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| Quote: M@islebugs "I don't see how selling the clubs best young players secures the future of a club losing 100k a month. All it means is we enter administration later with fewer assets, less supporters, a lower league position and less sponsor good will. You can't sell season tickets on the back of player sales. What is being suggested is simply more of what's caused the problem.'"
Very well said. Selling players will not solve anything other than a quick fix of cash and we'll find ourselves at the same point further down the line, with less of a squad and less support.
How much of this "very good source and I'm led to believe" stuff actually comes true anyway?
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| Assuming my season ticket rises from £125 to about £250 next season (main stand) then they've either got to
1. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Bateman and Whitehead
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2. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Sibbit and Walker
I think I'll be passing if its option 2
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "Assuming my season ticket rises from £125 to about £250 next season (main stand) then they've either got to
1. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Bateman and Whitehead
or
2. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Sibbit and Walker
I think I'll be passing if its option 2
That's where I'm coming from. 20 + years season ticket holder, coughed up £200 when the begging bowl came out. They need to sort things out and tell us what's happening! I'll make my judgement then! If the outcome is sell off our assets then I'm gonna struggle to justify parting with my hard earned for another year of mediocrity. Add to the above that there is a strong possibility that Burgess will head down under and it doesn't make good reading.
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| Quote: Spannerz "That's where I'm coming from. 20 + years season ticket holder, coughed up £200 when the begging bowl came out. They need to sort things out and tell us what's happening! I'll make my judgement then! If the outcome is sell off our assets then I'm gonna struggle to justify parting with my hard earned for another year of mediocrity. Add to the above that there is a strong possibility that Burgess will head down under and it doesn't make good reading.'"
We are where we are and its unproductive to point fingers anymore at past an present BoDs. If we are to survive then we need a cash inflow of at least £1/2M to get us HMRC debt free. The idea that we have arranged repayment schedules with HMRC for £250.000 of Vat and (at least) £250,000 of tax on players rights is a future revenue burden we can not comply with in respect of future cash flows.
We are very fortunate that we do have assets to sell that might secure our future. Sadly the only assets of value are certain players, who might have a sum value towards paying off the HMRC debts entirely.
When facing extinction some previously unpalatable actions become possible, then probable, then certain.
Bateman and Whitehead's sales might be enough to keep the Bulls alive in their existing format.
I'd rather support the Bulls with the loss of 2 of their star players than have no Bulls to watch at all.
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| Quote: bobsmyuncle "We are where we are and its unproductive to point fingers anymore at past an present BoDs. If we are to survive then we need a cash inflow of at least £1/2M to get us HMRC debt free. The idea that we have arranged repayment schedules with HMRC for £250.000 of Vat and (at least) £250,000 of tax on players rights is a future revenue burden we can not comply with in respect of future cash flows.
We are very fortunate that we do have assets to sell that might secure our future. Sadly the only assets of value are certain players, who might have a sum value towards paying off the HMRC debts entirely.
When facing extinction some previously unpalatable actions become possible, then probable, then certain.
Bateman and Whitehead's sales might be enough to keep the Bulls alive in their existing format.
I'd rather support the Bulls with the loss of 2 of their star players than have no Bulls to watch at all.'"
If any of this turns out to be true do you think it will only be 2? How many of our OOC players we we retain?
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| Quote: ritz "Ward and 200k for whitehead i would bite their hands off.
riley and 300k for bateman and again yes.'"
What rubbish, Ward & £300k & Riley & £400k I heard.
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| Bulls selling on the cheap again then.
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| There's some good news apparently in the League Weekly this week.
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| Quote: Paul124897 "There's some good news apparently in the League Weekly this week.'"
Such as what?
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| Quote: paulwalker71 "Assuming my season ticket rises from £125 to about £250 next season (main stand) then they've either got to
1. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Bateman and Whitehead
or
2. Sell it to me on the promise that the second row partnership will be Sibbit and Walker
I think I'll be passing if its option 2
What if option 3 is:
We have no choice but to sell these players, but we retain Olbison and Addy and give them a shot? Not on the same level as Elliott and Bateman yet but still young and homegrown.
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| Quote: rhino2009 "Such as what?'"
Mike worrincy is coming back and bateman is off to the scholars.
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| Believe it or not, we've had leaner times than this!
We will recover, one way or another.
It may not initially be in Superleague, or at Odsal, but professional ( or semi professional) Rugby league will survive in Bradford because there is enough people witha will to make it so!
now it seems very hard to accept that losing the likes of Bateman/Whitehead etc... but if that secures long term survival then so be it. The problem is that 500k from selling these two (and that's being optimistic!) still leaves a similar sized shortfall!
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| Quote: Ewwenorfolk "What if option 3 isWe have no choice but to sell these players, but we retain Olbison and Addy and give them a shot? Not on the same level as Elliott and Bateman yet but still young and homegrown.'"
Not sure that will wash. Not after all the s11te we have been peddled. We would have had every choice but to sell them had things been handled differently.
If we sell, then I only see a downward spiral.
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| Quote: debaser "Not sure that will wash. Not after all the s11te we have been peddled. We would have had every choice but to sell them had things been handled differently.
If we sell, then I only see a downward spiral.'"
I hope this doesn't happen and the Bulls sort out their financial situation, retain all their players and stay competitive. A strong Bradford is important for SL.
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