After what we have been through I would feel rather uncomfortable criticising any other team's owner.

I have nothing good to say about any people who actively try to avoid paying their dues, no matter which club they own/have owned.

I take no personal responsibility for the series of charlatans who have run the Bulls down over the past few years, as a fan I have been ripped off as well. I gave a lot of my money to the various schemes thought up by rich owners to drag us out of the mire of THEIR own making. All that money was lost, and I imagine these owners didn't lose a lot of sleep about it.

I wish I had that money now.

That is surely the difference here, DB could have done what many more b4 has done and just put the club into liquidation meaning all the players would have got nothing. But he didn't, he battled on agreed a pay off with all of the squad members ( eventually) then started from scratch again part time. I'm not a great fan of DB's but I do think he tried to do his best in the interest of Leigh Centurions and the full time squad he couldn't afford ( or chose not to) anymore but made sure they all got new clubs or/and a payoff also.

Which is (eventually) a good thing. And that is also something that the succession of financially illiterate owners we have had to bear with didn't care about.

Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season, and hopefully we will meet in the playoffs to resolve this seasons 1:1!

Indeed. But to be fair, we shouldn't count Omar Khan in with the charlatans. He effectively saved the club at that stage, despite at the last minute being put on the spot to receive a one-year full funding penalty. Then at the time he was forced to step down due to ill health we were I think 6th in the league, but he got shafted again as his agreed sale of shares did not go through, which reportedly the RFL had a hand in. He was even then shafted by the administrator, and had to go to court to prove he was owed what he said. Khan was out of pocket well north of a million, and was not responsible for subsequent events.

Was going to say exactly the same thing. Khan whilst out of his depth no doubt had only good intentions when he stepped in.

The RFL and SL clubs in their vote to remove central distribution (purely for personal gain) was a stain on the sport and I have no directly influenced the second admin as there was no way a small scale local business man could sustain the losses that would have been expected.

Green was a pure chancer and his big gamble for a top four finish failed leaving him and the club in financial ruins. I think his previous businesses also failed at roughly the same time and he was left with not much at all. I have less sympathy with Green as he knew exactly what he was doing and what would happen if his plan failed.

I prefer to work with people who keep expectations low and aim to overachieve. I'd place AC in this category.

Maybe the reply was a bit strong. But had DB not started clearing decks would Jordan Thompson had ended up at Leeds?

It was a rash reply to the sort of arrogant up your own rear end posts a minority of your fans were doing when you started your push for SL. Most of you guys are good posters with good debate. The odd tool like that just winds up

DB's got a few bob, nowhere in the same league as your Kouka$hes though. He is just a [ilocal business man[/i. He did the same as Green in gambling on a top four finish but stuck with Jukes for too long. No one can fully justify what went on at the end of last season but their were no filthy tricks like the heinous season ticket "promise" that Green put out. Furthermore, DB wrote off his previous loans to the club and is still investing (albeit on a smaller scale). He has also turned his volume down a fair tad.

Think AC is doing a great job of gradually turning things around. Between us, in both of our reduced circumstances, we produced a great game of RL last weekend - closer than many would think seeing the scoreline and without the on & off field dust ups of 2015 & 2016.

AC was also great with Greg Mac. Tragedy in the latter's home life. RL's a great thing but people come first (nB Mr Green). Did think "ouch" on two occasions in our match though.

I actually think Marc Green was much more than a chancer. If you read the info on Companies house about him/his businesses, majority were chasing him for missing funds and no/poor accounting records to cover it. Also HMRC have banned him as a director.

Friend of mine works for a company that did some IT work for one of Green's companies. Let's just say some of the stories he tells paint Green in a very suspicious light

Green filed for bankruptcy not long ago.

Quote Bull Mania="Bull Mania"Green filed for bankruptcy not long ago.'" HMRC forced him into bankruptcy. https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3160586

Quote Bull Mania="Bull Mania"Green filed for bankruptcy not long ago.'" HMRC forced him into bankruptcy. https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3160586