Exactly why I’m not worried about Bulls as rivals for the SL place. They likely wont come close in score.

Their ground/facilities and utilisation scores are too far behind, they "hired" a temporary screen thinking that would score them points, but the criteria states it needs to be a permanent fixture, they are unlikely to improve on the social media interactions and can't improve on the catchment, there maybe a slight improvement in their finances (0.25pts) and if they win grand final they could improve on there on field performance score, but they would still be scoring less than Wakey/Toulouse/Castleford and Leigh based on the 3 year average. Gledhill is a deluded, clueless buffoon, but always remember "even a broken clock is right twice a day"

Bit harsh on Gledhill, he may be a clueless deluded buffoon but at the end of the day he's a Bulls fan masquerading as a journalist...you can't expect impartiality from him anymore than you could from any other fan.

Agree with all that.

We have already pulled away from them so if they do manage to upgrade stadium, it's Cas that should be worried.

Saying that let's make sure we win the GF to keep ourselves at the top of the Bs this season, then push on for an A.

And there lies the issue with him, he can only be one of them at a time, not both, he cannot report as a journalist with that much bias, he has to be impartial and stick to "known facts" not make things up to suit the fans agenda. no problem him reporting "speculative" information, but he needs to make that clear and not imply them as facts

Stick to known facts...why hold him to higher standards than the rest of that profession?

Pele is likely to have been suspended by then

Any odd job Bob can be a ‘journalist’ these days with a keyboard and too much time on their hands.



Social media is rife with pages of related content which is just copy and pasting a paragraph and filling it out with loads of pointless text.



My opinion is that social media should completely ban any form of freelance journalism except by officially recognised organisations or the clubs themselves.



Social media should just be what it was intended for to chat, meet and talk to friends and other people. Instead it’s become a playground for fake pages, people, profiles and media along with advertising to phish for data on personal users. It’s disgracefully unregulated and volatile.

Spot on.

It's criminally misused and seemingly unaccountable.

BUT, it's the way forward with IMG

Gledhill isn't a journalist, never has been. He volunteers for a radio station, which he's actually pretty decent at considering he's an amateur. Everything else he just makes up.

I don't disagree with what you say, however Mr Gledhill is under the illusion (or delusion) that he is a journalist and his social media bio backs that up as it says this in his profiles.

"Broadcast Journalist for @WestYorksRadio @Pulse1Radio @TheRFL #RugbyLeague on @WestYorksRL Sunday afternoon and TheFull80Mins show. "

jebus, have a word with yourselves, Gledhill has the right to an opinion and also the right to publish it wherever he likes, nobody has to read it.

The idea that nobody can voice an opinion unless they are recognised by "official" organisations is ridiculous.

Half of official organisations are a bunch of headline chasing tosspots anyway, and the other half have an agenda to push.

Who decides who is a recognised org in the first place, probly another layer of tosspots,,,,lol

Pick your trusted sources, do your research and make your own mind up, worry less about sources you don't control and certainly don't seek to shut them down because that **** goes both ways.

He has the right to post whatever he likes. But at the same time people have the right to call him over outright lies. Like you say, it goes both ways.

Seems like Hull KR have had enough of us and have moved onto Bradford.

Good

Have they actually brought anyone through their youth system since Lewis back in 2019?

Fishwick and Barley I think

A few token games back in 2022 and haven't featured since. (wiki) Both are only 19 so I guess there's time.

Hull FC seem to have a conveyor belt of Hull area youngsters but I guess the relative league positions suggests buying in other teams prospects is the way to go, especially with IMG ratings having no reward for development.

I wonder what the reasoning is behind no reward for developing young players, aren't they the future?

I'm still not convinced by IMG, but l seriously hope it works after what the costs are over the period they are with the RFL

Fev off to a great start against Tolouse played four mins, one man sin binned, losing 6-0

10 mins gone 12-0 could be a long night

Fev losing 14-0 @ half time, Toulouse player on report for biting incident, couldn't hear who the French commentators started speaking over the English refs microphone feed

Is it televised?



I’d rather Fev win this.

Is it televised?



I’d rather Fev win this.