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[code“I have to stick my hand up,” said the 44-year-old, who hails from Hull.



“I was involved a year ago so it’s partly my fault. I was a shareholder and I should have been asking the same questions.



“I did the accounts up until last November and then stepped aside. We brought somebody in to do them and it went badly wrong."[/code



Hopefully that answers your question.

It was much lower than that against Catalans apparently.

Doesn't that beg more questions though? Is he saying that there wasn't a problem until November? If that's the case does this mean that the defecit has been run up in 8 months? Who became responsible from November and what was their experience? What, if anything, has happened to that person(s)? That's just on the face of it too.

The article also makes it abundantly clear that Elston will not be given his (well deserved) marching orders - stating that his "vast knowledge of rugby league" will be essential to the "new leaders". Oh yes. Just how bad do you have to be at your job at WTW to get sacked?

IMHO Carter comes across as a bit shifty in that article, side-stepping any respeosibility about the accounts which he signed off on until recently. And all this "do you want a club or not"...."it's all on your own heads now"... is a bit much, having heard it so often (and so recently) in the past. What on earth has he done up to this point that is worthy of the supporters trust?

You don't have to trust him to know more people paying more money will help us out.

He isn't explaining quantum physics here.



We don't have enough money for what we have. If we want this level, we need to find the money. if we are happy with lower level, then we don't need as much.

Sorry, but you're dead wrong. "More people paying more money" will help us out will it? Now forgive me, but I am lead to believe that we have had a dramatic increase in attendees at games this year (which equates to "more people paying more money"icon_wink.gif and yet we are deeper in the than anyone of us would have believed. It's ALL about trust at this stage, and Mr Carter he has done nothing to even explain where any money raised is going.

Elston still being at the club probably has more to do with avoiding another costly legal battle rather than anything else. He also has a 5% stake in the club (gifted or not?).

More people paying less money more like.



In the absence of a sugar daddy its up to the supporters to back the club. If they don't the message is simple.

Removing a director as an officer of the company is not the same as taking away his shareholding. He will be employed under a directors service contract. Company members can remove a director at any time by ordinary resolution. This does not always have to cost the company a great deal, generally only where the director has been granted a service contract in excess of 5 years (in which case Mr Carter et al would have had to vote to allow this, so its their own stupid fault for allowing it).

I would suggest getting rid of him would have a positive effect on the business (new broom and all that) and also send a message to creditors, suppliers and prospective sponsors that WTW will not be run like a market stall any longer. Al has already made reference to the fact that people he has spoken to will not invest as long as Mr Elston is in the employ of WTW.

Anybody bring me one major investor that would invest if je wasn't there?? Because I've had nobody approach me with that

He said supplier/sponsor not investor.