Re: Ownership and twists : Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:27 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Fair enough and well put too.....I proffer my sincerest apologies if I caused you offence.

I was spot on about Whitcu*t though, wasn't I

I would not say that you caused me any offence. I just thought that it was a curious argument, that is all.

And, yes, you were indeed correct about Mr W. As I said, you are usually right on the mark, which was why I was somewhat surprised with your cheap shot about crowd and the stadium.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:05 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

“I’m 60 in October and all I’ve ever done in my life is make money,” said Potticary.

Well you can't argue with that.

“I wanted to do something different that was going to turn me on and excite me. I didn’t expect that to be Bradford Bulls but the timing couldn’t have been better.

I genuinely wish him all the best. He looks quite avuncular.

If his attitude is still all about making money, apart from being completely alien to me, I would be very worried. For the obvious reasons. If he has suddenly discovered corporate social responsibility then great, but someone who has not attended a RL match before is in for a massive challenge &, while it might excite him, might be too easy to walk away from, dependent on how much he is prepared to lose. Not that I aren't pleased there is some new money coming in to the game & Bulls in particular.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:31 am  

tigertot wrote:

If his attitude is still all about making money, apart from being completely alien to me,

.. says the man with a mansion in Ilkely, a chauffeur and a butler

tigertot wrote:

I would be very worried. For the obvious reasons. If he has suddenly discovered corporate social responsibility then great, but someone who has not attended a RL match before is in for a massive challenge &, while it might excite him, might be too easy to walk away from, dependent on how much he is prepared to lose. Not that I aren't pleased there is some new money coming in to the game & Bulls in particular.

I think he probably meant it in a "making the business make money" rather than an ""I can add more to my pile" kind of way, but didn't put it very clearly. least I hope so!

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:15 pm  

If the new owner wants to be judged by actions not words then Judgement Day is upon him. Ans I don't mean more backroom staff.Nobody ever went to a rugby matvh to watch a commercial director.

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:56 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

If the new owner wants to be judged by actions not words then Judgement Day is upon him. Ans I don't mean more backroom staff.Nobody ever went to a rugby matvh to watch a commercial director.

Whilst that's perfectly true, it is also a fact that crowds have been known to come in to watch the players that the commercial director created the money for...At the end of the day, the commercial director has to bring in more than he costs - if he does that everyone should be happy.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:20 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

If the new owner wants to be judged by actions not words then Judgement Day is upon him. Ans I don't mean more backroom staff.Nobody ever went to a rugby matvh to watch a commercial director.

I used to go and watch Steve Ferres

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:23 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

I used to go and watch Steve Ferres

LOL, so did I...he was pretty good, come to think of it!! and former chief exec Abi Ekoku, not to mention Robbie Paul. We seem to have had some very watchable backroom staff when you think about it.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:18 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

We seem to have had some very watchable backroom staff when you think about it.

Francis Cummins - length of the field try at Wembley (albeit for Leeds )

Paul Medley - almost 150 tries for Northern / Bulls

Lee St Hilaire ...ummm.... well, thats where it ends

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:49 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

Francis Cummins - length of the field try at Wembley (albeit for Leeds )

Paul Medley - almost 150 tries for Northern / Bulls

Lee St Hilaire ...ummm.... well, thats where it ends

Wasn't thinking about coaches to be honest, more office/commercial management side, but there have been a few coaches including Nobby and going back even the legend himself, Trevor Foster who was both a coach and director in the fifties, followed by Joe Phillips in the sixties.

Re: Ownership and twists : Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:21 pm  

The problem is that the backroom staff are more watchable than the team.