Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:52 pm
Pumpetypump
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Joined: Jan 02 2002 Posts: 8116 Location: LS9
JTCFJG wrote:Were we? It didn't stop Alan Redfern, Derek Fox, and latterly Deaks, laughing as they used them quite well!
Yes we absolutely were. It isn't an acceptable thing to have a modern rugby club have the pitch mutilated and replaced back down at a ridiculous camber, and it certainly isn't acceptable for a super league team. If they can work out a modern way of relaying them flat then fine, but otherwise I think its stupid.
Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:22 pm
Bulliac
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Joined: Mar 01 2002 Posts: 10969 Location: Bradbados
To be honest I don't think we have any chance of SL in the future with either stock cars or speedway as co-tenants. That sort of stadium isn't the image that Elstone and the rest of SL are looking for. Trouble is I'm far from sure they are wrong and, for the record, I say that as someone who has very much enjoyed watching both stocks and speedway at Odsal and elsewhere.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain
Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:23 pm
roofaldo2
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Joined: Sep 26 2012 Posts: 3213
I've seen stuff doing the rounds regarding stock cars going back to Odsal and the stadium being upgraded with the help of the stock car version of the RFL but that to get the actual ball rolling, they're going to need £500k
How likely any of this is, seems to me at least, to be in the same realm as the Super Dome. But stranger things have happened.
Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:36 pm
Bulliac
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Joined: Mar 01 2002 Posts: 10969 Location: Bradbados
roofaldo2 wrote:I've seen stuff doing the rounds regarding stock cars going back to Odsal and the stadium being upgraded with the help of the stock car version of the RFL but that to get the actual ball rolling, they're going to need £500k
How likely any of this is, seems to me at least, to be in the same realm as the Super Dome. But stranger things have happened.
This bit says it all really. Along with my previous comment about what the SL clubs will be looking for, the fact that money isn't available means it is extremely unlikely to suddenly become so in the short to medium term. As a club, the Bulls don't have the cash to pay for general maintenance let alone 'improvements' which wouldn't benefit RL. We'd still be at Odsal if we did.
I think the 'superdome' quote sums it up quite accurately, tbh.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain
Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:40 am
Scarey71
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Joined: Apr 06 2016 Posts: 1226 Location: South of Bratfud
Rubyred1 wrote:Good luck guy's with your application. Really hope you get in!
It's a nice thought but would be the final act in the history of the club. We couldn't survive yet another financial crisis. It's been clear for years you can only 'prosper' with a wealthy backer and we have never, ever had one and we certainly don't have one now.
'Great defence, always wins games, y'only have to score one more point than them. If tha does, tha'll win, if that doesn't tha'll lose, learn from it, more than the win last week.'. Peter Fox, 1980.
Post subject: Re: Toronto and our chances of SL invite
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 12:27 pm
M@islebugs
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Joined: May 09 2011 Posts: 1934
I share all of the concerns expressed above. But what are the viable alternatives?
Valley parade X Dewsbury long term X Odsal without SL X
Replace De Niro and Walken in the Vietnamese jungle, two bullets in the gun, with Wood and Sawyer sat at Odsal Top and you might get some sense of the options available.
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