[Bulliac]

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:59 pm  

Bull Mania wrote: There was an interview with Roberts when he first took over BPA. He took it over as he wanted to give something back to the community he grew up in. IF he were to take over the Bulls, i'm sure he would use his money to help the fortunes of both clubs. Not to the detriment of the other. As Hamster said, both clubs being successful could and should benefit each other. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/dal ... -1-7072308 IF (and it's still a big IF) he does take over us, i don't believe he will throw a millions upon millions at us, create a super stadium and sign Johnathan Thurston on a marquee signing. But it should stabilse the club and improve the foundations for us to build upon. I'm awaiting for news that Richard Lamb is the new chairman with Mick Gledhill as the fans representative... I don't know about, or expect, "£millions" to be spent, just pay the bills [and wages] on time and run a proper club, in a businesslike manner, just as MG promised but sadly didn't quite deliver, and I'll live happily with that. Of course, if there are a few spare £millions lying around in someone's back pocket....

Bull Mania wrote: There was an interview with Roberts when he first took over BPA. He took it over as he wanted to give something back to the community he grew up in. IF he were to take over the Bulls, i'm sure he would use his money to help the fortunes of both clubs. Not to the detriment of the other. As Hamster said, both clubs being successful could and should benefit each other. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/dal ... -1-7072308 IF (and it's still a big IF) he does take over us, i don't believe he will throw a millions upon millions at us, create a super stadium and sign Johnathan Thurston on a marquee signing. But it should stabilse the club and improve the foundations for us to build upon. I'm awaiting for news that Richard Lamb is the new chairman with Mick Gledhill as the fans representative... I don't know about, or expect, "£millions" to be spent, just pay the bills [and wages] on time and run a proper club, in a businesslike manner, just as MG promised but sadly didn't quite deliver, and I'll live happily with that. Of course, if there are a few spare £millions lying around in someone's back pocket....

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:12 pm  

Just having someone with enough money to fund a reasonable cap spend and cover the inevitable cashflow shortfalls, so each one doesnt precipitate a winding up order, would be a major improvement on last few years.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:24 pm  

Nothing less than Jonathan Thurston will be acceptable.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:30 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

According to that, he is worth $8billion. That's billions, not millions

Even Caisley would struggle to burn through that in a hurry...

That's about how much I have spent on FA since he bought the last round.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:49 pm  

IF this happens to be true and we have this Caisley/Roberts "Dream Team" coming in then I guess that we would have every right to get excited about the prospects TBH.

And a potential groundshare plan with BPA makes the most sense too as, IF is to be at Odsal then it will utilise the stadium far more and help with the upkeep.

However, I still harbour dreams of a shared, custom built stadium, for the clubs to share. However, how big would it have to be?

[Bullseye]

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:03 pm  

A stadium like Warrington's would do both clubs fine IMO.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:11 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

A stadium like Warrington's would do both clubs fine IMO.

I agree Bullseye. It is just that I am concerned if became a bit of a "soul-less" arena for BPA if their crowds are reasonably small. (I don't know their average gate)

Still, best not speculate, there are a lot of Cowboys in Texas.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:35 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

I agree Bullseye. It is just that I am concerned if became a bit of a "soul-less" arena for BPA if their crowds are reasonably small. (I don't know their average gate)

I believe their 'crowds' are about 300 currently.

Obviously, if they rose to a higher level e.g Conference, they might be thinking of getting into four figures. But I doubt they'd test the capacity of Odsal anytime soon.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:22 pm  

I understand the excitement but I just can't get excited yet!!

I want to no just as much as everyone but I'm expecting the worse option and anything better is a bonus.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:39 pm  

Yep, I'm taking all the gossip with a massive pinch of salt. It brings a brief bit of interest to the day to read it, but we've seen it all before unfortunately. I hope and pray something falls in our favour this time, but I'm still preparing myself to be underwhelmed. Sorry if that seems a little pessimistic.