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| Quote Ste100Centurions="Ste100Centurions"All true.
Let's take my club Leigh & say that a merger with Wigan is forced/foisted upon Leigh, what would happen.
Roughly at Championship level that is 4,000 lost fans to the Pro game, at SL level last year that's roughly 5,500 - 6,000 lost to the Pro game. Where do those fans go ? Not Wigan *who will still be Wigan* but maybe 300 - 500 to both Leigh Miners & Leigh East, so the town Amateur Clubs gain maybe 800 fans between them but potentially 4-5k lost from Leigh Centurions, net loss to the game of 3,200 - 5,200 !!! Worth it ?'"
Well said. I can see the 2 expansionists on here, with their 17 accounts ...... head spinning for a reply  |
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| International Star | 2794 | Leigh Centurions |
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| Quote WakeyTrin1873="WakeyTrin1873"Castleford and Wakefield even as a Wakefield fan, has always made sense to me. Along with Fev thrown in there, crowds would increase and the three would be better off financially. I could only consider them being called Wakefield though.'"
There wouldn't be 3 better off, there would be 1 & thousands of lost fans to the game ! |
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| Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"Key there is where your ill informeed wakey pal put speech marks in between “make a profit “.....
Hope this helps you when you ask me to do your research that you couldn’t be bothered to do in future
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Bit of a difference between being bitter and being ill informed. Also a bit of a difference between "fans" and "fan". HTH. |
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| Quote Willzay="Willzay"Bit of a difference between being bitter and being ill informed. Also a bit of a difference between "fans" and "fan". HTH.'"
Your original post literally says point me to a FAN not fans |
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| International Star | 7194 | Hull KR |
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| Quote Ste100Centurions="Ste100Centurions"There wouldn't be 3 better off, there would be 1 & thousands of lost fans to the game !'"
If Leigh merged with Wigan (which they won’t) but what would happen is Leigh would just reform in the same way Sheffield and Gateshead did |
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| Quote Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza="Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza"The game needs a massive shake up if it’s not going to die. A competition that embraces the sport’s past and the brave new world.
Superleague needs the teams below - properly funded and supported by feeder teams in the lower divisions or it will wither and die. Time that selfish people stopped thinking about themselves.
Toronto
Toulouse
Catalans
New York
London
Coventry
Newcastle
Bradford
Leeds
St Helens
Wigan
Plus merged teams:
Merseyside (incorporating Warrington and Widnes)
Greater Manchester (incorporating Salford, Swinton, Leigh, Rochdale, Oldham and Halifax)
Humberside (incorporating Hull and Hull KR)
This brave vision will save the sport from oblivion.
Heed my words.'"
Warrington Cheshire & have more in common with Greater Manchester than Merseyside. Wire are a top player in the game also.
Widnes Cheshire but have more in common with Merseyside culturally.
Fax = Greater Manchester I like my trips to Fax & rate their fans as some of the very best in the sport but neither side of the pennies would ever accept that & neither should they. |
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Weren't Gloucestershire & Oxford meant to be merging? Look how that turned out...
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| Quote fun time frankie="fun time frankie"If Leigh merged with Wigan (which they won’t) but what would happen is Leigh would just reform in the same way Sheffield and Gateshead did'"
Also true, maybe even as an Amateur Community Club & is still possible. |
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| Quote Cas Till I Die="Cas Till I Die"Your original post literally says point me to a FAN not fans
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and your original post was this below, inferring that there are more than one.
Quote Cas Till I DieNot if you believe[u[i bitter wakey fans[/i[/u on here, we are being propped up By a sugar daddy'"
Anyway, silliness aside well done to those in charge at Cas for turning the Club around the last few years. It's obvious something that our owner is trying to emulate since he took charge. |
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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"Achieved through selling players and reaching the Grand Final.'"
We sold one player last year, and I say sold loosely, as it was Denny Solomona who we had to seek legal recourse for.
Outside of that, we sold Luis Johnson but that happened in December this year so will show in the 2018 accounts (accounts are only made up to November 30th 2017).
So in truth the first point is correct, and the second point is a contributory factor but isn't reflected in 2 of the other last 4 years where we have made a profit. So in fairness, the whole profit is a combination of being run better, better financial management, and the success driven from on-field performance. |
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| Quote Fully="Fully"We sold one player last year, and I say sold loosely, as it was Denny Solomona who we had to seek legal recourse for.
Outside of that, we sold Luis Johnson but that happened in December this year so will show in the 2018 accounts (accounts are only made up to November 30th 2017).
So in truth the first point is correct, and the second point is a contributory factor but isn't reflected in 2 of the other last 4 years where we have made a profit. So in fairness, the whole profit is a combination of being run better, better financial management, and the success driven from on-field performance.'"
Out of interest why are the accounts made up to Nov and not April like any other company? Great news for the Castleford club to be in such a healthy position financially. |
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