Agree, said the same at the event today was like going back in time. Hopefully as well as saving the club we can maintain and build on the good things that come out of this adversity. COYB

Sell the shares at a profit? You are having a laugh.

How could he have benefited had the OSV come off?

Lacking a sugar daddy, this club will always spend every penny of its income. Therefore its net assets will always be modest, and the shares will always be of modest value.

And he has given heaven knows how much of his time in recent years to running the business, when he could (and probably should) have been running his own business. For free. Care to put a value on that? It will be many hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Are you ready, willing and able to step up and take his place? To do it for nothing, take on very large personal financial exposure and pay a modest amount for some shares that you will probably never make much, if anything on when you can finally get out?

And if not, do you know a man who is?

Regardless of how good or how bad a job he has done, he was the one who did it. I did not see any others queuing up to take the job on. And, since until recently he only held 7% of the shares, the other shareholders could have booted him out anytime they chose. If they could have done a better job themselves.

You are Peter Hood and I claim my £5.

And you are a bit of a knob and I claim mine

Read some of Adeybulls earlier posts and send £5.00 to the pledge

Is that not a bit of a lame response? How about you go talk to the directors, then form a more informed view?

I hold no brief for Peter Hood. There are plenty on here who know me who know exactly where I stand. What I DO feel very strongly about is injustice. It does my head in. Why do you think I am spending ages on here trying to fight a battle that should not be mine to fight? Because I can't stand the injustice in some of what is being said. And because that could lead to the demise of the club I care about so much, and have proved I hope by my actions over the years.

I'm sorry Adey but if you're not linked to the board then you are in serious danger of being made to look a fool again. I myself had a long chat in 2010 with Andrew Bennett and was impressed with his passion and plans for the club but at the end of the day they are the businessmen whose company has failed. Raising capital by blackmailing people who love a sports club and offering nothing but the chance of allowing the same people who oversaw the debacle to stay in place is not the mark of a good businessman (unless they pull it off that is).

I'm also a bit confused as to why you are fighting a battle to protect the directors so vehemently when they have made you look like a fool on more than one occasion. Now you've spoken to them everything has been explained clearly? Smacks of asking a fox with blood around it's mouth why your chickens have been eaten.

I am not linked to the board or the club in any way whatsoever. The only time I had any linkage was when I sat on the Board of the Bulls Foundation several years ago.

I am fighting the battle for the reason I said. When, in all honesty, has the current board made me look a fool? Or, if they have, when it was not instead of my own doing?

I am fighting the battle because I have concluded that the alternative could very well be oblivion for the club. I am not telling people to pledge; that is a matter for them. All I ask is that people at least try and acquaint themselves with as many facts as they can before reaching their verdict.

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I know we are all hurting and I'm probably being extremely naive but should we all be pulling together not tearing each other to pieces. Absolutely no offence implied or meant to anybody.

I have sat next to Adey since we returned from VP. I am 100% certain that he is not an agent of the bulls. However, he is willing to to try to get extra funding into the bulls through his efforts helping in Bullbuilder and has the financial expertise to help to explain what is going on at the moment. The current BOD might be at fault, who knows, but at the moment surely all our efforts should be concentrated on keeping us afloat, not bitching amongst ourselves. If we get through the current crisis maybe you might be able to stick in a few quid and offer your services to the club as our new chair. Maybe things would improve or not? We are not a cash rich club and without a wealthy backer we will struggle to compete. I am totally convinced that our current BOD have the bulls interests at heart, they are fans and have 0% chance of making any money for their investments and efforts.

Agent Adey - has a ring to it!



Must come in my shades on Friday!

Why not try a hood

sorry only joking

I could do with coming with a bazooka.

Or maybe Johnny English

I Know nothing

what time you there adey we there at 19.00 thursday if you want to come lol .....

If you swap the word "bulls" for "wildcats" you have exactly the same scenario that we were facing at Belle Vue 15 months ago.

Having spoken directly to our former directors when they were asking the fans for cash, there was no doubting that they wanted to see the club competing and be rid of their cash flow issues. Again, they were never going to make a return on their investment.

Adey, I know that your support for the scheme is driven by one thing - your love for the club. But if you were looking at any other business in the same situation, I'm sure you're professional knowledge would lead you to recommending they appoint administrators asap.

No need for the patronising tone mate , i was just curious ?
If as you say their shares are worthless and this lifeline from the supporters get you out of the mire , then the share prices will rise again, who benefits from that ?, certainly not the supporters who have rescued the club.


Anyway i hope all turns out well for the club

Anybody got a running total on the Pledge?

You can clean a lot of tables with one!

Must admit feel a little let down after The BOD said there would be a Pledge total on the web-site. Maybe it's difficult to calculate or perhaps it's going very very well

234k

That was yesterday mornings total Mick. Think yesterday's events have pushed it up a bit since then.

Incredible amount of money raised in 5 days.

It's a cracking effort to raise that amount in 5 days left. Realistically are you confident of making the total? At that rate you should do it but the second 200k might be harder to make with I would imagine alot of pledges made in the first week. The auction looks good that should raise some brass.
Wish I had the money spare tho buy all the shirts and rings and give them back to their owners which would be a nice touch. If I win the lottery in time I may do that.
I am a Leeds fan looking forward to the game and will be paying on the gate. Is the gate money for the Leeds game linked into the total you require?

Well done so far and good luck. I know there have been fans from all clubs gloating but I ain't one of them and hope you get the money raised

My £200 pledged today. Hope it's all worth it in the end!