David Shepherd

I'd ditch Sky Sports, but I doubt I'd ever leave Sky completely.

Don't think we've anything to fear. Looking through the scoring system, I think we score at least as well, maybe better than our neighbours. My only worry is the TV viewership metric. That's heavily skewed towards SL clubs, especially the ones that get picked for Channel 4.

Add in the 0.1 bonus for winning the championship and there's nowt in it. Win both the GF and 1895 and you score more. Seems reasonable. In fact the whole document seems reasonable. My only concern is the TV viewing metrics, that's heavily skewed towards SL clubs. And from a Fev point of view, I think we score at around the same as our neighbours overall.

We absolutely are not certs.

Only city I've ever been to where the local RU team has a merch shop at the airport.

I'd guess this is why primacy of tenancy is one the metrics IMG are measuring. It's an exceptional circumstance and as the junior club at the stadium, TO were always going to lose out if Kick n Clap flexed their muscles. The timing does make it all look a bit tin pot, but I'm willing to give TO the benefit of the doubt on when they knew. I prefer Blagnac anyway and I'm told Minimes is decent.

Seem to remember Blagnac having something similar. Minimes would be ideal. 1/2 hour walk from Victor Hugo market area, where I'm staying.

Learned it all from Tricolore at Carleton High in the 80s, honest

Just had a message from TOXIII on Twitter. Fev game will be played somewhere in the city. Panic over. Hopefully it’s Blagnac, nice little ground and a couple of nice bars on the way in.

The majority have already booked. Flights are cheaper the earlier you book. I know several folk that booked as soon as the fixtures came out. I booked in February. Luckily, my hotel is refundable but many won’t be. Like everyone else, my flights will be a write-off.

This is a bit poop. They can't take it out of the city at 2 month's notice. Tons of folk have already booked and in most cases, it'll be non refundable. Hopefully they'll play it at Blagnac.

We know we've light in the halves all year. Not convinced Chizzy is the answer. Hope I'm wrong and this is a masterstroke. He does have a bit of X factor, but not seen a right lot of it this year.

Fev sign Chisholm from Keighley. Paid a transfer fee too. Can only assume Ford's injury is long term. Can't say I'm overjoyed.

I’m quite willing to pay real money to sit and watch Batley do what Batley do best against Wakey.

Common mistake. 340,000 is the WMDC area that includes Castleford, Pontefract, Featherstone, Normanton etc. The population of the city of Wakefield is around 90-100,000. A very small city. You could maybe include Osset and Horbury in their potential catchment, but the 5 towns definitely not. (Except maybe a bit of Normanton). Without wishing to rain on Wakey fans parade. The new development is a stand and pitch. Their financial projections for their future revenue look like they are straight off fantasy island. The rest of the stadium still looks awful and the TV cameras will never see the shiny new stand. Yes Wakey can grow (and I hope they do), but be realistic about their potential.

Remember though that Wakefield is a city in name only. The population isn’t even double that of Castleford’s. It’s actually smaller than the town of Huddersfield.

Only a matter of time….. Leopards never change etc etc (see what I did there?)

Damn fine forward though. Any road, there’s no bigger phallus than your very own Zak. The very definition of a massive bell shaped end every time I see him out in the fleshpots of Ponte Carlo.

I'll forgive Fev for that one. We were totally dominant and should have run away with it. Ford went off after 7 mins with what looked like a broken arm. We were clueless without him, just could not turn the enormous amount of pressure we had into anything. We're down to one functional half. London will fancy their chances next week.

It's a faff. It can't be beyond the wit of the tech people to get it available as an app on smart TVs/Boxes or as an option on Prime/SkyGlass

Noble might have been the answer 20 years ago.

Batley are always lurking, ready to whip it out and widdle on our chips.

Our League is a bit pants in my experience. It's a faff to use and a bit flakey. You also have to prat about with extra wires or casting to see it on a proper TV. As a minimum we need to get it available through a proper platform like Prime Video.

Can't believe all clubs aren't required to provide insurance for players. Completely out of order to expect taxpayers to pick up the bill and totally unfair on players who potentially miss a large chunk of what's a very short playing career. Even without insurance, the operation will be £5k to £15k, pretty tin pot for a "professional" sports club to claim they can't afford it.

Demographic will matter less to Sky than C4, adverts will only be a fraction of the revenue Sky make. Whereas C4 are entirely reliant on adverts.