Just seen the news people stood in lines at Odsal this morning to hand over their pledge.

And the Hood with hand out asking for more.

I want to know where this money is going before i pay mine in!!

Quote Kosh="Kosh"Don't know if anyone else has seen this yet: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ap ... CMP=twt_gu Mentions the possibility of selling players to cover the remaining £500K and that Bateman may command a '6 figure sum' from Warrington. Difficult decision for the BOD. If they aren't sure of generating the second £500K do they call in the pledges and hope for the best? What if they fall short and all that cash is effectively wasted? Wouldn't have their job for anything right now.'" Also, have i read it right? They would only activate the pledges that so many people have made if they are confident of getting the second amount of £500k? How will that decision be made?

Quote Kosh="Kosh"Don't know if anyone else has seen this yet: www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ap ... CMP=twt_gu Mentions the possibility of selling players to cover the remaining £500K and that Bateman may command a '6 figure sum' from Warrington. Difficult decision for the BOD. If they aren't sure of generating the second £500K do they call in the pledges and hope for the best? What if they fall short and all that cash is effectively wasted? Wouldn't have their job for anything right now.'" Also, have i read it right? They would only activate the pledges that so many people have made if they are confident of getting the second amount of £500k? How will that decision be made?

Why would they splitting the gate receipts 50/50?

I was at Odsal today to buy my widnes ticket. The bloke in front of me tried to pay in his pledge money. And was refused

The bit about Bateman is interesting, particularly given many on here have argued that the option of administration would see us lose our best young players and therefore the logic was pledge first and contest the ownership structure after the club was saved.

Bit ironic if by pledging we've ensured the present ownership can then proceed to sell our best young players to get the remaining £500k, meaning we lose out on both fronts. I'm not saying this is [ithe plan[/i, but Andy Wilson hints at it and has quotes from Hood in his piece.

I had presumed there was potential investment on a matched funding basis - supporters raise £500k and the rest is put in by a new investor or a combination of that and the BoD themselves (and continue to hope this is the case), but if the 'plan' is a 'fire sale' of our other assets - the players, then I can see some people being reluctant to honour their pledge. The lack of info and poor communication strategy could yet see us screw up the good will that's evidently out there, so I'm hoping Andy Wilson's article is just speculation.

Forgive my ignorance - what is a pledge? Have people handed over their bank/credit/debit card details ready for authorized use when the pledges are invoked? Or is it merely a promise, verbally or written? How does Hoodie activate the pledges and turn them into cash?

On the BBC today Stewart Duffy typified the mixed messages coming out of the club - he said that we would ned the next £500k in a period of weeks or even a couple of months! Well which the hell is it! Symptomatic of how badly the whole episode has been handled!

Its just a promise. Dont think its legally binding. And I certainly havent handed over my bank details. So it remains to be seen how quickly the money will be paid

Wow. So, someone could have pledged £200 on their pay day - got caught up in a tide of emotion and in three days time might have blown their pay day and change their mind?

We have experience of pledging. Would hope the BoD would be factoring in 'spoof' pledges from mickey-takers

I thought it was originally that the second 500k was 4-6 weeks after the first. Now I keep seeing that its by the end of the month? When is it needed for??