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Post by knightsthatsay on Jan 4, 2017 7:38:48 GMT
Don't want to be doom and gloom but I really think RL in England is at a cross roads. Big clubs getting into trouble etc... Happends in every sport. Hopefully Bradford will rise from the ashes! Clubs like ours, Wakefield and even Huddersfield seem on the brink of financial hardship if it was not for owners with deep pockets.
Overseas talent seems to be heading home in increasing numbers.
Attendences are down.
Union is picking off leagues up and coming players.
What do we do people think are the answers to these and other issues?
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Post by knightsthatsay on Jan 4, 2017 7:41:11 GMT
Having said that I do feel an optimism at Salford for this season........ Just hope we can ride the storm of the opening few fixtures and get some momentum and push into a top 8 spot
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 7:49:39 GMT
A less corrupt leadership would be a good start.
Don't sign a woefully inadequate long term TV rights deals, don't gift a sponsorship deal to a freight company for nothing but the promise of your name on the sides of some trucks, don't have one rule for one and one rule for others, don't cut funding to national organisations and squander a fortune with a fancy dan part time overseas coach (for only one of the home nations).
Until the RFL is run like a modern sporting organisation and not an old boys network with a love of sending it's employees on junkets to the former colonies our game will continue to slowly die until the last person turns out the lights.
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Post by knightsthatsay on Jan 4, 2017 8:05:57 GMT
Bleak but fair comment.
I think we need to concentrate on shoring up the traditional support of the game but by no means should we reduce development at grass root level in the none traditional areas.
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Post by ayresrock on Jan 5, 2017 17:23:58 GMT
The game itself in this country is stale at the top end. There is no real 'skill' anymore and players have become very much robotic, playing to set game plans and patterns. This is why players like Rangi stand out so much more these days because he is unique compared to other half's in the game over here. You think back to 1996 when the game went fully pro and super league began, you can name so many players even now that plied their trade back then. Simple reason for this though is because players were allowed 'to play' rather than work to structures. Games were exciting because you didn't know what was coming next and OK you still had good teams at the top and poor teams at the bottom but the game itself was enjoyable to watch (the St. Helens and Bradford teams in the latter 90's were very enjoyable to catch when you could). This is what going full time pro has done to the game and attempting to keep us with the Aussie's, where there are more skilled players who counter the mundane games but play at a level we simply nowhere near in this country and do not think we will get too. We got stuck with the Aussie way about 4/5 years ago when they brought the defensive style in to put 3 men in the tackle everytime (The cannonball style tackling). Since then the game has taken an even bigger nosedive in entertainment value.
Leigh have played the past few years an attacking brand or rugby which people crave and its been evident about how people crowed on about it and it showed up some of the lesser teams such as ourselves when faced with that style and not being able to deal with it. Now they are back in SL, expect them to change to play like the rest do. The skills lower down the leagues may not be as good as the top but the entertainment value is better
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