They very probably did but there isn't the business interest in Doncaster to support the club financially. Doncaster have been in and out of financial trouble virtually since they began (that was in the 1930s wasn't it?). The RFL is only offering [iadvice[/i, just as it did to Catalans and also would do to any club who needed it. They have a good team of [iadvisers[/i to offer advice. They are not offering cash.

If that is the case , surely they would have been advising Celtic , Doncaster and all the other clubs before now

Why offer advice after , why not offer advice before

Or maybe you are just talking Bollox

Advice

This is like groudhog day, whatever is happening to Crusaders people will have an opinion on.

Three comments:

People don't accept the reason we got a licence - most have the sense to see that's the RFL not us - comments about the rights or wrongs designed to provoke fans do not help

We've not doing as well as we'd planned to up to this point - would be a bit silly to deny it but surely getting support and keeping at it is better than folding - most reasonable people seem to agree and there are those who will say I told you so.

See you all tomorrow on this board (or one of many others) when someone starts the same thread again




Thank you to all the Widnes fans and others who have wished us luck and surely there are more important things to do than wind each other up day in day out. Can we all move on now?

Before insulting me, maybe you should read up on what the RFL is about and what it has at its disposal. Also, reading the link I gave earlier in the thread might also help. The RFL has a team of experienced people specific to the job of advising and enabling clubs on recruitment, publicity, obtaining sponsorship, dealing with the salary cap, etc.

Doncaster is in a rubbish place for rugby league. Read RL history. It has never attracted local business. Gateshead Thunder are doing a better job. That will be at least in part to do with Doncaster being in a rubbish place where RL is concerned. No-one is fecking interested in Doncaster, business-wise, and that is Doncaster's problem. That does not mean there won't be local businesses interested in the Crusaders. You've already probably done better than Doncaster in catching Brains. The key is, to catch more of the same. And the RFL have stepped in to help in that process.

What on earth is so awful about that?

And, as it says in the link I provided, the RFL provided exactly the same kind of support to Catalans Dragons during their first season in SL. Look where they are now. But the Dragons aren't the only club to receive such support and such support isn't only offered to expansion clubs. Read up, do your homework before having a go at me. You might find you have to eat your own words.

You do realise that I am a Leigh fan



Yes they do and no doubt they have been advising Celtic for the last 3 years

Doesn't look like they have done much of a job does it ?

So Gateshead are doing a better job are they ?

They looked and sounded very similar to Celtic the other week when they played down at ours

Ex NRL players all funded by 300/400 fans

Think what they could do with 2/3,000 fans , you and Leeds are in big trouble when they go up in 2012

Yup. Why else would you be having a go at the Crusaders? (Unless you were a Fax, Widnes, Featherstone fan)


Not sure since this has been announced as a new development. I think Celtic were doing fine in the Championship but Superleague - as Leigh may discover if it ever gets here - is a different beast altogether.


Yup. I went there for the recent CC round. They had 4,500 crowd, of which we were about 1,500. Me and lots of other Saints fans had conversations with locals about the match - they were the ones who raised it with us because Thunder had done such a good PR job. They are in a very tough place compared to Leigh and yet they are making definite inroads into what is a hugely soccer-obsessed area.


When they beat you, you mean?



How many Leigh fans go to Gateshead? Are all your players British/local? There are Geordie accents in their team, British accents and Aussie accents. I would expect a mix of local/British/foreign players in every RL team.

Starbug, you are too bitter for me.

Not bitter , just a seeker of the truth

You don't sound like a seeker of truth. You just sound bitter.

Its a free world

If you believe that I hope no one tells you the truth about the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny!