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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: kirkhall "Another quality signing. If the people of Leigh won't come along to watch this squad play they are sending the message out that Leigh, don't want a SL team!
Unfortunately, we won't be able to defend 'our' NRC as the RFL have 'suspended' the competion! ![]()
Apparently it was the clubs that voted to drop the NL/NRCup this season, not the RFL
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| Quote: Starbug "Apparently it was the clubs that voted to drop the NL/NRCup this season, not the RFL'"
The soft bu...rs afraid of facing us again!
Are the Championship clubs stupid or what?  |
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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: kirkhall "The soft bu...rs afraid of facing us again!
Are the Championship clubs stupid or what? ![]()
Including us apparently
If I am wrong, I am happy to be told so
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| Quote: Starbug "Including us apparently
If I am wrong, I am happy to be told so'"
Suspect you are probably right Steve, although the clubs probably felt they had something more important to be playing for, at the time they voted! Also, didn't Northern Rail's sponsorship expire at the end of last season? And the SL clubs would no doubt tell us how good the RFL is at getting competition sponsorship deals!  |
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Please do not send me any PM's I dont check this board often enough to be able to answer them, use my e mail add please fjparkinson@virginmedia.com
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| Quote: Starbug "Including us apparently
If I am wrong, I am happy to be told so'"
I'm afraid in this instance you are wrong Steve. Neither us nor the other Championship clubs made this decision but there is nothing we can do about it 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: Toadstool "I'm afraid in this instance you are wrong Steve. Neither us nor the other Championship clubs made this decision but there is nothing we can do about it now .'"
Glad to hear it, absolutley crazy decision |
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| Quote: FredParky "wasn't it spoken about at the last LISA meeting?
It was and is commented on about 1hour 45mins into the recording. Not surprisingly I asked a few interesting questions during that meeting. 
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2015 - major missed opportunity, 2016 - stronger teams = harder task (no problem there then), 2017 - OMG What now!!!:953.jpg |
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Or maybe London have jumped in seeing as they are desperate for players. Or maybe as someone mentioned the gun has been jumped
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| Quote: THECherry&Whites "This is getting silly now. We could register a Leigh A and B team and both would be competitive and have strength in depth! No excuses this year. Sheffield have a weaker squad this season and will be playing their home games on a ploughed field, Fax have a weaker squad and have the Harrison factor. Fev are weaker and have a lot of in house fighting. Only Batley seem to have strengthened.'"
Care to explain why you think this? I think we are certainly stronger than we were last season, whether we are as strong as other teams is debatable though. Im quietly confident we will do ok this season. I have to be, I have £50 riding on it.  |
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| Quote: THECherry&Whites "This is getting silly now. We could register a Leigh A and B team and both would be competitive and have strength in depth! No excuses this year. Sheffield have a weaker squad this season and will be playing their home games on a ploughed field, Fax have a weaker squad and have the Harrison factor. Fev are weaker and have a lot of in house fighting. Only Batley seem to have strengthened.'"
 sheffield weaker please explain ? Fev weaker please explain ? Halifax weaker ?Batley Strengthened ? Please please explain ??
Sheffield added another big Menzie Yere type centre and a good prop in jones in with little change elsewhere to a championship winning side.
Featherstone offloaded finn and added 3 of Batleys top performers Flanagan, Moore & Hirst as well as Nicholson who is a very good prop from York who was devastating last season in a poor side......also they have added a big tongan centre who played NRL as well as some pretty good young prospects from Leeds and Warrington and also sam smeaton to return after missing all last season....They have added more size, power and pace so I wouldn't say they were weaker 
Halifax....again they have added a couple more of batley's better players whilst replacing the ashall's....johnson and brown will add something in the halves and also and cowling from wakefield will add to their lacklustre centre partnership...so weakened nah...
Batley.....losing 9 of their better players and replacing with mainly mediocre alternatives does not give me much hope so I dont know where your expectations come from ? I wish I had your enthusiasm for 2014 but I do not. Scott from York is a good addition to replace walmsley but the rest of the replacements dont cut it for me and mid table mediocrity for me this season i think whilst causing the odd upset here and there.
Now to Leigh.....i believe you have recruited very well and will be competing in the top 1-3 but to think that the usual suspects are going to be 'weaker' is a bit naive......and dont forget to win a grand final you have to win a play off game !! |
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You could have saved typing all that and just put your last line. Other teams strengths matter not when we can't win a play off game.
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maybe......but i was trying to understand how all the top clubs were now weaker and decided to justify my questioning of this with some facts.....sorry i didnt realise there was a limit on post detail lol
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Dont write Fev off......the nrl centre looks good and Hirst is a superb signing for them - add a top returning centre in Smeaton and you`ve got a good team.
Telling factor will be if the HB`s are as good without Finn.
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The elephant is so ugly he sleeps his head Machetes his bed Kevin Carter kaffir lover forever
Some gentlemen prefer brunette's but that's just an arbitrary turn of events - Take me Home
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| Quote: quinny "maybe......but i was trying to understand how all the top clubs were now weaker and decided to justify my questioning of this with some facts.....sorry i didnt realise there was a limit on post detail lol'"
Don't worry Quinny, I reckon you make a valid point with a very good post backed up with detail and reasoning rather than assumption |
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