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| Quote: The Lucky Black Cat "I bet Tyneside has more amateur Rugby League players then Blackpool area but do Blackpool get any help from the RFL? I do not mind a little bit of help for Gateshead but why 4 Quota Places? They have 5 Players via other means that are Non Europeans and have clearly bent the rules to the max.
It really does not effect teams like Fax, Widnes etc but it is very unfair on teams like Batley who face an uphill battle anyway and do a great job. Leigh could go down partly due to a team that can bring in 4 Players on the Quota while leigh, Batley and other teams only 1. How is that fair?
The game is going away from its being slowly destroyed by the RFL being unfair. The RFL have a responsibilty to help ALL teams not just teams who they want to do well. The Sport is losing its soul because the RFL are being unfair and not developing the game properly-just certain teams. I hope Leigh and Batley send Gateshead down. I wish the Gateshead Fans and team well and its nothing really against them but rather the way the RFL run the asylum.'"
Actually, as Starbug said, we can't even get one! |
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| Quote: Starbug "I understand the point you are making , but it isn't an exact science though
Mr Murphy's remarks after winning the semi final in 71 " we will win the final no doubt " didnt seem to fire up Leeds very much
Sure as hell put a shed load of confidence into the Leigh team though
Fax are a team that thrives on confidence as yesterdays second half showed
I get really p155ed when I hear any coach say that " defence wins games "
No , scoring more than the other team wins you games
At the moment Fax are never beaten , they just run out of time
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| Quote: The Lucky Black Cat "I bet Tyneside has more amateur Rugby League players then Blackpool area but do Blackpool get any help from the RFL? I do not mind a little bit of help for Gateshead but why 4 Quota Places? They have 5 Players via other means that are Non Europeans and have clearly bent the rules to the max.
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I would imagine that there are more amateur rugby league players in the Fylde than there are on Tyneside but that would be a guess and I have no figures to back that up.
Can you explain what rules Thunder have "bent to the max"?
The Aussies with EU passports are allowed by EU law to unrestricted work in the EU (I believe). Thunder merely employ them in accordance with that law and with the RFL rules and regulations.
Thunder work within the quota system laid down to them by the RFL, I admit that may be unfair on the other teams in the competition but that rule was in effect when the comp started and these arguments always seem to surface either when Thunder win a game or some team realise that they may be in relegation trouble.
My view is that the teams that go down will go down because they have lost games not because of what other teams do. If we go down it wont be because of a ref giving a dodgy decision it will be because we weren't bloody good enough to stay up. |
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| Quote: thunderheed "I would imagine that there are more amateur rugby league players in the Fylde than there are on Tyneside but that would be a guess and I have no figures to back that up.
Can you explain what rules Thunder have "bent to the max"?
The Aussies with EU passports are allowed by EU law to unrestricted work in the EU (I believe). Thunder merely employ them in accordance with that law and with the RFL rules and regulations.
Thunder work within the quota system laid down to them by the RFL, I admit that may be unfair on the other teams in the competition but that rule was in effect when the comp started and these arguments always seem to surface either when Thunder win a game or some team realise that they may be in relegation trouble.
My view is that the teams that go down will go down because they have lost games not because of what other teams do. If we go down it wont be because of a ref giving a dodgy decision it will be because we weren't bloody good enough to stay up.'"
I think what winds people up is that the RFL seem to intervene at the Home Office to get work permits for some clubs and not others. |
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| Quote: thunderheed "Thunder had 4 quota players yesterday. Aitken, Younquest, Kahler and Henderson (Hendo was born in Torquay and plays for Scotland but is classed as an Aussie). As far as I am aware that is the number we are allowed to field.
Of the other Aussies on the pitch Nash, McAlpine & McBride have British passports, Branighan has a Maltese passport and Franze has an Italian passport, all these are available to all English teams as none-quota players.
Rugby league in the NE is 10 years old... we are still 100 years behind the Heartlands in player and game development and rely on Aussies to make up a major part of our squad while we try to develop the game. As far as I am aware the number of foreign players we can use decreases every couple of years'"
But how on earth can you afford them when you only get a few hundred at your games???
Are they full time at your club? Otherwise what do they do all week???
Your support compares with Doncaster and look at them, I smell something,? |
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| Quote: Fax4Life "But how on earth can you afford them when you only get a few hundred at your games???
Are they full time at your club? Otherwise what do they do all week???
Your support compares with Doncaster and look at them, I smell something,?'"
I'd hazard a guess that they do community development work  |
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| Quote: Starbug "I understand the point you are making , but it isn't an exact science though
Mr Murphy's remarks after winning the semi final in 71 " we will win the final no doubt " didnt seem to fire up Leeds very much
Sure as hell put a shed load of confidence into the Leigh team though
Fax are a team that thrives on confidence as yesterdays second half showed
I get really p155ed when I hear any coach say that " defence wins games "
No , scoring more than the other team wins you games
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Paid by whom???
In Halifax the Calderdale community coaching trust pay for the community players, not the club.
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| Quote: griffax "Matt was totally right in saying we'd like to sign 3 players with NRL experience, so would the other teams in our league (apart from Thunder & no doubt Toulouse who manage to do it!)
For far too long coaches have been afraid to say what they think by the RFL bigwigs, all RL fans know that it's no longer an even playing field, initially it was Catalans, then Celtic, now Thunder & Toulouse. All fair & decent supporters/coaches/players want is a fair chance, something sadly the RFL did away with years ago!!'"
Exactly, the sad thing is we get slated for telling the truth and painted as dinosaurs.
Hey I know that the clubs outside the 'heartlands' need an allowance so they can get any RL players but how do they manage to get all these Aussies whether they are EU passport holders or not when other clubs can't??? |
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| Quote: Fax4Life "Paid by whom???
In Halifax the Calderdale community coaching trust pay for the community players, not the club.'"
Oh they do do they , so thats how you do it
I'd guess the N,East are similar to South Wales , ie there will be considerable RFL central funding for community development officers  |
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