Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:49 am  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

Oh and as much as I love board room politics and find it all exciting it's a bit too much to take when the club I love is days away from possibly going into administration. We should all have woken up positive and should be taking about the fundraising events that are about to take place over the next 36 hours.

Indeed we should.

Maybe the timing is just the timing? Maybe Mr Caisley was worried that the resurgence in pledges yesterday (and I suggest no thanks to the club) was suddenly making it look like the campaign is on for succeeding after all? Maybe it took him till then to put his consortium together and feel confident enough to go public? Maybe he was waiting for the best time to queer the pitch for Hood? We can only conjecture.

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

Tell you one thing.

Mr Caisley is winning the PR battle hands down. Or, maybe more to the point, Mr Hood is losing it.

Personally, I feel after a number of past experiences that I can never again trust anything Mr Caisley says. But that is irrelevant if he wins and the club continues and - hopefully - thrives. The club is bigger than any of the individuals, even Mr Caisley, and our primary concern has to be the survival and long-term future of the club.

I just hope, if he does win, that Mr Caisley will prove to be a less divisive figure in the game than he was before.

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

Adeybull wrote:

if I did not have to look at myself too closely in the mirror,

No man with a 'tache like that would look in the mirror.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:13 am  

Just need to wait for the other shoe to drop now. Cue Mr Hood,stage left. A responce sooner rather than later I would hope from the club? The T&A article mentions a comment from Hood "last night" so he's had time to think about it. "Hood said last night that he would consider Caisley’s comments and issue a response today, but praised the efforts of fans after the ‘Quest for Survival’ campaign hit the £311,500 mark" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17622969 "Hood is expected to respond to Caisley's comments later on Thursday"

Just need to wait for the other shoe to drop now. Cue Mr Hood,stage left. A responce sooner rather than later I would hope from the club? The T&A article mentions a comment from Hood "last night" so he's had time to think about it. "Hood said last night that he would consider Caisley’s comments and issue a response today, but praised the efforts of fans after the ‘Quest for Survival’ campaign hit the £311,500 mark" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17622969 "Hood is expected to respond to Caisley's comments later on Thursday"

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:22 am  

Duckman wrote: Just need to wait for the other shoe to drop now. Cue Mr Hood,stage left. A responce sooner rather than later I would hope from the club? The T&A article mentions a comment from Hood "last night" so he's had time to think about it. "Hood said last night that he would consider Caisley’s comments and issue a response today, but praised the efforts of fans after the ‘Quest for Survival’ campaign hit the £311,500 mark" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17622969 "Hood is expected to respond to Caisley's comments later on Thursday" Clearly on the one hand, time is of the essence. On the other hand, given what many have been saying about poor communication from him and the club, can you blame him for taking his time to try and get the response exactly right?

Duckman wrote: Just need to wait for the other shoe to drop now. Cue Mr Hood,stage left. A responce sooner rather than later I would hope from the club? The T&A article mentions a comment from Hood "last night" so he's had time to think about it. "Hood said last night that he would consider Caisley’s comments and issue a response today, but praised the efforts of fans after the ‘Quest for Survival’ campaign hit the £311,500 mark" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17622969 "Hood is expected to respond to Caisley's comments later on Thursday" Clearly on the one hand, time is of the essence. On the other hand, given what many have been saying about poor communication from him and the club, can you blame him for taking his time to try and get the response exactly right?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:43 am  

Mission wrote:

Clearly on the one hand, time is of the essence.

On the other hand, given what many have been saying about poor communication from him and the club, can you blame him for taking his time to try and get the response exactly right?

Can't blame him no, I suggest its the most important press release he'll have made in his time at the Bulls, so it needs to be right. But time or no time, he needs to be seen to be proactive today, to boost the pledge, and find some momentum for tomorrow. You can bet we've not heard the last from Camp Caisley.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:44 am  

debaser wrote:

So the face and voice of the Bulls could be a butcher from Ilkley?
How very northern.

I have only just come on the forum so apologies for the delay in commenting on this one (and Im only up to this one in case anybody has also commented as I do below)

Irrespective of Mr Agar's trade, which is irrelevant, I believe some people eat meat "down south", he is a great supporter of Bradford. I believe he currently has responsibility for the Academy / 20s teams and he is at ALL games home and away.

He has been involved a long time and was involved with the signing a young kiwi some of you may have heard of with a (new) double barrel surname.

Posted fyi

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:44 am  

The other most annoying and salient point to Harrisgate is that Caisley could have waited approximately 6 weeks and the Whinos would not have had a case, Caisley was so determined to stick it to Caddick less so Hethrington, that he ignored the small print! whoever hears of a Solicitor doing that? Then when it came to the litigation brought by the Whinos he refused to appear on behalf of the Bulls, case collapsed and the Judge has no option but to find in the Whinos favour!

Some bloody saviour is Caisley!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:48 am  

RL FAN 6500 wrote:

I have only just come on the forum so apologies for the delay in commenting on this one (and Im only up to this one in case anybody has also commented as I do below)

Irrespective of Mr Agar's trade, which is irrelevant, I believe some people eat meat "down south", he is a great supporter of Bradford. I believe he currently has responsibility for the Academy / 20s teams and he is at ALL games home and away.

He has been involved a long time and was involved with the signing a young kiwi some of you may have heard of with a (new) double barrel surname.

Posted fyi

Absolutely.

See you have not lost your penchant for talking common sense over the years!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:50 am  

In terms of how this affects the football developments (ie: on field), would it be fair to assume this makes the prospect of administration more likely? Certainly Caisley's timing is deliberate, I think we are all agreed on that.

From what I read in the T&A, CC's plan is more palletable and (slightly) more open than Hood and co's plan. Certainly, Tasker is very highly thought of and I would welcome someone as astute and as credible as he coming back onto the BoD. Almost as much as I would welcome this EGM, if it generates the right results which it almost certainly will.

I just wonder what Hood's next move is at 5pm tomorrow come close of play? I would still hope he calls the pledge in.