while i agree with most of what you say, and its good for us to have someone on here who understands the procedures if not the exact company position, believe me it is greatly refreshing.
1) the amount of inuendo that is flying around is due to one reason and one reason alone, Teds reluctance to tell anyone anything, therefore someone makes a guess, someone adds something else, someone gets the wrong end of the stick and tells someone else......... ted has created this whole inuendo problem for himself by the way he runs the club, end of.
2) it is too complex a problem to simply blame one factor, gates have been poor, but why? Apathy? Poor Stadium? Poor Product? Players Sold? Fans Disenfranchised? Poor Management etc etc
one undeniable fact is true, anyone staying away for any reason, we need you back if we are going to get out of this hole, if you want a club for the future of your kids and grandkids, get off your s this season, even if its just to bring a big "Ted Out!!!" banner and to make your protest heard. But we need the money.
One way or another this will come to a head, shortly, then we need to push on, together for the good of OUR club.

So when the administrator does step in, can we safely assume that he will continue to keep the club functioning, and that we will be able to at least start the season as a SL club, or in the possible event of there being no interested parties in stepping in to buy the club, will he just pull the plug and shut-up-shop ??
Also, when are we eligible for our next round of SL money, or have we already had it ??

Many clubs have been through Administration and come out the other side, Hull KR for one as the BBC made a documentary about it. The Administratior should keep the business trading until it can be sold.

Indeed we did and we all stayed strong and united throughout the process, which is somethig you must all do.

Our process unfortunately took longer than it seems to take now (Usually a week or two), we seemed to be in Admin for around 3 years or so (From memory) I stand corrected. Then we had to rebuild and it took a further 10 years or so to get promotion to the Super League.

I feel for you and I'm sure many of my Rovers "brothers and sisters" do too.

Keep the faith and It should all come round again soon, even though it may involve a few years outside of the super league.

Good Luck.

Well, thats not exactly true though is it? Its so typical of us to just shug our shoulders and say "its not our fault" - it happens all the time. Its not our fault:

"Thornes Park fell through"
"We have a crap ground and away fans wont come"
"We owe the tax man and he wants his money"
"We can't attract good players"
"The bank called in its debt over the Sainsbury deal with Ted"
"We lost our best 2 players last year"
"Newmarket was called in for Public Enquiry"
"There's a reccesion and cash is tight"

At some point somebody has to stand up and take responsobility for the running of the club. Yes, we don't have the best hand of cards to play and we dont do too badly on the playing front as a rule, but something is fundamentally wrong with the club. We can't even nearly balance the books each month, something is wrong.

On top of the Sky money we receive and also the general income from a minimum of 5,000 x £20 (OK, not exactly this when you take into account season tickets etc) but thats £100k every 2 weeks for 8 months or so of the year - all this money has gone! Add to this the sale of players, other revenue streams & sponsorship etc and we still don't have enough money without "borrowing" from the tax man??

Something doesn't add up here.........

not if we go in to CVA which is what i suspect will happen

So from reading RDM's postings is it the case that Cala have transfered ownership of BV (for £'s?) to Yorkcourt who will pay £350,000 to WTWC's (rather than £600,000 from Cala) only when they obtain planning permission for NM?

If PP for NM is turned down that leaves WTWC's out of pocket and having to pay rent to Yorkcourt to stay at BV.

Yorkcourt's PlanB?

"Yorkcourt are coming out of this one quite nicely" - Indeed

sorry didn't know you have to have a degree in english to be on here. if you would like to learn a bit about coaching i could arrange a session for you on a sunday morning, we could see if we could add you to the list of players ive brought through as a junior. jamie langley, ben westwood, ben cockayne, rich blakeway. i forgot kieron hyde and james davy out of the current squad. it slipped my mind ive just found my grand final winners medal for coaching the accademy. oh i forgot the junior yorkshire and england camps.

kiss it the clubs little lap dog.

If Yorkcourt decided to pay the money owed for the balance on Belle Vue before the winding up petition, and they may decide that it is better to greater improve the prospects of a franchise so they can charge us more rent at Newmarket, wouldn't that mean that administration wouldn't happen and the same board would continue?

Also, why would anyone want to buy the hospitality "suites" for many thousand of pounds when they could just pile up three portakabins and achieve the same effect?

surely if York court owe Wakefield £350k and that will save us from the events of 2 Feb then you would think we had a chance of getting it as its the Wakey fans that are campaigning for the Newmarket site to get the go ahead.

Mr. France for scrap, but not at that price!

Yorkcourt don't owe the money [iyet[/i, because the Newmarket plans were not approved by the SoS.

We did, albeit at a reduced price.

Unfortunately the days of simply judging whether a coach (at junior levels at least) is suitable is not just a matter of what they have delivered on the pitch. As I'm sure you will agree there's a good amount of the player development that's done away from the training ground & in more of a "classroom" setting. A degree in English may not be essential, but I would expect that being able to produce a presentation & present it well is as important for any coach as it would be for a teacher.

RDM you have been lead up the garden path

Interesting theory. I'd rather a coach be able to motivate his team and put together a gameplan so they perform at the best (and above in cases) of their ability than be able to faff around on Powerpoint to impress.

Would you care to elaborate Jack?

That list would have been more impressive if you'd left out Ben Cockayne - nasty little 5hit.

Agreed, but not a bad player.

About what?

You are not as bright as you make out are you

Would you care to elaborate Jack?

Are you jack in the box, the riddler or just a clown

spit it out man so we can decide.

I wasn't suggesting that an in depth knowledge of Powerpoint was a requirement - personally I think it's the most overused piece of software - but conveying a gameplan isn't just a matter of pointing at people in the dressing room or shouting from the touchline. If it was that simple we'd all be coaches of the teams we support.