I have a suspicion Mr. Hood might work on the basis that saving the club from falling over is more important right now than a public argument with the other fella, given that the latter said nothing whatsoever in his cleverly-worded piece that would resolve the immediate cash requirement?

Or his public image with fans is so badly tarnished now and his stunning ability to shoot himself in the foot in the press he's been advised against replying.

I dont overly trust either but think that Hood is keenest for the club to survive without a need to have his ego massaged. I hope the pledge keeps us afloat and if a change in management is needed it should be sorted then. I have spoken to both and found CC to be the most arrogant bloke I have ever met. I still blame the Harris episode was a major part of our downfall CC was responsible for this.

Red, do you actually want the club to survive? I really do wonder sometime

It looks sometimes like he is desperate for an "I told you so moment". We all need to get behind the pledge and sort problems out after we are sure we have a club to support.

Ehh .

What you on about. The only time I've ever mentioned Hood till this last week was when I criticized him on his handling of the McNamara years his in ability to act.

Why not try offering something constructive rather than just criticising tho? What do u think should happen. Eh?

It's possible for some of the most passionate supporters of the club to come across as negative [ibecause[/i they care so much about the club and hate to see it struggle. I don't always agree with RER, but I have never for a second doubted his commitment.

There [iare[/i people who post on here who deserve the accusation that they would rather be right than see the club survive and prosper. RER can fight his own battles, but for what it's worth, I'm certain that he isn't one.

The general tone of your posts seems to be negative and critical. I think we all need to be batting for the same team at the minute.

Agree. I know Red and I know his intentions, but joe soap doesn't and his comments can come across as wise, but without substance or construction to move the debate forward that's all I'm saying!

I know I can be hard to read at times and I do want the best for the club. It's just at the minute I've got much more important things going on which are a worry I come on here to try take my mind off it.

Stay cool pal. Hope alls well

You are Ken from Widnes

I claim my 5 pounds (donated to the pledge)

so we have one chairman that doesn't tell us the truth against one chairman that publicly castigates for not turning up in big enough numbers. Play their game. Back whichever guarantees us survival. We don't have to be any more honest than they are.

Obviously time has diminished your memory of above events. When Peter Hood "inherited" the Chairmanship, the Club was in a real turmoil (similar to now but behind closed doors so to speak) Macca had just been headhunted by Hull as a possible Head Coach, he was persuaded to stay and take over from Nobby possibly at the end of that season, a lot of Fans knew that Nobby was looking to the NRL and it was assumed thats when he would be off!. Caisley goes, shortly afterwards Nobby goes. Peter Hood is left with a dilemma but in Macca there was a readily available in house replacement of whom everyone said he was a good Coach, with Hull still looking for a Coach, Macca was signed up with a generous 4 year contract (Peter Hood has admitted that with hindsight he wouldn't do that again) Macca is a good Coach but being Head Coach is a differnt set of Skills and you need an able deputy, Vievers decided jump ship and head for Pieland, Macca then made the mistake in making LSH & Basil his assistants, so we had an inexpierenced Coaching Team and also (we Fans didn't know this) a fast drying up cash flow, a recipe for struggling which is what happened. The rest as they say is History!

Quote ="Adeybull"I have a suspicion Mr. Hood might work on the basis that saving the club from falling over is more important right now than a public argument with the other fella, given that the latter said nothing whatsoever in his cleverly-worded piece that would resolve the immediate cash requirement?'" Funny you say that Adey read the last paragraph in this www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... c_turnout/

Quote ="Adeybull"I have a suspicion Mr. Hood might work on the basis that saving the club from falling over is more important right now than a public argument with the other fella, given that the latter said nothing whatsoever in his cleverly-worded piece that would resolve the immediate cash requirement?'" Funny you say that Adey read the last paragraph in this www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... c_turnout/

Just a reminder to everyone that there will be a bucket collection before, at half time and after the game in the stadium. It's BullBuilder members supporting the club during our biggest game for years.

"The Quest for Survival isn’t just about big donations of eye-catching amounts – welcome as they may be. It’s also about the mass of small gestures and small donations that just as vividly show everyone’s determination for the Bradford Bulls to survive, so please dig deep for that extra bit of change!"

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That was [iexactly[/i the point, Adey.

You really don't get it do you?
Firstly, I'm glad you've pledged, let's hope others do whilst there is still time.

You're take on the board may well be correct, I really don't know. Certainly, I agree fully that there is a problem with the the board having such a limited shareholding.

My only real argument is that now is not the time for the inquest.
If I may use an analogy, if someone isn't breathing your first reaction should be to give artificial respiration, not to go round asking how they got into that state.

That isn't to say that the hows and whys aren't important, they are, they're just not as important as the respiration and, to come back to the club, if we don't concentrate on the immediately more important things there may well may be no club left to argue over.

Taking Bulliac's point on board there really is a here and now to deal with and we should all concentrate fully on ensuring the club survives! However, could our future look something like this;

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I for one really do hope so!

Just a thought, can the Bulls start selling next years season tickets at pre 2011 sort of prices now?

Say they were £200 pounds and on sale from next week I would definitely buy one and it may well generate a steady income for the rest of the season and into the off season.

Just a thought!

The BOD would have to satisfy themselves that the club was solvent first, to escape the risk of personal liabilities for trading whilst insolvent. But once that is done, not a bad thought at all I'd say?

Wont we then end up selling 2014's tickets early season 2013 to sort out cashflow?

Indeed, why not try and upsell existing season ticket holders for te popular stand to the tetleys stand? Everyone wins then especially if they stay there for next year and pay more. That way your not borrowing against next. Seasons income and may even be able to generate some new.