Well the bar is set pretty low given recent owners.

And to be honest, I'm beyond worrying about what happens off the pitch.

Indeed BB.

I don't know what goes on at 'most' clubs but, in businesses the customers are usually the last to be (meaningfully) consulted and then ignored by the share owners when they are. RL clubs are supposedly 'businesses' so I assume that is what generally applies through the league. We come in handy when the buckets come out, of course.

If I know one thing though, it is this: I won't have the taken out of me again or I'm off. Gone. And I won't be back. I'm unanimous on that.

I've literally never seen you anything other than placid and in good spirits. Can't believe you waited till the owner comes on to show us up.





Its like the grade A student waiting for the Ofsted inspection before smoking in class.

I'd forgotten why I liked this board so much - thanks for reminding me Pumpy!

Wood is independently wealthy isn't he? Not Koukash wealthy but not just living off his RFL settlement.

I think people are far too quick to write him off, partly reflecting their own agendas, partly reflecting the fact that people hold the RFL responsible for failings of their own clubs (of all the clubs) and as an ex-RFL executive that follows him around.

It's a low bar but compared to most club owners he's got a lot of solid, practical Rugby League experience. I know there's some stuff about him and the Bulls in the past but his ownership should at least be more stable than the past several regimes.

i base my decision on his success rate in RL.

which is currently after about 20 years, negligible.

Well he was behind the Magic weekend and negotiated the current tv deal which was slated by some at the time but has proven a great deal in retrospect.
He was also ultimately in charge of the last UK world cup, both its successful operation and it's minimal legacy. And in many ways he was pulling a lot of the strings in the Lewis era, especially when Lewis went part time.

He's by no means got an impeccable track record but it's also not just remorseless failures.

I have seen no proof of his fingers in the processes as a positive you suggest.

Everything he is involved in seems mediocre and plodding.

Quite honestly I do not understand what people see in him.

I have met many like him though who talk a good game.

Well many fans suspected he has been pulling the strings for a long time so this just makes it official now.

I think the animosity comes from the fact that he’s been involved at some level in the decisions which seem to have turned down ‘better suited’ owners for ‘hand picked’ owners who had less than the change in their pockets which ultimately led to a further slow death. Was that a coincidence or was that to get the club / odsal / something else into his hands eventually? Who knows.

Either way, if he can stop us going bust and build a solid sustainable club then I’m sure most will accept it although it does look like we may have had to go through years of pain for the fans to play a ownership game

There is an interview with Nigel Wood on the T & A website (behind a paywall). The irony.

how many people must pay to read T&A?

talk about speaking to the few and ignoring the many.

Nigel Wood? ........
Good luck with that one. You'll need it!