Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:41 am  

tigertot wrote:

Are you still on minimum wage Ed?

Is he one of the Staff volunteering at Odsal??

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:18 am  

Any one else notice that the bars why where now open for this match when they have been closed since we went into admin, if they are still cutting cost they wouldn't pay staff or fix them as they "said" they where broken

[Bulliac]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:16 am  

broadybull87 wrote:

Any one else notice that the bars why where now open for this match when they have been closed since we went into admin, if they are still cutting cost they wouldn't pay staff or fix them as they "said" they where broken

I hadn't realised the bars have been shut. Seems a poor decision, if you can afford to buy the stock then it should be very profitable. Madness to keep them shut when we need every penny.
late thought - it wasn't because they'd made the licence holder redundant, was it?

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:50 am  

IIRC i think it said there was a problem with the celler pumps, but i am sure they have been shut since we played wakefield im sure of it. Same question applies if we are living on a shoe string and cutting cost why now open them up, makes me think we have gotten a cash injection from somewhere

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:37 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

IIRC i think it said there was a problem with the celler pumps, but i am sure they have been shut since we played wakefield im sure of it. Same question applies if we are living on a shoe string and cutting cost why now open them up, makes me think we have gotten a cash injection from somewhere

If gross profit on sale of beer etc > marginal costs of opening the bars (mainly staff), then provided they actually have sufficient stock avaialble (no foregone conclusion when you do not enjoy credit terms) then it is a total no-brainer.

[Bulliac]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:09 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

IIRC i think it said there was a problem with the celler pumps, but i am sure they have been shut since we played wakefield im sure of it. Same question applies if we are living on a shoe string and cutting cost why now open them up, makes me think we have gotten a cash injection from somewhere

Seems a strange one if your recollection is correct. I'm certainly no expert on the keg system but as far as I know each font has its own pump, so with bars spread all over the ground it would seem to need quite a few pumps to develop problems all at once to cause them to shut up shop.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:19 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

I hadn't realised the bars have been shut. Seems a poor decision, if you can afford to buy the stock then it should be very profitable. Madness to keep them shut when we need every penny.
late thought - it wasn't because they'd made the licence holder redundant, was it?

wouldnt that affect touchdown as well though which has been open throughout?. Thought outside bars were back open for widnes game as well but I could be wrong.

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:06 pm  

Just one thing that's buzzing round my head at the moment.

Assuming that we get a buyer and that buyer agrees to pay off some of the outstanding debt rather than go down the newco route, surely we should be allowed to appeal against the 6 point deduction? After all, both Wakey and Crusaders got only 4 point deductions after agreeing similar deals. So if we were able to go down the same road, why should we suffer the full 6?

[Bulliac]

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:16 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

Just one thing that's buzzing round my head at the moment.

Assuming that we get a buyer and that buyer agrees to pay off some of the outstanding debt rather than go down the newco route, surely we should be allowed to appeal against the 6 point deduction? After all, both Wakey and Crusaders got only 4 point deductions after agreeing similar deals. So if we were able to go down the same road, why should we suffer the full 6?

I've been saying that ever since the deduction was announced. I thought then, and still do, that the RFL jumped in with both feet and were a bit too keen to knock 6 points off before they knew what debts (if any) would still be there. It's a good job they don't have any responsibility for hangings...

Re: Latest state of play posts only : Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:15 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

I've been saying that ever since the deduction was announced. I thought then, and still do, that the RFL jumped in with both feet and were a bit too keen to knock 6 points off before they knew what debts (if any) would still be there. It's a good job they don't have any responsibility for hangings...

They did say it was 6 points "for going into Administration"