Anonymouse Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 15 hours ago, Evil Homer said: No, it's a mentality of a small proportion of miserable English fans from small backwoods places who are desperate to find some sort of stick to bash the Wolfpack with because they are jealous of the fact that their own clubs have achieved nothing in over 100 years and have already been surpassed by a one-year-old startup. You will probably find a lot more of this now you're in the Championship, that's where most of the old-head fans with delusions of grandeur and a false sense of entitlement are, once you start to threaten "real" clubs then expect plenty more people asking why there are no Canadians in the team (even though there are) and accusing you of breaking the salary cap or being a "team full of mercenaries" or some other BS. this post is so naive , arrogant and disrespectful towards traditional grass roots rugby league and its founding clubs it is beyond belief , rugby league is not all about multi million £ franchises buying who they want at over inflated prices , its roots are in the working class and the coal miners of old who played after work and won leagues and even the challenge cup , Carry on being the Real Madrid of Rugby and buying your way to the top but at least have some respect for the grass roots and traditional working mans Rugby Cubs for which there are hundreds of in the UK at semi Pro and Amateur levels and who are finding it very difficult to remain financially viable and some are barely surviving and are only floating because of thousands of hard working volunteers and members . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Homer Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, Anonymouse said: this post is so naive , arrogant and disrespectful towards traditional grass roots rugby league and its founding clubs it is beyond belief , rugby league is not all about multi million £ franchises buying who they want at over inflated prices , its roots are in the working class and the coal miners of old who played after work and won leagues and even the challenge cup , Carry on being the Real Madrid of Rugby and buying your way to the top but at least have some respect for the grass roots and traditional working mans Rugby Cubs for which there are hundreds of in the UK at semi Pro and Amateur levels and who are finding it very difficult to remain financially viable and some are barely surviving and are only floating because of thousands of hard working volunteers and members . Firstly, grassroots RL is the amateur game, not semi-pro lower league clubs as Championship and League 1 fans often wrongly like to claim. Secondly, I have a ton of respect for both, just not the handful of idiotic fans whose agenda it is to hound anyone who they see as threatening their 'traditional' way of doing things because their own clubs are not capable of doing what it takes to compete in the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Evil Homer said: Firstly, grassroots RL is the amateur game, not semi-pro lower league clubs as Championship and League 1 fans often wrongly like to claim. Secondly, I have a ton of respect for both, just not the handful of idiotic fans whose agenda it is to hound anyone who they see as threatening their 'traditional' way of doing things because their own clubs are not capable of doing what it takes to compete in the 21st century. firstly , I have nothing against the Woolfpack and wish them well but I wont sit back and read tripe , wether its by an idiot English poster or an idiot Canadian secondly many of the old semi pro clubs grew from the garss roots amateurs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Homer Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, Anonymouse said: firstly , I have nothing against the Woolfpack and wish them well but I wont sit back and read tripe , wether its by an idiot English poster or an idiot Canadian secondly many of the old semi pro clubs grew from the garss roots amateurs . Good, then hopefully you will join me in condemning the tripe written by idiot English posters such as the one earlier in this thread. Also not sure which current semi pro clubs you think grew from the grassroots amateur game, the only ones I am aware of in the current pro structure are London Skolars, Coventry Bears and Hemel, whose fans ironically are pretty much the opposite of the stereotype alluded to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Perhaps the admins can remove all the thread pollution so it can remain a track of who's coming and going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAM Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I for one am waiting for Batley to come over..with Bradford down think that is close enough to Shipley where i was born plus my gran was a Batley gal. On the booze cruise yesterday I did learn we can expect a WP signing that will set RL tongues wagging..they weren't letting out any names or timing but maybe it's someone coming in from a SL club?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 22 minutes ago, RobertAM said: I for one am waiting for Batley to come over..with Bradford down think that is close enough to Shipley where i was born plus my gran was a Batley gal. On the booze cruise yesterday I did learn we can expect a WP signing that will set RL tongues wagging..they weren't letting out any names or timing but maybe it's someone coming in from a SL club?? Tony Smith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickWeaver Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'll add to the main post tonight but on RLONRY Gary Schofield mentioned Joe Westerman as a possibility to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Westerman would be great in the Championship. It's in SL where he's very erratic consistency wise. He can be the best player on the park one match and the next game he's anonymous. He was the up and coming golden boy at Cas' but has failed to fulfill his potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAM Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 the chap who told me should know and he said it would "rock UK RL" so we all stay tuned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzzystuff Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, RobertAM said: the chap who told me should know and he said it would "rock UK RL" so we all stay tuned... This better be good Rob or you own me a beer come 2018 home opener! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Krzzystuff said: This better be good Rob or you own me a beer come 2018 home opener! You do know he's from Yorkshire don't you? Good luck with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzzystuff Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 1 minute ago, deluded pom? said: You do know he's from Yorkshire don't you? Good luck with that one. He's a Canuck now!!!! So just one will do Rob and i'll get you one after. Maybe you guys should be ###### after all that we don't bring away fans, a few Cauncks in your beer tent and your revenues will likely double for the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAM Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 2018 Home opener and we'll get them in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 55 minutes ago, RobertAM said: 2018 Home opener and we'll get them in.... Rob!!! We have a tightwad reputation to uphold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAM Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 got diluted with all my years in Canada..sorry i let the side down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I'll have a word about getting your Yorkshire membership revoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Still plenty of time to 'forget the wallet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 My shoelaces automatically untie themselves when I near a pub door. A Yorkshireman NEVER wears slip ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Survival Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I am quite curious as to what signing that will set RL tongues wagging. I wonder how close they are getting to salary cap as well. It did occur to me that as they agreed to forgo all revenue from the league for 3 yrs plus cover all the basic travel costs of visiting teams - perhaps in return they got some exemption or a higher salary cap allowance as an offset? I would have negotiated for something in return, and perhaps it was cap room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojx Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Captain Survival said: I am quite curious as to what signing that will set RL tongues wagging. I wonder how close they are getting to salary cap as well. It did occur to me that as they agreed to forgo all revenue from the league for 3 yrs plus cover all the basic travel costs of visiting teams - perhaps in return they got some exemption or a higher salary cap allowance as an offset? I would have negotiated for something in return, and perhaps it was cap room? I don't think they have an exception to the salary cap. However, the TWP need to be very careful with their recruitment, because signing older players on multi-year contracts could really tie their hands if they get into SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzzystuff Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Captain Survival said: I am quite curious as to what signing that will set RL tongues wagging. I wonder how close they are getting to salary cap as well. It did occur to me that as they agreed to forgo all revenue from the league for 3 yrs plus cover all the basic travel costs of visiting teams - perhaps in return they got some exemption or a higher salary cap allowance as an offset? I would have negotiated for something in return, and perhaps it was cap room? No additional Cap space, that's why we had a small squad this year. A lot of the players (if not all) that signed last year were on two year deals i think so if we get to SL the majority of the team will be up for renewal so we can adjust as needed. The new signings are being made with the expectation that they can play in SL in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Homer Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Captain Survival said: I am quite curious as to what signing that will set RL tongues wagging. I wonder how close they are getting to salary cap as well. It did occur to me that as they agreed to forgo all revenue from the league for 3 yrs plus cover all the basic travel costs of visiting teams - perhaps in return they got some exemption or a higher salary cap allowance as an offset? I would have negotiated for something in return, and perhaps it was cap room? The current squad would be nowhere near the salary cap, probably not even at 50% of the cap unless a lot of players were signed on extortionate contracts relative to their market value. And I very much doubt Taylor, Sims, Krasniqi and McCrone are taking up 50% of the cap by themselves so there should be plenty of room to play with. Also there would be absolutely 0 chance of 'negotiating' a higher salary cap, that would be completely and utterly out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayCee Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Does the marquee player opportunity apply to the Championship or just SL? My blog: https://rugbyl.blogspot.co.nz/ It takes wisdom to know when a discussion has run its course. It takes reasonableness to end that discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 44 minutes ago, RayCee said: Does the marquee player opportunity apply to the Championship or just SL? Because any club in any division can now spend the full SC, if they can afford it, I don't see why the marquee player rule won't also apply Ray. I'm not certain if it does though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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