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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: underground "I meant for the game rather than the club'" What else could they have done though? Gone with 13 teams and lost all the Welsh development completely? That would have been a lot more of a farce. I agree that this is not a brilliant move, but it was a necessary one and there are some positives. |
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Iolo wrote. You must be confusing me with jannerboyuk, [...] he is also crucrusaders and I strongly suspect he is traffic as well.
Iolo. My mum is dead actually
Thanks for that
Scooter Nik. Yeah right. Of course she is, probably turned up her toes in disgust at having spawned a prat like you:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_44411.png |
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Underground season ticket holders are asking for refunds (the majority) there is one confirmed signing and as yet no news about the shirt at all and as yet no mention of a shirt sponsor. In true crusaders fashion the first the club put up on the club site was that the deal was done and we were moving. all other details were revealed on here or by the BBC but the club didn't say a word. As yet there has been nothing from the club to say thankyou for your support we are sorry but we had to move. It's almost like they are too ashamed to face the locals so they are it appears blanking us
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Oh the brightside, Wrexham Crusader's ground looks kinda nice.
Most of you lot can count yourself lucky you'll never have to experience Rodney Parade anyway.
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| Quote: Mark_W "www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,26691,12780_5772568,00.html'"
Trust them to find a Widnes fans.
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Widnes fans are everywhere
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| Quote: Mark_W "Widnes fans are everywhere'"
Which is more than can be said for fans of certain clubs.... |
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WEST COAST PIRATES
NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_9857.jpg |
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haha , that Widnes fan looked happy!
At least it looks like London will lose the most disliked and lowest supported club award from next season!
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| Quote: JB Down Under "haha , that Widnes fan looked happy!
At least it looks like London will lose the most disliked and lowest supported club award from next season!'"
why, are Hull KR losing their home derby game with FC? |
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In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats! They're eating the pets!:18686.jpg |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "So you wouldnt for instance be opposed to a statement saying
If (for example) Wakefield cant move on to competing for trophies regularly, spending the same as everyone else and truly looking to actually win trophies then the elite isnt for them? That simply being in the league with an below average fanbase, below average facilities for players nd fans, average squad and average youth development isnt good enough and if they dont improve then they should be dropped?'"
What’s average about winning the damn thing?
Below average facilities, below average attendance, hmmmm, a bit of correlation there.
As for competing for trophies, we may as well just have half a dozen teams in the League then.
Once again you’re preaching from your Ivory Tower. Leeds domination of SL will not go on forever, I hope your arrogance recedes accordingly. |
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| Quote: JB Down Under "haha , that Widnes fan looked happy!
At least it looks like London will lose the most disliked and lowest supported club award from next season!'"
I reckon Wrexham wil get bigger attendances than London. |
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| Quote: dally messenger "why, are Hull KR losing their home derby game with FC?'"
oh such wit, no really!  |
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| Quote: GetThemScallyWags "Will the RFL ever learn to stop biting the hands off of the first business men that come waving a big wad of cash?? '"
Presumably that extends to ones prepared to provide "personal guarantees" as well? |
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Businessmen waving wads of cash in non-traditional areas = bad.
Businessmen waving wads of cash in traditional areas = good.
Businessman walking away from club in non-traditional area = proof that the game is and always was doomed in that area.
Businessman walking away from club in traditional area, leaving it unable to fund current playing squad and being wound up at end of year = a minor blip and nothing to get excited about, and certainly not something which should be held against the club.
I'd have thought, tbh, that those heartland fans who have seen serious threats to the survival of their own club created by the fickleness of 'rich' chairmen/ owners etc would be more sympathetic to what's being experienced by the Crusaders club – having been through it themselves.
But apparently it doesn't work like that, for some at least.
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| Quote: tb "Businessmen waving wads of cash in non-traditional areas
Not quite true , and you know it
Any businessman walking [ or having to walk ] is bad , but it is worse when the club he is walking from has little to no fan support , and has just been put in a position it is quite clearly [ to anybody with working eyes ] unprepared for
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