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| Quote Redchemic="Redchemic"The M62 corridor is though, fella!'" is it?
what would you measure the m62 corridor as?
how do you be a good m62 corridor and a bad m62 corridor?
seems to me to be a geographical area rather than a population characteristic,
though clearly, not only are widnes fans the clear experts on immigration, but now they are also the countrys leading lexicographers!
now theres an interesting set of demographics for you fella!
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| Quote gateaux="gateaux"Well said.
I can understand certain groups of fans in particular feeling a resentment towards Celtic, but I can't understand the people who are almost willing them to fail. Celtic have another 2 years in SL after this year before the next round of franchises and I hope they can learn from the things that have gone wrong this season and bounce back and strengthen.'"
As I've posted on the Crusaders forum, I hope they get through this.
I don't hold any resentment towards them any more and nor do a great deal of Widnes fans. Any early resentment passed when the realisation was that the RFL were the villains of the peace. They were then and they are now.
Celtic were simply the easiest and most obvious targets of any ire by fans who felt seriously let down.
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| I wouldn't be surprised if there is more to this then meets the eye
It will definitely save Celtic mega bucks over then next month.
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| Quote Nick NJ="Nick NJ"No, far from it.
I'm a RL fan first and foremost. If Celtic help grow RL and bring more money into the game then i'm all for it.
I don't want clubs in SL based on tradition and sentiment, I want RL to grow rather than remain a sport played within the M62 corridor. It is harsh and I understand the resentment but RL is a business.
As for the big 3, it's debatable who those clubs are now...'"
No RL is a sport
SL is a business
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| Quote Redchemic="Redchemic"I did think about the big 3 bit before I posted
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I too am all for growing the game but it was plain to me then and todays debacle has purely confirmed that Celtic were not ready for the highest level.
Let new clubs walk before they can run.'"
Time is not a luxury we have, I agree it should be done properly but other sports will continue to eat into our slice of the pie. The RFL have backed them by giving them a 3 year deal so they'll learn from mistakes and grow as will RL.
Given time, Celtic will be a success. The talent in South Wales in my experience is exceptional, the club will mirror that of the Auckland Warriors and provide welsh talent with a level playing field.
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| Quote Sexual Deviant="Sexual Deviant"Big 3? He's a Wigan fan!
Just a question. In a moral sense, is what these players have allegedly done anything like as bad as poor financial mismanagement, leading to administration and 2 fingers up to creditors owed thousands?'"
Yeh, the Bronquins have a lot to answer for.
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| celtic should be building in the national leagues, building a squad base of welsh players, building fans on the back of success not endless defeats - the rfl brought them up too soon just because of where they are
but its too late to go back, they have to sink or swim in the superleague, i cant see past sink at the moment, not helping themselves with things like this,
these players arent even good enough to play in this league, if celtic survive to replace them, MUST DO BETTER!
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"is it?
what would you measure the m62 corridor as?
how do you be a good m62 corridor and a bad m62 corridor?
seems to me to be a geographical area rather than a population characteristic,
though clearly, not only are widnes fans the clear experts on immigration, but now they are also the countrys leading lexicographers!
now theres an interesting set of demographics for you fella!'"
I bow to your masterful knowledge of the subject O great one. However Will Alsop may disagree with you if he gets his vision - then you/we may be able to measure it.
Come on The M62 Corridor Vikings  .
P.S. A good M62 corridor is on the West of the Pennines and a bad one is on the East of the Pennines  .
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| Quote Nick NJ="Nick NJ"Yes your're right, but those clubs are the core of RL and we don't need any more on a smaller scale. We need more geographical spread etc etc. RU clubs get more money becuase of their demographic profile and internationals, their fans are the difficult to target higher management group.
ALthough if you read the WIgan website it'd have you believe WIgan was an affluent area. The words of Comical Ali was more reliable.'"
So in your utopian world, Wigan, St’s & Leeds would champion the North of England, with the remaining clubs from where exactly?
Scotland, Ireland, The Midlands or what about another team from London - they’ve only been trying for nigh on thirty years, with unparalleled success.
The RFL are the instigators of all this, the same motley crew who, failed to dock Wigan the agreed points deduction a couple of years back, followed by having no credible punishment in place when Hull played an ineligible player in the C.C last year and finally fast tracking a team into S.L to prove how easy it is to expand the game  .
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"as i said, when/if they are found guilty, lets have a pop at them then, and for what they have actually been found guilty rather than imaginary offences or things which they havent yet been accused of let alone proven'"
Feel free to "have a pop" if it makes you feel better. My feeling of some sympathy to the club is regardless of if they have strayed outside of the rules. I think that they've been thrown in at the deep end ill prepared and should have had support from the RFL. This situation is simply an embarrassment to the game.
Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"because they were already investigating over a month ago'"
Were they? It's just that the article doesn't say that. Where did you get this information from?
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| Quote Starbug="Starbug"No RL is a sport
SL is a business'"
god your as daft on here as on the celtic website
professional rl is a business, you see, and concentrate here, people get paid for doing it, you got that?? paid!
now, and try and keep up, i think you will find that just about every legal enterprise who pays people is a business in some form or other, they make money, its called income,
and they pay people and bills, thats called expenditure, you ok so far?
and......and this is the big one, some one has to say that if the spending money bit is greater than the earning money bit they are going to foot the bill.............soooooooooo every rugby league club is a business unless they never pay any bills.
your getting this free this one time only, next time you get big words and i charge.. ok?
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| Quote Sexual Deviant="Sexual Deviant"Big 3? He's a Wigan fan!
Just a question. In a moral sense, is what these players have allegedly done anything like as bad as poor financial mismanagement, leading to administration and 2 fingers up to creditors owed thousands?'"
But one club was refused a SL licence last year for poor financial mismanagement. Do you think Celtic will be refused for 2012 if they are found guilty of employing people without correct Visas?
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