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Quote: rover49 "If they get any points back it will be wrong, but I can see it happening.'"


If Bradford get points back from their appeal, how will that be wrong?

They were penalised within the rules. They appealed within the rules. If the panel feel that the penalty that was imposed was wrong and return points, again, within the rules, how is that wrong?

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well i for one am glad that the jeopardy gathered from a return to P+R resulted in an intense game played in front of a packed house.

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Relgation Battle......more like a relegation whimper. ...and whimpers are rarely intense. Many Bradford fans are ready for relegation, but the passion may return along with 2 4 or even 6 points. But I'm sure smokey will continue to twist his statements up his own ring should there actually be a relegation battle. I certainly can't see one at the moment

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Quote: SmokeyTA "well i for one am glad that the jeopardy gathered from a return to P+R resulted in an intense game played in front of a packed house.'"


Promotion and Relegation hasnt returned, there is only relegation, and that is down to the RFL , who along with the bulk of the SL clubs including Leeds Rhinos have decided that SL cannot support 14 teams

Their failure, nobody else's

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Quote: rover49 "If they get any points back it will be wrong, but I can see it happening.'"


rlhttps://twitter.com/wtwchairman/status/473471112198647809rl

Given that the Wakefield chairman is now advising that he needs crowds of 17k when that's three times the capacity of the ground then I'll have my pen at the ready when the inevitable happens. Because if the RFL don't punish them to the same level as bradford I'll ensure they get a letter from me!

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Quote: Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza "rlhttps://twitter.com/wtwchairman/status/473471112198647809rl

Given that the Wakefield chairman is now advising that he needs crowds of 17k when that's three times the capacity of the ground then I'll have my pen at the ready when the inevitable happens. Because if the RFL don't punish them to the same level as bradford I'll ensure they get a letter from me!'"


Misinterpreted that one I think icon_wink.gif I think he's implying that the hoards of Wakefield fans on their board/ twitter who said they're staying away because of Richard agar now need to step forward else be shown up for making stupid excuses for not supporting their team icon_wink.gif

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Quote: Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza "rlhttps://twitter.com/wtwchairman/status/473471112198647809rl

Given that the Wakefield chairman is now advising that he needs crowds of 17k when that's three times the capacity of the ground then I'll have my pen at the ready when the inevitable happens. Because if the RFL don't punish them to the same level as bradford I'll ensure they get a letter from me!'"


I bet it's barrel of laughs in your house.

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Quote: Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza "rlhttps://twitter.com/wtwchairman/status/473471112198647809rl

Given that the Wakefield chairman is now advising that he needs crowds of 17k when that's three times the capacity of the ground then I'll have my pen at the ready when the inevitable happens. Because if the RFL don't punish them to the same level as bradford I'll ensure they get a letter from me!'"


You really seem to be getting in a lather over an obvious tongue in cheek remark.

As a kid did you throw stones at the moon?

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Quote: DemonUK "Relgation Battle......more like a relegation whimper. ...and whimpers are rarely intense. Many Bradford fans are ready for relegation, but the passion may return along with 2 4 or even 6 points. But I'm sure smokey will continue to twist his statements up his own ring should there actually be a relegation battle. I certainly can't see one at the moment'"

So you are saying that 'relegation battles' are only intense or passionate, or attractive to fans on the rare occasions that they are very close. When they arent they are 'whimpers' which no-one cares about, where the games are simply going through the motions and the season peters out.

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Quote: Starbug "Promotion and Relegation hasnt returned, there is only relegation, and that is down to the RFL , who along with the bulk of the SL clubs including Leeds Rhinos have decided that SL cannot support 14 teams

Their failure, nobody else's'"

and the championship clubs, Nigel Woods powerbase. They also voted for this. The SL clubs have only voted for a reduction in the number of clubs, not that it would be done by relegation, nor a return to P+R and only when extra money was thrown at them.

But hey, in two years we can maybe go through 23 rounds of Leigh putting no points on the board in front of a mostly empty stadium instead of London and that makes everything A-OK for Starry icon_thumb.gif

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Love how Championships clubs have suddentky become so powerful that they shape the future of SL. You're a bellend Smokey. The failure of SL is nobody's fault but Super League clubs. Go and rant at Bradford and Wakey for not making it work.

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Quote: littlerich "Love how Championships clubs have suddentky become so powerful that they shape the future of SL. You're a bellend Smokey. The failure of SL is nobody's fault but Super League clubs. Go and rant at Bradford and Wakey for not making it work.'"
Championship clubs arent shaping the future of SL, the RFL are. The RFL's current powerbase is with the championship clubs. Hence there being so much friction between a lot of SL clubs and the RFL. And SL hasnt failed. Some clubs have. But SL hasnt.

And i dont blame the championship clubs for pushing for P+R, the vast majority of them are nowhere near good enough to get into SL any other way, to them being a laughing stock in SL like London is better than being a top championship side. I dont know why they value the lower leagues so little but they clearly do. I blame the RFL for securing their own position instead of doing what is good for the game. This season, the implosion at the bottom of SL is a consequence of those actions and those consequences may only be affecting Bradford and Wakefield and London now, but that will spread and more clubs will suffer the same way and a huge gulf will open up.

The only negative for my club will be that people will stop buying season tickets as the season sees such a large portion turn into a procession. We get to see a lovely glimpse of it this week as barely half the normal crowd turn up to watch a walkover at headingley in the challenge cup. But we will largely be sheltered from the destruction wrought by relegation.

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Quote: SmokeyTA "and the championship clubs, Nigel Woods powerbase. They also voted for this. The SL clubs have only voted for a reduction in the number of clubs, not that it would be done by relegation,

What complete garbage, Nigel Woods ' powerbase ' ? d040.gif

Yes they voted for it, after the SL clubs had decided on it

So if you wish to reduce the number of clubs in SL, how exactly would you suggest they do it, without relegating somebody to the Championship?

Losing it

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Quote: SmokeyTA "Championship clubs arent shaping the future of SL, the RFL are. The RFL's current powerbase is with the championship clubs. Hence there being so much friction between a lot of SL clubs and the RFL. And SL hasnt failed. Some clubs have. But SL hasnt.'"


Explain how exactly the ' powerbase ' is with the Championship clubs?

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Quote: SmokeyTA "Championship clubs arent shaping the future of SL, the RFL are. The RFL's current powerbase is with the championship clubs. Hence there being so much friction between a lot of SL clubs and the RFL. And SL hasnt failed. Some clubs have. But SL hasnt.'"


Explain how exactly the ' powerbase ' is with the Championship clubs?

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