Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:13 pm  

Early Bath wrote:

I really feel there are many positives to come out of this mess.

I agree, and I'm starting to see them, but the past two weeks or so it's been difficult to find any.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:46 pm  

Early Bath wrote:

The new Chairman has already sold his business for mega bucks whereas LS was struggling to keep afloat.

The trouble is that he doesn't seem prepared to invest in Crusaders and is expecting (probably unrealistically) that hordes of fans from M62-land will deliver lots of cash into the coffers of his struggling soccer team.

When he works out that this isn't going to happen then the Crusaders will be looking for a new home.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:15 pm  

Rugby league needs 'pot of money' to succeed in Wales, says Leighton Samuel

Rugby league needs 'pot of money' to succeed in Wales, says Leighton Samuel

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:18 pm  

Hedgehog King wrote:

The trouble is that he doesn't seem prepared to invest in Crusaders and is expecting (probably unrealistically) that hordes of fans from M62-land will deliver lots of cash into the coffers of his struggling soccer team.

When he works out that this isn't going to happen then the Crusaders will be looking for a new home.

How de we know - at this stage - how much he will invest? He has been successful so I wouldnt expect him to run away fromthis just yet.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:40 pm  

Early Bath wrote:

How de we know - at this stage - how much he will invest? He has been successful so I wouldnt expect him to run away fromthis just yet.

aye, I remember the enlightened one Leighton Samuels championing the thrust for SL. Nobody expected him to 'do one' either!!

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:47 am  

From the moment he cashed in the lease at Brewery Field for half a mill, it was only a matter of time.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:55 am  

Early Bath wrote:

How de we know - at this stage - how much he will invest? He has been successful so I wouldnt expect him to run away fromthis just yet.

I think his own statements are a good guide to what he is prepared to do.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:09 pm  

eh???

Were Leighton Samuels statements a good guide to what he was prepared to do??

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:10 pm  

South Wales to hold open trial The newly created South Wales club are taking the unusual step of holding an open trial for players as they begin recruiting for their first season in Co-operative Championship One.

South Wales to hold open trial The newly created South Wales club are taking the unusual step of holding an open trial for players as they begin recruiting for their first season in Co-operative Championship One.

Re: New welsh team in championship 1 ? : Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:38 am  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

eh???

Were Leighton Samuels statements a good guide to what he was prepared to do??

People often deny that they are going to do something bad (a la Samuel) and then go ahead and do it but they rarely state openly that they have little commitment to something and then fight to the death to defend it.

If Moss is so deeply interested in rugby league that he is prepared to spend serious money making a go of the club, it is odd that he says the opposite in public.