Thanks Adey. CC would always be vulnerable to a coalition of shareholders doing this exact same thing once his ego started to get the better of him again. He needs to have more than 25% of shares and the best way is for him to end up with somewhere between 75-100% after administration. (I would assume that Tasker & Coulby et al would get a few shares in return)

Indeed we should.

Maybe the timing is just the timing? Maybe Mr Caisley was worried that the resurgence in pledges yesterday (and I suggest no thanks to the club) was suddenly making it look like the campaign is on for succeeding after all? Maybe it took him till then to put his consortium together and feel confident enough to go public? Maybe he was waiting for the best time to queer the pitch for Hood? We can only conjecture.

Tell you one thing.

Mr Caisley is winning the PR battle hands down. Or, maybe more to the point, Mr Hood is losing it.

Personally, I feel after a number of past experiences that I can never again trust anything Mr Caisley says. But that is irrelevant if he wins and the club continues and - hopefully - thrives. The club is bigger than any of the individuals, even Mr Caisley, and our primary concern has to be the survival and long-term future of the club.

I just hope, if he does win, that Mr Caisley will prove to be a less divisive figure in the game than he was before.

No man with a 'tache like that would look in the mirror.

Just need to wait for the other shoe to drop now.

Cue Mr Hood,stage left. A responce sooner rather than later I would hope from the club? The T&A article mentions a comment from Hood "last night" so he's had time to think about it.

"[iHood said last night that he would consider Caisley’s comments and issue a response today, but praised the efforts of fans after the ‘Quest for Survival’ campaign hit the £311,500 mark[/i"

rlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17622969rl

"[iHood is expected to respond to Caisley's comments later on Thursday[/i"

Clearly on the one hand, time is of the essence.

On the other hand, given what many have been saying about poor communication from him and the club, can you blame him for taking his time to try and get the response exactly right?

Can't blame him no, I suggest its the most important press release he'll have made in his time at the Bulls, so it needs to be right. But time or no time, he needs to be seen to be proactive today, to boost the pledge, and find some momentum for tomorrow. You can bet we've not heard the last from Camp Caisley.

The other most annoying and salient point to Harrisgate is that Caisley could have waited approximately 6 weeks and the Whinos would not have had a case, Caisley was so determined to stick it to Caddick less so Hethrington, that he ignored the small print! whoever hears of a Solicitor doing that? Then when it came to the litigation brought by the Whinos he refused to appear on behalf of the Bulls, case collapsed and the Judge has no option but to find in the Whinos favour!

Some bloody saviour is Caisley!

Absolutely.

See you have not lost your penchant for talking common sense over the years!

In terms of how this affects the football developments (ie: on field), would it be fair to assume this makes the prospect of administration more likely? Certainly Caisley's timing is deliberate, I think we are all agreed on that.

From what I read in the T&A, CC's plan is more palletable and (slightly) more open than Hood and co's plan. Certainly, Tasker is very highly thought of and I would welcome someone as astute and as credible as he coming back onto the BoD. Almost as much as I would welcome this EGM, if it generates the right results which it almost certainly will.

I just wonder what Hood's next move is at 5pm tomorrow come close of play? I would still hope he calls the pledge in.

Where does it say Tasker will return to the BoD? All it says is he will conduct a 'review', with the input of Brian Noble and Duncan Preston, among others.

Ah yes, my mistake, just re-read it now. Seems he will be a 'consultant', like Noble will with the football side of things.

Mr Caisley has not presented any plan.

He has presented a plan for preparing a plan.

Mr Hood has said instead that there is no time to be lost, and that if the pledge fails its administration.

Yet the Caisley review will surely not be a five minute job?

Go figure?

Mr Caisley has not actually promised anything much. He has got people reading what they THINK he said, rather than what he ACTUALLY said, I suggest?