Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:38 am  

Starbug wrote:

I've suggested many times the focus of the Championship Clubs should have been building themselves and the competition by working collectively for financial susstainability

I couldn't agree more.

The trouble is that the top clubs in the Championship are still begging to join the car wreck that is SL.

I think the time has come for the Championships to ignore SL and get together to make their clubs as strong as they can be both on and off the field, reclaim our game and leave the SL clubs to go their own way. One by one they will crash and burn until they are left with the few clubs who are financially viable and a few of those will be stuffed when their sugar daddies either die or lose interest.

Once they are down to 4 or 5 clubs and the attendances have diminished drastically through sheer lack of interest they might finally realise the error of their ways.

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:29 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

I couldn't agree more.

The trouble is that the top clubs in the Championship are still begging to join the car wreck that is SL.

I think the time has come for the Championships to ignore SL and get together to make their clubs as strong as they can be both on and off the field, reclaim our game and leave the SL clubs to go their own way. One by one they will crash and burn until they are left with the few clubs who are financially viable and a few of those will be stuffed when their sugar daddies either die or lose interest.

Once they are down to 4 or 5 clubs and the attendances have diminished drastically through sheer lack of interest they might finally realise the error of their ways.

1 season sitting down and plotting out the course and then now 4 years later , we could have seen income streams starting to build, but as you say, we still have directors in the championship standing starry eyed with a bowl hoping to catch some scraps from the SL table

Does anybody seriously believe that the restructure ( when and in whatever format it takes ) is being done in the interests of the lower tiers?

When the power struggle has finished and we have some reasonable stability the Championship owners should demand the appointment of a ' Championship Director ' , whose sole responsibility is the development of the lower tier competitions and clubs in them

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:26 pm  

Bulls - no way back from this-needs a fresh start in the lowerbleagues and build back up

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:23 pm  

Don't bring that trash down here!

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:40 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Don't bring that trash down here!

Priceless!

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:25 pm  

freddies wig wrote:

The disgusting thing is they are considered "iconic" cos they were successful in super league. What's completely ignored is they did it with money that wasn't theirs that is never gonna be paid back.

Then fans of championship clubs were slaughtered for saying the RFL bought Odsal to prevent administration and that fans were mugs for chucking £500K into the black hole. The arrogance from super league was staggering. Any non SL club would have been allowed to disappear. Double standards - you can keep Super League

live by the sword, die by the sword I reckon

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:31 pm  

Starbug wrote:

I've suggested many times the focus of the Championship Clubs should have been building themselves and the competition by working collectively for financial susstainability

does this mean we should be helping Swinton?

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:45 pm  

thefaxfanman wrote:

does this mean we should be helping Swinton?

Yes, a fine club with a great tradition.

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:01 pm  

thefaxfanman wrote:

does this mean we should be helping Swinton?

Yes, and Oxford, and Gateshead, and any other club outside SL

BUT, we also should have the final say on who joins us in the future

Re: Bulls : Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:17 pm  

In the near future I can see the top 10 SL clubs breaking away anyway.
What the Championship needs is there own TV deal NOT to be shown on a Thursday night !

From a Doncaster fan.