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 Post subject: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 10:26 pm 
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According to my calculations, we are now in the 31st position of a combined table of all teams which numbers 37.

Our attendances have never been so low (but it is the same throughout League 1). Is this a cunning plan by the RFL to ensure the demise of long-established Clubs for the benefit of EXPANSION?

Who knows?

But, back to the main point:

We have never been kept in the dark for so long.

Where is our Coach and why doesn't he comment on his team selection and results?

Our CURRENT SQUAD is HIS TEAM.

So what will happen in the future?

When will HIS TEAM start winning again?

If they fail to will, 'Administration' be the next step?

Better not pass any comments ....... but:

Who knows?

One thing is certain from recent developments: The ever-dwindling band of our faithful supporters will be the last to know.

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:35 am 
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I believe its out of 39 teams (12/12/15), but otherwise depressingly correct






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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:05 am 
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666 wrote " Is this a cunning plan by the RFL to ensure the demise of long-established Clubs for the benefit of EXPANSION?

Who knows?

How the heck can 'expansion' and the demise of a once great club be blamed on the RFL ? The people responsable for the mess you find yourselves in is primarily club based ? Clubs are responsable for their own affairs to a fair extent though I suppose wheeling out the old 'blame the RFL' excuse for the ineptitude of the guilty parties is again the easy option.

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:17 am 
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666 wrote:
Our attendances have never been so low (but it is the same throughout League 1). Is this a cunning plan by the RFL to ensure the demise of long-established Clubs for the benefit of EXPANSION?

Who knows?



Oh please come on not that old chestnut again .Cant have it both ways - we've had folk on here slating the standards in the lower half of championship one but then suddenly the tough times experienced by a 'heartland' club is explained away by the RFL favoring and financially supporting these newer clubs over old. Really if all these' untold riches 'were being offered to the newer clubs do you think they would be struggling as they are , seriously ????

The South Wales , Skolars , Hemel , Coventry get NO extra help from the RFL (cant comment on Toulouse or Toronto) ...end of ....


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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:41 am 
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666 please explain how the RFL are to blame.
Facts would be great for a start.

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:51 pm 
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The reason the RFL are blamed whenever a club at our level gets into trouble is as follows.
The RFL are responsible for the state of the game at our level although not for the problems at the Cougars. This is down to poor leadership (on and off the field)
The RFL's record towards the semi professional game since the beginning of Super League has been disgraceful.
Making Bad decision after bad decision.
Although we have finally got promotion and relegation back we still have to suffer duel registration.
The RFL needs to make our competitions fair and meaningful which would give the clubs a chance to attract new fans and keep the current ones

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 3:15 pm 
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Rochdale and Barrow have to abide by the same RFL rules a regs but they seem to be doing ok. Blaming the RFL is the answer to everything for many it seems.

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:07 pm 
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sanjunien wrote:Rochdale and Barrow have to abide by the same RFL rules a regs but they seem to be doing ok. Blaming the RFL is the answer to everything for many it seems.


Rochdale have dual registration with Warrington which as benefited a great deal of their results this season. However, Barrow I believe have gone it alone, and well done to them. I hope they get promoted, they very much deserve it! Sajunien, 1 swallow doesn't make a Summer!

I could go on about the RFL dabacles towards the cougars in seasons 1994-95 and 2013-14 but that won't change anything, unfortunately we have to live with these ridiculous decisions!

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:15 pm 
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For the Toulouse players the 'big one' is the next home game against Rochdale. They believe they have a big point to prove especially after some of the comments from Killshaw before and after the previous meeting though I think the most entertaining game will be the last game of the 8s against Barrow. They are hitting form at the right time and seem to be the team to beat.
No real RL fan likes to see a household name like Keighley struggling so good luck to them. It looks like changes are required but will the club be big enough to make the tough decisions ?

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 Post subject: Re: How low can we get?
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:12 pm 
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sanjunien wrote:Rochdale and Barrow have to abide by the same RFL rules a regs but they seem to be doing ok. Blaming the RFL is the answer to everything for many it seems.


Rochdale? They've done pretty well this season with their Wolves in the team but look at last Sunday. They had no Wolves and struggled to beat 12 man Cougars - complete with our extremely porous defence. This illustrates the unfair advantages brought about by the DR system, and don't forget that for every Wolf who plays for Rochdale, a real Hornet has to make way and sit out. This system was brought in specifically to be of benefit to Super League clubs who don't fancy paying for reserve teams; any perceived benefit to clubs outside Super League is merely an afterthought. This must end.
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As far as we are concerned, the question is asked as to how low we can go. Well, a quick look at the current league table shows that our 'best team in years' (on paper obviously) has achieved a position whereby the only clubs below us in the entire rugby league structure are the 'expansion' teams. A very sorry state of affairs indeed. The end is nigh for Paul March and this is the silver lining in our current situation; I for one am heartily sick of watching the one-up rugby and inept defence to which we have been treated for the past three years. Time for a new broom to sweep clean.






We are from Keighley. We are NOT Bradfordians.

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