Moscow01

There’s a cost of living crisis. Why would any person want to spend £15-£20 on a ticket, to be sat in a tired old empty stadium watching a game? As sad as it is, League 1 is not going to be around much longer and some very famous old clubs will be gone. One of the biggest mistakes teams in league 1 make is to call their league ‘the professional ranks’. A new supporter turning up in front of a few hundred fans will not consider that ‘professional’. League 1 should be what it was set out to be a decade or so ago - a development league.

Teams that don’t own their ground, and have no way of getting an income from match days are completely done for. In a few years most of the current teams in League 1 will cease to exist, it’s as simple as that. 15 grand a year funding is not enough.

Cornwall are so, so bad. West Wales have gone, now it’s their turn to be the whipping boys. Most of their players are nowhere near League 1 standard. Sorry if that’s painful to hear for their fans but it’s the truth.

London Skolars 16-30 Workington Town Doncaster 22-22 Hunslet Midlands Hurricanes 38-4 Cornwall North Wales Crusaders 10-30 Rams

Crusaders have lost a few of their better players. I’d be astonished if they got anywhere near promotion.

Why is it that self-important club officials so often feel the need to say “I want to place on record’? By saying it, and your club putting it on their website and social media channels, it is on the record. You don’t need to actually say that damn thing. Winds me up no end.

Surely they’re not paying players £100 per game?!

Suspended until July 9th.

Rank average squad, it’s no surprise to see them struggling. Not sure where the club hierarchy thought they would finish this season, but the club seems to suffer delusions of grandeur. They are a million miles away from challenging for promotion. The best thing for the club would have been liquidation 5 years ago. A chance to rebuild away from that godawful stadium.

Full time aren’t they? Currently getting pasted 30-4 before half-time by a very good Sheffield side.

I predicted they wouldn’t see the season out. There’s only so many 80 point defeats you can take as a player before you wonder what the hell the point is. The people in charge of this club have a passion for the sport but they are, I’m afraid to say, completely inept.

Sheffield Eagles 24-20 Newcastle Thunder SUNDAY 24th APRIL Dewsbury Rams 22-16 Workington Town Halifax Panthers 30-10 Barrow Raiders Leigh Centurions 36-10 London Broncos Widnes Vikings 14-23 Batley Bulldogs York City Knights 32-14 Whitehaven

They could reach a Super League place if a multimillionaire comes in, builds a brand new stadium, forks out on a whole new squad, a dozen or so back room staff and signs big sponsorship deals with large companies. They’ve done very well the past month. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves though.

That chap’s thread on Twitter is spot on. They’ve just tweeted out another ‘we’re happy to announce we’ve partnered with four companies who will be heavily involved with us this season’. They don’t mention in what context. It’s all smoke and mirrors. Its clear the people steering the ship ha e no idea what the destination is. As each week goes by this club gets worse and worse. I feel for the players and the few supporters. This can’t go on.

They remain completely naive to the fact that League 1 is a very tough division and dragging players from the amateur game will not help them one bit. Yes it’ll mean they will be able to fulfill their fixtures potentially, but the 70 and 80 point defeats will still happen.