Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:22 am  

RickyF1 wrote:

That was before the meeting with the RFL.

......and if you look at the twitter account that same post training picture was actually posted on the 10th December. Seems FB isn't the only social media suffering from 'fake news'

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:26 am  

Bullseye wrote:

The S*n journo will just be re-packaging information he's got from other sources. No way would he have been bothered to find out the facts himself.

and then putting the trademark 'sun' spin on it to make as seem as dramatic as they can.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:28 am  

PHILISAN wrote:

What irks me most at this time is the fact that, although inappropriate, people would look to apportion blame for failure.Really sad that Bradford has spawned certainly three very wealthy 'sons' who unfortunately, whilst mindful of the situation, have no interest in becoming involved.

What irks me more is one those wealthy "sons" has not wished to do anything for the city.

If he is not interested in helping the Bulls (although he laughingly described himself as a fan when he retired), why not do something of benefit.

Why not the Odeon? or sponsor a ward at BRI? or a school?

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:29 am  

mat wrote:

and then putting the trademark 'sun' spin on it to make as seem as dramatic as they can.

"Nigel Wood Ate My Hamster"


...and then went back for the cage.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:39 am  

I would be immensely sceptical of classing anything written in the Sun as "news".

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:49 am  

NZ Herald piece on Chalmers & Lowe dated 2015 - Guess it will have been resolved now :-

New Zealand league legend Graham Lowe's former recruitment company has been put into liquidation owing Inland Revenue almost $1 million.

But the 10-staff business that Lowie Recruitment Ltd operated is still running and was sold to another firm before the insolvency, liquidators said yesterday.

Although the business - still trading as Lowie Recruitment - continues to use Lowe's nickname, the former Manly, Queensland and Kiwis coach is no longer involved in it, a staff member told the Weekend Herald.

The business is now run as a division of Pounamu International, a company co-directed by former New Zealand Rugby League chairman Andrew Chalmers.

Mr Chalmers directed the now-liquidated Lowie Recruitment alongside Mr Lowe, who resigned from its board in October last year about two months before liquidators were appointed.

Liquidator Mike Lamacraft in his first report said that the company fell behind in its tax obligations and was unable to reach a repayment deal with Inland Revenue.


After the IRD served it a demand, the company decided to go into voluntary liquidation shortly before Christmas.

The liquidators say the company owes IRD $960,000 and other creditors $40,000.

Neither Mr Lowe nor Mr Chalmers responded to messages left by the Weekend Herald yesterday.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:51 am  

It doesn't bode well.

But I suppose the RFL have done extensive research and are satisfied with their suitability. They are very good at that...

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 10:57 am  

I'm sure Frank has some info but it's just that he upgrades it to "he knows". he said 3 weeks ago it was a "done deal", well so very clearly it was no such thing. Indeed, 3 days (at least) of talks with RFL which still haven't actually produced an announcement of a final agreement are the proof. Unless the talks are just some mad spoof to make it look like there wasn't a deal, when all the time there was.

The other question that puzzles me greatly is how, given the financial mega-toilet-pan that his Bulls eventually went down, was Green going to fund his purchase of the ground, which was always on the brink of happening, yet curiously never did. If he had financial backers that were going to pay for this, then where are they now? I mean, a distress sale must have been available at a cheaper price, or at least not more expensive. It seems certain that Green was having these lengthy talks and they must have come at least fairly close to a deal.

I'm also presuming that the deal in this case is proposed to be just the lease from the RFL, not ownership of the ground, since the Council haven't been mentioned. The immediate advantage of that is that we can probably afford a peppercorn a year, and the Council might not even ask for payment anyway. If it was me, I'd send them a full plastic Tesco tub and pay off the full rent 150 years in advance.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:07 am  

Mick's just tweeted about positive talks this morning. Does this mean he got invited to the discussions?

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:09 am  

DrFeelgood wrote:

Mick's just tweeted about positive talks this morning. Does this mean he got invited to the discussions?