Let's just wait and see : Sun Jan 15, 2017 8:22 am  

Let's just wait and see what's going to happen, last week we didn't have a club, now we have, surely that's a massive step without people posting all negative issues, as Manuel said in faulty towers ( I know nothing )

Re: Let's just wait and see : Sun Jan 15, 2017 8:49 am  

Exactly, much better to have a team to watch again, at anytime over the last few weeks I'd have taken this outcome.
This site is like a trolls paradise, they've always got an angle, and people always seem to respond to them.

Re: Let's just wait and see : Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:11 am  

Totally agree, we are where we are now, I expect more to go, then a flood of loanees, out of contract players to come in. At least we will have something to support. Its a bit like 1964 for the reformed Northern all over again. The competition was Hull KR at Odsal first match up as well.

Re: Let's just wait and see : Sun Jan 15, 2017 5:58 pm  

BeechwoodBull wrote:

Totally agree, we are where we are now, I expect more to go, then a flood of loanees, out of contract players to come in. At least we will have something to support. Its a bit like 1964 for the reformed Northern all over again. The competition was Hull KR at Odsal first match up as well.

Is that right - after our first reformation in 1964 - our first game was against hull kr? spooky

Re: Let's just wait and see : Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:13 pm  

Smack him Jimmy wrote:

Is that right - after our first reformation in 1964 - our first game was against hull kr? spooky

Yes, it's right. I think we lost 20-34 to Rovers, who were a top side at the time, runners up at Wembley in 64 IIRC. Just over a year later we won the Yorkshire Cup, beating Hunslet 17-8, they'd been runners-up at Wembley in 65.

[Bulliac]

Re: Let's just wait and see : Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:34 am  

BeechwoodBull wrote:

Totally agree, we are where we are now, I expect more to go, then a flood of loanees, out of contract players to come in. At least we will have something to support. Its a bit like 1964 for the reformed Northern all over again. The competition was Hull KR at Odsal first match up as well.

To be honest it's not really like 1964.

In '64 we didn't start on -12 points for a start, and there was only the one division, so we knew we were on the bottom; it was, purely, a time of hope, and, since we couldn't go any lower, we had the certainty that the only way really was up. Basically, we, "didn't own a bootlace", as was famously said at the time, but we knew we could look forward to things slowly getting better from that point onwards.

As distinct from now. We're not at the bottom, we're still in the middle tier and, with our points deficit, we're still looking downwards, very clearly into the abyss. There is as much fear of dropping even further down, as there is hope. That is what I hate about right now - the RFL have robbed us of hope and I can't forgive them for that.

Re: Let's just wait and see : Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:43 am  

Bulliac wrote:

To be honest it's not really like 1964.

In '64 we didn't start on -12 points for a start, and there was only the one division, so we knew we were on the bottom; it was, purely, a time of hope, and, since we couldn't go any lower, we had the certainty that the only way really was up. Basically, we, "didn't own a bootlace", as was famously said at the time, but we knew we could look forward to things slowly getting better from that point onwards.

As distinct from now. We're not at the bottom, we're still in the middle tier and, with our points deficit, we're still looking downwards, very clearly into the abyss. There is as much fear of dropping even further down, as there is hope. That is what I hate about right now - the RFL have robbed us of hope and I can't forgive them for that.

In 1964 there were no full time clubs - so even though we started bottom - we were in the same bucket as all the other fish. We are now in bucket 2 of 3 and likely to end up in bucket 3. Jumping between buckets is far harder than jostling for a place in the one we all shared at the time.

In summary - todays structure makes comparing now to '64 a meaningless measure - unfortunately.

The RFL are coming under a lot of scrutiny at the moment and rightly so - the Joe Cobb thing proves again that they only brush things under the carpet and keep quiet.

Re: Let's just wait and see : Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:46 am  

If the situation was really as "Hopeless" as is been made out the new guys woudn't have come on board.
Even after a press conference we still will know nothing as it will be all promises of we will do this and we will do that,
the only time anyone is going to know if Chalmers and Co are the real deal is 6 months a year, 18 months down the line if we are still going ad progressing and not in debt.

as others have said last week we didn't exist now we do, take that as a positive and get behind the club, if you haven't been to a game for a while go, if you haven't bought a season ticket for 3 years get one, etc.
Not wanting to sound like Marc Green but the club is a business that needs customers to succeed and grow, get behind the club, get to Odsal or run the risk of loosing it AGAIN!

Re: Let's just wait and see : Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:00 am  

bowlingboy wrote:

If the situation was really as "Hopeless" as is been made out the new guys woudn't have come on board.
Even after a press conference we still will know nothing as it will be all promises of we will do this and we will do that,
the only time anyone is going to know if Chalmers and Co are the real deal is 6 months a year, 18 months down the line if we are still going ad progressing and not in debt.

as others have said last week we didn't exist now we do, take that as a positive and get behind the club, if you haven't been to a game for a while go, if you haven't bought a season ticket for 3 years get one, etc.
Not wanting to sound like Marc Green but the club is a business that needs customers to succeed and grow, get behind the club, get to Odsal or run the risk of loosing it AGAIN!

Must admit, i was hoping to get a refund from my credit card company and then i would of bought a new season ticket, my CC company are now saying they won't refund until they find out if the new owner will honour the season tickets purchased under the old company.

[Bullseye]

Re: Let's just wait and see : Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:03 am  

Not sure how many will be around whenever our latest saviour deigns to show himself. 20 days until that first game, if it happens.