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Usual considered reply - what happened to Keighley, they would have been better being aligned to Bradford especially when Bradford were at their best |
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| Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"Usual considered reply - what happened to Keighley, they would have been better being aligned to Bradford especially when Bradford were at their best'"
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| Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"If the NL clubs are going to survive they need aligning to a SL club. They will be able to use the spare players not being used and paid for by the SL clubs. There administration costs should also be reduced by economies of scale i.e. one set of groundsmen doing both grounds coaching through the SL. They might also get better crowds if their sides had players from the SL clubs?
Stand alone on <1000 spectators makes no sense to me. As for Cumbria - the strength is in the National Conference which gets bigger crowds than the NL - SL in Cumbria no way.'"
You mean they should become the SL clubs reserve side , how many fans watch reserve RL ? , you seriously think what few fans are left would actually pay to watch a SL clubs reserves masquerading as their once proud club
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| Quote Stealth Comic="Stealth Comic"When this happened at Keighley at the end of last season, our former chairman, Neil Spencer, was not allowed to have anything to do with the club as it came out of administration as he's failed the "Fit and Proper person" test on the grounds that an executive director of a club that goes into administration can't be on the board of a Rugby League club for 5 years (I think).
So I'd assume that the RFL wouldn't allow executive members of the Whitehaven board to buy the club out.'"
The current Whitehaven BOD did not create the mess. They took over when Haven were already in deep financial trouble to try and prevent this from happening. Unfortunately for them HMRC have lost patience and demanded their cash immediately which has tipped them over the edge. I think Haven's BOD have made a lot of mistakes, such as their extension of Ged Stokes' contract, but they can not be blamed for Haven's overall financial state as the damage was done before they assumed control. |
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| Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"Usual considered reply - what happened to Keighley, they would have been better being aligned to Bradford especially when Bradford were at their best'"
If Keighley ever alligned with Br*dford I (and I reckon 3/4 of all Keighley fans) would never go to watch them again.
We hate everything about the city, the club and the council.
What we need is a system that treats all clubs fairly. Right now there is effectively a glass ceiling between the Super League and the championship.
Fans are deserting in droves because there nothing for them to aspire to. My Dad is one of them, he barely missed a game for 10 years, now he only bothers to turn up a couple of times a year. Why? Because ever since Keighley got screwed out of a Super League place the game's been more about what goes on off the field than on it. |
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| [u Lesson One – How to kill lower league RL stone dead:[/u
Quote Serge A. Storms="Serge A. Storms"If the NL clubs are going to survive they need aligning to a SL club. They will be able to use the spare players not being used and paid for by the SL clubs. There administration costs should also be reduced by economies of scale i.e. one set of groundsmen doing both grounds coaching through the SL. They might also get better crowds if their sides had players from the SL clubs?
Stand alone on <1000 spectators makes no sense to me. As for Cumbria - the strength is in the National Conference which gets bigger crowds than the NL - SL in Cumbria no way.'"
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| I think we should pair up with a lower league club.
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| Quote crucrucrusaders="crucrucrusaders"I think we should pair up with a lower league club.
We'll have Widnes. Who does everybody else want?
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No problem. We could call them the ‘Widnes Vikings’, play at the Stboart Stadium Halton, have our reserve team playing in Wrexham – we could call them the Crusaders - and enter SL in 2011 instead of 2012. 
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| getting of subject for a moment, whats with these inaccurate quotes stating Crusaders are the highest placed expansion team in superleague? i think you will find thats actually Hull FC. formed from the merger of Hull Sharks and expansion team GATESHEAD THUNDER. :p not to mention huddersfield, who i believe swallowed up the old sheffield 'expansion' club.  |
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| Quote vikingsmurf="vikingsmurf"getting of subject for a moment, whats with these inaccurate quotes stating Crusaders are the highest placed expansion team in superleague? i think you will find thats actually Hull FC. formed from the merger of Hull Sharks and expansion team GATESHEAD THUNDER. :p not to mention huddersfield, who i believe swallowed up the old sheffield 'expansion' club.
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Dont forget the most succesful expansion club, castleford formed 31 years after the northern union. |
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| Quote pyeman="pyeman"Dont forget the most succesful expansion club, castleford formed 31 years after the northern union.'"
What you mean Cas are not a heartland team? Kick em out or keep em in (depending on the thickness of your headwear) |
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| Quote Pepe="Pepe"No problem. We could call them the ‘Widnes Vikings’, play at the Stboart Stadium Halton, have our reserve team playing in Wrexham – we could call them the Crusaders - and enter SL in 2011 instead of 2012.
Although the Crusaders would have to get their debts sorted first.
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Well if your offering to find somewhere to put the spare million that'll help out your neighbours 
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