Any figure, fact or quote from this management is putting me off pleding after the continuous misinformation from them over the last 12 months.

brilliant mate,thanks - i'm a Saints fan but a RL fan first and foremost

was there any mention of the club cutting staff and trying to make cutbacks ? is it true the Bulls employ about 130 people ?

no mention at all

The staff and players were told this morning... just after the press release was sent out.

They said players would not be sold, only if the worst comes to the worst.

TBH thats something they could have used to help push the pledge rather than the ultimatum/doomsday approach theyve gone with. We've still got option of admin, wiping image rights bill but voiding player contracts and getting a points deduction with inevitably players being snapped up by other clubs. better to push the pledge as a way of clearing debts and retaining our youth rather than route that has been taken.

Thought it was the typical load of guff that you hear from them everyday, lot's of buisiness plans, moving forward, short term liabilty bollards. No actually commitment to what needs to be done or why things have gone wrong.

Different story from Duckett on Look North. They didn't check that selling off the lease to Odsal to the RFL would mean they had no security for their overdraft, without which the RBS would withdraw support. No wonder he wants us to focus on 'moving forward' as anyone looking at how they've just handled the sell off would conclude they were financially incompetent. Also no obvious explanations as to where the income streams will come from to avoid the possibility that we'll need a similar overdraft in the future and without any security we won't get it. I'm afraid this smacks of desperation and a last attempt to lure potential investors, the 'other conversations' he was talking about.

Good deal for a potential take over y a new investor, particularly if it's the fans stumping up some new capital.

Still seems a bit fishy to me, with the talk of future financial plans already in place if we cough up first. Basically it appears like just asking someone to pay off the debt just so they can simply move on scott free.
i'd much rather pledge the money if it had an affect on those running the club

I agree with most of the things said. I for one are gunna pledge between £20-30 (even tho im on dole) but I have been and always will be a massive Bulls fan and even though I dont really like Peter Hood, I think very highly of Duffy and Duckitt as I did my work experience with them in 2005.

That a Chief Executive would admit to not knowing what assets were used to secure the club's overdraft is genuinely amazing. That he would then sell those assets effectively plunging the club to within a fortnight of liquidation is really pretty funny.

I'm assuming the interview with Radio Leeds was his last act before clearing his desk and handing back the company laptop.

In the piece before the interview on Look North it stated that the sale of the ground lease secured the short term future of the Bulls. Not the long term future that Hood, Duckett and Duffy would have you believe.

Another reason I'm very reluctant to pledge any money for the simple reason where still going to be left with the same folk running the club that doesn't fill me with confidence.

Ditto.

BBC Interview can be found here: soundcloud.com/silhouettesamples/bbc-bulls

BBC Interview can be found here: soundcloud.com/silhouettesamples/bbc-bulls

Cheers for that

As I posted on my Facebook page earlier, I want am so torn. I desperately want to help the club but I have lost a lot of faith in the people running the club. On the other hand, who takes over if some members of the board decided to resign? Would that leave us in an even more critical position?

So disappointed with the club for so many reasons. What happens to the 5yr deal season ticket if we don't find the money... Not looking great value right now. Feel so sorry for the folk who may have stumped up even more.

Quite!

If Duckett ever tries to sell you a car, beware! It probably still has outstanding finance on it.

Did anyone hear the programme before WYS?

That Tamla Motown thank you concert sounds like it would be a good night out.

Mind you if we get through the next couple of weeks I'd be willing to bet that Marvin Gaye turns up!

The comments from People texting in though makes me feel more confident about reaching the 500K at least.

He didn't sound anything like concerned enough for my liking.

Fans are distraught at the prospect of losing their beloved club and he prattled on about having a sound business plan after this crisis is averted. Like the business plan before ?

Not nearly convincing enough for me.

Drop down to the Championship for a decade or so and build again.

Exactly I thought that too I was thinking it was just me.

Would it be very naive of the fans to ask what the new business plan would be?
Maybe where we are now in terms of assets, debtors and creditors.
How much we will receive in income up to the end of the season and how much we will be paying out.
FFS this isn't rocket science, just tell us the truth.
Generalise if you have to and estimate where needed, but show us a plan!

One thing that jumped out to me in his interview yesterday was that every time he mentioned a 'new business model' this was [ualways[/u followed by 'Under current ownership'.

So what happens if Hood was forced out, along with his board of directors? Would the new business model be defunct?

I can't see that happening though - I don't think Hood is going anywhere. Unfortunately.