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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 3:57 pm 
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So here we are in 2017. Lets have a look at our recent owners and their legacy.
Chris Caisley
Pros: Gave us the best team I've seen at Odsal winning numerous trophies.
Cons: We were living well beyond our means. We also entered into a new agreement with the council were regards to our tenancy and also a major p1ssing competition with Gary Hetherington over Iestyn Harris. Caused the Bulls to go into Admin in power struggle with Peter Hood.
Peter Hood
Pros: Tried to halt the major hemorrhaging of money.
Cons: Kept Steve Macnamara in position too long leading to a steady slide in league position. Took £500k off of the fans to keep the club alive and then went into Admin within a couple of weeks.
Omar Khan:
Pros: Rescued the Bulls from Admin
Cons: Agreed to massive financial penalties from RFL (although not certain what other option he had)
Mark Moore, Ryan Whitcut
Pros: Brought on board Ian Watt and Andrew Calvert. Steadied the financial problems .
Cons: Reneged on deal to purchase shares from OK causing 2nd administration.
Marc Green
Pros: took Bulls out of Admin
Cons: Wasted too much time and money on trying to claim back six point deduction. Kept hold of Jimmy Lowes for too long. Put too much faith in Steve Ferres. Took Bulls into 3rd Admin.

This is my opinion of the pros and cons of previous owners. However I feel that the ones in place now are by far the worst of any of the above because people are just not interested in what goes on any more. Be interested to know what other peoples thoughts are.

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 4:08 pm 
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I'm starting to believe that they have just been dropped in to fulfil the fixtures for this year for the corrupt RFL as someone else has previously said. I just can't get my head round the purpose of this season and the new owner's overall strategy. I'm just glad I don't have a season ticket for this year.

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 4:15 pm 
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Sorry don't see how on earth you can come to the bonkers conclusion these are worse than 3 crooks that put us out of business no matter how crap the match reports are.

Things are utter $hit3 at the moment. No communication, and things seem amateurish right now with deafening silence. Im not saying they are good owners. Things are crap and they need to get a grip.

Everyones fed up and angry. But the reason everyone is fed up and not interested what goes on anymore is because we've had 3 bloody admins and a liquidation. Thats what's done it!!! These lot in charge don't appear to have wealth to get us out of this mess.

Genuinely can't believe you think a man who liquidated us is a better owner than someone who doesnt have the wealth to get us out of this mess.

And before anyone tries to interpret that how they want, i am not saying they are good owners. Just one step above the crooks that liquidated us

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 4:49 pm 
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Firstly I would be very wary of calling people crooks on a public forum.
The reason why I consider these to be the worst is simple. There is a hardcore support of any club with lots of floaters. Whilst the others may have caused the floater to vanish it is ChaLo whose disinterest is causing the more loyal fans to become disenchanted with the club. And of course it is much harder to get fans back once they have walked away. And I agree with you that they may not have the wealth to get us out of this mess but it just seems like they have bought a new car but can't afford petrol. What's the point.

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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:07 pm 
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My take on ChaLowe remains that i genuinely still have no clue what they are doing at our club. There are various theories and the one that seems least crazy is they are just placemen, and there is some background situation we don't know about. It never made sense for me for two randoms from NZ (with all due respect to the legendary Mr. lowe0 to have any desire interest or connection with a club in Bradford.

My take on this season is that someone - probably a mixture of our young lads, the coaching staff, and whoever negotaited the loan players - had improbably got us to a point where we were an actual force at this level, and for the first time in a long time I was enjoying our rugby. We somehow worked ourselves into a position where there was real optimism.

And then (despite everybody and his dog clearly seeing the train coming, ChaLowe did literally nothing to get out of its way. Why, I will never know. We always knew they had no money to offer (which adds hugely to my confusion as to why tf they got the club) but as a club we had beaten all odds to leave our destiny in our own hands, and ChaLowe then blew it. They ignored the train, they ignored everything everybody else knew, and so now ehre we are back to a team playing like schoolboys, and getiing flogged by 50-plus week in week out. Well, until next week when we may see the frst century by Hull KR unless they play their juniors out of kindness,

So are they the worst? Well, no, not quite yet, but yes potentially, as the turnaround in our fortunes over the past month has made me genuinely fear the absolute worst for our club. How they have turned the hardcore against them in such a short space of time, and got seriously commited long-term Bulls fans actively losing interest and considering whether to bother, is hard to fathom.

And if we drop to the bottom division, which will lead to the club folding, then yes, ChaLowe will not rank high on the owners' table.






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 Post subject: Re: Worst Owners Ever?
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 10:49 pm 
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Ferocious Aardvark wrote:My take on ChaLowe remains that i genuinely still have no clue what they are doing at our club. There are various theories and the one that seems least crazy is they are just placemen, and there is some background situation we don't know about. It never made sense for me for two randoms from NZ (with all due respect to the legendary Mr. lowe0 to have any desire interest or connection with a club in Bradford.

My take on this season is that someone - probably a mixture of our young lads, the coaching staff, and whoever negotaited the loan players - had improbably got us to a point where we were an actual force at this level, and for the first time in a long time I was enjoying our rugby. We somehow worked ourselves into a position where there was real optimism.

And then (despite everybody and his dog clearly seeing the train coming, ChaLowe did literally nothing to get out of its way. Why, I will never know. We always knew they had no money to offer (which adds hugely to my confusion as to why tf they got the club) but as a club we had beaten all odds to leave our destiny in our own hands, and ChaLowe then blew it. They ignored the train, they ignored everything everybody else knew, and so now ehre we are back to a team playing like schoolboys, and getiing flogged by 50-plus week in week out. Well, until next week when we may see the frst century by Hull KR unless they play their juniors out of kindness,

So are they the worst? Well, no, not quite yet, but yes potentially, as the turnaround in our fortunes over the past month has made me genuinely fear the absolute worst for our club. How they have turned the hardcore against them in such a short space of time, and got seriously commited long-term Bulls fans actively losing interest and considering whether to bother, is hard to fathom.

And if we drop to the bottom division, which will lead to the club folding, then yes, ChaLowe will not rank high on the owners' table.


..and they will have lost a valuable fan base, other teams found to be a prized revenue stream. How can the RFL run the game into the ground through sheer ineptitude, mismanagement or at worse collusion of common interests at the highest level.Not fit for purpose..and this, a so called 'family' sport.

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