Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:03 am  

Surely a better statement would have been 'We are anly going to spend what we can afford and want to be as good as we can possibly be.'
A realistic and achievable goal.

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:30 am  

http://www.sporthull.co.uk/hullkr/news/ ... ticle.html This gives an idea of what is required Sorry if my previous reply was a tad strong , but thats just the way it is , I dont want Leigh to even consider SL until we can draw 4/5,000 crowds in the Championship , and that is with a stadium already in place , so the jump from where you are now to competitive in SL is more than huge

http://www.sporthull.co.uk/hullkr/news/ ... ticle.html This gives an idea of what is required Sorry if my previous reply was a tad strong , but thats just the way it is , I dont want Leigh to even consider SL until we can draw 4/5,000 crowds in the Championship , and that is with a stadium already in place , so the jump from where you are now to competitive in SL is more than huge

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:16 pm  

Starbug wrote:

http://www.sporthull.co.uk/hullkr/news/Hull-KR-Accounts-debts-163-3m/article-1638846-detail/article.html

This gives an idea of what is required

Sorry if my previous reply was a tad strong , but thats just the way it is , I dont want Leigh to even consider SL until we can draw 4/5,000 crowds in the Championship , and that is with a stadium already in place , so the jump from where you are now to competitive in SL is more than huge

Quite alright old bean, one would assume that having talked the talk they can walk the walk.

As long as they have done a root and branch examination of the business and put in place firm strategies and goals with targets and people responsible for attaining them then they are heading in the right direction. If, in a number of years that means we are in a viable position to have a tilt at super dooper league then so be it. On a personal level I have actually stopped worrying about reaching that level, but I can see why ambition is important to attract sponsors and new fans and to give a vision.

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:38 pm  

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Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:26 pm  

wilderbeast wrote:

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Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:32 pm  

I've found me if that helps

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:29 pm  

I've done some research on the super league licencing for a piece of coursework, we really dont stand a chance for a long long time yet, as much as i'd love to see my home town in super league its gonna be a while... at least 2017 possibly 2020.

The criteria works on a points system, the clubs with most points get in, simples!

Stadium with a capacity of 12,000+ = 1 point
Stadium meeting standards of a premier 21st centuary competition = 1 point

Averaging 10,000 speccies = 1point
Stadium working at 40%+ capacity = 1 point

Club being solvent = 1 point
Club with an annual turnover of £4million = 1 point

Gaining a top 8 position in Championship over 3 years = 1 point
At least 25% of players being home grown = 1 point

Not breaching salary cap for three previous seasons = 1 point

Not having another rugby league club within 20 miles = 1 point

Thats just the 2009 criteria!

So realistically where are we now, and how long is it going to take to take to super league? Cos we won't be as lucky as Toulouse with the joy's of being an isolated club for expansion purposes.
I think we need to start working on bringing fans in to start of with.

The phrase trying to run before you can walk springs to mind...

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:16 am  

"I've found me if that helps " - I Havent found myself yet! here is still hoping for the new year and 2010.

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:05 pm  

keighley......Super League ?? Yeah Right.....Thought there were certain criteria to apply for a license ??
Like not being in administration in the last 3 years.......cross
Like winning the championship or Northern Rail Cup......cross (a bit presumptious but not a cat in hells chance)
Winning the championship........cross (Less chance than the above)
Stadium criteria............cross

Cant see any other placing than bottom even without a points deduction !
Who was it that actually quoted this ?? and do even the die hard fans think this is possible in the next decade.

You can bet your bottom cougar dollar that Halifax, Widnes, Leigh, a new french mob and possibly a new welsh mob
will get in over the next 10-15 years, before Keighley would even enter anyones thoughs.

Remember cougarmania many years ago and it was great but those days are history which are likely not to be repeated in my lifetime. On a positive I do love games played at Cougar Park, great little ground and atmosphere and good craic.

Re: New Keighley Cougars board aims for Super League. : Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:59 pm  

Rhino Roy wrote:

keighley......Super League ?? Yeah Right.....Thought there were certain criteria to apply for a license ??
Like not being in administration in the last 3 years.......cross
Like winning the championship or Northern Rail Cup......cross (a bit presumptious but not a cat in hells chance)
Winning the championship........cross (Less chance than the above)
Stadium criteria............cross

Cant see any other placing than bottom even without a points deduction !
Who was it that actually quoted this ?? and do even the die hard fans think this is possible in the next decade.

You can bet your bottom cougar dollar that Halifax, Widnes, Leigh, a new french mob and possibly a new welsh mob
will get in over the next 10-15 years, before Keighley would even enter anyones thoughs.

Remember cougarmania many years ago and it was great but those days are history which are likely not to be repeated in my lifetime. On a positive I do love games played at Cougar Park, great little ground and atmosphere and good craic.

Unless there's a miracle it's not going to happen.

When we were averaging 4500 fans, winning the old 2nd division and beating top flight teams in the cup they wouldn't let us in.

With half them fans now supporting Super League teams I just can't see the glory days returning.