocking state of affairs and one that other clubs should take notice off, you can't run a business of loans and overdrafts. In the end income has to level with expenditure.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:59 am  

time to abandon ship, and get any money we can to start a new club. giving any omney to this lot is like throwing it to the wind.

Caisley and Hood and the people around them have mismanaged this club in a monumental way. time to start from scrath, and pull some money together to form a community club

RLFC Northern of Bradford

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:01 am  

Another way to look at it is an opportunity for someone to be the Saviour !