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| Quote: cocker "The Wrexham football fans have been shouting for months how badly the owners were running things....for some reason I think the Crusaders fans thought they were exempt from their shoddy business management. I'm sure the decision todaycame as no surprise to the Wrexham fc fans.'"
Not at all.
Wrexham FC had an alternative in that they had £800,000 (estimate) in the supporters trust to make offers to buy the club whereas Crusaders didn't have a trust never mind any money in it.
We knew they were dodgy, I have posted here suggesting as such, we just didn't have too much of an alternative. I still think they'll take Wrexham out too one way or another. I can see them offering WFC without the ground to the trust for £1, as I've said earlier. Once this happens asset stripped and they can sell the ground to the highest bidder. |
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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
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| Quote: crucrucrusaders "Who mentioned that the RFL did it you idiot?
It is clear that I meant we have been shafted by the owners.'"
But yes you were , 3 years ago , that is when your fate was sealed |
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| Quote: Starbug "But yes you were , 3 years ago , that is when your fate was sealed'"
If we didn't get Super League 3 years ago then the club were gone anyway.
Samuel was not willing to finance the club beyond that year, and for another three, if we didn't get Super League.
As it was he got fed up with the club after a year of Super League but we would have gone under had we not been given a Super League place and that will be the case now. |
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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: crucrucrusaders "If we didn't get Super League 3 years ago then the club were gone anyway.
Samuel was not willing to finance the club beyond that year, and for another three, if we didn't get Super League.
As it was he got fed up with the club after a year of Super League but we would have gone under had we not been given a Super League place and that will be the case now.'"
Which just tells us it was a bad decision to set the thing up as they did in the first place
The only way a Welsh club will become sustainable and prosper is if it is funded centrally and openly from the RFL , and even now i'd take that if it was done properly , and openly |
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In all honesty we needed a sugar daddy like Quins.
If we had that we would come on leaps and bounds more than them but as it was it wasn't meant to be.
I won't turn my back on RL though. I'll still watch South Wales Scorpions and will try to get up the heartlands to see a few games over the season.
Believe it or not but a lot of Crusaders fans are considering following Catalans when they are playing in the UK. There is one positive and gave me a smile earlier when I read it even though I was feeling numb inside. I still am if the truth be told.
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sad day for rugby league in wales!
I support expansion and dont wanna see an M62 competition so didnt wanna see them drop out.
Hope the kids in N Wales still stick with Rugby League!!
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East is East,West is West,
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| Quote: kobashi "sad day for rugby league in wales!
I support expansion and dont wanna see an M62 competition so didnt wanna see them drop out.
Hope the kids in N Wales still stick with Rugby League!!'"
To be fair ,most clubs existed before the M62 was built. |
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| The bigger question for me is how will this affect the welsh RL team ,will they still be playing in the 4 nations this year.   |
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| Quote: BOYD2 "The bigger question for me is how will this affect the welsh RL team ,will they still be playing in the 4 nations this year. ![]()
For the sake of the game in Wales they must do. If the game at Wrexham needs to be moved so be it but it's imperative the likes of Scorpions, Cougars etc are not unduly hindered by Crusaders going and competing in the 4 Nations has to be priority.
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Since when did Crusaders RL become Wales RL in tournaments?
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A few more interesting bits from Mark Bryant tweeted this evening. Sounds like the Crusaders have been a shambolic joke from start to finish.
markbryant81Mark Bryant
That's all from me tonight, need some sleep. That's 3 little bits of a maze of lies and unprofessionalism.
32 minutes ago
Ask @youngquest3 @tommylee6 @thacks30 about not getting there last months pay when the club went into admin.
37 minutes ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
We thought keeping quite about what has gone on was in the best interest of the club,but clearly the owners had no interest in our futures.
41 minutes ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
@GeraldMccarthy0 We have plenty more stories aye dude! Hopefully we can catch up soon old mate!
49 minutes ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
The then owner promised them hush money and then wiped his hands of them once they were out of the country.
53 minutes ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
While were on it, the 6 guys who were deported were treated like criminals but the club had full knowledge that they were here illegally.
54 minutes ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
We didn't have to l pay our way to France in 09 but had to leave 6 guys behind cause the club knew they were on illegal visas.
1 hour ago
markbryant81Mark Bryant
Hmmmm, If only they knew all that has gone on at this club since 2009, might need a longer show though!
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