Re: New batch of Aussies due : Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:50 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

I guess it is better if they fill the side with second rate GB players than second rate Ozzies. Still, I'd rather see them play some Welsh academy players, even if it means they lose as many games as last year.

If that happens then the whole shebang will fold , they need to be competitive to draw fans from the heartland clubs , if the games are a foregone conclusion less will bother going

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:24 pm  

Westgate6 wrote:

watched him on a number of times seems a really good player in my opinion, him and winterstein seem good aqusitions (spelling not sure lol) could see raynor,stosic and white maybe thackary joining them down there alker is he not the assistant at salford now?

Malcolm Alker is still a player at Salford. Marlon Alker has been released.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:58 pm  

Noble should be looking to take 2 or 3 players from top clubs reserve grades on season long loans or even 2- 3 month deals.

Brian McDermott has done great with this over the years.

There are players like darryl goulding, Karl Pryce and liam farrell who would be good additions on 3 month loan deals.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:07 pm  

J20 wrote:

Played well against us as well, though didn't look like playing below his level at all.

Aint hard to play well against Widnes

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:38 pm  

If you signed Stosic he would be the best prop at your club by far. Great hard working prop. Think Winterstein will really develop too, showed a couple of flashes of what he was capable of at Wakey but mainly due to injuries didn't get a good run in the team, will be interesting to see how he goes. In Martin you've got a very astute experienced player who is a model professional. Still think you will struggle but you should go better than last season.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:35 am  

pyeman wrote:

I think the fuzz would love to know where he is, as he is currently on the run and will never come back to this country as he is facing a stretch.

On the plus side of things , moving to Wrexham increases the exposure of the game in the Principality.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:39 am  

Starbug wrote:

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If that happens then the whole shebang will fold , they need to be competitive to draw fans from the heartland clubs , if the games are a foregone conclusion less will bother going

They need to draw some paying home support to make a go of it.
Starting over again trying to attract another new set of fans is a big ask , probably too big.

Don't know what the local public think of the situation , but to me it appears that the venture is a way to keep the football club afloat as much as anything.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:38 am  

The club need to employ a bloody good marketking manager and also to get in to the local schoold with loads of free tickets. Kids will need their parents to take them.

The first game of the season against leeds will be a big event and should be marketed accordingly. I just hope you have signed enough quality to allow you to compete

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:44 am  

Captain Dave wrote:

On the plus side of things , moving to Wrexham increases the exposure of the game in the Principality.

Captain Dave,

I'm not digging at you for not knowing about population distribution in Wales. But we have a population of 3 million in Wales. 3/4 of this population lives in South Wales along the M4 corridor. That's 2,250,000 along 100 miles of motorway. The entire rest of Wales houses the remaining 750,000. So given that roads in rural and North Wales are often little more than donkey tracks with tarmac on them and that most clubs in any sport can reasonable expect HOME fans to travel no more than an hour to come see them, it has an optimistic catchement area of, say, 200,000.

So.... given that Celtic Crusaders had an average attendance of 3,500 in a catchment area of 2 million and generously factoring up interest from the gogs who have been denied much sport outside of a poorly supported football team that gets gates of 1,300, let's say that the Wrexham ANZACs will get home support of about 800.

Youy can add the loyal "THE Crusaders" fans who will be taking a minibus up too and you might get 806 home fans.

Here's hoping that the ANZAC games prove a draw to all the proper teams in SL (and Salford) so that the loyal new owner can achieve his stated aim of saving Wrexham FC!

As you can see, giving the ANZACs the Celtic Crusaders spot in SL is not exactly INCREASING the exposure of the game in Wales.

Re: New batch of Aussies due : Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:08 pm  

Grendel wrote:

Captain Dave,

I'm not digging at you for not knowing about population distribution in Wales. But we have a population of 3 million in Wales. 3/4 of this population lives in South Wales along the M4 corridor. That's 2,250,000 along 100 miles of motorway. The entire rest of Wales houses the remaining 750,000. So given that roads in rural and North Wales are often little more than donkey tracks with tarmac on them and that most clubs in any sport can reasonable expect HOME fans to travel no more than an hour to come see them, it has an optimistic catchement area of, say, 200,000.

So.... given that Celtic Crusaders had an average attendance of 3,500 in a catchment area of 2 million and generously factoring up interest from the gogs who have been denied much sport outside of a poorly supported football team that gets gates of 1,300, let's say that the Wrexham ANZACs will get home support of about 800.

Youy can add the loyal "THE Crusaders" fans who will be taking a minibus up too and you might get 806 home fans.

Here's hoping that the ANZAC games prove a draw to all the proper teams in SL (and Salford) so that the loyal new owner can achieve his stated aim of saving Wrexham FC!

As you can see, giving the ANZACs the Celtic Crusaders spot in SL is not exactly INCREASING the exposure of the game in Wales.

The bitterness is strong in you young Padwan