Quote: shrops giant "Sorry mate, no link. In the 1st December issue of league weekly. There's a 2 page interview.
Some points from it;
3 community officers starting in January, with aim of developing fan base etc.
Current crop of youngsters felt within the club to be strongest since cudjoe - Bruno - jerry.
Club target to be a top 4 team consistantly as minimum.
Club were not fussed about world club championship. It would have cost club to enter. Interested observers of how it develops.
Targets for 2015 and onwards are to be playing in big finals, and they would "to attract an average home gate of 8000 supporters next season would be a wonderful achievement for us".
Club attracts players much easier now. "We don't ring them any more, they ring us".
Recruitment all done for next season.'"
thanks for that
good news about the community officers starting in jan
i agree about the youngsters, we have seen connor and johnson come through and expect to see the likes of dickinson next
so it was the club that didnt want to compete in the world club challenge not the rfl who changed the rules!!
bit disappointed with this from the club, shows lack of ambition? they say they want to compete in the big games and win yet dont want to be involved in this. But sure it was down to money in the end and wanting to spend elsewhere.
think we have already achieved being a top 4 team in the league, we all know its the play offs now where we need to make an impact.
good piece on leroy cudjoe in rugby league world magazine too this month, saying macnamara said he looked tired and needed a rest as to why he wasnt selected for england... he certainly needed a rest did cudjoe, expect to see him back to his best this time which is very exciting!
Cudjoe has his theory why we lose in the play offs, saying we dont compete at a high intensity week in week out, not putting games to bed and playing for 80mins at our pace.. then we fail to raise our game like the other big teams when it matters.
worth a read