[Bullseye]

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:17 am  

Some good kids in the U18s too.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:18 am  

Thanks to Adey and all the Bullbuilder team. You've said enough to convince me. Pledge made.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:27 am  

witters wrote:

Thanks to Adey and all the Bullbuilder team. You've said enough to convince me. Pledge made.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:39 am  

Diamond Harry wrote:

Hopefully it wont come to selling our youth players, survival of the club comes first, but if we get through this, we need to be building our team around Bateman and Whitehead.

I agree but remember we actually don't need to raise One Million pounds (although it would be nice to) as Ryan has said £800,000 will be sufficient to implement the boards long term plan/strategy.

I only see players being sold if when all the counting is completed on Saturday - we are below that £500,000 threshold.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:44 am  

hi de hi wrote:

I just hope that the so called supporters who refuse to pledge will be able to live with themselves should the worst happen.

I hope the Bulls survive, but if they don't I think you should be clear where the blame lies, and it isn't with fans who don't pledge. There are other people with more looking in the mirror to do.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:04 am  

El Diablo wrote:

I hope the Bulls survive, but if they don't I think you should be clear where the blame lies, and it isn't with fans who don't pledge. There are other people with more looking in the mirror to do.

To be fair, if the Bulls don't survive, some of the blame would have to lie with the fans who don't pledge. They have happily accepted £75 season tickets, yet don't feel the club is worth anymore than that. If the club goes, there will be plenty of time to sit around blaming each other. They could spend every Sunday between 3 and 5 repeating "it's not my fault" over and over.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:05 am  

Adeybull wrote:

Why should you be surprised?

Yes, the whole question of the shareholdings was discussed, and at length. The board is fully aware of the massive hindrance the current structure poses. They pointed out that about half a dozen people bother to attend the AGMs, and the average age is apparently 83 - and I believe that was not a joke. So we have a very active shareholder base, as you can see?

Some of what was discussed cannot go on here. If it could, I suspect a few of the negative views towards the BOD would need revisiting, but I appreciate I can hardly urge that without putting up the detail.

Hood cannot speak for anything beyond the Board's 25%.

If the shareholders ever felt they could have done a better job they could have convened an EGM and sacked the BOD. That they have never done so rather suggests to me that they either cannot see a better alternative, or one at least is sat waiting ready for if/when the BOD fails.

An insolvent business has no value for the shareholders.

I'm surprised because in my experience there are no such things as backers and investors unless they are buyers and owners. My supposition has been that the reason there is no queue at Peter's door is the same reason he recieved no response from the 1000 letters he sent out last year.

I'm certain they're exasperated by the shareholding. The management of the club is essentially impossible in the situation they're in. I can see no way they can sort it out.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:08 am  

El Diablo wrote:

I hope the Bulls survive, but if they don't I think you should be clear where the blame lies, and it isn't with fans who don't pledge. There are other people with more looking in the mirror to do.

Regardless of who was right and who was wrong it is in the hands of the fans to support the pledge.
If they do not then the club will probably cease to exist in its current form.
By doing nothing they are killing the club. As far as i can see it's that simple.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:13 am  

debaser wrote:

To be fair, if the Bulls don't survive, some of the blame would have to lie with the fans who don't pledge. They have happily accepted £75 season tickets, yet don't feel the club is worth anymore than that. If the club goes, there will be plenty of time to sit around blaming each other. They could spend every Sunday between 3 and 5 repeating "it's not my fault" over and over.

This just about hits the nail on the head for me.
I don't want people to get on my back for this, but sometimes i feel that a lot of people in Bradford enjoy moaning about misfortune rather than actually trying to do something about the situation they find themselves in and change it.
No offence intended.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:15 am  

debaser wrote:

To be fair, if the Bulls don't survive, some of the blame would have to lie with the fans who don't pledge. They have happily accepted £75 season tickets, yet don't feel the club is worth anymore than that. If the club goes, there will be plenty of time to sit around blaming each other. They could spend every Sunday between 3 and 5 repeating "it's not my fault" over and over.

Ah thats right, those fans who normally couldn't afford a season ticket who could due to the price reduction are to blame. Maybe they can't afford to pledge? Theres a pretty good chance they wouldn't have been season ticket holders if they had been full price. Its the management that decided on that strategy, maybe they should have done their sums correctly. If the Bulls go belly up the only people to blame are the incompetant people at the top.