[Bullseye]

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:03 am  

If you wanted to plot how to ruin professional RL in Bradford you couldn't have put together a better plan than what's unfolded over the past 10 years. We've had plenty of bad/misguided owners along the way but a common denominator is the current owner who's had a say in a lot of the things that have got us where we are now. I fear the club will only properly recover when his malign influence is no more and that may mean starting from scratch all over again.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:26 am  

What's clear is that Nige's had a cunning plan all along but his ambition outweighed his talent and it was beyond him to execute it even though they're still talking about a stadium fit for the 21st Century...

All that leaves us with is missed opportunities (Koukash, Thorpe) and something so toxic that only a fan who's won the Euromillions would even countenance taking it on.

A mate who worked in the game is upbeat that the IMG input will level the game far more that we see now but I am afraid we are so far below the level that full amateur beckons, playing out of Peel Park whilst someone gets paid a mint for using the dump for inert landfill

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 10:50 am  

Bullseye wrote:

If you wanted to plot how to ruin professional RL in Bradford you couldn't have put together a better plan than what's unfolded over the past 10 years. We've had plenty of bad/misguided owners along the way but a common denominator is the current owner who's had a say in a lot of the things that have got us where we are now. I fear the club will only properly recover when his malign influence is no more and that may mean starting from scratch all over again.

This. I don't see any way out of our current struggles because they are so intractable and a direct result of events between the secret loan, the sale of the lease and the bizarre choice of owners. Talking about who goes or stays is like discussing what colour to paint the toilets.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:00 am  

Phew...BullBoy stays, he's just undergone a refurbishment. That's my primary matchday concern fixed.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:02 pm  

For those saying it's the worst squad they've ever seen. Last year we literally threw away third spot. We only really lost Pickersgill who we would have liked to keep. Brough retired but also missed a large chunk of the season and I think Patton has replaced him well enough.

However the players are no where near good enough to turn up with half arsed attitudes and pathetic off-field diets. We can sign who we want but if they all turn up in the physical condition half our squad is in, it's all irrelevant.

Dunning talked about those wanting to play for Bradford Bulls. It shouldn't be about that, it should be who want play for Bradford Bulls that have strict standards in play and are prepared to keep to this standards off the field.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:13 pm  

Scarey71 wrote:

What's clear is that Nige's had a cunning plan all along but his ambition outweighed his talent and it was beyond him to execute it even though they're still talking about a stadium fit for the 21st Century...

All that leaves us with is missed opportunities (Koukash, Thorpe) and something so toxic that only a fan who's won the Euromillions would even countenance taking it on.

A mate who worked in the game is upbeat that the IMG input will level the game far more that we see now but I am afraid we are so far below the level that full amateur beckons, playing out of Peel Park whilst someone gets paid a mint for using the dump for inert landfill

I don't quite buy that. I can't see any scenario where either Nigel or the RFL would gain any benefit from holding a lease on a site owned by CBMDC. The idea that £700k buys you the Odsal site is implausible. A more likely scenario for me is that Wood and co bought into the Caisley conspiracy stories being peddled (on here by the club) at the time and wanted to help Hood. By the time they realised Hood could never pay them back and the loan would become public and disastrous PR, they made what must go down as one of the most terrible decisions in the history of the British game. That neither party insisted on a EGM of the shareholders tells you everything you need to know. The 'saving the iconic Odsal stadium from predators' story should have seen the wider game call for clear out at the top of the RFL.

Why he has maintained an interest and returned to the scene of British RL's greatest disaster only he knows.

[Bullseye]

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:20 pm  

M@islebugs wrote:

I don't quite buy that. I can't see any scenario where either Nigel or the RFL would gain any benefit from holding a lease on a site owned by CBMDC. The idea that £700k buys you the Odsal site is implausible. A more likely scenario for me is that Wood and co bought into the Caisley conspiracy stories being peddled (on here by the club) at the time and wanted to help Hood. By the time they realised Hood could never pay them back and the loan would become public and disastrous PR, they made what must go down as one of the most terrible decisions in the history of the British game. That neither party insisted on a EGM of the shareholders tells you everything you need to know. The 'saving the iconic Odsal stadium from predators' story should have seen the wider game call for clear out at the top of the RFL.

Why he has maintained an interest and returned to the scene of British RL's greatest disaster only he knows.

That whole episode just reeks of total incompetence. Yet the RL press meekly reported what they were told.

Whatever the reason for Wood hanging around his parasitical influence remains on the game and us. Maybe he does hope of working some angle on the ground, even though it seems completely implausible? I can't think of any other reason. His track record as a club owner is abysmal.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:25 pm  

The new rumour going around is that he’s looking to liquidated the ckub.

[Bullseye]

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:37 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

The new rumour going around is that he’s looking to liquidated the ckub.

Well if he did that I'm not sure he'd make any money since the "assets" amount to bugger all.

Re: Who stays who goes? : Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:38 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

The new rumour going around is that he’s looking to liquidated the ckub.

I mean I have zero time for the bloke but whatever his end game is, I doubt it is liquidation.

Why buy the club in the first place?