Hallelujah!

Im back !!!

So, the players dont get paid, the clubs facing a massive tax bill, players are leaving left right and centre and been replaced by players most of whom come on one year deals (signalling something isnt right for the second year when the franchises are sorted) and you expect me and many others to come on here and not moan.

Hell, lets all meet at Cats bar have a right good drink and a party because the club is in dire straits !!

But isn't the danger here that we lump everything together and see a bigger picture that isn't there? Looked at individually, although the garden is maybe not rosy, I don't see many problems. The concerns appear to be:
1. Taxman
The club have said that we were disputing the amount owed, and so we were right not to pay it. If what was posted elsewhere is accurate, this is all due to the ongoing image rights issue, which will involve bigger clubs than ours for larger amounts, and the HMRC were using us to prove a point because we were easier to take on: less money owed, and we won't pay for the fancy lawyers. The RFL were aware of the dispute, and it isn't just us. The winding up order was the HMRC playing hardball. We were the test-pots.

2. Ted has no money.
That is no fault of the club, and nothing to do with mismanagement of the club.

3. Players leaving
Who has left at the end of the season who people would rather stay? Gleeson and Blanch have had the fans on their backs for most of the year (and with some justification), and opinion on JD was divided between those who wanted to reward his loyalty and those who wanted a better player on the park. Latu won't be missed, in my view, and he is easily replaced.

4. Players not signing.
JD and JK have both spoken out about this, and it does not seem to be the club's fault that we are not attracting big names, as it partly a spin-off on the commonly held view that we haven't got a future beyond next year.

5. Players not getting paid
If you accept that the issues raised above are not really club issues, we have one blip, which I presume has been corrected.

Anything else?

No, that was just a rumour that I started.

I would love to stay positive but the club do not help
That the club is struggling is far too obvious. The big disappointment is that it seems to happen every year and that we lurch from one near fatal incident to the next.
With Trinity there is no "onwards & upwards" only bouncing along the bottom seemingly feeding off the scraps. I say seemingly because rumour far outways news from the club.
It is unforunate that none of us are in a position to help.
I have checked my Euromillions ticket and there will be nothing from me for at least 1 more week.

staff were told they would be paid a few days late and any late charges incurred would be paid for by the club that comes from a member of staff at the club.

So have they been paid or not? Do they deserve paying? Seems to me that if we do go down the pan the thing most people will miss is coming on here to moan about how crap everything is. Little advice go down the pub get slowly battered on cheap house vodka and moan about the important things in life the price of lucozade, the general public, work and life in general.

Yes - the issue is resolved and all staff have been paid! Phew!

yes got paid yesterday (friday)

Slightly OT but as you talk about a succesfull future, what's going on with regard to talkover/new investor? Seems to have gone a bit quiet lately. No ones putting rumours on or heard if there's anyone still talking to the club

Nothing to report - yet!

What's the problem then?