Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:50 am  

Speaking as a Donny fan nothing could ever top the feelings of that day in 94 when we beat Batley and finally after years of struggle made it on our own backs into the Big League. Somehow i can't see Widnes fans feeling quite the same feeling of elation today....

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:51 am  

Waddy-Fax wrote:

It makes me sad actually watching sky sports now and seeing the cameras at Widnes, hundreds of fans all at the mercy of some blokes in suits in an office, theres no romance in the sport now at our level, sport should be about sport. Look at football and the minnows like Blackpool and Burnley who earned the right for a fairytale journey into the top tier, even if its for 1 or 2 years, our sport doesn't have that anymore and its quite sad actually as that for me defines what sport is all about.

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:53 am  

rupert bear wrote:

Speaking as a Donny fan nothing could ever top the feelings of that day in 94 when we beat Batley and finally after years of struggle made it on our own backs into the Big League. Somehow i can't see Widnes fans feeling quite the same feeling of elation today....

IM LOST AS A RUGBY FAN....WHATS THE POINT

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:57 am  

Got to agree with all points here.
Barrow should be in SL last year
Fax should be this year! - however difficult that is for me to say given the GF!!!

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:20 am  

Its all Bolox, there turning the game into non competitive sport, just exhibition matches. Then they wonder why our international team cant compete

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:32 am  

gingdong wrote:

Its all Bolox, there turning the game into non competitive sport, just exhibition matches. Then they wonder why our international team cant compete

I thought tha'd gone into hibernation!!!

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:52 am  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

Got to agree with all points here.
Barrow should be in SL last year
Fax should be this year! - however difficult that is for me to say given the GF!!!

Well been a true traditionalist, I would have thought people would have wanted the teams who won the league to be promoted and in that case it would have been FEV and BARROW.

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:56 am  

Well you kind of got that right rugbyball - but I can live with the play-off thing in deciding who has the right.
We got to the semi at your place the year before and canme within a whisker from 6th place! I'd have taken it then so I can't now chelp on about finishing top!!
The game is screwed, and I have no faith in those running the game whatsoever, or in the direction that they're taking the game.
Sadly, my thoughts and feelings count for Jack!

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:56 am  

Waddy-Fax wrote:

Exactly, it's just wrong. Imagine that drop goal in the final meaning we went up and was worth millions. Its ruined it as a sport for me.

Oh the irony, no to franchising, yes to "one off golden point drop goal athon". If you really think the game should be decided on the field in the fairest way then surely the teams that topped the league in the last two years would have been promoted under P&R. Guess all the modern SKY based stuff is ok when it suits.

We only have golden point so that sky do not have to schedule replays in or large periods of extra time.

Re: Makes me sad. : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:01 pm  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

Well you kind of got that right rugbyball - but I can live with the play-off thing in deciding who has the right.
We got to the semi at your place the year before and canme within a whisker from 6th place! I'd have taken it then so I can't now chelp on about finishing top!!
The game is screwed, and I have no faith in those running the game whatsoever, or in the direction that they're taking the game.
Sadly, my thoughts and feelings count for Jack!

And that is the problem, most fans would take promotion through what ever format was "in". Every man for themselves. If fax had got in today then they would have taken it simple as, had fev got in by finishing 6th and winning the play offs they would have taken it.

Im sure we all agree it makes are game very unattractive for people on the outside.