RFL confident Bradford Bulls will finish the season (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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RFL confident Bradford Bulls will finish the season
6:40am Saturday 7th July 2012 in Sport
By Ross Heppenstall, Bradford Bulls Reporter
RFL chief executive Nigel Wood
RFL chief executive Nigel Wood yesterday expressed his confidence that a buyer for the crisis-torn Bulls could be found to avert the looming threat of liquidation. And he said there is no reason why the club should not finish the Super League season, even if a buyer is not found.
RFL officials met Super League club representatives yesterday to update them on the Bulls’ plight and to debate the issues surrounding their administration.
Wood told a press conference in Brighouse: “We’re very confident the club can be saved. It’s a big club with a big brand and I think there’s already significant amount of interest.
“Guilfoyle has consistently stated that he has received no firm offers to buy the club, although he was talking to an interested party yesterday afternoon.
“We are certainly aware of people who have expressed an interest.
“Whether that has crystallised into a firm written offer, I don’t know, but we are aware of interest in the club.”
Guilfoyle, who made 16 full-time staff redundant earlier this week, says he has around £20,000 to run the club and will be unable to meet the players’ wage bill of around £200,000 when it is due next Friday.
But Wood and RFL director of licensing and standards Blake Solly told the media briefing that the administrator will have access to three potential sources of funding that can buy him more time.
“One of them is through monies that he makes through putting on the matches,” said Solly.
“He may also consider player sales and thirdly he’s got the Sky distribution.
“Between those three sources of revenue, we believe he has enough to finish the season.
“We’re really confident the players will get paid next week.”
Solly confirmed that clubs are due their next instalment of television income in the next ten days and Wood suggested the governing body would be prepared to advance Bradford their share.
“There is every optimism that we have the resources to make sure the club can fulfil its obligations this season,” said Wood.
Wood expressed sympathy with the staff who Guilfoyle made redundant on Monday and he admitted: “There’s a concern about the generality of the way things have been handled rather than just the coaching situation.”
Wood also confirmed that a decision on a sporting sanction would be made by the RFL board in the next seven days, with the Bulls facing an automatic deduction of up to six competition points for breaching insolvency regulations.
Yesterday’s briefing followed a meeting of the other 12 English Super League clubs in Bradford to discuss the crisis at the Bulls.
“There was a full and frank discussion,” said Wood. “There was a unanimous position taken about making sure the game supported the club as much as possible.”
Asked about the timescale to find a buyer, Wood said: “The administrator has talked about Tuesday being his deadline, but that’s a matter for him really.
“He has to work against his own schedule.
“There’s a legal process with administration and a cut-off point after which the administrator becomes personally liable for the expenses of the business.
“It’s no surprise that he needs to operate to a fixed deadline but we will work with the administrator to make sure that the club has the time it needs to find new owners that are going to take it forward.
“We sit here today very optimistic that the club can conclude the season and determined to work with the administrator to enable that to happen.”
Guilfoyle has so far resisted selling players and Wood added: “I think the administrator’s own preference is to find a purchaser to take it on as a going concern, which to a large extent is why no player sales have been contemplated just yet.
“He has a legal obligation to explore all alternatives.”
Should the Bulls find a buyer, the RFL would consider transferring the club’s current Super League licence, which has two years remaining, to the new owners.
“The issue then becomes at the discretion of the RFL board whether to allow the club to fulfill the remaining years on it,” said Solly.
Comments(49)
loiner8
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8:51am Sat 7 Jul 12
BeechwoodBull
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9:17am Sat 7 Jul 12
raisemeup
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10:18am Sat 7 Jul 12
BeechwoodBull wrote:Well said Beechwood. The movement of the one brain cell from our non friend, fortunately is rare, but these sites being what they are we tend to draw the sludge as well as the inteligent responses.
What a quality, well thought out post. (I don't think) Still given where its come from its not a surprise. Thankfully there are some proper Rhinos'who are true RL fans and see the wider picture and we appreciate their support rather than this unseemly rant
What is heartening is the collective help and support from other clubs and the RFL, plus many of the decent fans from these clubs.
What we should do is thank them, not throw the help and support in their faces.(we aren't doing that)
Because what our silly friend is doing is calling thousands of people "Mugs" for being decent and sensible supporters of our truly wonderful game!
Let's hope he gets the chance to explain his insulting behaviour to them all.
cj
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10:36am Sat 7 Jul 12
DevonBull
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11:19am Sat 7 Jul 12
cj wrote:I could not believe his attitude, maybe he should have another look at his own C.V. - not the best of reading! What an idiot!
did anyone hear that imbocile cullen on sky last night??? why oh why do we have to put up with numpties like him on the telly? it's bad enough with neddie and heaveho without him as well.
raisemeup
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11:27am Sat 7 Jul 12
DevonBull wrote:He tends to bask in his own intellect (??) rather than give any sense to what he actually says. ie He's using some of the right words, but not necessarily in any order!
cj wrote:I could not believe his attitude, maybe he should have another look at his own C.V. - not the best of reading! What an idiot!
did anyone hear that imbocile cullen on sky last night??? why oh why do we have to put up with numpties like him on the telly? it's bad enough with neddie and heaveho without him as well.
Yes I agree with you.
Solomon Grundy
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1:04pm Sat 7 Jul 12
loiner8
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2:19pm Sat 7 Jul 12
billybobbull
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2:52pm Sat 7 Jul 12
The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.
cj
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3:01pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Solomon Grundy wrote:the gist of it from stevo and eddie was about clubs having big money backers, and without them a lot of clubs would be in our possition, if not worse. cullen kept harping on about not spending what you didn't have, the point is though is that that is just what widnes are doing, they haven't got anything other than a big money backer. his whole attitude was really quite offensive in my humble opinion
Not with you - what was cullen saying?
loiner8
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3:35pm Sat 7 Jul 12
billybobbull wrote:it didnt seem to worry the chairmen of the other spl clubs when voting on rangers. its about sporting integrety
The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income.
The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.
Solomon Grundy
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4:27pm Sat 7 Jul 12
No more to be said. Seeing the bigger picture requires intelligence too.
baildonbullette
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5:13pm Sat 7 Jul 12
The main problem was the bank calling in the overdraft, then it was downhill all the way after that. Looking forward to tomorrow's game,rain or shine.
I was under the impression that you could only make someone redundant when the job is no longer there - at the moment it is so Guilfoyle is surely out of line here?
foxi911
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5:43pm Sat 7 Jul 12
cj wrote:Dont forget one of his other clubs W***Y Warrington. I am sure they dont have financial backing NOT!!!!! COYB
Solomon Grundy wrote:the gist of it from stevo and eddie was about clubs having big money backers, and without them a lot of clubs would be in our possition, if not worse. cullen kept harping on about not spending what you didn't have, the point is though is that that is just what widnes are doing, they haven't got anything other than a big money backer. his whole attitude was really quite offensive in my humble opinion
Not with you - what was cullen saying?
THEMANOFSTEEL
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6:39pm Sat 7 Jul 12
We are Bulls what good are our cheap season tickets if we have no team to watch????
COYB!!!!!!!
scandanavian's love child52
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7:39pm Sat 7 Jul 12
loiner8
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7:41pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Solomon Grundy wrote:well the bigger picture is in recent history the bulls won a lot of honours,and some people may now start to question if like glasgow rangers, if those trophies were won fairly. any how not to incur the wrath of others on this forum i will sit on the fence on that one. any how my point is that when success dried up the management tried to bring back the glory days by overspending bad budgeting and god who knows what else what. now the other clubs in super league may look at bradfords position and think "hey" we could do that to buy success and not get punished, in fact quite the opposite we will get help when it all goes wrong. a lot is talked in rugby league by the fans and the rfl alike about a even playing field but how can this be when it is tilted towards one club?. how is that sporting integrity (hope ive spelt it right). a lot of fans in every other sport want justice to those who have wronged why should that make the bradford bulls a exception, please dont question my intelligence.
Integrity, with an I not and E.
No more to be said. Seeing the bigger picture requires intelligence too.
junctiontiger
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8:47pm Sat 7 Jul 12
The RFL say Bradford must complete their fixture incuring additional debt in wages utilities etc.We need to take time to review the viability of the whole stucture of super league in terms of TV revenue sponsorship salary structure and membership.Bradford like any business must pay its creditors and live within its means.The rugby world in general and Bulls fans in particular have shown great generosity may its time for the player to do like Mike Potter and give thier service for free for a while which may encourage a buyer if the feel they are not buying an increasing debt but a business with not only loyal customers and commited employees.
However this does not negate the need for a thorough strategic review of our sport.(Imagine the cost of the Catalan away fixture and the return fixtures increased revenue of the Catalan away following not good commercial sense but no doubt requires lots of fact finding visits by senior rfl officials) Good Luck Bulls but what the rumour about the finances of a number of clubs may mean a very healthy looking Championship One.
junctiontiger
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8:52pm Sat 7 Jul 12
raisemeup
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9:16pm Sat 7 Jul 12
junctiontiger wrote:Absolutely, any errors are negated by the sense of what you say.
Whoops sorry about a few omitted letters and grammar errors but hopefully you get the point.Cheers
Hopefully it's a wake up call for us all, it would be terrible for any other club to suffer the "slings and Arrows etc.." as the Bulls have done. This comment doesn't say we are worse off than others who have shared this fate, and my sympathy and feelings were with them at the time it was happening>
What we have suffered is a progression of that situation which has been a long and protracted drip feed of bad and then worse news, with uncertainty and the redundancy of long serving hard working decent people, without any of us actually knowing why it happened before it was strictly necessary.
By this situation with the Bulls the worst scenario would be that if it happened to another Super League club it might be instant death, and that is something no supporter would wish for.
You have raised some very good points there J...Tiger.
Potter for the sack
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9:22pm Sat 7 Jul 12
loiner8 wrote:Sure you cant recognise your head from your a r s e. Not all Rhinos fans are dimwits like you and as Prycey said Rhinos would be hit in the pocket with their two biggest attended games out the windows. So engage brain before opening mouth you nit wit
with all the money and help it seems that if the bradford bulls **** the rugby football league come out and have a crap.
smitto
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9:28pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Shelfrhino
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9:31pm Sat 7 Jul 12
billybobbull wrote:What a complete crock, quarter of a million?
The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income.
The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.
Where do you get that figure from you dreamer?
Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance.
Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid.
Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
raisemeup
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10:00pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Shelfrhino wrote:Well just when you find that a post from an offensive Leeds supporter (Rhino8 first post)has been half moderated, to some sensible comments and a semblance of decency. We get the moronic outpouring from the shelf village idiot, who probably couldn't get the job elsewhere because he was over qualified!
billybobbull wrote:What a complete crock, quarter of a million?
The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income.
The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.
Where do you get that figure from you dreamer?
Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance.
Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid.
Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
loiner8
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10:32pm Sat 7 Jul 12
scandanavian's love child52
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10:36pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Shelfrhino wrote:I have to agree with my mate Shelf. If Bulls took 4000 over which they have not for a long time at £25(is that the price ? ) per head that is 100k and not everyone pays £25 as children are concessionary and child season tickets free.The so called biggest derby in the sport is no more and if you look at other attendances and stats other teams have a bigger away support these days.
billybobbull wrote: The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income. The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.What a complete crock, quarter of a million? Where do you get that figure from you dreamer? Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance. Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid. Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
loiner8
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10:45pm Sat 7 Jul 12
loiner8
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10:59pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Potter for the sack wrote:please read my last post about what a lot of other clubs fans are saying, im rugby through and through and the bulls plight me upset me just like yourself.
loiner8 wrote:Sure you cant recognise your head from your a r s e. Not all Rhinos fans are dimwits like you and as Prycey said Rhinos would be hit in the pocket with their two biggest attended games out the windows. So engage brain before opening mouth you nit wit
with all the money and help it seems that if the bradford bulls **** the rugby football league come out and have a crap.
loiner8
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11:27pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Potter for the sack wrote:please read my last post about what a lot of other clubs fans are saying, im rugby through and through and the bulls plight me upset me just like yourself.
loiner8 wrote:Sure you cant recognise your head from your a r s e. Not all Rhinos fans are dimwits like you and as Prycey said Rhinos would be hit in the pocket with their two biggest attended games out the windows. So engage brain before opening mouth you nit wit
with all the money and help it seems that if the bradford bulls **** the rugby football league come out and have a crap.
loiner8
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11:43pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Correctness
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8:48am Sun 8 Jul 12
loiner8 wrote:If you paid your money to 'hrmc' it's probably gone to someone in Nigeria.
ok i donated to the fund when leeds played bradford at easter i think the situation is more critical now i know my tenner went to pay the hrmc so i paid my taxes twice that week. but things are worse now what happened to all that hard earned cash?
Prycey
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9:01am Sun 8 Jul 12
BeechwoodBull
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9:13am Sun 8 Jul 12
billybobbull
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9:26am Sun 8 Jul 12
scandanavian's love child52 wrote:Shelf rhino, you really are an angry boy aren't you. Try being polite for a change. My figures may not be perfect, but in the long run Rhinos will lose out massively.
Shelfrhino wrote:I have to agree with my mate Shelf. If Bulls took 4000 over which they have not for a long time at £25(is that the price ? ) per head that is 100k and not everyone pays £25 as children are concessionary and child season tickets free.The so called biggest derby in the sport is no more and if you look at other attendances and stats other teams have a bigger away support these days.
billybobbull wrote: The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income. The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.What a complete crock, quarter of a million? Where do you get that figure from you dreamer? Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance. Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid. Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
When the Bulls are/were at the top end, this IS the biggest money spinning game. If we survive, Rhinos will benefit, if we do not Rhinos will lose.
Since I started watching this Northern/Bulls v Leeds has always Been one of the most import games each season to fans of both clubs. That is no different today as was in the past and much more importantly in the future.
Please stop being angry boy and think of the bigger picture.
oddshapedballs
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9:32am Sun 8 Jul 12
loiner8 wrote:As much as i hate whinos this is one of the first posts from a fan of theirs that has any.substance and.accuracy. i quite agree but we already knew this
Solomon Grundy wrote:well the bigger picture is in recent history the bulls won a lot of honours,and some people may now start to question if like glasgow rangers, if those trophies were won fairly. any how not to incur the wrath of others on this forum i will sit on the fence on that one. any how my point is that when success dried up the management tried to bring back the glory days by overspending bad budgeting and god who knows what else what. now the other clubs in super league may look at bradfords position and think "hey" we could do that to buy success and not get punished, in fact quite the opposite we will get help when it all goes wrong. a lot is talked in rugby league by the fans and the rfl alike about a even playing field but how can this be when it is tilted towards one club?. how is that sporting integrity (hope ive spelt it right). a lot of fans in every other sport want justice to those who have wronged why should that make the bradford bulls a exception, please dont question my intelligence.
Integrity, with an I not and E.
No more to be said. Seeing the bigger picture requires intelligence too.
Savethebulls
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9:54am Sun 8 Jul 12
Clearly communicating with the fans is not a priority!!
Tricky Dicky
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10:38am Sun 8 Jul 12
raisemeup
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10:45am Sun 8 Jul 12
scandanavian's love child52 wrote:Now if you concentrate on the debate, see what intelligent responses you might just get.
Shelfrhino wrote:I have to agree with my mate Shelf. If Bulls took 4000 over which they have not for a long time at £25(is that the price ? ) per head that is 100k and not everyone pays £25 as children are concessionary and child season tickets free.The so called biggest derby in the sport is no more and if you look at other attendances and stats other teams have a bigger away support these days.
billybobbull wrote: The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income. The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.What a complete crock, quarter of a million? Where do you get that figure from you dreamer? Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance. Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid. Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
I think what our friend was trying to say is that with a crowd of 20,000 a lot of revenue is due to both clubs.
£250k is a figure that may or not be generated, because it's not just about "Bums on Seats"
Keep up the good work there's hope for you yet!
See what our friend in Shelf responds with?
raisemeup
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11:14am Sun 8 Jul 12
Savethebulls wrote:Just to put the picture right, the site was run by an outside company, who probably withdrew due to it being owned by an ex Director of the Bulls...nough said!
The Bulls offical website appears to have disappeared - what does this say ????
Clearly communicating with the fans is not a priority!!
benjibullll
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11:59am Sun 8 Jul 12
oddshapedballs
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12:54pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Thanks Ken for all your help with the Bradford clubs in your time!
Good on you Mr Tordoff
Mumby was the best
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1:16pm Sun 8 Jul 12
benjibullll wrote:Don`t tar all Leeds fans with the same brush most aren`t as stupid as Shelf.
one day leeds will be in this position the bulls are in and to be honest i wouldn t part with my last penny for that club. and when they are you will come on this site crying for help . so just keep it shut ok shelf and you other monkeys who watch leeds now and again
Although when Leeds were going thru a bad patch last year some ignorant ones blamed the coaches because they had played for the Bulls and were making them play bad on purpose!!!
Writer
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2:05pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Let's hope that someone buys the club this week, personally I don't care who and then perhaps we can move forward. Must dash for the game.
COYB!
Shelfrhino
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7:47pm Sun 8 Jul 12
billybobbull wrote:Not an angry boy at all, I just find it a bit pathetic that you make up a figure and bang on about it as if it were fact, like Scandi said you are miles out.
scandanavian's love child52 wrote:Shelf rhino, you really are an angry boy aren't you. Try being polite for a change. My figures may not be perfect, but in the long run Rhinos will lose out massively.
Shelfrhino wrote:I have to agree with my mate Shelf. If Bulls took 4000 over which they have not for a long time at £25(is that the price ? ) per head that is 100k and not everyone pays £25 as children are concessionary and child season tickets free.The so called biggest derby in the sport is no more and if you look at other attendances and stats other teams have a bigger away support these days.
billybobbull wrote: The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income. The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.What a complete crock, quarter of a million? Where do you get that figure from you dreamer? Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance. Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid. Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
When the Bulls are/were at the top end, this IS the biggest money spinning game. If we survive, Rhinos will benefit, if we do not Rhinos will lose.
Since I started watching this Northern/Bulls v Leeds has always Been one of the most import games each season to fans of both clubs. That is no different today as was in the past and much more importantly in the future.
Please stop being angry boy and think of the bigger picture.
Bradford are not a big club anymore, I say this not as a gloat, but as a fact. If you were a big club your gate's would be above ten thousand WITHOUT huge discounts on price, this is ultimately why you are a failing business because your customers will not pay the going rate for the product you sell.
There you go, no anger, no p**s taking, just facts.
Shelfrhino
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8:46pm Sun 8 Jul 12
benjibullll wrote:The Rhino's will never be in this position, HTH.
one day leeds will be in this position the bulls are in and to be honest i wouldn t part with my last penny for that club. and when they are you will come on this site crying for help . so just keep it shut ok shelf and you other monkeys who watch leeds now and again
If they were, why would we come on here asking for help? You sad lot hardly even helped your own club out, only about twenty percent of ST holders pledged.
billybobbull
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8:32pm Mon 9 Jul 12
Shelfrhino wrote:Without getting into a slanging match. Pointless.
billybobbull wrote:Not an angry boy at all, I just find it a bit pathetic that you make up a figure and bang on about it as if it were fact, like Scandi said you are miles out.
scandanavian's love child52 wrote:Shelf rhino, you really are an angry boy aren't you. Try being polite for a change. My figures may not be perfect, but in the long run Rhinos will lose out massively.
Shelfrhino wrote:I have to agree with my mate Shelf. If Bulls took 4000 over which they have not for a long time at £25(is that the price ? ) per head that is 100k and not everyone pays £25 as children are concessionary and child season tickets free.The so called biggest derby in the sport is no more and if you look at other attendances and stats other teams have a bigger away support these days.
billybobbull wrote: The thing is Loiner, if the Bulls disappear, your club will lose approx' a quarter of a million at least from the gate money in just two weeks and each year thereafter. That's a month's wages for your club. It's your biggest regular income. The Rhinos need the Bulls as much as the RFL.What a complete crock, quarter of a million? Where do you get that figure from you dreamer? Are you the dulls bookkeeper by any chance. Our biggest regular income is the large amount of home fans paying a realistic price to get in, unlike your sad club with ten thousand attending and receipts totalling about three hundred quid. Sure we'd miss you, but not much, Fax would nearly make up for it.
When the Bulls are/were at the top end, this IS the biggest money spinning game. If we survive, Rhinos will benefit, if we do not Rhinos will lose.
Since I started watching this Northern/Bulls v Leeds has always Been one of the most import games each season to fans of both clubs. That is no different today as was in the past and much more importantly in the future.
Please stop being angry boy and think of the bigger picture.
Bradford are not a big club anymore, I say this not as a gloat, but as a fact. If you were a big club your gate's would be above ten thousand WITHOUT huge discounts on price, this is ultimately why you are a failing business because your customers will not pay the going rate for the product you sell.
There you go, no anger, no p**s taking, just facts.
The Bulls are not in this position because we are not a big club...we are in this position because we have no money. IF and I say IF we can survive we will be a big club again and the Rhinos will make money because of our existence at the top of Rugby League.
We didn't get into the position because crowds are small or because Badford fans will not pay the price, we got into this position because we were mismanaged and because in the recent past, as the stars left, Noble, Fielden, Pryce, Paul, Peacock etc the team were not good enough to continue previous success and crowds do dwindle. Please don't mix up the way things happened.
A BIG club is a BIG club and (touch wood) always will be. I remember the times when Leeds, Wigan, Warrington, (and in Football Man Utd, Chelsea and more) were 'not big clubs' for a few years, but they came back.
Hopefully the Rhinos' success will continue, (for the sake of Yorkshire rugby league) and you will be getting the crowds you get now for the next then years, but we cannot rule out that things go wrong. Players leave, retire, and get injured. With them they take the glory hunter crowds, as success fades. You did not get the crowds you have now in the 80s and 90s. Likewise for the Bulls over the past fews years.
I been around long enough to have seen this cycle in RL at least three times since the 60s.
Your 'facts' may be correct today. But please do no think they always will be.
If you look at what we paid Rhinos re Harrs you will see that the fgure took into consideraion thing sother tan gate receipts. This is the extra that success brings. merchadising, sponsorship and LARGER CROWDS to all games, in addition to away games, Challenge Cup games, play offs and finals. This is where everyone benefits when the seond biggest city team is successful be will be again (hopefully) and you will benefit.
None is this is particularly scientific, just a reminder that this game goes in cycles, as does life. Money, players and fans come and go. YOU NEED US. No need to slag off Bradford or Bradfordians. Just make fair comment without scoring points please.
billybobbull
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8:48pm Mon 9 Jul 12
arhmen aleg
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1:08am Tue 10 Jul 12
billybobbull wrote:Don"t apologise.
Anyway.....apologies for going on and the carp. Let's draw a line under it and hope that tomorrow, or in the next few weeks the Bulls are saved so we all benefit.
Bickering is stupid.
Everyone is potentially in the position the Bulls find themselves.
People are fickle.
Success or failure on the pitch shows that.Whichever City or Town.

billybobbull says...
7:52am Sat 7 Jul 12