Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:50 am  

There's one thing for sure, Chadders is no sugar daddy and will only spend what's affordable. No doubt those that were only in it for the money will move on, but we'll probably be in a better long term position, certainly more stable and sustainable.

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:39 am  

[quote="Seagull"]There's one thing for sure, Chadders is no sugar daddy and will only spend what's affordable. No doubt those that were only in it for the money will move on, but we'll probably be in a better long term position, certainly more stable and sustainable.[/quote
cant say much more but i think wheels are in progress with regards new investors/management. One things for sure supporters needs to be involved in future. Least then we will know whats going on before this ever happens again like it keeps happening

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:58 am  

Good to hear that things may already be happening but people coming in must be realistic in their aspirations.

I always worry when I see the word "investors" as any investor usually expects to the see a return on their investment.

There is no return in RL, you just keep paying out!

As long as people realise this when they go in it's fine, but if they expect a monetary return they are dreaming

If the return is he satisfaction of watching the club grow that's fine, but anything else doesn't happen in the real world.

Hopefully we can keep the nucleus of the squad together and still have a half decent pop at the playoffs, but it's obvious the big money signings won't be hanging around.

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:23 pm  

If this is true, I can now elaborate of some of the shady happening which have "allegedly" been going on. I have it on good authority that players have not been getting paid. Neither have staff.
Ron Carr has aparently resigned on health grounds, but alegedly, in personal phone calls revaeled he did so as he was being asked to do things with club finances he simply couldnt do.
The money from the Leeds game was "allegedly" never put in the Panthers bank account.

I would allege that these problems come from the same source, a man who has previously managed to bankrupt Leigh, and is possibly the dodgiest businessman i have ever had the misfortune to hear about in our sport.

I hope someone comes in with a sounds business model for the club and continues the good work that the likes of Nick Settle are undertaking in the area.

As for Mr Hope, i think the phrase is "C U Next Tuesday"

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:02 pm  

gnidir wrote:

If this is true, I can now elaborate of some of the shady happening which have "allegedly" been going on. I have it on good authority that players have not been getting paid. Neither have staff.
Ron Carr has aparently resigned on health grounds, but alegedly, in personal phone calls revaeled he did so as he was being asked to do things with club finances he simply couldnt do.
The money from the Leeds game was "allegedly" never put in the Panthers bank account.

I would allege that these problems come from the same source, a man who has previously managed to bankrupt Leigh, and is possibly the dodgiest businessman i have ever had the misfortune to hear about in our sport.

I hope someone comes in with a sounds business model for the club and continues the good work that the likes of Nick Settle are undertaking in the area.

As for Mr Hope, i think the phrase is "C U Next Tuesday"

Thats similar to what i was told apart from the ron carr part. Heard maybe something in the pipeline so guess we will have to wait and see. Lots of people have done good work so lets hope it not been for nothing.

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:36 am  

From the Gazette website today: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Panthers-plea-as-chief-suffers.6353580.jp motwyw

From the Gazette website today: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Panthers-plea-as-chief-suffers.6353580.jp motwyw

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:55 am  

The best way forward at this level is to do what we are doing at Doncaster.
No play=No pay and pay only what you can afford.
Ok we are still third bottom, but at the beginning of the season we had nothing but we have steadily improved as the weeks have passed and are coming along nicely.
We have an improving team and a little bit of cash in the bank, i firmly believe that this is the way to go for the future of semi pro RL.

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:27 am  

Couldn't agree with you more Rupert, the sooner clubs adopt that mentality across the board the better the game will be for everyone.

Sadly though, there are always one or two dreamers who choose to ignore common sense and then everyone else is struggling to compete.

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:31 am  

rupert bear wrote:

The best way forward at this level is to do what we are doing at Doncaster.
No play=No pay and pay only what you can afford.
Ok we are still third bottom, but at the beginning of the season we had nothing but we have steadily improved as the weeks have passed and are coming along nicely.
We have an improving team and a little bit of cash in the bank, i firmly believe that this is the way to go for the future of semi pro RL.

We had this system until the ego came along. It is actually something MC strongly believed in, he brought it in to the club when we were making steady progress but you can't operate it under a superstar system that hope wanted. Quicker we get back to it the better!

Re: chairman Bobby Hope resigns! : Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:53 pm  

I hope you survive this storm. It would be a sad day for RL to lose Blackpool.
Keep the faith and build a club steadily and sustainably.
All the best from a Donny fan.