Celebrating 25 years service to the Rugby League Community! |
| Quote: tvoc " The irony is I moved away the month before the general election of '97, cast my ballot by post and for the first time that I could remember the guy I put a cross next to actually won,'" Paul Truswell? I have nothing but good words for the bloke. Hr has bough improvement to this area however I’m still unemployed. Heck we even have a big job centre in Pudsey that just goes to prove that unemployment is rife in this area. He’s done more good for the area than bad starting with major improvements to local schools. Quote: tvoc "There should be no excuse for any 16 year old to find themselves sitting at home staring at four walls these days and even the likes of Damo still have opportunities for training cast into their paths, if they refuse to take them or refuse to stick them out because of some self indignation then please don't moan about it later on in your life - you had the chance.'" Where do I start? First of all the money to help the long term unemployed is falling into all the wrong hands. It should be job centre staff and restart officers applying for those jobs that the long term unemployed can’t obtain. The money that pays the wages of job centre staff and anyone who is employed as a result of the system that has been created to help the long term unemployed should be used to actually GIVE work to the terminally unemployed. Instead its been given to people who’d be more than capable finding other jobs than the ones their currently in. Yet their choose the easy life and gravy train that is job centre plus/BestLTD/A4E wages. Secondly the opportunities available for me are dead end ones. Hence why I’m in a dead end situation terminally unemployed. This whole green jobs fund Gordon Brown has created is nothing but an initiative to get the terminally unemployed to sit in a field for six months so their not burning fuels at home by watching Jeremy Kyle on TV and chatting on the internet all day. Really what use is sitting a field all day for six months just to save the planet? Finally as long as the terminal unemployed are alive they’ll complain. Give them a job and the complaining soon stops.
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Quote: Damo-Leeds " Finally as long as the terminal unemployed are alive they’ll complain. Give them a job and the complaining soon stops.'" Or cull them
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Quote: mirfieldrhino "why don't you stand as an independent candidate.'" Who’d vote for me? I can’t even get a job never mind getting to be an MP. We live in a society that’s obsessed by past experience and I have little to show in that department. I’m more about creating experience rather than living off of it like most candidates will be doing.
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Quote: Damo-Leeds "We live in a society that’s obsessed by past experience and I have little to show in that department. I’m more about creating experience rather than living off of it like most candidates will be doing.'" Nice excuse. There are lots of jobs out there, you just probably think they are beneath you and THAT is the society we live in.
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The problem is - as I see it - work is out there; just that working might actually impact on Damo's social life. Damo priority isn't finding any job, he wants a particular job - one which he simply isn't qualified for or simply doesn't exist. A reality check is required; as a tax payer paying towards unemployment - people like Damo p1ss me off. Why am I working to pay taxes to supporting him; why - because he cannot get off his backside and take any kind of employment - being unemployed should be a last resort not a lifestyle choice. Damo get off your backside and take any job offered not matter what.
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The folks who come over from Eastern Europe seem to get on ok at finding jobs
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Back on topic (I could care less about Damo's self pity and "Look at me" post). It is a bit sad that legends in our game face this life but I have to agree with McLaren Field. It should come as no surprise to them that they will likely not have a living from rugby after 35 years old.
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Quote: Damo-Leeds " Secondly the opportunities available for me are dead end ones. '" Just remind me again, you had a job didn't you ? A trial at Asda that you walked out of because you didn't think any further into the future than the six week trial and got into a tantrum because you were on JSA instead of an hourly rate ? Have you ever stopped and wondered what you'd be doing now if you hadn't stomped your foot and walked out of the trial ? Even on minimum wage you'd be doing a easy job and earning £200 a week and for a lad who lives at home with no outgoings thats £200 a week more than I get. You had a chance, you blew it out.
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Quote: FearTheVee "There are lots of jobs out there, you just probably think they are beneath you and THAT is the society we live in.'" I’ve done the bottom of the bottom before so don’t give me that nonsense that things are beneath me. Ok I made the mistake of leaving that job for the stupid reason that I was missing England. But I shouldn’t be punished for the rest of my life for making the wrong choice. It seems like that I am been punished for making such a choice now though. Quote: FearTheVee "The problem is - as I see it - work is out there; just that working might actually impact on Damo's social life.'" That may have been a case last year but isn’t now thanks to not having a season ticket to honour and the novelty of clubbing drying up a bit. I dropped my season ticket this season because I felt that not attending most games would improve my employment chances when in reality nothing has change. Last game I attended was one against the Bulls. Last night out I had was Friday night I think. Apart from that nigh I haven’t been out for a few weeks. Quote: FearTheVee "Damo priority isn't finding any job, he wants a particular job - one which he simply isn't qualified for or simply doesn't exist.'" Care to ask my New Deal Advisor what jobs I’ve applied for? I’m terminally unemployed and that is that.
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Quote: McLaren_Field "Have you ever stopped and wondered what you'd be doing now if you hadn't stomped your foot and walked out of the trial.'" I don’t need to wonder as I’ve had my wonderings about what I’d be doing now if I would of stuck at ASDA. Back on the dole like the other bloke who stuck it out (unlike me). Heck he didn’t even get offered permanent when he finished ten weeks. That must be because either the standards dropped when I left or ASDA just simply wasn’t interested. The latter probably the truth because many staff at ASDA said to me it’s the cleanest they’ve ever seen the warehouse driveway since they’ve worked at ASDA. And I was right. Its was nothing but a dead end and false hope. It doesn’t take ten weeks to be found out whenever you’re a good worker or not. But it takes ten weeks to see whenever your foolish enough to work on poor wages for a company that profits millions world wide.
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Quote: Damo-Leeds "But it takes ten weeks to see whenever your foolish enough to work on poor wages for a company that profits millions world wide.'" Congratulations, you're a fine example of a workshy tool who wants everything in life handed to him on a plate. Get a grip, get a life and stop coming crying on here for sympathy.
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PLD | F | A | DIFF | PTS | |||
Wigan | 29 | 768 | 338 | 430 | 48 | ||
Hull KR | 29 | 731 | 344 | 387 | 44 | ||
Warrington | 29 | 769 | 351 | 418 | 42 | ||
Leigh | 29 | 580 | 442 | 138 | 33 | ||
Salford | 28 | 556 | 561 | -5 | 32 | ||
St.Helens | 28 | 618 | 411 | 207 | 30 | ||
Catalans | 27 | 475 | 427 | 48 | 30 | ||
Leeds | 27 | 530 | 488 | 42 | 28 | ||
Huddersfield | 27 | 468 | 658 | -190 | 20 | ||
Castleford | 27 | 425 | 735 | -310 | 15 | ||
Hull FC | 27 | 328 | 894 | -566 | 6 | ||
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Wakefield | 27 | 1032 | 275 | 757 | 52 | ||
Toulouse | 26 | 765 | 388 | 377 | 37 | ||
Bradford | 28 | 723 | 420 | 303 | 36 | ||
York | 29 | 695 | 501 | 194 | 32 | ||
Widnes | 27 | 561 | 502 | 59 | 29 | ||
Featherstone | 27 | 634 | 525 | 109 | 28 | ||
Sheffield | 26 | 626 | 526 | 100 | 28 | ||
Doncaster | 26 | 498 | 619 | -121 | 25 | ||
Halifax | 26 | 509 | 650 | -141 | 22 | ||
Batley | 26 | 422 | 591 | -169 | 22 | ||
Swinton | 28 | 484 | 676 | -192 | 20 | ||
Barrow | 25 | 442 | 720 | -278 | 19 | ||
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Season pass roll call |
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removing posts |
Spookisback | ||||
The Brick Stadium ownership update |
MattyB | ||||
New Players |
Victor | ||||
New Kit |
matt_wire | ||||
2025 Squad Discussion |
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Film game |
karetaker | ||||
Ground Improvements |
Khlav Kalash | ||||
Pre Season - 2025 |
Mr. Zucchini | ||||
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Shopping list for 2025 |
Cuddleclub | ||||
Gary Schofield |
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Super League |
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New Kit |
matt_wire | ||||
Season pass roll call |
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Merry Christmas |
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Red Devils sign International forward |
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Hospitality packages including new refurbished Foxs Bar |
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Offiah on Salary Cap |
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removing posts |
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Sebasteeno | ||||
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