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| Quote ="Inflatable_Armadillo"Go on guys, put your money where you mouth is... you have some real journalists (and some supposed trainee ones!) who should be more than capable of writing a very well argued opinion based piece in response about the positive impact of franchising on Castleford Tigers (that is not meant to be sarcastic BTW)!'"
No doubt they would, I know a number of Cas fans who have written regularly for RL Express in recent years
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| Quote ="Inflatable_Armadillo"Rather than boycotting it, why don't you just buy up all the copies in Castleford and burn them in the town centre? This has worked well in the past for some groups!'"
What a great idea IA, why didn't I think of that!
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| You know, when I used to subscribe to that rag, I wrote the odd letter about topical stuff. They never published even part of one!
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| Quote ="Dead Man Walking"The team to go down will have been decided a while ago as you say which I think is a disgrace.'"
On last nights Super League Show Robbie Hunter Paul also said that the RFL will have known weeks ago who was not getting a franchise this time.
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| I have read the article in the LE and don't think its anything to complain about. Its just a Wakey fans view of how they have failed to keep up. Its a last desparate act to show the readership his view that everything has conspired against his beloved team.
Some of us would probably do the same if we were in Wakey's predicament. Whether Martyn Sadler (LE editor) would publish it is a different matter.
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| Who's to say Salford are safe, ?
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| Quote ="Speedy"Who's to say Salford are safe, ?'"
The new stadium and the fact they're next door to "media city" have made them an RFL favourite...for some bizarre reason, they offer nothing in reality.
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| Quote ="Gronk!"The new stadium and the fact they're next door to "media city" have made them an RFL favourite...for some bizarre reason, they offer nothing in reality.'"
Whilst i can see that, but it didnt do anything for Leigh did it, also , if you look at the last 3 years, they havent acheived much have they, I dont know, im sure someone will, but what ever they do it will cripple a club that is for sure,
Expansion my , its restrictive trade imo
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| Quote ="Speedy"Who's to say Salford are safe, ?'"
Peel's lawyers!
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| Quote ="Tigerade"I have read the article in the LE and don't think its anything to complain about. Its just a Wakey fans view of how they have failed to keep up. Its a last desparate act to show the readership his view that everything has conspired against his beloved team.
Some of us would probably do the same if we were in Wakey's predicament. Whether Martyn Sadler (LE editor) would publish it is a different matter.'"
I read it this morning and it didn't bother me at all.
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| Quote ="Gronk!"The new stadium and the fact they're next door to "media city" have made them an RFL favourite...for some bizarre reason, they offer nothing in reality.'"
Media City = Susannah Reid.
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| Quote ="Dead Man Walking"What was he expected to say actually ?'"
According to some Wakefield are supposed to go down meekly without a fight. Didnt Cas have a article in the Evening post highlighting the postives about their bid? Why cant Wakey do the same?
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| Quote ="Richard1"According to some Wakefield are supposed to go down meekily without a fight. Didnt Cas have a article in the Evening post highlighting the postives about their bid? Why cant Wakey do the same?'"
I have no clue about if Cas had a piece in the Evening Post as I don't read it.
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| Quote ="Dead Man Walking"I have no clue about if Cas had a piece in the Evening Post as I don't read it.'"
Im sure i saw one somewhere with RW highlighting positives about your bid, and i dont blame him. He has every right to. Wakey do it and we are wrong, desperate and all sorts!!
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| Quote ="Dead Man Walking"What was he expected to say actually ?'"
Well he didn't have to make that not so sly dig at Cas did he?
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| Quote ="Gronk!"Well he didn't have to make that not so sly dig at Cas did he?'"
Probably not but in doing that he shows he's pretty worried about the 26th.
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| I've read the article and don't consider it of great concern as a Cas fan. Clearly it favours Wakey's position but the author makes no bones about that. Makes some very valid points about the negative side of franchising IMO.
Lets be honest, most of us Cas fans are happy with franchising because we've benefitted from it, had we not done so we'd have the same opinion of it as most Wakey fans.
I'm more concerned about the massively biased match report of our game against Crusaders. The reporter describes 3 Crusaders 'tries' that were disallowed in the 1st half in a manner that suggests they were very unlucky not to have all 3 given when infact each decision to disallow the try was correct. The only remotely dubious video ref decision was the 1 to award Parker the winning try at the end and that was 50/50 call that went in the favour of the attacking side. Having said that maybe I watched the game through black & amber tinted specs cos Robbie Paul described Crusaders as 'dominating' the game on the Superleague show.
Its funny but if it had been Saints that won the game at the death like we did - as they've done many a time on SKY - everyone would be eulogising about how you can 'never write saints off' but cos it was little ole Cas it was unlucky Crusaders who you had to feel sorry for! Why? They're a completely manufactured side that a minority of fans are interested in who are guaranteed another 3 years in Superleague at the expense of a heartland club who are genuinely the fabric of their community....
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| Agree about the first bit fella. Cant put down a team for trying to put their best foot forward (apart from it being a weak step at the mo unfortunately). As for the Cru and London team. Less said. Cas and Wakey have sometimes a bitter rivalry. But would you rather have two cas v wakey games per year or play cru/quins twice per year each?
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| Quote ="Richard1"But would you rather have two cas v wakey games per year or play cru/quins twice per year each?'"
I think every Cas & Wakey fan knows the answer to that.
You'll do well to find a thread with match discussion/banter between fans of both clubs but, you'll find hundreds with talk of franchises, stadiums, attendances and just general crap trying to belittle each others clubs. I'm not perfect i've been drawn in to tit-for-tat crap too.
I'm old enough to remember when the only debate to be had was about what happened on sunday afternoon. I think them days have gone.
Sad state of affairs really.
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| Quote ="Cecil B"I've read the article and don't consider it of great concern as a Cas fan. Clearly it favours Wakey's position but the author makes no bones about that. Makes some very valid points about the negative side of franchising IMO.
Lets be honest, most of us Cas fans are happy with franchising because we've benefitted from it, had we not done so we'd have the same opinion of it as most Wakey fans.'"
A very sensible viewpoint
Quote ="Cecil B"I'm more concerned about the massively biased match report of our game against Crusaders. The reporter describes 3 Crusaders 'tries' that were disallowed in the 1st half in a manner that suggests they were very unlucky not to have all 3 given when infact each decision to disallow the try was correct. The only remotely dubious video ref decision was the 1 to award Parker the winning try at the end and that was 50/50 call that went in the favour of the attacking side. Having said that maybe I watched the game through black & amber tinted specs cos Robbie Paul described Crusaders as 'dominating' the game on the Superleague show.'"
The ruling of tries as far as I know is, is there any reason why I should not give this try, well clearly there was as the video ref on three occasions denied them, also using the same reference the video ref could find no reason to disallow Parker's try everything done fair and squarely even if it did not suit the obviously biased chuckle bros'
Quote ="Cecil B"Its funny but if it had been Saints that won the game at the death like we did - as they've done many a time on SKY - everyone would be eulogising about how you can 'never write saints off' but cos it was little ole Cas it was unlucky Crusaders who you had to feel sorry for! Why? [uThey're a completely manufactured side that a minority of fans are interested in who are guaranteed another 3 years in Superleague at the expense of a heartland club who are genuinely the fabric of their community.[/u...'"
I would not put too much money on that happening if I was you.
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| Quote ="Kippaxer"I think every Cas & Wakey fan knows the answer to that.
You'll do well to find a thread with match discussion/banter between fans of both clubs but, you'll find hundreds with talk of franchises, stadiums, attendances and just general crap trying to belittle each others clubs. I'm not perfect i've been drawn in to tit-for-tat crap too.
I'm old enough to remember when the only debate to be had was about what happened on sunday afternoon. I think them days have gone.
Sad state of affairs really.'"
yep,
divide and conquer. get the teams to turn on each other, and pick them off one at a time.
superleague my ar5e
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| Quote ="captaincaveman"yep,
divide and conquer. get the teams to turn on each other, and pick them off one at a time.
superleague my ar5e'"
Just imagine if Wakey had not gone into admin at the start of the season then we would have seen some real forum wars about the minutiae of planning permission, facilities and buisness modelzzzzz.........
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| Quote ="bigmclargehuge"Just imagine if Wakey had not gone into admin at the start of the season then we would have seen some real forum wars about the minutiae of planning permission, facilities and buisness modelzzzzz.........
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Looking at the RFL's guidelines, I seem to remember that no stadium improvements will be taken into account unless they will be available for the coming season.
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