www.crusadersrfl.com/newsstory3.htm

www.crusadersrfl.com/newsstory3.htm

Thanks for posting that.

It will hopefully keep people quiet for a while.

So they were lying to the players who they have told 'they cant honour contract offers made'?

And why dont they want their current players to have cars?

Not a chance.



If you're club is really serious about being a success is Wales, then you should relocate to Cardiff imo. Bridgend makes Hull look like Monte Carlo, its a right doghole. If not them i'm afraid Mr Samuels will have to have very deep pockets.

It's gonna keep me quiet, I have bigger fish to fry, literally, a nice piece of Tuna.

I kinda lied there, I will be grilling it.

Apart from that it is almost right.

Celtic Crusaders are a rugby league club with supporters. I find some people's attitutes on here utterly discusting. If Celtic Crusaders are in trouble, and all the evidence I have seen points to them been stable at the moment, we should be concerned for other Rugby League fans who might be about to loose their club regardless of the location, history or politics of the club, not taking delight in it.

I hope Celtic Crusaders survive and flourish so there fans can continue to enjoy Rugby League. If the club does fail, it will be a sad day for the sport, same as it would if it were any other Rugby League club.

If the contract was not signed then surely that is within their right.

Better pulling out now than signing them and going bust half way through next season don't you think?

Are you going to admit you were wrong about Crusaders going into administration now?

If things don't change at Bridgend the likelihood is that the club will relocate.

We should know something by next season.

It may be Newport so within walking distance for me with ground improvements afoot.

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So you'll vent your frustrations at all those Hull fans who hoped Rovers would go bust then

You certainly do need to relocate and it should be to Cardiff. You are the RFL's only representative in Wales and you should be based in a big city. The population of Bridgend in 128000, Newport 137000 but Cradiff is 321000. Bigger catchment area, bigger city, higher profile thats what's needed imo.

I wanted to move to Cardiff, if we need to move from Bridgend, for the reasons above but it would be Cardiff RFC who LS would have to negotiate with.

It would make Freddie v. Jason look like a Teddy Bears picnic.

Are you going to show me where I said they were?

Trust me, I know for a fact Widnes have been told to prepare, my understanding is Fax have too.
I also know for a fact they are retracting contract offers to players they wanted for next year.
It is also pretty well known (even players have put it on facebook) that they have had their club cars taken away.

But I aint even mentioned a clubs name, never mind administration.

If I was talking about Celtic the non statement put out by your website is hardly proof that they are not struggling is it?



I might release a statement saying I have a 14" penis and turned down a night with all 5 of the Spice Girls, you will never know if I am lying or telling the truth

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Nothing that you have said reveals a club in crisis. It merely negative spin.

For example telling Widnes and Fax to prepare for SL is something they should be doing anyway as part of franchise negotiations. Personally I think these two clubs would be most likely to replace Salford and Wakefield, who are imo the two weakest SL franchises and have so far failed to deliver on their initial franchise promises.

Many clubs retract contract offers. For example Saints offered a contract to Gareth Carvel, last year but withdrew it after Hull wanted a transfer fee. Sometimes clubs offer contracts to players at other clubs as a way of trying to get the other clubs to up their offers. Thereby reducing that clubs spending ability.
Occasionally a club may make an offer to a player as a safety net in case their primary target decides they dont want to join the club.

Cars are usually provided to players via sponsorship agreements. The clubs themselves dont buy the cars. If players are having to return cars this could be indicative of a Vehicle sponsorship coming to an end. This could mean a better sponsorship has been agreed elsewhere or just that the sponsors are having to save money. This second option wouldnt surprise me considering that many car companies and dealerships are going to the wall.

Sorry, if you're using FB as a credible source, then we MUST have signed Ben Jeffries as he's friends with half the Crusaders squad

Yes I would, why? As it goes, I've never actually met a Hull FC fan that has said to me that he/she hopes Rovers would go bust. But then I don't generally associate with idiots and every club has those.

Must be a lot of sad people in rugby league then because we're never short of people rubbing our noses in it.

As I posted on the Celtic forum I'm not quite sure what that press statement proves to be honest...
There seems to be quite a lot of smoke hanging around Celtic so I would be surprised if there wasn't a fire..

Article in the League Express about the RFL becoming involved in financial problems at Celtic
Comments from BlakeJake saying that things aren't right.. (we all know he's Luke Dyer's brother so he's not kidding anyone.. he's probably worried that he's dropped his bro in it!!)
Supposed comments from players on Facebook that their cars have been taken off them (we've seen how naive players can be over what they should and shouldn't be posting so this can't be discounted)
Accusations from players from a number of clubs that they have been offered playing contracts for next year which have now been withdrawn
and now this article which offers nothing.. it carries about as much weight as John Wilkinson saying that there is more funding for the stadium but not offering any idea on what this is.. It just seems like posturing..

I don't think for a minute that Celtic are currently in administration but looking at things something just doesn't seem right.

This figure mentioned in the article of a £300k profit.. for a corporate profit that really isn't that brilliant.. not considering the amount of investment that will be needed next year on the playing side, and I realise that this doesn't account for Samuels' fortune but it has to be on his mind..

looking at everything that is blowing around at the moment I would guess that the club had planned on significantly higher (paying) crowds this year and are now struggling. I would guess that the club will now be seeking further investment and spending more money trying to build the crowd but if that fails then I wouldn't be surprised if the RFL call time on this little experiment and offer a place in SL to another team.

They are already facing egg on their face over the stadium fiascos at Wakefield, Castleford and Salford..

Sky Sports News reckons Celtic are in financial trouble.

where ?

someone should tell the car company advertising in the programme the cars they've given to the saders players. strange thing to do if ther've taken them away. i was at the warrington game, things seemed pretty much ship shape - still had the explosions at the beginning of the game mores the pity. if we are skint we could cut that out. i also saw a couple of large bill boards advertising the crusaders in cardiff city centre! i was shocked myself to be honest.

Sky Sports News maybe

Unless this is true and in the public domain then it is best to be locked.