lets hope you're correct.

because unless a clean break is made, then they wont be moving forward.

one more question, how can you be totally happy with the new board, when they're even considering the possibility?

And another thing, I dont believe the explanation of the debt we were given.

The old club had an existing liability for circa £100,000.

Do your own sums.

Any minutes yet?

AJ Cougar, i thought there would have been more people there at the q &a. It was not just a bad night weather
wise but also wrong day of the week. A lot of people have to get up early for work.
Friday night would have been better.
As someone said to me "a lot of people seem to forget if it had not been for Neil Spencer there would not have been a Keighley Cougars" What do you think?

I think back to the words, and I paraphrase:

"this club wont get in debt again"

At that point I start to laugh manically.

me for one

How do you know, that no one else was going to keep Keighley going if Neil and don't forget Colin didnt do it?

Because they saved the club, and it's about time you showed a bit more gratitude.

If you promise the earth people will be disappointed if they dont get it. If you make aims and goals that are way beyond peoples means it will be nothing further disappointment. Sorry but I Love Barry, Love those lads that play every week, love the junior clubs being involved all over Keighley but talking in millions and Super League 2014, load of tosh.

In many respects the board can't win.

If they are realists and say things like we're going to get relegated and in five years time we strive to be a solid championship club, people will accuse them of lacking ambition.

If they are optimists and say we're going to make super league and build a fantastic ground in 4 years, people will accuse them of being unrealistic.

No one person's vision for the club will be the same as anyone elses.

Money talks promises dont. Huge investment is needed just for the bare basics. Still not sure where this money is coming from??

I have to say some of the posts on here beggar belief. The new directors are being criticised before they hardly get going for aspirations that some think unrealistic surely to have aims is far better than we have had previously. I am not making comparisons as it would be unfair but how many folk thought the same when Mick ONeil joined the club. The meeting was far more aimed at trying to get the fans involved on the new journey than has been the case since 2001 in my view. The idea to link up with the college to utilise the future brickies etc shows vision and thought. As for the club being asked to look at funding fans coaches this despite in theory being good the fact is that even when cougarmania was at a peak this never happened, the club has to get the first steps in place a bit like learning to walk again. I for one as like others like to go on a coach but only to a final etc. Graham Kemp made positive steps to expand on the good work done in the area by Dean and Tom. another step forward along with the inclusion of teams like West Craven Warriors etc into the mix. Apart from the points debacle which was not caused by the new board things look good and do not judge the board before they have time to bring their plans to fruition. Rant over for now

For the club to get into SL, the amount of funds needed is going to be huge.

A new main stand is going to cost in the region of 2 to 3 million.
You then have to factor in players wages. There will have to be a increase in staff to run the club.

The club has to win the play off final, or win the northern rail.

The club also has to put a better business plan together, than teams like Widnes, Halifax, Barrow, Whitehaven and any French/Irish/Scottish team that may want a place in SL.

For all this to happen in 4 years is one hell of a ask.
It would take something like the re-birth of Cougar Mania. It would need the public to buy into the dream.

People did it before. Will they do it again.

Going of recent history, i would have to say no.
We have won promotion twice and the crowd number whilst increasing hasn't increased anywhere near enough.

The amount of people, who turned up to the fans forum, after all the recent goings on was poor.
I was sure a hell of a lot of people, would have come down just to find out what the hell has gone on.

Why did people not come down?
Why did the number of fans coming through the turnstile, not care enough to come down?

Personally, I didn't expect to hear anything which I did not already know, or more importantly, learn anything new. The persons who could answer relevant questions, Neil and Colin, were obviously not going to be there. That would leave the new people, Gary and Graham, to say, "What's gone has gone, let's move forward".

After the meeting is anything clearer?

Just for starters.........

Can anyone who went down explain how a debt of £100k was "inherited" from the old club and / or why is has it almost doubled in nine years? I bet someone asked the question but was a satisfactory answer given? I still don't know and I don't believe anyone else does.

I have been told, that when the new club started in 2001 there was no debt.
The new club started on an even playing field.

If that is true then its even more shocking.