Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:08 am  

bullpower2014 wrote:

I listened to Gledhill, did anyone catch the bit before kick off? They seemed to be talking about other champs club chairmen asking the RFL for the Bulls to stay up.... I only caught a little bit of what was said but it seemed current..... anyone hear the whole discussion? They kept mentioning Rimmer as if it was him vs the Champs club chairmen....

If anyone heard it, could you let me (us) know what was said properly, I only caught the last bit.....

In all honesty i think it was more Mick being hopeful than anything with substance. Obviously if Catalans do go down (which would be hilarious) then the championship clubs (some of which are already struggling) lose home games against Hull KR & the Bulls, and have home games against Toronto, London, Toulouse & Catalans (bringing pretty much zero income from away support)plus the cost they will have on travelling to those teams, you could be looking at a fair chunk of less money. But some are using that narrative that the championship chairman are definitely trying t keep the Bulls in

I hope to god there is not a restructure. I want us to go down. Morally it is right. I still don't think they will be a restructure, i think it's people just putting it out there in hope.

[Bullseye]

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:22 am  

There should be no doubt there we're going down. I don't for a moment think we'll be kept up because some club chairman may a few bob worse off.

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:24 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

In all honesty i think it was more Mick being hopeful than anything with substance. Obviously if Catalans do go down (which would be hilarious) then the championship clubs (some of which are already struggling) lose home games against Hull KR & the Bulls, and have home games against Toronto, London, Toulouse & Catalans (bringing pretty much zero income from away support)plus the cost they will have on travelling to those teams, you could be looking at a fair chunk of less money. But some are using that narrative that the championship chairman are definitely trying t keep the Bulls in

I hope to god there is not a restructure. I want us to go down. Morally it is right. I still don't think they will be a restructure, i think it's people just putting it out there in hope.

Cheers, only heard the 2 mins before kick off, so didn't know the whole context

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:28 am  

Bullseye wrote:

There should be no doubt there we're going down. I don't for a moment think we'll be kept up because some club chairman may a few bob worse off.

errrrmmmm that's exactly why we are in the Champs this year is it not.... other clubs chairmen/women!!!

[Bulliac]

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:32 am  

Agree BM. What's right is right and down we have to go.

Listened to BCB and it sounded a good game, to be fair - though they do have a bad habit of a) both talking together and b) leaving the 'nitty gritty' until after they've filled in the incidentals. for instance, after the score they went on about Caro's weaving run and how he got round attempted tackles etc etc, BEFORE they'd even told us he'd put the ball down - I guess you were excited but first things first lads!

Almost wish I'd gone tbh, but I can't quite work up the enthusiasm.

[Bullseye]

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:46 am  

bullpower2014 wrote:

errrrmmmm that's exactly why we are in the Champs this year is it not.... other clubs chairmen/women!!!

Think the reason given was it was too late to change the fixtures and unfair to penalise a club that was relegated and already planned for life in C1.

Bigger travelling support wasn't a reason given, officially anyway.

I just hope Catalans go down so I can sit back and enjoy the fixture fiasco in next year's 8s.

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:50 am  

I really wish people like Billy Bullsheet would stop banging on about bloody restructures. All he's doing is getting people's hopes up constantly. He has a worse track record than Nosey Parker for incorrect news stories, but for some reason people listen to him. It MAY happen, but there's also a bloody big chance it won't. Whilst he continues to prattle on about it over social media and his personal radio station, all he does is feed fans' hope, which will inevitably be dashed once again if/when it doesn't happen.

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:51 am  

Bullseye wrote:

I just hope Catalans go down so I can sit back and enjoy the fixture fiasco in next year's 8s.

Technically they don't even need to go down for that to still be an issue next year, if they end up in the bottom 4 of SL again. Irrespective of this year's results we could still quite easily see Catalans, Toulouse and Toronto all in the middle 8s next season.

[Bullseye]

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:18 am  

Good point Nothus. Probably a more likely scenario too come to think of it. On the subject of re-structures etc it's very boring now. We should plan for C1. There will be no stay of execution I guarantee.

Re: Vs Sheffield : Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:23 am  

bullpower2014 wrote:

errrrmmmm that's exactly why we are in the Champs this year is it not.... other clubs chairmen/women!!!

Was it that?

Or was it changing the international travel arrangements of an entire league full of part timers with one week's notice?