Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:14 am  

Couldn't one of your neighbours in Ilkley sell their dog kennel or something to buy the Bulls?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:17 am  

Asim wrote:

Rugby League will live on in Bradford as long as there are people who want it to.

Of course it will - Dudley Hill, Vic Rangers, Clayton, etc, etc... They will be there after the Bulls have gone. But whether Bradford Bulls will live on in any recognisable form remains to be seen doesn't it?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:20 am  

Cibaman wrote:

Interesting that the bank debt is "only" £150k, although it would be surprising if any bank advanced a company as cash strapped as the Bulls much more than that.

I still can't get my head entirely around the RFL deal. If it was an advance against Sky money, presumably some or all of that money will have since become due to the Bulls? So why did we have to pay 60% back? Rather than paying it back wouldnt it just have been offset against the money that became due to us? Or does it represent Sky money that isn't yet due to us? Who was it sang that song "There are more questions than answers"?

I'm not confident that we will retain our license if we go into Administration. But I'm not that confident we'll retain it if we dont.

Surely if it was an advance of the Sky money then there would be no need to pay it back as the club would be entitled to it anyway? That bit doesn't sound right to me? And if it is somehow accurate how did the club expect to pay its dues further down the line without that income to come in? Sounds to me this lots financial strategy is to rob Peter to pay Paul which is always doomed to failure. I would have no confidence at all in anything being different going forward even if the pledge total was reached. And on that note an accurate running total would be be nice as the constant mis-reporting of totals lends creedence to the image of incompetance and adds to the mistrust.

If the 500K deadline is reached what is the deadline for the next batch of 500K?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:28 am  

My Opinion is this.. For the past two seasons i have enjoyed watching the bulls at home and also had the priveledge of watching some outstanding players from other teams for a cost of £60.00 last season which equates to £4.61 a game and £75.00 this season which if we manage to see the season out will be £5.76 a game, I would as a fan been willing to pay the season ticket prices of something like £190.00 per season still a great saving of around £4 to 6 per game against paying on the gate every week. therefore i have no problem in pledging my share. The issue i believe with the club is that the season ticket pledge was just too cheap., ok we may have only got around 6 or 7 thousand holders but at even £160.00 a pop would have been £1.2million as opposed to the £800 k or so we got for 10800+ Members. maybe it all seems black and white from my eyes but isnt that as a sports fan how you want it to be... Please for the sake of our club PLEDGE NOW..

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:34 am  

I see that "Into the Abyss" will be showing at Pictureville on Friday night. I have a fear that I'll be watching something very similar at Odsal.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:37 am  

Thing being up a well known creek without a paddle is very apt now

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:38 am  

MDF wrote:

I see that "Into the Abyss" will be showing at Pictureville on Friday night. I have a fear that I'll be watching something very similar at Odsal.

Nah, have faith. Its not an abyss, its a wormhole. That we will use to transit across the delta quadrant, evade HMRC, the bank, the RFL, the Borg, the Romulans and other nasties, and emerge pristine at the other side cleansed of everything that is a threat to us.

That Einstein guy, he knew nowt.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:39 am  

In fact, if we can apply quantum theory and all that to money, and make it be in two places at once: job sorted.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:39 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Not if enough people are convinced we need not be, as the club is seeking.

The management of this club has gone out of its way to feed us with either lies or the results of its incompetence, and that article is just the latest in a long line of examples. It might have been intended as a desperate plea but I suspect a great many of those who were undecided about whether to pledge or not have just been turned away by it.

Utter idiocy from Hood.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:39 am  

Any chance Leeds will give us back some of the Harris money? If we go down, and the figures are as mooted, then ultimately in my head the Harris deal will be what killed the club.