Yeah I think he recommended Thorne to the RFL. Has the old company actually been liquidated yet? seem to remember someone posting that it was still in administration? Also I do seem to remember that in T&A Gareth Roberts was due to speak to the council and RFL in January this year, maybe he has something to do in the background too.

Back to Big Nige, if it is to be the case and it happens so be it. I just really hope he has learned massively from the mistakes he made at Halifax that they still havent recovered from. That is the big worry.

Didn;t this meeting take place at cue gardens, with a supposed RFL employee in attendance?

Sdministrators report is here: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... ng-history Haven't read it all as it's just too depressing and just makes me angry at what went on. But according to the report, the two bids were rejected by the administrator as they weren't good enough for creditors and also the RFL did in fact by the assets of the club (E.G. name, logo etc) for £60,000.

Sdministrators report is here: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... ng-history Haven't read it all as it's just too depressing and just makes me angry at what went on. But according to the report, the two bids were rejected by the administrator as they weren't good enough for creditors and also the RFL did in fact by the assets of the club (E.G. name, logo etc) for £60,000.

Re Insolvency Service, this'll be it: https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your- ... wed-to-you

Re Insolvency Service, this'll be it: https://www.gov.uk/your-rights-if-your- ... wed-to-you

As someone said earlier good to talk about this as talking rugby is so depressing!!!

Just had a quick scan of the liquidators last report, a couple of things struck me

1. Under point 5.9 he states the RFL started an unauthorized bidding process for the assets left from the liquidation, doesn't reflect well on the governing body in showing they were working to their own agenda in isolation from the administrator, especially as they had the final say over potential owners.
2. In 8.7, he confirms that the books showed they owed £1.091m when the end came, but subsequent claims from creditors increased that sum to £2.448m, including a substantial claim from the directors not previously recorded. Anyone any idea why Green would do that when he knows the money had run out, I don't get it

I thought I remembered they met as a group in Cue Gardens then went to the Coral Stand for the meeting. If they did the administrator had to be involved to approve opening up

Either way I still wish Thorne had got it as we would be top of the league I genuinely believe that

Wasn't they a rumour that Thorne wanted to move us to Coventry?

If Thorne had got us they'd be less excuses for us given they would have had a U.K. Based legal entity, bank etc., etc., so we could have signed players quicker and easier than under the RFL imposed solution of 2 guys from overseas with no infrastructure in the U.K. To support a rapid improvement/turnaround plan.

Perhaps.

But I'm still relieved that he didn't take over the club. It's a 2hr 28 minute drive from Odsal to Ricoh Arena. That's a bit too far for most of us to attend a home game.

Wouldn't be the first time some of us had been sent to Coventry though

Maybe he could have moved Wasps up here? he took them 2 hours out of london to coventry? haha