For those people who don't buy or read the LE last week Stevo in his column made some comment about our finances



This week Peter Hood has made a response

It's totally unproffessional of Stevo to do this. A national broadcaster using a weekly newspaper column to indulge in damaging and unfounded tittle tattle about the financial health of one of the clubs in the sports elite dvision.

Considering that the Bulls have this year announced a new sponsorship deal with a multinational logistics company and a partnership with an insurance broker did it not occur to Stevo that these companies might not have come on board without looking over the books first?

If I were Peter Hood I'd be demanding a full retraction in League Express as this could be highly damaging at corporate level if anyone took any notice of the rantings of Mike Stephenson!

I totally agree with this. With the amount of negativity about the clubs finances it could soon become a self fulfilling profecy if we are not careful.

Well it just proves what we all know, Stevo is an idiot and knows jack $hit. Glad to hear that from Hood, shows he has some balls.

That is really poor IMO - obviously we are not rolling in cash but we do have a self sufficient business model in place now and stability.

Something most dont have in SL. Hood should be congratulated for this, im not sure he gets the recognition he deserves for this

I hope a solictors letter found its way to Mr Stephenson's letterbox for his pains. I too am astonished that he would use his column to spread what appears to be pure malicious gossip with no credible source.

I'm sure we shouldn't be making allegations about what Stevo does with his column. I hear he's a Big Unit

He does it every week with player rumour's 99% of them unfounded so it's no surprise really.

Stevo needs to get the message out to this Bratfud outfit that he's sorry for using his column as if it's the women's institutte coffee morning gossip session.

Imo he's an absolute idiot.

The big difference is that rumours about players have nuisance value; spreading malicious rumours about the alleged impending insolvency of a business is a far more serious matter and may well be actionable.

Something that malicious posters on this board should stop and consider before posting potential libel.

What a twit.

Would I be right in thinking that there is at least one legal type well known on this board who feels so strongly about it that he would write the letter for Hood for free...?

Yet more spelling mistakes...what is this board coming too?

For mine Stevo doesn't have his feet on terra firma. Deary me today. Someone needs to get the message out, I bet the coach was fuming. In the second stanza of the game we showed we can cut the mustard so I don't know what he's on about.

How do you disprove strong rumours? I bet they emanated north of the border. =whiteJoke.

Keighley?

Free? What is this "free" of which ye spake?

IIRC its a quaint, old-fashioned term, considered heretical in legal circles in the same way an actor will not name the Scottish Play. If you use this term ftf with a lawyer, he/she will usually turn ghastly pale, whisper "you named it..." and turn round three times while making undecipherable hand movements and muttering a strange incantation. He/she will then deck you.

It is usually used as part of a standard test whereby the limits of a lawyer fan's commitment and dedication can be precisely ascertained, is it not?

In America I think it is something to do with U2

I'm confused. I hope you're not hinting at a degree of parsimony at all? From what I hear, a trip to Scotland may develop one's understanding of the concept, the locals are apparently very big on this "free".

Not in Edinburger they ain't.

He's probably talking about the Wee Free. That means you don't have to pay for public toilets, I think.

I guess that may well be true.





Again, not in Edinburger.

So nothing to worry about then?