Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Wed May 07, 2014 4:35 pm  

As I have said on another forum people alway look at the negative side to things in RL when something like this happens I remember when Probiz came to Fev many people said he won't stop he will promise things and leave Last year he made an announcement that he would move us forward and invest in shares at the club to improve us. What he did was give us £300 000 to build at centre of excellence and it happened He also said he wanted us to be the best outside S/L so we could challenge to go up which we have been up to this season. The club employed a coach on recommendation from people within RL and it hasn't worked ( unfair to comment why when the coach cannot answer just ask Tommy Saxton) He was also allowed to bring his own players in and release the ones he thought wasn't good enough which he did wrong What impresses me is that when things are not right the BOD have acted to sort it out and not sat back and watch the club slowly fall backwards If he continues to invest and bring others in tell me which club wouldn't want that although money doesn't buy success it is important to move things forward I will leave it to him he has been here a few year now and he is a person who aims high and wants to be the best at everything he has already pumped money into the club and looks like he wants to continue What I do hope it that more clubs can attract these type of people and get the game to become stronger. We need strong sides in the championship for next year Leigh have set the pace lets all try to catch them up Although 2015 playoffs will be difficult get that 5th place in the 8 and play in the final for a place in S/L owt could happen

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Wed May 07, 2014 6:45 pm  

jtfev wrote:

As I have said on another forum people alway look at the negative side to things in RL when something like this happens I remember when Probiz came to Fev many people said he won't stop he will promise things and leave Last year he made an announcement that he would move us forward and invest in shares at the club to improve us. What he did was give us £300 000 to build at centre of excellence and it happened He also said he wanted us to be the best outside S/L so we could challenge to go up which we have been up to this season. The club employed a coach on recommendation from people within RL and it hasn't worked ( unfair to comment why when the coach cannot answer just ask Tommy Saxton) He was also allowed to bring his own players in and release the ones he thought wasn't good enough which he did wrong What impresses me is that when things are not right the BOD have acted to sort it out and not sat back and watch the club slowly fall backwards If he continues to invest and bring others in tell me which club wouldn't want that although money doesn't buy success it is important to move things forward I will leave it to him he has been here a few year now and he is a person who aims high and wants to be the best at everything he has already pumped money into the club and looks like he wants to continue What I do hope it that more clubs can attract these type of people and get the game to become stronger. We need strong sides in the championship for next year Leigh have set the pace lets all try to catch them up Although 2015 playoffs will be difficult get that 5th place in the 8 and play in the final for a place in S/L owt could happen

I agree JT and I can't see anything negative about what Fev have done over the last few years and what they are doing now, they are showing consistent commitment over a long period of time and now there is a pathway they are in a good position to take the next step and I for one are looking forward to the play off's in 2015.

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Thu May 08, 2014 12:19 am  

The Champioship is a fantastic league, enjoyed by the most loyal fans in Rugby League.

SL is a dream. If Leigh fulfill that, good on them. If they don't, so what !

What this division can boast is stability. Franchising has caused some clubs in SL to completely self distruct which is completely the opposite to what it should have done.

[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Mon May 12, 2014 3:17 pm  

Intersting quote on the Leigh forum. Fev have entered into a DR agreement with Wakefield:-

Thrombo69 wrote:

The mystery investor is said to be Cath Hetherington from Wakefield who is putting in the money to get the stands finished. This is also the reason for the DR deal. The reason behind it all is that Wakefields lease at Belle Vue ends at the end of the season and it's looking likely that they will be evicted by the RBS who own the ground. This obviously leaves them with nowhere to play, hence the link up with Featherstone.

The cloak and dagger secrecy is said to be because of a possible 'conflict of interests' going forward into next year if both sides are in the middle 8 and CH is involved in both.

The lad who has furnished me with this info is a decent fella and been correct on many issues regarding Fev etc.

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Mon May 12, 2014 8:18 pm  

That raises a good point about the middle eight next season. If DR continues, then we could indeed potentially have "paired" teams playing in the same league!

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Mon May 12, 2014 10:14 pm  

Nat (Rugby_Aholic) wrote:

At what cost? Simple fact is Fev are never going to sustainably get to top 4 of SL, therefore what happens when Faisal gets bored of injecting 'millions' into Fev just to see them struggle to maintain a mid table finish in SL? Their inevitable financial collapse will make Bradford look like a low key afair. In the relentless pursuit of success he will likely sack several coaches, club staff, directors, chairman etc and gut the heart and sole of the club. We have already seen an example of this with Bastian, they brought him in to develop a young squad for SL in two or three years, six months later and he is out the door for not getting immediate success from the assembled young team.

The best owner in the modern game in my opinion is Steve O'Conner at Widnes. He quietly sits in the background, hiring the right people and giving them time, investing money where needed. That is the best approach to gain continued success in SL. Not this instant success seeking we see from Naboo and Koucash.

Like you say, Bastian was brought in to build a team for SL over the next few years, but a change in the league structure meant that this is a very important year and top 2 is a must,so time the time is not available anymore.
I believe Bastian could of built something good at fev with time.

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Tue May 13, 2014 11:19 am  

Anyone know how long our media blackout is planned for?

Re: Faisal Naboo trows his toys out of the pram at Fev : Tue May 13, 2014 7:36 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Anyone know how long our media blackout is planned for?

3 to 4 weeks I think