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Fortunately nobody hurt in this.
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4 hours ago, JonM said:
The moaning about it is never about the sporting characteristics of it either.
IMO, it's dull, but less dull than say motor racing or golf. Still, some people like to watch those sports. It doesn't involve people being paid large sums of money, or indeed any money at all. It does feature people who are enormously dedicated athletes, among the very best in the world at what they do. It's half an hour of cheap tv that gets good ratings. No-one is forced to watch.
I bet it's not particularly cheap TV to produce with all the multiple outside broadcast locations to cover.
Unfortunately it appears to generate unfathomably high viewing figures.
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33 minutes ago, Dunbar said:
This is exactly right. It's the difference between the strength of a club and the strength of a team. In the former category, Leeds are in an enviable position.
Very true. Although, and here's something which will delight JohnM, the pandemic is wreaking a bit of havoc even with (particularly with) the strong clubs.
Caddick's 2021 consolidated accounts, published yesterday and which include Leeds RL as a separate segment, are an early indication of how Rugby League clubs endured the second year of Covid. They show a continuation of Wigan-style losses at Leeds. But that should reverse in 2022 as 'more normal operations' resume. Whereas clubs with nothing to fall back on will still have nothing to fall back on.
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16 minutes ago, Eddie said:
Oh yeah good point (though it was due to Saints fans travelling in big numbers).
If by that you mean around a tenth of the crowd were from St Helens then yes, you could interpret it that way if you wanted to.
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1 hour ago, JohnM said:
I understand Heahdingly is mortgaged. If that's true,
If you mean Headingley, the answer is, it's not.
Next!
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1 hour ago, Eddie said:
Will they even manage a 14k crowd? Of course not, it’s because of the stadium redevelopment
They managed it literally six days ago.
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5 hours ago, Lowdesert said:
Reading the aussie press, Kyle was taken out of first team action as Gould thought he needed to 're-set' himself and his game but now he is ready to play. Then Gus drops a load of pressure on him by saying the Dogs will revolve around what Kyle does. If its a confidence thing, which imo is a massive percentage of an RL players make up, then to say nothing wouldve been a better option!
Phil Gould being a dick? Why that doesn't ring true with the man we know and admire at all!
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David McKee, author of Mr Benn.
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I know it's NRL360 so a heap of salt but: 6:42.
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25 minutes ago, JohnM said:
Leeds will be fine, whoever, whatever. Nothing can go wrong. After all, they own their own ground
Pretty true really. Short term on-field difficulties are very different to a long term lack of financial viability and ground security.
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This will be popular.
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This seems extremely unlikely.
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4 minutes ago, Eddie said:
Thunder would easily average 10,000 in SL? Their first attendance this season was 638
I'm a fan of what Newcastle are doing but there's lots of delusion in some about how large a club they are.
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On 31/03/2022 at 20:55, johnh1 said:
Swift ran directly into the ref after scoring. He could have avoided him, but didn’t. Could be in trouble for that.
Mind boggling that this incident wasn't even referenced in the MRP list yet Morgan Knowles being walked into by James Child the following night is (Case Number ON/588/22).
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14 minutes ago, Desert Skipper said:
Sunday Times interview with the CEO of Jet2Holidays:
“Rugby league or rugby union?
Rugby league”
Good man, Mr Heapy!
Looks like he's an Oldham lad so makes sense.
Jet2's head office is 5 miles from Headingley and their customers skew northern so always wise to keep onside with them too
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5 hours ago, Josef K said:
I think Saints sold 1,800 in all with a few more paying at the gate(or using a debit card). How much are seating tickets in the North Stand MJM, if i ever go to Leeds again i might be tempted to take a sit down.
Adult is £32 if bought in advance. Away fans are allocated Section A which is adjacent to the Western Terrace.
It was a good following from Saints on Friday, the terrace looked around half full. The official capacity is exactly 4,000 so maybe 2,000 fans. Perhaps a bit less as some Leeds fans do stand there.
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9 hours ago, yipyee said:
Leeds only allocated 1500 to saints, shooting themselves in the foot there, is that the capacity of the derelict stand they force away fans into?
No, not even half the capacity of the away end. St Helens were also allocated seats in the North Stand.
But I have no idea what "shooting themselves in the foot" means, or what you think it means.
Very few away ticket allocations in SL are fixed and they are often decided in consultation with the away team - i.e. how many do you think you will sell. If the away team thinks they are going to sell out their allocation the conventional thing is to ask the home club for more tickets. If that didn't happen then St Helens have an administration problem.
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And now we hear, judging by his demeanour, from the winning coach.
Referring to a large chunk of the Leeds team as "some pretty offensive players" is hard to argue with to be fair.
Biggest Jedi mind trick attempt this week: "I've always rated Sutty as a half. He's really silky, he's intuitive... him and Ash Handley are a real dynamic duo".
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3 hours ago, Eddie said:
During the pandemic when the capacity was zero?
Pre-pandemic. Leeds vs Bradford friendly (Rob Burrow game) followed by the season opener vs Hull FC.
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18 hours ago, bratman said:
When was the last time Leeds had a sellout?
Early 2020, twice.
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Just now, Just Browny said:
Grade F for Swift
Was weird that - didn't really look like he needed to carry on into him but presumably it was just his momentum.
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If we look at it the other way round how much does Beaumont think the presence of Leigh over Catalan would add to the Sky deal? Millions surely?
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