'kinell A.D......this one ain't worth the effort!!!!
Fulwood - please try to understand before one of us dies!!!
Alex's Dad was NOT repeat NOT having a go at either Blackpool FC or the facilities at Bloomfield Rd.!!!
It was a tongue in cheek dig at the lamentable differences between the management of a clubs ambitions in Football and Rugby League. Football has promotion and relegation...a system based on a clubs on-field activities (you know - the stuff that actually matters!! The reason you go watching the game in the first place!!) and that has served them fine for about 120 years!!
We in rugby league don't like to stay in one place too long, so we f*ck about with the format on a regular basis!! (one division, two divisions, 3 divisions, regional divisions, etc. League Championships, Premierships, play-offs, grand finals, etc etc, name changes, rule changes, Fekkin' all-sorts!!)....and for the first 113 years of the sport in this country it kinda made sense, because a club's ambition was only ever curtailed by its lack of playing skill, or financial clout. These days though!! Well, its all 'location, location' that dictates if you get to progress!! Where are you based? What are your facilities like? What are your crowds like? What is your youth set-up like? And what happens is, you are awarded a score in each of these criteria - and the 12,14,16 (your guess is as good as mine!!) best 'scoring' clubs get to play in the premier competition for the next 3 years........unless, of course, they do not match the 'secret x factor' criteria, as laid down by SKY.... To avoid any 'confusion' the scoring remains a secret, and everyone signs an agreement to say they won't question the scoring....just so everything is above board!!
So - again in plain English - no one, repeat no one, is having a go at Blackpool F.C!!!!!!
