Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:58 am  

I was getting a similar vibe also, as the RFL dragged ratifying the club for ages.

Why would they want a business man from london with possible a huge list of southern contacts and within the RFU to buy the club, mmmmmm?

Thats why i am surprised they are so hostile toward Koukash, hes minted and the one of the only ways pro RFL can carry on.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:01 am  

As he seems the RFL pick, and is the only game left in town, surely this could be moved forward before the game on Sunday?

He also talks about moving forward if we are relegated or not, so seems to say the right things at least, in for the long term. But we've had a lot of talk, we need positive actions now before the club dies.

If he buys it, runs it at a level we can all afford then whatever happens regarding relegation happens, Id rather support a team in a lower league beating Keighley and Fax, looking to get back up, rather than reminise about a dead club.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:05 am  

I'm still wary what Lamb's motives are. I find it strange that someone who appears to be succesful is still interested despite us been deep in the brown stuff. Succesful business don't become that way by wasting money. I hope the bloke isn't a Michael Knighton only after the publicty only time will tell.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:10 am  

Not many choices left though red are there? I share your waryness, but who else is doing/saying anything?

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:13 am  

If we've learnt anything over the last ten years or so it's surely to distrust absolutely everyone, even in times of plenty.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:20 am  

Agreed. Henry Kissinger: “Even paranoids have enemies.”

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:52 am  

redeverready wrote:

I'm still wary what Lamb's motives are. I find it strange that someone who appears to be succesful is still interested despite us been deep in the brown stuff. Succesful business don't become that way by wasting money. I hope the bloke isn't a Michael Knighton only after the publicty only time will tell.

The only publicity with failed takeovers is bad publicity. Ask Glover, Whitcut, OK and now Moore, Watt and Calvert. Pull it off and it's a huge boost to cred. Otherwise, your name's mud.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:04 am  

There's a lot of weird stuff going on, but one huge questionmark is this: on the one hand, we've been led to believe that in the new owners we had some pretty level-headed businessmen who insisted in dissecting and crunching the numbers and changing a failed business into one that lived within its means going forward - and had the financial expertise to do this; on the other hand we have the RFL basically saying that they were not convinced by these people at all, and were short of the two fundamental planks, a viable business plan end evidence of funding, and were asking for another half a million advance just to keep going.

I can't quite match the two positions up.

[Bulliac]

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:09 am  

Well, it was the RFL who passed them as 'fit and proper', in the first place. The longer this goes on the RFL give the impression of being more and more unreliable and unhinged.

Re: Ownership and twists : Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:14 am  

I note that in the various tit for tat statements yesterday the protagonists were RFL and Moore. Watt and Calvert did not put their names to the RFL bashing rant, neither were they named in the RFL statement or interviews.

The RFL did quite pointedly link Moore to Whitcut. I also note from the T&A story, specifically the comments from Blake Solly, that he has pretty clearly stated that the Special Measures decision relates to the BB2014 proposal.

Sometimes it is easier to see these things when you are not emotionally attached, but I get the clear impression that the RFL think a Moore led group will result in another OK style failure and want to avoid that.

It is tough love, I believe the RFL will be very supportive to the right rescue plan, but will not be supportive of the wrong one. Going back to my original point, it seems there is no dispute that the RFL told BB2014 likely sanctions on 7 Feb, that is some time ago now, yet last Friday there was contact between Calvert and Lamb - Calvert inviting Lamb to this weeks game. That is food for thought.