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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
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He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| Quote: NEwildcat "This would open a huge can of worms. How could they be expected to treat other clubs impartially when they have a direct interest in one club?'"
They already have direct interests in a few clubs |
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| Quote: Starbug "They already have direct interests in a few clubs'"
Surely only a conspiracy theory spread by people on internet forums.  |
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| Quote: chubbs1981 "Simple solution is the RFL actually back this "franchise" nonsense and take on the crusaders themselves. let the RFL buy the club and run it ( insert jokes about RFL not being able to run a bath etc)
They take on the club parachute in their own chosen staff to coach/manage/direct etc Let the RFL use their own contact to get in big name sponsors etc and build up the club then later flog it on lock stock and mop up a tidy profit which they can use for something useful like providing funding to get RL promoted in schools etc'"
The RFl would have to do the same with London if they did this with the Crusaders. I dont think it is a bad idea. But could the RFL afford to run/fund 2 clubs? |
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| Quote: boost "We have all ready gone bust! What's going on in Wrexham can only be described as shambles. Everything is about the Stadium and the land it's built on. The owner of the Crusaders and Wrexham fc biggest ambition is to build more flats in the middle of the pitch, line their own pockets whilst running the two clubs into the ground ![]()
I thought I had read that somewhere, not my eyes playing up then!
IF this is the case yet again how are Cru a viable club?
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Good to see the RFL learnt its lessons from the Gateshead and Paris fiascos!
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| Quote: wakeytom "I thought I had read that somewhere, not my eyes playing up then!
IF this is the case yet again how are Cru a viable club?'"
At this point of time we're not 
We need someone to buy the stadium off the jokers who own us and the football club. |
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| Quote: vikingsmurf "i know, lets 'save' them by doing the old Sheddersfield Egliants switcheroo with my beloved widnes. Crysaders will basically cease to exist and everything at Widnes will carry on as normal, same name, same staff, same stadium, sam kit colors etc. but just like the aforementioned example and GatesHull Thundarks we will actually be 'saving' crusaders. ![]()
Don't think they should be saved. I don't think moving the WCrusaders back down south would be a goer. Supporters from Bridgend and potential supporters from Nooport were both screwed over by Turnip. Apart from those dhimmis who followed them North, I reckon they'd struggle for support back down here. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Wrexham had a ready made SL team handed to them. They didn't build up a loyalty over years which could see them through the lean results. So it is no surprise that support fell right off on the back of a handful of kickings. No emotional bond there.
FAR better to leave the WCrusaders to stand or fall on their own merits. Like the WWF and pandas. You can spend millions on trying to save a species that would rather eat sugar cane than breed, but eventually, if they are determined to become extinct, they will.
Let the WCrusaders fold if that is the way they are heading and let other clubs in Wales form or move to more suitable leagues and gain promotion WHEN THEY ARE READY AND VIABLE.
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Still, saying that, it seems Wreham football fans are working to buy out their club with tranny businessmanwoman Stephanie Booth and she seems interested in making the crusaders a success too. She's apparently enjoyed league ever since she was a little boy.
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| Quote: Grendel "
FAR better to leave the WCrusaders to stand or fall on their own merits. Like the WWF and pandas. You can spend millions on trying to save a species that would rather eat sugar cane than breed, but eventually, if they are determined to become extinct, they will.
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On a point of total pedantry - pandas eat bamboo not sugar cane. |
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| Quote: chubbs1981 "Simple solution is the RFL actually back this "franchise" nonsense and take on the crusaders themselves. let the RFL buy the club and run it ( insert jokes about RFL not being able to run a bath etc)
They take on the club parachute in their own chosen staff to coach/manage/direct etc Let the RFL use their own contact to get in big name sponsors etc and build up the club then later flog it on lock stock and mop up a tidy profit which they can use for something useful like providing funding to get RL promoted in schools etc'"
I don't think the RFL have that kind of cash. Hence they were fairly keen on getting their £701k back. |
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“You are playing a game of football this afternoon but more than that you are playing for England, and more even than that, you are playing for right versus wrong. You will win because you have to win. Don’t forget that message from home. England expects every one of you to do his duty.”:1230.gif |
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| Quote: Grendel "Don't think they should be saved..
...Let the WCrusaders fold if that is the way they are heading and let other clubs in Wales form or move to more suitable leagues and gain promotion WHEN THEY ARE READY AND VIABLE.'"
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The RFL should not be expanding into new areas unless it has a war chest to support the new clubs. Why people think in this day and age you can put a RL team in an area with little interest and expect a new owner to somehow find 3million quid a year + to keep the team going is beyond me.
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Put the 'expansion' clubs into the Championship and sell the rights to a terrestrial TV company. Limit the number of live games to, say, one a month but show extended highlights at a decent time (Saturday or Sunday evening). Given time, this will generate interest and encourage attendances. It worked when Channel 4 did this for American Football years ago - to the extent that they now put on a game at Wembley each season, which is very well attended.
The biggest danger with this is that the Championship may well become more competitive and entertaining than SL - just like in football!
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"I know guys that pay £25 for a facial up north"
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| Quote: wakeyrule "Put the 'expansion' clubs into the Championship and sell the rights to a terrestrial TV company. Limit the number of live games to, say, one a month but show extended highlights at a decent time (Saturday or Sunday evening). Given time, this will generate interest and encourage attendances. It worked when Channel 4 did this for American Football years ago - to the extent that they now put on a game at Wembley each season, which is very well attended.
The biggest danger with this is that the Championship may well become more competitive and entertaining than SL - just like in football!'"
And which terrestrial TV company is going to pay for the rights to the 2nd division of rugby league? |
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Depends how well the RFL can sell it - thats their job, isn't it?
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