Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:40 pm  

I demand that half of our puke for the year be immediately shared with the other 13 clubs

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:08 pm  

On the subject of HMRC, the RFL's position is a tricky one and they have to be at least seen to try and avoid HMRC losing out. The new rules introduced last year mean that if a sports governing body is seen to be complicit with, or encourages/allows, the non payment of HMRC liabilities then the whole sport can be banned from receiving public money such as Sport England funding. In this regard the RFL also have to consider the bigger picture, there is more at stake than Bradford Bulls.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:49 pm  

From the tone of her tweets, Mrs K is still interested. Sounds as fed up as some of us at the delays.
She implies that no-one has told her officially her bid has failed and comments that every day passing is another nail in the Bulls coffin.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:28 pm  

And here are the good Dr's comments on the situation:

12h
@drmarwanK Think @MandyKoukash should challenge bid as Administrator still waiting for proof of funds from HIS/RFL preferred bidder. #FARCE

Marwan Koukash @drmarwanK
12m
@milliganwasagod @MandyKoukash I cannot understand why it is taking so long. It is like someone is happy to seem go away

Mark Ward @watchingthematc
9m
@drmarwanK I agree if you set a date for bids it shouldn't take anyone than a day or two to see what is the best one

Marwan Koukash
@drmarwanK
@watchingthematc Bids were submitted on Thursday, decision should have been made by Saturday ( 7 days ago).
9:16pm - 22 Mar 14

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:36 pm  

It's like we're waiting for the writer of a comedic farce to come up with the next twist in the story. Clearly he's got writer's block.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:55 pm  

Based on reading both Mr & Mrs Koukash comments on twitter, timescales that seem to have been given and then not adhered to, comments and statements in the press and how quickly this was decided last time. I get the impression something strange is going on, I really hope I'm wrong and on Monday morning we get some positive news.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:14 pm  

bradfordlegend wrote:

Based on reading both Mr & Mrs Koukash comments on twitter, timescales that seem to have been given and then not adhered to, comments and statements in the press and how quickly this was decided last time. I get the impression something strange is going on, I really hope I'm wrong and on Monday morning we get some positive news.

Replace strange with bent and your spot on. Hope koukash's publish details of their bid so we can compare it to the 'winning' one. Should be interesting reading!.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:45 am  

Cripesginger wrote:

Wrong. You apparently know nothing about this point. The issue of HMRC getting shafted by RL clubs has been a running sore for the RFL.

How exactly is it apparent, when I said

RFL (who of course have a huge vested interest in HMRC not being regularly shafted by RL clubs)

Maybe you could try reading posts before going off on a misconceived rant?

Cripesginger wrote:

After Moore and his mates ran away recently, Rimmer made explicit comments about paying / not paying HMRC (and other creditors). This suggests HMRC is important to the RFL. but if people need to pretend otherwise I could not care less.

Could you not, I see. That would be why you have barkingly concluded I pretend the HMRC "is not important to the RFL" when I wrote

RFL (who of course have a huge vested interest in HMRC not being regularly shafted by RL clubs

Cripesginger wrote:

furthermore. a majority of SL clubs are sick of clubs 'writing off' significant debts yet staying in SL.

Are they? When were you appointed a spokesman for the SL clubs? My recollection is that they voted IN FAVOUR of keeping the Bulls in SL which is an odd way to manifest such sickness, one would have thought.

They also voted to take half the Bulls' money and distribute it amongst themselves. This is an odd way to be sick of creditors being shafted. A club sick of debts being written off would vote for the half money being used towards repaying those debts.

Cripesginger wrote:

This is why a potential buyer may please the administrator yet fall short of getting a place in SL.

The reason is not that, at all. The reason is that (obviously) doing a deal with an administrator is a matter that relates to a deal to buy a business at the best price for creditors, it has nothing to do with rugby league; whereas being admitted to membership of SL is asking to join a members' club. It's two completely different things, the criteria for which and the arbiters of which bear no relation to each other.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:17 am  

I'm starting to get the impression that none of the bidders have put a huge pile of cash on the table to pay off the creditors, make up the funding shortfall, invest in the squad and put all of our financial woes behind us.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:47 am  

There is one bidder who has the financial muscle to enable us NEVER to see Administration again.........unfortunately her hubby isn't exactly Bessie mates with the RFL