Mick the Miller Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 This is ridiculous. Although fair credit to Rochdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George 1 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Yes well done hornets this just about sums our year up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANO Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Farcical to play one team 3 times all away. Could only happen in rl. Well done Rochdale sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Best of luck to you next week. Don't forget you have beaten us (Hornets) three times this year so you can do it although I guess you won't be popular with the RFL if you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 All the very best of luck against Toulouse. With the tumultuous season for reasons that are well documented,it's fantastic you have got this.Well done on a fabulous season and good luck against Toulouse. It'd really cheese the RFL off if you were to beat them. Come on the Knights!!!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolmeKnight Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I think the Knights might struggle to raise a team again, with part-time players not able to get the time off. Even the coach might struggle. I fancy this may be the last rites for the present club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owfener Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Farcical to play one team 3 times all away. Could only happen in rl. Well done Rochdale Toulouse Le Trek, it seems. Hope you can get a decent squad together to give 'em some more. Today has proven that they aren't infallible, no matter what they might have thought. Good luck for next week....and for your short and long term future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDYPK Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 C'mon Fordy and the lads that make it over there next week, sounds like Rochdale really took it to the Frogs physically so our forwards will need to be firing like they were at the start of the season and get stuck in early in the game. If Rochdale can do it so can we!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Wilson Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Why do people say it'll really cheese the RFL off if Toulouse won? It really won't. @GavWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weighman Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Good luck next Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANO Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Why do people say it'll really cheese the RFL off if Toulouse won? It really won't.cos gav,people perceive it as an experiment allowing them to bend the rules to ensure promotion without placing them straight in the top flight sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I hope that we can take a full strength team to Toulouse next weekend and show them what we are capable when we have our full team out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick the Miller Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 I hope that the RFL ensure all League One teams play each other home and away next season with no Super 8's and just a straight forward playoff. You can't expect teams to go to Canada with one weeks notice in a knockout format. Drop the ipro cup and it's not that difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANO Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I hope that the RFL ensure all League One teams play each other home and away next season with no Super 8's and just a straight forward playoff. You can't expect teams to go to Canada with one weeks notice in a knockout format. Drop the ipro cup and it's not that difficult.far too easy sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDYPK Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Why do people say it'll really cheese the RFL off if Toulouse won? It really won't. Gav don't you mean if Tolouse don't win promotion? I think a lot of people ( me included) are somewhat hacked off that clubs like Tolouse appear to be given preferential treatment, personally I would love it if the Knights or even Barrow or Donny went up instead of the Frogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Wilson Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 York winning promotion would be the worst thing to happen to this club. Its nowhere near capable of a season in the Championship. I want Toulouse to go up and be successful. And I want Toronto to go up next year and be successful too. @GavWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANO Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Trust me gav they WILL be successful sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I'd back any English team against a French one any day.Go for it you Knights!!!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oiseau Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I'd back any English team against a French one any day.Go for it you Knights!!!!. Of course you would because you're exactly what all anti-expansionists want. What chance would York have in the Championship, will they even be in business next season ? Love or loathe the Froggies as many of you do, the whole point is they have money and investment available and there's not too much of that around along the M62 corridor at the moment. James Ford, a top coach for me and a worthy candidate for Coach of the Year has performed miracles and his fragmented teams have played well twice in France and they are capable of beating Toulouse if they take the game to them just like Hornets did. Even if Toulouse win on saturday I really fancy Barrow to grab the second promotion place. The French are demoralised and i'm not sure if they can get it together for two cup finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Knight Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Dont forget if we beat Toulouse we have to go to Barrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I'd back any English team against a French one any day.Go for it you Knights!!!!. If Hornets had have lost on Saturday chances are that we would have had half a team out at the weekend. Quite a few of our guys were busted at full time. Of course that will cut both ways. The Toulouse guys will also know they've been in a game when they woke up on Sunday morning. We also learnt from our previous trip. We went straight from the team hotel to the ground, no hanging around in a dressing room where the heating is turned up to tropical levels for instance. Good luck at the weekend. I'm not anti expansionist but let it be on a level playing field. This season one team had preferential treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDYPK Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 York winning promotion would be the worst thing to happen to this club. Its nowhere near capable of a season in the Championship. I want Toulouse to go up and be successful. And I want Toronto to go up next year and be successful too. Gav With the backing both clubs have and hence strength of playing squad they have put together why don't the RFL put them straight into championship as oppose to them in CH1 where they basically thrash everyone, lots of problems for p/time players getting time off to travel to France etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Wilson Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Gav With the backing both clubs have and hence strength of playing squad they have put together why don't the RFL put them straight into championship as oppose to them in CH1 where they basically thrash everyone, lots of problems for p/time players getting time off to travel to France etc etc I personally wouldn't have a problem with putting Toulouse and Toronto straight in the Championship, but many people would. I suppose its only right that they have to start from the bottom and 'earn' their place at the top table. @GavWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Shades Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The unfairness is what everyone objects to. The RFL haven't thought things through, assuming Toulouse beat York. Barrow or Doncaster will have to go to Toulouse for one of the most important games of their clubs history with very few fans able to travel due to cost, how ridiculous is that. As already been pointed out how even more unmanageable will the travelling be when you introduce a club from Canada and that's at any level not just Championship 1. If the games is not being played for fans to watch then I'm afraid the RFL have lost their credibility if their only consideration is how much cash they receive from elite expansion clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick the Miller Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Dont forget if we beat Toulouse we have to go to Barrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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