completely out of our pay scale. would be stupid to let brough go and then stump up the £350,000 to £400,000 per year that finch would be wanting.

we need to keep bringing through the kids. until the club grows this will always be the case i am afraid.

I'm not advocating Finch. However, without [ia[/i scrum-half, our pack, which is a relative strength of the team, is being utterly wasted.

I wouldn't blame any of the forwards if their effort was to drop over the rest of the season and they were to want out; they must be getting increasingly frustrated at working their nads off in a team that lacks direction.

As for letting Brough go, I can only assume any financial gains we made out of that deal are fast being eroded by the drop in gates that opting not to watch the turgid offerings are causing.

Won't happen IMO, they are enjoying taking the team forward and although frustrated like the rest they won't let it slip.

Just look at the reaction of King and Korki when the took us to the line before PJ scored, i would not worry about that part of our game.

Agree with the rest though we must be near minus on the Brough deal by now.

this is the bit I dont get

Brough
Newton
Tronc

must have being the 3 top earners at the club

Gledhill
Cooke (paying one third of this wage a third too much
Olstrom
Korki
Kirmond who is paying the wage us or Huddersfield

Sorry but Ted and Co have made a complete balls of this I hope they have a plan to get folk into the stadium V Quins even if they sell tickets for £5 a 3000 gate will not be good

Its not were we want to be granted.

Tax bill
Loss of or reduced income from sponsorship.
Lower gates

= less cash

Thats just my guess by the way, but i think thats the hole the moneys its fallen into, a hole that need to be filled otherwise we would not have a club.

This as been done to death and dug up again a few times.

The tax bill is a bit of a cop out we all have to pay tax, sponsorship I understand to be a bit of a struggle, perhaps it's the economy, perhaps there's another reason people don't want to put money in the club???
As for falling gates, I put that down almost entirely down to the stewardship of the club, as long as spectators are treat like dirt it will go on!!
A lot of people are finding better things to do on match days, and before anyone starts with the "think of the club" angle, no other business would remain in business treating it's shareholders & customers like we are treat.
I await the usual response from the usual crowd.

Well like i said its guess work on my part and just bits i've heard.

If you don't like whats on offer then don't go, but then you ain't going sunday anyway are you.

Could well be said in reverse could it not, usual posters doing the usual moaning.

Well I am not sure if I qualify for a tag as one of the usual crowd, but I will respond with simply this, please explain to me why you think that the fans are being treat like dirt because I certainly dont think that I'm being treated like that. The only cause for complaint I could have is the lack of imformation not forthcoming from inside the club, frustrating yes it is but I will keep my dummy firmly in my gob for the time being thanks.

I must have missed the hoards packing out Belle Vue last year in the clubs most successful regular season. Lets be honest crowds were crap last year when the stuff on field was good. Thats one of the reasons why the club ended up with the big tax bill. The crowds were below what was expected and to be honest what the team deserved. If the stay away fans had turned up then perhaps the club would not have had to sell Atkins and had more money to offer to Brough.

regarding poor attendances last season, it does not matter how well the team does if no-one around the city knows about it.

the marketing budget as i understand runs to those triangular trailer boards, which are generally not even up to date. its appalling.

the club is still run in the same vein it always has been and has not moved on to the professional level of other clubs.

even given the current form the team on the field continually out performs the team off the field

Said on numerous occassions on here about promoting matches and the poor advertising trailers...at the moment the one on Lofthouse hill is showing us playing Salford in March....i rest my case.

As for attendances the club is caught between devil and deep blue sea...i think £18-20 is too much to watch Trinity butif they lower the prices would the hopefully increased attendances cover what they would have got if they had charged full price. If as we are at the moment losing people will say..im not paying £20 to watch them.

Sorry mate,that just doesnt figure.
You are suggesting that last seasons poor attendances contributed to the club having a large unpaid tax bill.
But i dont see how the unpaid taxes could have come from the same season.I would presume it was taxes that were due from year end April 09

why would we ever want to keep atkins? small time charlie imho! waste of time for us..great against crap for warrington but when it comes to up the performance against the big boys is once again found wanting..give me smurph anytime !

oh very dear this is another one we agree on old Crowt! and its not Smurph it tole Bandy Legs!!!

Aye - he's a cracking player, but he couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel!

he'd have to walk sideways to get down a ginnel!