Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:27 pm  

Not sure, has his Rangers deal fallen through? You'd have thought someone would have mentioned it on here

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:31 pm  

mat wrote:

not sure having a investor who also owns a union club is best idea although its a case of needs must I guess. Their was an article the other week about Sale moving into salford stadium and it mentioned that Salford might be training at Sales training ground. Comment from Sale coach was along line of it being good being able to see the salford academy lads training with a view to poaching them. story was pretty hastily edited to remove that paragraph iirc.

I understand your comment but BK does not own Salford RL only Sale RU. If he did own us there would be no mileage in having one of his teams poaching players from the other.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:41 pm  

To be clear he hasn'tshown any interest in buying the bulls speculation atm just incase we start getting ahead of ourselves.

Sale have seemed to do well under his ownership though he dosent seem to get to involved just.let's them get on with it.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:46 pm  

First time poster - taken me 4 days to get this account!!!

Been a supporter since 1968 - through good and bad - but none in my time as desperate as this. And the sad thing on Tuesday - I wasn't surprised - I expected it with the decline we've seen since 2003 but accelarated since 2008!!

I sent the attached e-mail to the club on Wednesday - to date no reply

Peter

I wrote to you a couple of years ago on the subject of Leadership - in the dark days of 2009 when our decline as a force in Super league accelerated. There was no leadership then in changes of the coaching staff which may have reversed that decline, but that lack of leadership pales into insignificance with what we see today. If people are not leaders in positions like you hold, you hope they are good managers who administer the club effectively. The evidence suggests you are neither.

You as the temporary custodian of my club should hang your head in shame today. Not for the cash flow situation, that can happen for a number of reasons, but for the inept way you have managed this situation. You talk, sorry write, you haven't been brave enough to lead the charge in the media, delegating that to others, about the withdrawal of the overdraft. Again that can happen given the economic times we are in. But the withdrawal was inextricably linked to a decision the board made! Did no one consider that, was there any discussions with the bank? Also, the decision of the RFL to use the proceeds of the ground sale to offset other debts seemed to take the board by surprise - why? I run a division of a multi national business turning over £70m as my responsibility. If I made decisions a tenth as inept as the board has, I would be worried for my future.

But - we are where we are!

I have followed this club since 1968 - it's been an important part of my life - and 3 of my 4 children - my 4th is just getting interested. I have 3 season tickets. Will I pledge £300 - probably - but not out of any wish to see you continue in role - but because of my love for this club. But I, along with many others would have been far more willing to part with cash if:-

You had been open and honest about the problem - it should have been communicated in a much more open and transparent way - such as an extraordinary supporters meeting Monday evening - advertised at half time on Sunday.
If I knew categorically where the next £500k is coming from
If I knew what sacrifices the Directors were making
If I had a report from a respected independent Financial Accountant that the club would be debt free and should be able to trade profitably without selling players and operating at a maximum salary cap providing there were no extraordinary items and attendance's/revenue hold up.

You have clearly known this day was coming for some time - well over a week given my experience of preparing mail shots, Internet changes etc. When professional organisations plan major changes they have a robust communication plan addressing the needs of different stakeholder groups. Your plan seemed to be - Give us some money - we have a short term problem but everything will be OK after that - don't worry!!!

I imagine you are monitoring the Internet message boards (still given the ineptitude demonstrated in other areas, possibly not!) - you will know that I am not the only person to love this club! You had a chance to get this right and engage those current and past supporters in a partnership to save this club - instead you seem to be like a beggar sat on the street with his hand out - with the suspicion of passers by that you have a BMW parked around the corner. I don't see how you can rescue your reputation with the supporters - I sincerely hope you have beefed up security on Good Friday - I will not condone any violence but I fear emotions are running so high that some idiot could try something.

When you took over in 2006 we were clearly a club in decline, not helped by the Leeds legal dispute etc. That decline has accelerated due to a lack of vision by your board and a lack of engagement with supporters. One of my happiest Bulls memories was the 2000 Challenge Cup final and I remember driving up the A1 and we had a banner next to the road saying 'Bulls - The People's Team'. I really believed we were at that time - I felt involved in my club - now I feel I am viewed as a walking piggy bank to be raided.

You need to break your silence Peter, you need to address the points I have made, along with those made by other supporters. You need to convince us that you are the man to the this club forward - that you have a vision and a plan to get us to that vision which you need to share with supporters. You might get your £500k, but without it you will never be trusted again!!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:07 pm  

If it is "all down to Peter" why do you think:-
- the players are fighting to save the club, this is not jus about keeping their jobs
- other teams are helping us
- other directors who have been dormant for so long are getting involved

I'll tell you why. It cos they know the FACTS and who has shafted us.

Midfield Bull, suggest you pick up phone to Ryan and get the info you need to help you make your own decisions pal

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:12 pm  

Given the prejudging nature of your email, in which you make it clear you have already set yourself up as judge and jury, and given how busy they are right now, I have to say I am hardly surprised that they have found better uses of their time than to reply.

Maybe if you instead took the trouble to ASK first, before you reached you verdict, like Staffbull did - and like I did - you might have learned a few things?

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:11 pm  

To be honest given tone of that email, answering it would be pretty low on priority list given current situation if I received it.

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:23 pm  

Guys
I admit they are probably busy now, and they have had some real problems to solve - BUT - it's clear they haven't been up front with people - Adeybull - watched your mails and admired them but you admitted they misled you!!! I can live with mistakes, even a little incompetence but not trying to engage with the most important people in any club - the fans - well that needs some explaining!

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:32 pm  

Simple for me pal - Peter is the leader of the board - hence he has to carry the can! The board have had some significant problems to solve over the last 5 or 6 years - to me this outcome is that they've attempted it in a vacuum without trying to engage the supporters

Re: Peter Hood says Bulls on brink of going bust. : Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:47 pm  

Sometimes things for good reason need to be confidential ie: if I as an employee had say been diagnosed with an illness and had to tell me employer I would expect and have the right to expect my employer to respect this.

Perhaps alot the information (or contain information) could related to people, would we want our employers telling everyone who asks?