Quote Roy Haggerty="Roy Haggerty"
The question as to what's gone wrong seems - as always - to be far more to do with the quality of adminstration at both club and RFL level, which has once again seen our sport attracts several thousand new fans in a new area (a la Gateshead), and then screw them over royally.'"
If it's all down to losing Samuels' cash a question must be asked:
With the fans in Bridgend, the academy side based in Bridgend, the national side based in Bridgend and the owners of the ground in Bridgend wanting matches to be played there - what is to stop Crusaders returning to Bridgend?
Sure, they may not be able to afford the Ozzie ringers, but those players havn't won them games so big wow.
play this year out, see what the deal is next year. The RFL could easily insist on the side re-locating to South Wales. You would expect the club to succeed based on the gates they get, Quins manage on less than that and they don't have a big budget to keep them afloat.