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| I must say I feel sorry in a way for Lowes.
Whatever anyone says, and despite the cruel loss of Gaskell for half the season, he got us to the MPG, peaking with a devastating performance against Salford, and despite anything else, we were one touchline conversion away from SL. Had Addy's kick gone over we'd have been in SL now and so I have to make allowances for that fickle finger of fate.
Had Addy's kick gone over then Lowes would have been feted as a hero and rightly so.
But, this season we are playing so poorly it looks like several of the wheels have fallen off and many more are loose or seizing up. We know we have't signed a scrum half. Is that Lowes' fault? We don't know. We know we have made a raft of eclectic and frankly sometimes bemusing signings and don't look to have a plan. Is Lowes to blame for our signing debacles? We don't know.
Something is definitely wrong, but the buck that does stop at Lowes' door is the level and standard of performances against Batley, Dewsbury and Halifax. Whatever else, the personnel he had available to him should have been good enough, and they weren't.
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| Quote: Bulls4Champs "Its ridiculous. How many teams in the Championship would get their promotion rejected because their ground is not fit for purpose?
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That would be interesting. Presumably then we could sue the RFL as our landlords for leasing us premises unfit for purpose?
We haven't sued anybody for absolutely ages
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| Quote: Bulls4Champs "Us, Leigh, Fax?'"
Leigh? Brand new ground? Why wouldn't that fit the bill?
Us & Fax - far from perfect, but both previously SL grounds?! No worse than HKR or Wakey for example....
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| Quote: Bulls4Champs "Its ridiculous. How many teams in the Championship would get their promotion rejected because their ground is not fit for purpose?
Us, Leigh, Fax?
London and Sheffield haven't even got grounds but sure they could play at a Football ground.
Then there's the question of can Fax and Sheffield afford to run a SL squad?
Im not sure they could, I hope they could but we couldn't at the back end and our crowds are a lot bigger than theirs.
The P and R system is grossly unfair,the only thing it rewards is poor form with a chance to redeem yourself against inferior opposition and a one off shot against superior opposition providing your form doesn't drop off in M8's.'"
The stadium rules were to fit with franchising criteria I think. We no longer have franchising so, logically, (I know!) there shouldn't be an RFL stadium requirement anymore....
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| Quote: Wigan Bull "Leigh? Brand new ground? Why wouldn't that fit the bill?
Us & Fax - far from perfect, but both previously SL grounds?! No worse than HKR or Wakey for example....'"
I assume he means those are the ones that ARE fit, rather than not fit. As they're probably the 3 best grounds in the division.
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| Yes I did mean that. Sorry.
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