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bobbruce

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  1. 4 hours ago, sam4731 said:

    I've always thought that a good way of judging the health of a sport (professional only) is where a gap starts opening up from the top.

    Obviously when everyone was semi pro, things were a lot more competitive going a fair way down the ladder and full time rugby league has pushed that gap further up but in my opinion, that gap,which I would now say, is higher than it's ever been, which is below the top 8 of SL.

    At it's most competitive in recent years, I think that the top 4/6 in the Championship were able to beat a fair amount of SL sides, which was around 2017 (which coincided with and was maybe aided by the middle 8s).

    Would anyone agree with my assessment and if so what's gone wrong and how do we fix it?

    The gap in football is the top 3 to the rest and that seems fairly healthy. 

  2. 16 hours ago, Stanley30 said:

    Salford million pound game Golden time drop goal win.

    Most exciting and wonderful game i have ever watched.

    Cant believe how little this has been mentioned as for me it beats every other suggestion on here by a country mile

    Currently on Sky catch up if you want to watch or record it. 

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  3. 2 hours ago, Bradman Better said:

    With Jarome Luai arriving at Wests Tigers next year and being paid a massive salary, given the extraordinary talent of Lachlan Gavin, there will be no longer be a place at Wests Tigers for Turkish international and former Gold Coast, Canberra, Leeds and Huddersfield half back Aiden Sezer.

    Expect Aiden Sezer to be on the player market for 2025 and available to play for a Super League club. 

    No thanks he was next to useless in SL. 

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  4. 3 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

    When you say early promise I assume you mean the initial crowd numbers? 

    I said at the start of the year that by 6 winless home games in we will be way under 1000 home fans a game again....probably nearer 500

    I know I won't be going again this year....rather watch Skolars in the Southern league and see a relatively competitive game. Plus I'll pick some choice northern games to go see

    The only close-ish games we can even think of envisaging would be if teams do a 'Saints' and send down a youth squad because they fancy a bye and don't need the points 

    That’s a myth the Saints team that went down there was good enough to beat most teams in the league. 
     

    St Helens: Welsby; Swift, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Richardson, Fages; Lees, Roby, Thompson, Paulo, Peyroux, Knowles.

    that’s the team that lost to a drop goal. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Dunbar said:

    Interesting the top coach ($1.5 million per year) gets more than the top player ($1.4 million).

    Although I expect Ponga to earn more than Craig Bellamy when endorsements and sponsorships come into play.

    Shows that if a top player can transition to a top class coach then the long term earning potential is significant. 

    I wonder what the comparison between top player and top coach is in the UK game.

    In relation to this I was speaking with a young player the other week who is looking to buy a house. The bank would only let them have a 12 year mortgage as that is the expected career. Now to get round this if you do your coaching badges you can then get a normal 25 year mortgage. Just something I’ve never considered before. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, HawkMan said:

    Is the unthinkable a few weeks back going to happen? Leicester miss out on promotion? What has happened,  they were walking away with the title,  now collapse. What an amazing job McKenna is doing at Ipswich. When was the last time a team got promoted from L1 and Championship in consecutive seasons?

    Norwich?.

  7. 9 hours ago, Andy JG said:

    1978 Challenge Cup Final Leeds v St Helens.. my first wembley, a truly brilliant game in front of 96,000 , in the balance until the final hooter, and having watched it again numerous times , it stands comparison with any of the more modern day classics.

     

     

     

    And all Noonan had to do was catch the ball. 

  8. 8 hours ago, WN83 said:

    Great win by Salford. The job Rowley is doing and the way guys like Brierley and Sneyd are stepping up is something to behold. 
     

    As for Saints, I’ve only seen snippets of them before tonight. They’re a handful in the middle but they still don’t look hugely threatening when they move the ball wide. There’s a definite lack of pace in the side. On the plus side, it’s good to see Lewis Dodd finding some confidence/form. 

    Makes you wonder what Rowley would do with the Saints or Leeds squads. 

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  9. 3 minutes ago, dkw said:

    I'm maybe mistaken, but I've a memory of an international bonus putting a club over, maybe Wigan? There's every chance its changed since I suppose. 

    Saints went over when Ade Gardner (I think played for GB/England and his contracted bonus put them over. 

  10. On 03/03/2024 at 15:19, Hopie said:

    I think I could have been clearer, but I would be very surprised if players contracts didn't include bonuses for playing/appearances, so if they don't play they get paid less. What club would offer a contract that had no incentive to play the game?

    They do but it’s a tiny percentage of their wages. 

  11. 9 hours ago, Worzel said:

    I know that Hiku is responsible for the dissent that got him binned after this decision, but seriously folks in what world is this not a penalty for the defender preventing the play-the-ball, and in the process putting his opponent in a very dangerous position? No wonder Hiku was annoyed. Clear pen, and could have done his ligaments or worse. 

    If this had been correctly given as a penalty to Rovers and no Hiku sin-bin, and the result goes the other way. Terrible decision from a ref who was close enough to see it. 

     

     

     

    If think the ref was right nothing in it just a knock on by Hiku. 

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