Re: Hudds : Sun Sep 08, 2024 6:52 pm  

ricardo07 wrote:

Spirit in your team is incredible despite the bear losses.
Hull F C on the other hand are diabolical.
All is notyet lost.
IMG and the RFL should hang their heads in shame.
Rugby League is not just about the top division.
You are only as strong as your weakest teams and to see Halifax and Whitehaven struggling financially when the areas have such strong amateur sides is criminal.
RFL in particular really need to be looking at a better way of funding the lower leagues.
Increasing super league to 14 teams and combining the championship and league one would be a good start.
Ensuring these teams get the opportunity to play super league teams via a cup competition is vital to providing the funds that the RFL clearly can't would be a financial lifeline.
Good luck in your next 2 games. It would be good to embarrass Hull FC, the RFL and IMG by London edging off that bottom rung before the season ends

It wouldn't though. It means either sharing the pie fourteen ways instead of twelve or further reducing the pie that is split by everyone outside of Super League. Both are pretty awful ways of utilising whatever little funds the sport has.

Re: Hudds : Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:05 pm  

If only we had a kicker. That has been said before, if I remember correctly.

Re: Hudds : Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:24 pm  

Victor wrote:

If only we had a kicker. That has been said before, if I remember correctly.

Many times Victor many times.

Re: Hudds : Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:54 am  

https://youtu.be/kmuIBkDYCz0?si=Hn14OPlaVwz-gGup If the link works it should be to Mike Eccles post match interview For me that’s the game we had the best chance of winning one of our last three games gone.

https://youtu.be/kmuIBkDYCz0?si=Hn14OPlaVwz-gGup If the link works it should be to Mike Eccles post match interview For me that’s the game we had the best chance of winning one of our last three games gone.

Re: Hudds : Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:44 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Many times Victor many times.

…..but not by any of our recruitment team over the last few seasons!

Re: Hudds : Mon Sep 09, 2024 8:09 pm  

BigTime wrote:

…..but not by any of our recruitment team over the last few seasons!

Funny that innit?

Re: Hudds : Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:12 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Funny that innit?

Possibly they are keeping their heads down after the Coleman debacle where they bigged up both Coates and Ramsey’s kicking abilities IIRC. Latter never got a chance to show us what he could do. Former perhaps wishes he hadn’t.

Re: Hudds : Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:10 pm  

BigTime wrote:

Possibly they are keeping their heads down after the Coleman debacle where they bigged up both Coates and Ramsey’s kicking abilities IIRC. Latter never got a chance to show us what he could do. Former perhaps wishes he hadn’t.

The bizarre thing is Oli is 5th on the all time London goal kickers behind Steve Diamond, Paul Sykes, John Gallagher & Tony Martin. I suspect some behind him like Purdo, Brett Warton & Greg Barwick had better conversion rates.

Re: Hudds : Tue Sep 10, 2024 11:36 am  

Greg Barwick was good.

Re: Hudds : Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:29 pm  

Victor wrote:

Greg Barwick was good.

Excellent Centre & when you consider in 1997 we had both Barwick & Terry Matterson kicking goals. Those were the days.