
sweaty craiq
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SL clubs look to reinstate Nigel Wood.
sweaty craiq replied to The 4 of Us's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
What a shower of sheeite these 2 are, AGENDA was obvious whilst Childs was professional and honest. The reality of the situation was ignored, ie if you have a weekly budget of £100 you can’t keep spending £150 for too long. IMO the “review” is about understanding the reality and how do we improve it - that means INCOME. The bull about you can’t do this review in 3 months was laughable, you can’t make all the changes needed in 3 months but you can create a path to better things in less time. Events unfolded quickly and change at that level needs time, they should be quiet now as information is being gathered and recommendations prepared. The one thing that should be agreed by all is that the path we were on and the leadership driving the bus was useless at best -
Wembley is simply too expensive for RL's occasion fans to fill. Train £120 return, £50 a decent ticket, food/drinks £50min - so a family of 4 costs about £900 via train and about £700 on a coach. Drive and its £42.50 parking, £50 fuel, £12.50 ULEZ but a long day if you dont stop over - and hotels are wow£. Its the annual event types we are missing these days
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Salford financial issues(again…)
sweaty craiq replied to LeytherRob's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
srd's recent history is based on fleecing fans and creativity, let the fans drive the phoenix -
England v Australia 2025 - coming to the UK!
sweaty craiq replied to Chris22's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
30k+ sold 20k from London as we get near plus 20k others when things build up - 70k for me -
Leigh v Warrington semi final
sweaty craiq replied to sweaty craiq's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
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Any city can bid for it
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The fixtures didn’t help interest in hindsight. Hull derby Wigan/Saints Leeds/Bradford Wire/Leigh Cas/Wakey and Hudds or Salford v Cats would draw a great crowd. All being one of the loop fixtures
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The sport would be insane to take any NRL ‘offer’ that gives them control before asking the hypothetical question to Sky. Sky have screwed us on the basis of supply and demand, the tables have turned and we need to use that now - like any business would and as the NRL appear to be doing. The NRL takeover risks splitting our minority sport, something more palatable when weak but less so armed with a deal that allows the cash needed to sustain and advance the sport.
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Cant call this one, so many variables with injuries
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Fixtures play a huge role Wigan ( great to see those numbers btw) benefited from Saints and Leigh games at home, Leigh have only had Wire as an ‘attractive’ fixture and have had little away support from Hudds/wakey/Cats as the other 3 home games. Hull have had the derby etc SL and RL is definitely on the up again - and will continue to rise after what will be a record Ashes series on free to air but please import Aussie commentators for it All this puts us in a good place to negotiate a tv deal NOW using the NRL rumours/threats to drive the deal back to where it should be or lose it.
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Salford financial issues(again…)
sweaty craiq replied to LeytherRob's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I have never met a club in any sport that doesn’t put itself first - I can hear all the Man U fans saying how great it is for the comp that they are in a mess -
Salford financial issues(again…)
sweaty craiq replied to LeytherRob's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Isn’t that the script of the “victim” looking for excuses rather than dealing with reality -
Still lives in WF area with kids, was originally a 2 year gig that was extended - did a great job with full financial support and a coach with pull. Great bloke and family who I wish health and happiness to. Thanks Chris for being part of the journey
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Eric Perez
sweaty craiq replied to maccbull_bigbullybooaza's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
TW was madness what was SBWs contract alone, plus Leutele when in Champ The whole TW process was a mess should have had a series of friendlies then straight into SL playing out of the soccer ground that has under pitch heating for early season, with 2 week blocks