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[TaxiEgg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...league/19661026

http://www.bbc.co.uk...league/19660725

Edited by TaxiEgg, 20 September 2012 - 06:42 PM.

[TaxiEgg]

168 views and no comments APATHAY is rife in rugby league, these are major warning signs mirrored in the amatuer game ah well off golfing .

[maxwel]

Taxi done't get so tee'd off.

[thestatman]

168 views and no comments APATHAY is rife in rugby league, these are major warning signs mirrored in the amatuer game ah well off golfing .

Because what you have posted bears no relation to the amateur game!

Bryn Hargreaves raises some valid points about the financially security a career in rugby league can provide - or not as the is! How does this relate to your player in the NCL?

Those Super League players having surgery at the end of the season - that's extremely unusual and would never have happened if they'd been playing in the mud in winter! Oh wait! I thought one of the arguments against the amateurs playing in the winter was that they wouldn't have the luxury of playing on the heavily watered, lush, playing surfaces that those Super League players do. The points it would appear that you are trying to make are irrelevant to the amateur game. Give it a rest, your getting as bad as Marauder!

[gillmeister]

Bryn Hargreaves does raise some good points but lets be honest he would have got another club if he so wished, in fact Id bet anything he will play again in the lower leagues at some stage! The real losers were the lowly paid admin staff who got the bullett all of whom could have been retained if the Bulls had sold Whitehead and Bateman- Who's job is 100% secure these days!!!

i guess the big lesson is live within your means and be realistic run your club like a business and make the best decisions for your business

[sbull]

does any clubs keep a tack of their gate receips, we are down approx 6K on a normal season, nothing to worry about only teathing problems, people will soon start to cancel their summer to support rugby!!!

[gillmeister]

does any clubs keep a tack of their gate receips, we are down approx 6K on a normal season, nothing to worry about only teathing problems, people will soon start to cancel their summer to support rugby!!!

Seperate Topic? FWIW I was at Leigh East v WBH t'other week and a gentleman from St Pats was saying there gates were down and one from WBH was saying theres had gone up so there will be winners and losers on that subject.

When you say £6k even at £3.00 per game over 14 games are you trying to say youve lost circa 150 fans off every gate? It would be good business practice to have those figures though!

Edited by gillmeister, 21 September 2012 - 03:09 PM.

[TaxiEgg]

Ok Shaun its my mistake i,m paranoid and dillusional everything is ok and the game is making great strides obviously nothing to worry about.

[Marauder]

Because what you have posted bears no relation to the amateur game!

Bryn Hargreaves raises some valid points about the financially security a career in rugby league can provide - or not as the is! How does this relate to your player in the NCL?

Those Super League players having surgery at the end of the season - that's extremely unusual and would never have happened if they'd been playing in the mud in winter! Oh wait! I thought one of the arguments against the amateurs playing in the winter was that they wouldn't have the luxury of playing on the heavily watered, lush, playing surfaces that those Super League players do. The points it would appear that you are trying to make are irrelevant to the amateur game. Give it a rest, your getting as bad as Marauder!

Please take note that the injuries sustain on the hard dry ground of the summer seem to be the ones that are more likely to be career ending to an amateur player simply because they don't have the care and attention that Super League players get.

[Marauder]

does any clubs keep a tack of their gate receips, we are down approx 6K on a normal season, nothing to worry about only teathing problems, people will soon start to cancel their summer to support rugby!!!

I can see where the hype for summer rugby came from (More players, better weather, more supporters and higher bar takings) tie all these and other selling points together and everything would be rosey - The true facts are with a great number of clubs this and more has not happened simply because people have other distractions in the summer months.

Winners and Losers is a fact, but how long can the losers keep losing? what is the alternative for the losers?

[EdinburghExile]

Winners and Losers is a fact, but how long can the losers keep losing? what is the alternative for the losers?

I hear rumours of a Winter season, some teams might be able to persuade some fans to come out in the cold to watch...

[Marauder]

I hear rumours of a Winter season, some teams might be able to persuade some fans to come out in the cold to watch...

Don't know where your coming from with this when clubs are reporting that their takings are down in the summer and we are looking into providing shelter for our supporter.

[EdinburghExile]

Don't know where your coming from with this when clubs are reporting that their takings are down in the summer and we are looking into providing shelter for our supporter.

Been a lot of chat about the relative merits of summer v winter? Question of an alternative to summer? Bit of fun?

[bearman]

Please take note that the injuries sustain on the hard dry ground of the summer seem to be the ones that are more likely to be career ending to an amateur player simply because they don't have the care and attention that Super League players get.

Can you quote the source of those facts please?

[sbull]

I hear rumours of a Winter season, some teams might be able to persuade some fans to come out in the cold to watch...

just like the last 100 plus years you mean? you have a better chance of someone putting a jacket on then persuading them not to get married and cancel their summer holidays and so on,

[Marauder]

Can you quote the source of those facts please?

I can only quote the injuries my club have taken during their time playing both summer and winter and for 26 winter seasons before.

In the first 26 years I can't recall one ligament problem, since 2004 we have had; Tom Branagan, Gaz Everton, Craig Hookway, Dean Armstrong, Shaun Carver, Mark Roach & Jason Blanchard (twice) all with knee or ankle ligament injuries sustained during the summer season.

[Marauder]

just like the last 100 plus years you mean? you have a better chance of someone putting a jacket on then persuading them not to get married and cancel their summer holidays and so on,

Couldn't put it any better.

[TaxiEgg]

Can you quote the source of those facts please?

http://journals.lww....Seasonal.4.aspx

[Marauder]

http://journals.lww....Seasonal.4.aspx

Cheers - Take a look at the injuries (I believe at Huddersfield Giants that are going to require surgery this off season.

[thestatman]

http://journals.lww....Seasonal.4.aspx

A study of one team - hardly conclusive evidence! Run over six consecutive seasons. Could it be that the players are getting old and suffering more wear and tear injuries, due to their age/duration of playing the game?