Tommygilf Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave T said: No that's fair, it's not important, but I just don't agree that the only reason he has resigned is because clubs have turned against him. I genuinely think it is equally as likely that he has got fed up of the clubs. I suggest he can probably get an easier job than what he has in RL! It'll be interesting to see what happens now as Martyn suggests he has a 12m notice period, would forcing a vote of no confidence have shortened this? Yeah the Sun reported the 12 month thing too, who knows whether he will stay for that long. Ironically I think if he does stay for that time it will be limited to a role as a "marketing man"! FWIW I think between PE, a difficult TV deal and the largest club in the game headed by a figure respected throughout being consistently opposed to him may have driven this decision. I don't disagree with the view that he was in a difficult position from day one. However I would agree with Matthew Shaw's assessment that he was dealt a poor hand and then played it terribly. Its perhaps telling that he was not the person commenting on the fixtures being released today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Tommygilf said: The NRL runs the game in Australia, everyone else follows its decisions whilst retaining control over their specific area and how that feeds into the NRL system. But this isnt true. Nice to say mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangidds Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 10/02/2021 at 14:06, Exiled Wiganer said: You are quite wrong. The 2013 World Cup dwarfed anything seen before in the history of our game. With a fair wind, and the continued success of the vaccine roll out, this year’s could match it. Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, iangidds said: Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. Do the same with most team sport tournaments from 8 years ago and you'll find the same. We shouldn't be setting unrealistic benchmarks so we can claim failure. But I would say in that tournament we did have Sam Tomkins, Sam Burgess and Kevin Sinfield who have profile that is greater than RL circles, and SBW played for the Kiwis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, iangidds said: Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. Actually they'd probably say the same as if you asked them the 2015 RU world cup squads - Sam Burgess and Sonny Bill Williams. Arguably you'd get a fair few saying Kevin Sinfield too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: Actually they'd probably say the same as if you asked them the 2015 RU world cup squads - Sam Burgess and Sonny Bill Williams. Arguably you'd get a fair few saying Kevin Sinfield too. Beat you to it! But the point as well is that this is a process, that was a very good tournament, but it can be even better next time - we got figures of a couple of million in 2013, seeing more and more big games on BBC should continue to grow it and over time more and more players get known. Expectations need to have some realism. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dave T said: Do the same with most team sport tournaments from 8 years ago and you'll find the same. We shouldn't be setting unrealistic benchmarks so we can claim failure. But I would say in that tournament we did have Sam Tomkins, Sam Burgess and Kevin Sinfield who have profile that is greater than RL circles, and SBW played for the Kiwis. I'd feel quite safe betting that 90% of the country couldn't name more than five members of the England Six Nations squad. 5 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, gingerjon said: I'd feel quite safe betting that 90% of the country couldn't name more than five members of the England Six Nations squad. I’d extend that to the England Football squad of the last few years. I think the foreign players in the premiership have better profiles at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelic Cynic Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 4 hours ago, lucky 7 said: I can't imagine he would get a stint at a premier league club as Everton were glad to see the back of him. He certainly fooled Lenagan and many others, but not the really smart one's like Eamonn McManus and Gary heatherington I was thinking Wigan Athletic,actually. They are - well the administrator is - waiting for a new owner to take over. League 1...? No reserves,but resilience,persistence and determination are omnipotent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Wiganer Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 57 minutes ago, iangidds said: Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. Err, I guess so. Which is relevant how? It was our greatest tournament, by every measure. Unless you are making the point that ours is a minority game, in which case I would whole heartedly agree with you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 4 hours ago, lucky 7 said: Lets not forget that Elstone is such a visionary he endorsed a team into super league from a Wigan suburb A panel determined that. And was based on several plausible teams. It's bad news for you that your favourite was not chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Rupert Prince said: "Strong leadership from Brian Barwick..." Can you tell me what Elstone has brought to Super League to justify his wages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said: Err, I guess so. Which is relevant how? It was our greatest tournament, by every measure. Unless you are making the point that ours is a minority game, in which case I would whole heartedly agree with you. Very few stars cut though, even in RU. Jason Robinson, Hanley for us in RL I bet unfortunately that most observers don't know Andy Farrell used to play RL. Edwards might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, iangidds said: Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. I think I'm right in saying that this was one of the things that Eddie Hearn suggested when there was talk about him getting involved in Rugby League to give high profile profiles to certain players to make the public more aware of them and the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeF Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Tommygilf said: Yeah the Sun reported the 12 month thing too, who knows whether he will stay for that long. Ironically I think if he does stay for that time it will be limited to a role as a "marketing man"! FWIW I think between PE, a difficult TV deal and the largest club in the game headed by a figure respected throughout being consistently opposed to him may have driven this decision. I don't disagree with the view that he was in a difficult position from day one. However I would agree with Matthew Shaw's assessment that he was dealt a poor hand and then played it terribly. Its perhaps telling that he was not the person commenting on the fixtures being released today. If it had been him commenting then the release of the fixtures would have been “lost” in the questions to Elstone about his resignation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Sadler Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, LeeF said: If it had been him commenting then the release of the fixtures would have been “lost” in the questions to Elstone about his resignation As I pointed out earlier, his statement didn't say he was going to resign, but to give his notice, which is quite a different thing, although you are probably right that a statement bearing his name would probably have been lost in speculation about him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, iangidds said: Ask the British public to name thd 2013 world cup squads , next to nobody in the Uk knows nothing about those England players; it might of been succesful to the RL public but thats as far as it went. People just don’t know sports stars like they did in the past though. Take the 84, 88 and 92 Olympics era, all the GB athletes were household names and I could still name shed loads of them, yet I couldn’t think of more than two or three who’ve represented GB at track or field in the last 10 years. Edited February 11, 2021 by Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Sadler Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Eddie said: People just don’t know sports stars like they did in the past though. Take the 84, 88 and 92 Olympics era, all the GB athletes were household names and I could still name shed loads of them, yet I couldn’t think of more than two or three who’ve represented GB at track or field in the last 10 years. That's a good point. Despite never being a football fan, I could name every player in Leeds United's 1960s side managed by Don Revie and I could name many other football players and their clubs from that era. I couldn't name a single Leeds player today, nor even an England player, other than Marcus Rashford, who I'm aware of for non-football reasons. Is it that we are more open minded when we are younger, and our interests narrow as we grow older? Although I'm not quite sure what this has to do with Robert Elstone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 hours ago, The Future is League said: I think I'm right in saying that this was one of the things that Eddie Hearn suggested when there was talk about him getting involved in Rugby League to give high profile profiles to certain players to make the public more aware of them and the game Like the darts players , like Eric Bristow, John Lowe and Jocky Wilson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 9 hours ago, GUBRATS said: Like the darts players , like Eric Bristow, John Lowe and Jocky Wilson A vast majority of the public in the 1980's could have named at least one of them. How many people today could name a current player in Super League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Millions. 1 “If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” Zen Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, The Future is League said: A vast majority of the public in the 1980's could have named at least one of them. How many people today could name a current player in Super League? You've missed my point , I couldn't name a current darts player , despite all the publicity generated by Mr Hearn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Quick question: is he still in post? Another quick question: if he is still in post, when does he vacate it. Edited February 12, 2021 by JohnM “If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” Zen Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, GUBRATS said: You've missed my point , I couldn't name a current darts player , despite all the publicity generated by Mr Hearn Which Mr Hearn Barry or Eddie? Does Eddie have anything to do with Matchroom darts. I honestly don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 35 minutes ago, JohnM said: Quick question: is he still in post? Another quick question: if he is still in post, when does he vacate it. He is still in post as far as anyone is aware as he has only announced his intention to leave. I think Martyn mentioned a 12 month notice period? Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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