Re: NRC semi final : Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:43 pm  

Believe me mate, we'd love an alternative.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:25 am  

Fax4Life wrote:

Great, it is Sheffields loss, the gate will be 400/500 down on what it would have on the Sunday.
Yer we share the Shay but it is not taken out of action every season by our co-tenants.

You share the gate too. Half the loss is Fax's.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:54 am  

Half of nothing is nothing, Will be lucky to get a crowd of 1000 there on that date and time. after costs are taken off for stewarding etc etc wont be much left anyway, How the hell do you keep going on with crowds that you do ?. Do you receive RFL funding for being a major city and a expansion area ?. This is not a dig at the fans or sheffield as a club, purely a question.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:59 am  

Faxhali wrote:

Half of nothing is nothing

So you're saying we'll lose nothing by playing Friday night ?

How the hell do you keep going on with crowds that you do ?

I reckon half our turnover, maybe more, is not match related.

Do you receive RFL funding for being a major city and a expansion area ?

Generally we get a lot less. In two seasons, we got bu99er all.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:15 pm  

I would imagine Sheffield's procurement of grants/awards, external funding, sponsorship etc is amongst the best outside SL.
I wouldn't argue with Griff's assessment that less than half of the income will be made from the game!
As a former Rovers CEO said, "unfortunately, Rugby doesn't pay for the Rugby. We have to pay for it by other means"!

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:58 pm  

Faxhali wrote:

Half of nothing is nothing, Will be lucky to get a crowd of 1000 there on that date and time. after costs are taken off for stewarding etc etc wont be much left anyway, How the hell do you keep going on with crowds that you do ?. Do you receive RFL funding for being a major city and a expansion area ?. This is not a dig at the fans or sheffield as a club, purely a question.

By running a tight ship, not spending more than we generate. It really is a simple concept that a lot of RL clubs, including yours in the past, have struggled to grasp.

We've got a decent side this season but let me tell you now, none of them are on astronomical wages, Tubby is an excellent spotter of talent and an even better coach, thus players want to play here and then generally want to stay here.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:18 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

By running a tight ship, not spending more than we generate. It really is a simple concept that a lot of RL clubs, including yours in the past, have struggled to grasp.

We've got a decent side this season but let me tell you now, none of them are on astronomical wages, Tubby is an excellent spotter of talent and an even better coach, thus players want to play here and then generally want to stay here.

Apart from Rob and Sam and boy don't you let them know.

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:57 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
Apart from Rob and Sam and boy don't you let them know.

Got no problem with player leaving the club to go on to bigger and better things, take Michael Haley at Fev for example, good luck to the lad.

The problem some of our fans have with Rob and Sam is they feel it wasn't done in the right way. To be honest I've got no problems with Sam, spoke to him a few times since he's left and he's a nice enough kid, just not the sharpest knife in the drawer and a bit of a lunatic on the pitch. He was just badly advised.

However Rob comes across as a much more intelligent bloke, and knowing the ins and outs of his move, I can see why he gets some of the stick he does.

But it's all in the past now. They're both carving out good careers for themselves. The majority of the booing is purely pantomime these days IMO, to provoke a reaction, eg when Barlow flicked the V's to us at full time when we put 50 on you in the playoffs last season

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:15 pm  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

As a former Rovers CEO said, "unfortunately, Rugby doesn't pay for the Rugby. We have to pay for it by other means"!

Correct RFF.

So why are clubs clamouring for more games, not less ?

Re: NRC semi final : Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:17 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

However Rob comes across as a much more intelligent bloke, and knowing the ins and outs of his move, I can see why he gets some of the stick he does.

Go on then i'm intrigued now, you're going to have to expand.