M j M
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6 hours ago, Roy Haggerty said:
I’ve read from multiple sources that Saints have joined the ranks of the also-rans who want Catalans kicked out
And which of those sources is remotely reliable?
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53 minutes ago, Worzel said:
If this rabble replace Catalans with Bradford then I’m done, certainly until the NRL ride to the rescue. We’d no longer be a serious sport.
There are some disgusting, small-minded, parochial, Little Englander, UKIP-lite people in our game and they’ve been given too much influence for far too long.
Time for Wigan, Warrington, Hull KR and Hull FC to call the idiots’ bluff. Leeds and St Helens would soon work out which side their bread was buttered. The rest will be sorted out as evolution sorts everything else out. We should not let that tool Beaumont drag the entire sport down, smashed against the rocks of his own ego, enabled by the short-sighted support of small, lower-league clubs.
Time to cut them loose if they can’t play nice.
What is this bizarre mirror image world we've been transported in? Leeds and St Helens would never vote for Catalans to be kicked out. They and Catalans were the three clubs who voted for Toronto to stay in.
Some people really have got their knickers in a twist, projecting made-up views onto clubs which have always supported expansion teams and believing BS put out by some of the worst journalists in Rugby League.
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11 minutes ago, Widiot said:
Does anyone have an up to date availability map for Everton please? I can't log in as I've used my code already.
Only the black blocks have any availability other than that single ticket in 212.
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23 minutes ago, Wigan Riversider said:
Back in their early days I think that they rented the Brutus Stadium from the rugby union club.
Anyone know if that was or still is the case?
No it was never the case.
However the Dragons played their first season at the union club's ground in Perpignan whilst the Gilbert Brutus was being redeveloped.
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Just now, Harry Stottle said:
Can you imagine how long it would take to come to a decision if they have not got the ref's call to fall back on?
We had it for years. Video refs didn't spend ages desperately trying to find enough evidence to overturn obviously incorrect on-field calls.
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1 hour ago, Angelic Cynic said:
So Eamonn McManus @ Saints suggested that the previous RFL governing body hadn't dealt with Salford correctly,and here,weeks on since the unseating with Nigel Wood in charge nothing has changed except St Helens assisting Salford by loaning players.
Seriously, what do you expect Nigel Wood to have accomplished with Salford in a couple of weeks?
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10 minutes ago, Josef K said:
I’ll always remember the England/Wales RLWC game at Old Trafford, the press kept saying there was huge demand for tickets for the match. In the end only about 30,000 turned up, i hope fans are not put off attending the game at EFC if there are still plenty of tickets left.
Old Trafford was a building site for that game ('95 World Cup semi), I'm not really sure why they held the game there. So that was the main reason for the low crowd.
However there were some inexplicable banks of empty seats in the bits of the ground that were open, which was frustrating given how impossible it had been to get tickets for it in the week beforehand.
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Corporate sold out too. I bet they're regretting not setting the prices of that a bit higher.
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Even if they held some back on Monday there would have been no reason for them not to have put all of Everton on sale very quickly after they saw the initial demand. So it's frustrating to see new sections open up there now.
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So in three days it looks like they've shifted more tickets than the total attendances for either of the past two series. Impressive.
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These figures come from a news item the OP decided not to link to.
Half are based on assumptions from the very limited financial data contained in some club's accounts rather than certain knowledge about their financial performance.
Also losses in their own right also don't tell us that much. I'd like to know what the non cash items were, for the big stadium owning clubs that will involve hefty depreciation charges and evidently some clubs had loan write offs hitting their P&L reserves (not P/L, that to me at least means something else in financial terms).
It's all rather meaningless and mostly without context or insight.
For what it's worth (very little) here is the link that should have been posted -
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1 minute ago, Treizistance said:
Good and I agree, however some offer far more value and potential than others. Anyone not understanding that the future of RL as a professional sport in this country is under existential threat and tough decisions need to therefore be made, is utterly deluded.
If the current of number of SL teams who are based in a very narrow geographic location, needs to be rationalised, and that based on the 'biggest', strategic importance and potential (which all sensible metrics/financials/etc seem to point to), then that should be welcomed.
Are you Big Picture in disguise?
Destroying the game where it is strong on the hope of growth elsewhere is the dumbest strategy going. And very unlike the one the NRL have employed in their home market.
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5 minutes ago, Treizistance said:
This, to state the NRL don't understand the game here is foolish. Of course they do and will understand the upheaval it will cause however we are fast approaching a precipice whereby the sport can go 2 ways, fit as a professional sport for the 21st century or end up like speedway.
The biggest teams are whom the professional sport needs to build on, who have the brand value that captures TV/punters interest, has a solid foundation and potential for growth.
Which of the big clubs do you believe are not viable for an NRL Europe and which of the diddy clubs do you believe offer value?
Personally I believe all Rugby League club offer value, it's a shame some do not.
A genuine NRL Europe will involve hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. Anyone believing that's what's coming are utterly deluded.
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1 minute ago, OMEGA said:
NRL want to buy SL but also want total control with no 2nd body being able to stop their decision making for the game!
so no SL vs RFL type impasse situations
It’s ALL or NOTHING!If they’re successful they will pump every resource they can into the game which will be significant and will offer the Northern Hemisphere game a superb platform to take the game forward and break free of it’s historical confines.
The downside will be mergers or clubs cur loose of the top division, that will be their choice!
eg.
NRL: “Cas, Wakefield & Fev will you agree to merge”
CT/WT/FR: “NO”.
NRL: “Then we choose Wakefield Trinity as the top division representative”.
WT: “THANK YOU”
CT/FR: “THATS NOT FAIR”
NRL: “TOUGH!!!!”Repeat wherever regionally or City appropriate
And this mindless approach is why the NRL would simply burn millions of dollars for no return if they tried to run the game in the UK.
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21 minutes ago, Treizistance said:
Some are evidently far more viable than others. The ones who want Catalans and other paying for their away travel and are dependent on away fans clearly aren't and need to play at a level which is far more sustainable for them. Those diddy clubs are holding the professional sport/top tier back. Hopefully if the news on the grapevine/Brian Carney's insinuations are correct, NRL Europe will resolve this
Most of the biggest clubs are some of the least viable of the lot. Rather than what you dismissively call the "diddy clubs".
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1 minute ago, Treizistance said:
100%. In addition, if your team is dependent on fans of other clubs turning up to be a viable business, then that club simply don't have the fanbase and are not sustainable enough to be competing in SL, paying SL wages, etc.
None of these clubs are viable businesses.
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Anyone know if you got the code on Monday if you'll also be getting access today on the same email address? After getting locked out of more purchases I now need to buy for the other two games.
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14 minutes ago, phiggins said:
I'm amazed at the amount of reaction to a theory by Gledhill (which he was also touting as happening this season) and amplified by Steve Mascord.
Yeah it's insane. People like the post before yours taking this stuff and projecting all sorts of made up views onto clubs and people.
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13 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:
Corporate at Headingley as pretty much sold out with only the cheapest tickets having a few left
I think there are some areas still to open up? But it did seem the prices could have been a bit higher.
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No charge for Palasia from the MRP.
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3 minutes ago, JDM said:
Glad I bought tickets for Headingley but as i'd done that, i couldn't 'CONTINUE SHOPPING' and buy for others and now my one Time code has been 'used up'...
Anyone else have the same experience.
Yes, same here. A bit annoying.
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Only got definite numbers of people for Headingley so have just bought those for now. It was £60 for seats in our usual section (our specific ones weren't available) so we have relocated to the cheapest ones (£35 in East Stand wings).
Having done that I was going to have a look around and see what the other venues looked like only to find that single use code really does mean just that and after my transaction I'm locked out!
Can anyone share the pricing map for the other two venues?
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1 minute ago, north yorks trinity said:
When did you enter the waiting room?
About 9:40.
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In-depth tactical analysis of Brad Arthur's coaching
in The General Rugby League Forum
Posted · Edited by M j M
Meehall Wood is pretty much the only British RL journalist I'd trust to run a bath, it's good when he does the in depth stuff.