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We can be bold enough to make a stand and do battle for our views and beliefs. But we must strive to be mature enough not to resort to unnecessary personal attacks upon people with opposing views.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_47035.gif |
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Being a bit of a positive young upstart at only 35. I do always wonder about what this golden era was when the game was better than it was now.
As I say I am young compared to some. So I naturally assume that there where days gone by when top flight RL attracted huge crowds and enjoyed wonders we can't imagine.
Then just today by chance I came across the rugby league project website.
Now consistent figures only go back as far as 1980, before then it's very patchy at the moment. From my own experience I've never known attendances be as good across the board. Well low and behold it was not my imagination, the trend certainly at my home club has been up up up, maybe not year on year, but certainly over a period of years.
In the early 80's even Wigan Saints derbies did not pull in regular huge 5 figure crowds (which nowa days are the expected) and the cost was certainly no where near as high. So I can only assume the negative spin about RL fans not turning up is in comparison to some by gone era pre my own birth.
Yes there are issues, but this is not RL's darkest days, it's not even close to twilight.
A link for those wanting to check their own clubs figures....
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/match ... 0tLS0tLS0t
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Being a bit of a positive young upstart at only 35. I do always wonder about what this golden era was when the game was better than it was now.
As I say I am young compared to some. So I naturally assume that there where days gone by when top flight RL attracted huge crowds and enjoyed wonders we can't imagine.
Then just today by chance I came across the rugby league project website.
Now consistent figures only go back as far as 1980, before then it's very patchy at the moment. From my own experience I've never known attendances be as good across the board. Well low and behold it was not my imagination, the trend certainly at my home club has been up up up, maybe not year on year, but certainly over a period of years.
In the early 80's even Wigan Saints derbies did not pull in regular huge 5 figure crowds (which nowa days are the expected) and the cost was certainly no where near as high. So I can only assume the negative spin about RL fans not turning up is in comparison to some by gone era pre my own birth.
Yes there are issues, but this is not RL's darkest days, it's not even close to twilight.
A link for those wanting to check their own clubs figures....
www.rugbyleagueproject.org/match ... 0tLS0tLS0t
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Out of interest what have sle stopped doing since losing the 1.2million pound a year Engage deal? What cut backs were made as I see little difference between now and three years ago in terms of media, marketing, club grants or the other things you would think this money would have been spent on.
Not saying having the million a year wouldn't be a good thing but wondering if it really would make much difference in the big picture?
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Let all the doubters keep doubting and those who believe keep believing.
We’re only interested in those in the bubble. Anyone who wants to come in the bubble, you can come in.
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| Quote: JB Down Under "Out of interest what have sle stopped doing since losing the 1.2million pound a year Engage deal? What cut backs were made as I see little difference between now and three years ago in terms of media, marketing, club grants or the other things you would think this money would have been spent on.
Not saying having the million a year wouldn't be a good thing but wondering if it really would make much difference in the big picture?'" If it was £1.2m it just means each SL club plus the other SLE stakeholders get about £75k less each in central distributions than they otherwise would. Absolute peanuts in the overall scheme of things, and a topic which gets much more discussion than the matter merits in pure financial terms. |
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| Quote: William Eve "
Tickets for the RLWC were heavily discounted to begin with when they first went on sale, and the fans of the game still refused to purchase any. Of course, the usual excuses came to the fore... RL fans are notorious for purchasing at the last minute, blah, blah, blah. The fact remains that ticket sales for the RLWC were extremely slow and didn't take off until adult tickets were priced at between £5 and £7.50.
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Absolute rubbish, you've completely made that up and I can guarantee you've got nothing to back those claims up.
I went to 6 games and intended on going to more but due to work & family commitments I had to miss a few. Because of work and family, like the vast majority of RL fans i'm sure, I bought my first tickets something like 10 days before the competition and picked up tickets for some games in the week leading up to them. The fact they were discounted was a nice bonus and nothing more, it had no effect on whether i went.
Your holier than thou "i'm better than the rest of you" attitude is usually funny in a cringey, point and laugh way but you're obviously at that age where nothing will ever be as good as when you were a lad and it's just embarrassing to read day after day.
The RFL should be praised for what they achieved with the world cup and it's people like you, still living in the past, who're holding the game back, not the people running it. |
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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: Andy Gilder "A blue-chip energy company? What sort of image does that send out about our working class, family orientated game in these times of austerity? It's a slap in the face to the good, honest, decent, hardworking, decent, good, hardworking rugby league fans everywhere.
There you go Gutterfax, Starbug, Leaguefan et al. Just copy and paste that in when the announcement is made. You're welcome.'"
Fame at last, and in such impressive company as well  |
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Blue chip on both shoulders. :p
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Set to be announced this week hopefully
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Having had a look at what current energy companies are not in the sponsorship market in some form or another the only one i could find is called FIRST UTILITIES based in Warwick so my money would be on them if so a nice brand to have on boardicon_smile.gif
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Lets get one of the fracking companies involved
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kcab sfrawdder
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
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: wire quin "Lets get one of the fracking companies involved'"
TOTAL FRACKING SUPER LEAGUE
Or you could lose the ' R ' from it if you wanted?  , the cockney version  |
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: loiner81 "
it's people like you, still living in the past, who're holding the game back, not the people running it.'"
There was me thinking that a 12% drop I attendances in 2013, combined with the lack of a title rights sponsor, the Bulls bail-out saga, the London Broncos playing musical grounds, Wakefield teetering on the edge, the SL chairmen split on exactly what they want from the governing body and commercial rights, the loss of sport England funding for the game, the poor attendances at Challenge Cup games and Exiles matches, not to mention reluctance to pay full price at Play-off games were all down to an inept and toothless governing body.......but now, apparently it's YOU! 
Billy.....you ba5t4rd. |
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| Quote: gutterfax "There was me thinking that a 12% drop I attendances in 2013, combined with the lack of a title rights sponsor, the Bulls bail-out saga, the London Broncos playing musical grounds, Wakefield teetering on the edge, the SL chairmen split on exactly what they want from the governing body and commercial rights, the loss of sport England funding for the game, the mickey poor attendances at Challenge Cup games and Exiles matches, not to mention reluctance to pay full price at Play-off games were all down to an inept and toothless governing body.......but now, apparently it's YOU! ![]()
All those seemingly insurmountable issues in the game shall be washed away and spin-dried by waves of positive and euphoric announcements to the media. By the end of this week, the game shall be unified and united behind a newly agreed structure... a blue chip energy company shall be sponsoring Super League to the tune of several £££million... Sam Burgess shall be declared winner of the Golden Boot best player in the world award... Danny Brough shall be named in the World XIII... and Bradford Bulls shall go a whole week without one of their barrow boys in shining armour threatening to quit the club.
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: William Eve "All those seemingly insurmountable issues in the game shall be washed away and spin-dried by waves of positive and euphoric announcements to the media. By the end of this week, the game shall be unified and united behind a newly agreed structure... a blue chip energy company shall be sponsoring Super League to the tune of several £££million... Sam Burgess shall be declared winner of the Golden Boot best player in the world award... Danny Brough shall be named in the World XIII... '"
all thoroughly believable and possible...
Quote: William Eve "....and Bradford Bulls shall go a whole week without one of their barrow boys in shining armour threatening to quit the club.'"
now you are 'avin a "tin" mate... |
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Blocked list
galliant - When Gutterfax stands alone in a thread out comes his alt account to make it look like he's got support.
Gutterfax - Yawnion patronising Troll
Lebron James - yet another Yawnion patronising Troll,born watching the wrong sport he knows his beloved yawnion is 100 behind League so tries to talk Yawnion up and league down.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_20989.jpg |
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| Quote: William Eve "All those seemingly insurmountable issues in the game shall be washed away and spin-dried by waves of positive and euphoric announcements to the media. By the end of this week, the game shall be unified and united behind a newly agreed structure... a blue chip energy company shall be sponsoring Super League to the tune of several £££million... Sam Burgess shall be declared winner of the Golden Boot best player in the world award... Danny Brough shall be named in the World XIII... and Bradford Bulls shall go a whole week without one of their barrow boys in shining armour threatening to quit the club.'"
And Gutterfax will still be on my blocked list  |
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