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| The thing is, we all [iknow[/i that there aren't enough players of sufficient quality to go around, and we did a while back. One of the key reasons to expand SL to 14 teams in the first place was to try and increase the selection pool for the national side, so it's no surprise that we haven't instantly found another 30+ players of SL standard just kicking their heels in the NLs. The only additional thing that has now happened is that the supply of players from the NRL is drying up because SL is not the comparative payday it once was, and clubs/chairmen are getting scared.
So instead of bitching and moaning about the problem now that they can't rely upon Australians and Kiwis to make up for their own failures, clubs need to actually focus on the fundamental problem and work at actually attracting kids to the game and turning them into SL quality players. Yes, it's a lot easier to say than do, but that's at the heart of the problem IMO, too many are wanting the quickest and easiest solution rather than being willing to work at the best one.
In the long run, developing young players should be the cheapest/most efficient way to run a club, as well as hopefully making both SL and the national side more competitive. The clubs and we fans just need to realise this and be prepared to ride out some dips in quality in the short term along the way, and stick with it for a while if we want the end results.
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54781_1349275167.jpg Standee wrote: "because watching hull fc isn't worth the 200+ mile round trip ."
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| FWIW I think if the heartlands of RL are suffering then look after your own and not anymore do we continue to look outwards, its time they looked inwards at the backbone of British RL grass roots clubs .......
Spend time and money investing in community development at the West hulls, Heworths, Thatto heath, crossfields, st pats and such clubs in the UK and start all over again, help clubs like Batley, York and so on with investment but no more Londons or crusaders for now till austerity is a thing of the past and finances look brighter , support the flat cappers who go to doncaster and whitehaven etc week in week out and bring their teams forward instead of taking the SL backwards by spreading the jam too thin
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| Quote: voodooroo "FWIW I think if the heartlands of RL are suffering then look after your own and not anymore do we continue to look outwards, its time they looked inwards at the backbone of British RL grass roots clubs .......
Spend time and money investing in community development at the West hulls, Heworths, Thatto heath, crossfields, st pats and such clubs in the UK and start all over again, help clubs like Batley, York and so on with investment but no more Londons or crusaders for now till austerity is a thing of the past and finances look brighter , support the flat cappers who go to doncaster and whitehaven etc week in week out and bring their teams forward instead of taking the SL backwards by spreading the jam too thin'"
I like jam.
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54781_1349275167.jpg Standee wrote: "because watching hull fc isn't worth the 200+ mile round trip ."
I rest my case:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_54781.jpg |
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| Quote: Barnabus "I like jam.'"
you are clearly whom they thought of when they banned brothers from marrying their sisters
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6505_1460484023.jpg [i:10za56ci]Hold on to me baby, his bony hands will do you no harm
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| Quote: voodooroo "The RFL gave them a license in SL however what travelling finances do they offer to the rest of SL,
if the rest of SL fans from each club decided to travel to them in the same numbers their massive army of travelling support and the cash cow do to the rest of SL , they would be bankrupt in 6 months as they survive on one thing
travelling supporters!!!'"
They survive because their owner pours money into them. You're kidding yourself if you think enough travelling fans pitch up to fund their club.
Quote: voodooroo "The RFL continue to allow name changes, ground changes , underwhelming performance and have i believe supported them in the past
bank rolling IMO to even grant them a license, would SL be a worse place without them or even notice they had gone.....'"
The RFL have never given them money. The RFL has no authority to stop a club changing it's name or ground. The decision to re-admit them after they went bust was made by the club chairmen. And SKY would notice they had gone.
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6505_1460484023.jpg [i:10za56ci]Hold on to me baby, his bony hands will do you no harm
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| Quote: voodooroo "FWIW I think if the heartlands of RL are suffering then look after your own and not anymore do we continue to look outwards, its time they looked inwards at the backbone of British RL grass roots clubs .......
Spend time and money investing in community development at the West hulls, Heworths, Thatto heath, crossfields, st pats and such clubs in the UK and start all over again, help clubs like Batley, York and so on with investment but no more Londons or crusaders for now till austerity is a thing of the past and finances look brighter , support the flat cappers who go to doncaster and whitehaven etc week in week out and bring their teams forward instead of taking the SL backwards by spreading the jam too thin'"
The only money spent on London is the money they are due from the SKY package, so whether they are in SL or not is irrelevant to how much gets invested in the grass roots.
BTW - do you know how much that is? Or have you just assumed that it's not much?
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