Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:08 pm  

What an awful state of affairs, I'm so sorry for the fans and players.

Provided there's some kind of assurance of what the money would be used for, I would happily donate - a Super League without Bradford Bulls is unthinkable IMO.

Really hope that there's light at the end of the tunnel for you all soon.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:09 pm  

As a Salford fan can I just express the wish that your club pulls through this crisis. Good luck.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:10 pm  

east hull FC fan wrote:

Because RL needs the Bradford Bulls to survive.

In that case the RFL can still let Bradford Bulls go under and make an offer to the administrator and set up a new company, and they have a debt free company new Rugby Club? They are the governing body, so they can still keep Bradford as a SL club!!!

Why do you want the RFL want to support a debt ridden private Ltd company to the tune of £1m when they can take ownership form the administrator for a fraction of that amount of money?

We all want to see the Bulls survive but why should the games money be used to bail out private individuals when there is no need to actually do that???

This is why when you take the emotion out of it, most people are advising the Bradford fans to keep their hands and money in their pockets... the RFL will and quite rightly so!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:13 pm  

RedDave wrote:

As a Salford fan can I just express the wish that your club pulls through this crisis. Good luck.

Not read the thread, but i'm sure i speak for every Wigan fan in wishing you well.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:16 pm  

tackler thommo wrote:

I bought a T &A at 9am and was shocked.I have supported Northern and Bulls since 1978, along with my childrenand now their children.We are all Season Ticket holders, some fixed for 5 years.To read the Chairman state that "[b]the Bulls had not originally expected to pay back all of the monies owed to the RFL straight away" is beyond belief. Didnt they read the conditions to which they signed up. A pack of lies reeled out early in the year.I even congratulated him at the Shirt Presentation Evening - and now feel like an absolute mug for having done so.
Far too early for me to think straight enough about the future. How dare they do this to our Club and its Fans.

Agree, that bit in the T&A stinks of complete and utter incompetence of Bulls BoD.

What was the point in them securing the long term future of the club, if the club as no short term business plan. Or was it always the plan of Peter Hood and co to come cap in hand like this?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:21 pm  

I think all that will happen is that you go into administration, lose all your best players, a new buyer will come in to take over the club and run it like it should of been done. Exactly the same happened at wakey and im really glad it happened because it flushed out all the deadwood backroom staff and brought in a new owner that really is striving to make a difference at the club. I think going into admin would be the best solution all round for years to come.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:22 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Why some people are even hesitating on pledging is beyond me.

Simple people have stopped believing a word that comes out of Hoods mouth.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:23 pm  

Cows wrote:

Anyone unsure whether to pledge or not – go look at the Leeds Rhinos message board and see what most of them are saying.

If we go into administration the vultures come in and take our best young talent. I would gladly pay £100 to not have to see koppy in a Leeds shirt next season!

I don't think there can be more than a very small handful of posts on the leeds baord saying they'd want to see the Bulls in administration, so I don't think your "what most of them are saying" is remotely true.

Asked which players at Bradford would make useful additons to the squad, most could answer, but not many actually want to see it happen.

And despite what you might think reading some of the stuff on there, the posters on Southstander have very little say in recruitment at Leeds. I think it's quite unlikely that any of your senior squad would end up at Headingley if you did have to sell them off. Which I hope you don't. As good a player as Kopczak is, there are already plenty of front-rowers on contract at Leeds, so it wouldn't be as simple as saying "ooh, we like the look of that one better, let's have him."

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:23 pm  

The bit that would worry me is the 6th April deadline - the end of the tax year, suggesting that a payment is due to the IR before you get to paying players a week later.

You need unity on the terraces and you need to get organised and quick - but you know that. One of your own needs to demonstrate some leadership and bring you all together; you can salvage your club - but it may mean hard choices and making sacrifices - but none can be so great as sacrificing YOUR club.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:26 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Simple people have stopped believing a word that comes out of Hoods mouth.

He does have form though, with statements like 'we are not a selling club' being made after Fielden went, with the likes of Newton, Burgess and Lynch all following in due course.