i am going for an away win

112-4 to leeds

Sheffield - Halifax 1,457
Halifax - Whitehaven 2,014
Widnes - Halifax 4,039
Halifax - Featherstone 2,456
Halifax - Leigh 2,094
Halifax - Barrow 2,872
Halifax - Sheffield 2,212
Fev - Halifax 2,673

A hundred plus years and you've not once topped that figure at The Shay this season, even against other aspirant SL clubs from the heartlands.

CC can sustain a business with TV money. Sky want them because Welsh union fans take a passing interest in CC games, so Sky sells more adspace on hte back of a bigger TV audience. Or: put it another way... Leigh, Fax, Widnes, don't add a single viewer to the Sky audience, whereas CC do. That's why they are in SL in the first place.

I have criticised the franchise process extensively, and I'm a firm believer in P&R, but your simple economics are simply wrong.

As much as we could do with giving the Crusaders a good hammering for the points difference at the moment , I really do hope that the game is a lot closer than that . The Crusaders fans have done well this year and represented their club good style . They have followed them everywhere , and in decent numbers for a remotely situated club, despite losing almost every match they contested .
I certainly ain't expecting the gap to be anywhere near what it was against Cas last friday . IF we win . I reckon about 32-14 . Whatever the result , I fully intend on having a fun weekend down there celebrating mine , and Jonny's birthdays while we are there .
Just a shame the fixture ain't been held in Bridgend . I never been there before .

See you all there .

'there' = Newport

By the way . Has Rodney Parade been known as Dave Parade got anything to do with Trigger on fools and horses ?

Stupid question i know , but I have seen it mentioned a time or two and was trying to figure out why ?
It was suggested to me that it was a patron saint thing , but i think my reasoning rings truer .

The depressing thing is that somebody is bound to take this tools bait...

Errrrrr 3275 v Widnes.................

Not fully sure of all yer facts are you Mr Wembley71...............

hahaha... good try mate.

The Celtic Crusaders and Rugby League have only just started. You have to break an egg to cook an omlette.

I have no idea why it's called that to be truthful. I'm not keen on the Dragons.



Also... i predict a 4 - 0 win for the Crusaders... the try will be scored by one of the new welsh lads.

well, we can all dream, eh?

the thing that really makes me laugh about all this...

is on the Teletext its saying, that

C/Exec Mr Mike Turner said

this provides us with an ideal opportunity to give some welsh youngsters valuable first team action for our remaining three games of the season, starting this Saturday


unquote

what a laugh

that is what should of been happening at the start of the season, this is what happens when the RFL bend the rules

i feel sorry for the fans , not there fault.............

RFL an embarrasment,,,,,,,,,

we'll see
i believe my prediction would have shorter odds at the bookies

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Yes well done! Your highest attendance beats our (second) lowest. You must be so proud.

the comparisons of championship v sl clubs crowds is a ridiculous arguments. Like for like comparisons of paying punters and season ticket holders is a more comparable illustration. Given all the away support sl attracts i would expect crusaders to have a bigger support in sl. They have. But only by a few.
I would expect widnes and leigh to exceed the crusaders crowds this year if they yere in sl.
Facile argument tho.
I still believe crusaders were ill prepared for sl, wrongly included and still remain in a precarious position to continue. Tho i do understand that now in newport, more money is to be brought to the club from other sponsors.

LS13 absolutely that reason.

Dave Parade as a gentle derogatory term in honour of Trigger never remembering Rodney's name in Only Fools and Horses and with all the thickness that implies.

Wishes are not the same as predictions fool.

Mystic Meg you ain't.

Now I've had a bit to think on it, I think we can and sincerely hope we will, deny you the franchise place you seem to think is yours by right.

No big probs with Halifax in general, but YOU support them, so i look forward to disappointing you in 2012 and condmening you to ANOTHER 3 years of p155ing and whingeing.

I don't think you have anything to gloat about with Halifax's track record

Hes not a fax fan by all accounts.
Just a troll that keeps on appearing under different guises, dont take him seriously whatsoever

What...this track record
Year - GATE ....Pos
2000 - 5,714.....8th
2001 - 4,824....9th
2002 - 4,081.....9th
2003 - 2,976.......LAST

Really bringing something to the table then weren't they



DISCLAIMER: This post is amimed at halifaxxx and not the true RL fans of Halifax!

I reckon Leeds might rest a few or, sounds disresepctful, take it a bit easy.
When I heard about the Visa things I thought uh oh there's some cricket scores coming but thinking about it they could be 3 results that in the long term could benefit the club.
If those players have had their contracts terminated then the club will probably save about 50k between now and the years end. Add to that its a chance for the coaching staff to see maybe the best 4 or 5 reserve players in action. Sure they'll probably receive three pastings but lets be honest, it's not like youve got anything to play for other than pride anyway.
FWIW i'd be appealing against Mapp and Duggans bans, not seen that much of you but they looked the most handy of the deporteds.

cheeting scumbags should be kicked out of SL bk down to NL2 and start again with the welsh talent that you guys have??????? without god knows how many aussies to help...........

Leeds wont rest a few due to the fact that they all had a week of 2 weeks ago due to Challenge cup and will have another week off next weekend due to CC Final, so they wont have any point to rest any of them. 3 weeks in 4 off for some players is abit much in my eyes.

BTW. Leeds by 70

I have to say Roth that you are turning into one of the more articulate crtics of our inclusion and have made these discussions a touch above the usual dull back and forth verbal game of rugby union that it turns into almost always. A few more like you and the anti-crusaders posts in this forum might serve some purpose.
Can i ask you where you heard the point about better sponsors for us because of the newport move?

Oh god yeh I forgot about next week. True, true, still there's bound to be a couple carrying knocks but I reckon Leeds will clock up 50, reckon Celtics backs will be to the wall and they'll make a fight over it for a period with Leeds just being too strong in many depts .

Wow, did you manage to think and write that all by youself

I take it machine, that your own club's house is in order?

Because I remember that when the season started there were about 24 players who had these problems. It's a well known loophole.

Oh and cheating scumbags is a BIG statement for a little keyboard warrior.