Quote: marillion man "There's not enough in your reply to entice me in. I've watched that garbage for the whole of last season and a portion of this season. If i fall out of love with RL what business is it of your's ? I've been involved in RL at various levels for many years, none more satisfying than when i played the game. Props that only play for 20 minutes nowadays, a hooker that plays for the full 80 is a rarity FFS. Get real, the sport has gone stale as a spectacle.
And quite frankly, the Halifax club don't "need me" or any of the other stayaways, they need a committed sugar daddy that requires a new challenge in his/her life. The sport as a whole pays no respect to blokes like me who pay at the gate, the Wembley cup final empty seats was yet again an embarrassment to the sport, the world cup was bouyed by cheap tix, & only last week my daily Groupon offer was for a SL GF offer of half priced tickets of the face value £20. This is all beacuse people like me are no longer as interested as they used to be. These are hard facts.
By comparison, I've paid £31 for a seat for this saturday's Leeds Utd v Hudds Town league fixture. WHY, one might ask ? Simply because that's where i'd rather be than pay half that price at the rugby match at the Shay the following day. Disposable income only stretches so far and in fact our club chairman mr Bradshaw bellringer may very well recall a conversation we had during a reserves game last season about my returning to the Leeds Utd fixtures and my own disposable income ( the crux of it was the departure of Ken Bates who didn't respect the casual supporter of the club, amongst many others he disrespected ).
I don't know what it'll take to get me regularly watching Halifax RLFC fixtures again, but winning games might be a good way to start....
That also means a loss of revenue in other ways, I always buy a programme & golden gamble at home games & any remaining coinage then usually gets deposited in the "buckets", no more buying replica shirts, gym kit, raincoats & hoodies from the club shop. Multiply my loss of income by the drop in attendances, go on you do the sums, you're the one who seems more bothered about it ! But i am easily dispensible & replaced by a money man, sugar daddy. I just wish there were some rewards for the like of Messrs Croad, Abbott, Steele, Riley & McNamara, some of whom I know personally and respect. I guess their rewards will only come by the team being successful and in my harsh, crude manner, it's those people who do the interviewing, hiring & firing.'"
This response is typical of the "Im a Victim ", fan ,MM im not bothered if you never go to Shay again , will you be missed ?A BIG NO is the answer , you go to Elland Road , pay whatever you like , as for watching a winning team ,if we all thought that way Leeds , Saints , and Wigan , would be the only teams watched , my Dad once said to me "Choose your team well ,Charlie , you ONLY ever support one team in your life ", I chose Leigh ,it doesn't matter whether they win or lose , or how they win or lose ,im there .Anyway theres no point discussing the matter , as for the rewards of Croad , Abbot , and company , you never become a Director, Sponser , or Official of any club for rewards , you do it because you LOVE the said club , I love Leigh Centurions , but I also love Rugby League and will be at the Shay on Sunday ,cheering Fax on ,and im looking forward to it .