Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:41 am  

johnnieb wrote:

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..

The above is exactly the reason why me and the missus pledged our £100 each, for all those who have yet to pledge, just remember that if we fail to hit the target then darker days lie ahead than those we have had for the last 7 days.

If you are able to PLEASE PLEDGE NOW

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:46 am  

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end


Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again


Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land


etc etc......

The Doors could have wrote this track for Friday! Please don't be the end!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:47 am  

We need every fan to leave their season ticket at home and pay on the gate, drink the bars dry and eat all the food, all enter the golden gamble and donate the winnings

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:53 am  

Surely pledging a donation is more efficient than paying on the gate?
The donations are tax free, gate receipts are not.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:58 am  

Nothus wrote:

Surely pledging a donation is more efficient than paying on the gate?
The donations are tax free, gate receipts are not.

Correct.

But, a counter-argument might be: if it was you, would you prefer the bird in the hand or the less-certain prospect of the two in the bush?

And it occurs to me that maybe that could do with rephrasing slightly...

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:04 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Correct.

But, a counter-argument might be: if it was you, would you prefer the bird in the hand or the less-certain prospect of the two in the bush?

And it occurs to me that maybe that could do with rephrasing slightly...

Finally, you are talking things I understand...

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:07 am  

broadybull87 wrote:

We need every fan to leave their season ticket at home and pay on the gate, drink the bars dry and eat all the food, all enter the golden gamble and donate the winnings

We need every fan to pledge regardless of 'he said,she said,blah,blah...'
If the worst happens i hope all the people who refused to pledge because of Hood etc will be pleased at the outcome of their stubborness when there is no more Rugby League to watch in Bradford. You couldn't make it up.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:08 am  

Well, the emotional stakes have definitely been raised for me. I just bought a virtual ticket on behalf of my late Father. He attended in person for over 70 years, including the glory days of the 40s and early 50s, the depths of the early 60s, right up to our peaks in the first 8 years of Superleague. Now he'll be there virtually and in spirit on Friday.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:12 am  

I'm afraid that if as Hood suggests only 1,600 season ticket holders have pledged then that speaks volumes of how bad the club's communication with its core fans has been on this issue. They have managed it very badly indeed. Sure there are constraints but I'd guess the majority feel in the dark and being viewed as mugs. I say that because i can't think of any other reason than a lack of trust why at least 50% of the season ticket holders or more wouldn't have pledged. I mean, it is a bit of a captive audience, and can be viewed as the most committed to the club's cause. And the club has so far seemingly failed to convince them.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:14 am  

debaser wrote:

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?

The essence of a club is the supporters, the reformed club driven by Trevor Foster and the fans is the same in spirit as the Bradford club that preceded it. The Bradford Bulls are just the current conveyor of that and, to me, are not the be all and end all of things.