i tell you what would be good to hear from the new board, if we're lucky enough to be in a position to have one - some realistic ambitions.
all the talk of a super league place was - let's be honest - utter crap - a wholly unattainable pipedream that just left recriminations, accusations and financial devastation when it predictably failed to materialise - what a waste of time, goodwill and so much money that pathetic tilt at a non-existant windmill was - you had to be a moron to think it ever had any chance of working out !
how about a board who stand up at their first press conference and say that in five years they want to be an established second tier club, playing in front of regular gates of a couple of thousand, making the last sixteen or so of the challenge cup every know and then with a team of predominantly local lads who play for the shirt and enjoy their sundays, as does everyone else associated with the club. the pride would come from seeing donny lads step up to the big league, and when they've made it, to hear them on boots'n'all saying that they owe it all to "carl and everyone at the keepmoat who set me on the right road", or whatever
when every one of those entirely deliverable promises has been made good, then reassess things, aim higher, budget accordingly, plan for the future, nurture the local amateur game and maybe dare to dream of another season in the sun that would be the reward for the graft that went before, but in the certain knowledge that it's always going to prove unsustainable in the long term
that's all i ever wish for the club - realistic ambitions, realistic targets, real rugby and real fans - not some over-hyped cock and bull quick fix of tawdry low budget wannabe superleague drivel that's doomed to fail on the unsustainable greed of some clueless marking s
blue and gold, playing the game for the love of it - that'll do me
