: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:53 pm  

gazthered wrote:

you can't say it's not a good idea though. in a few years to have 2 teams from wales in RL competing will be an awesome achievment and one i think will work

It would probably work in the long run but at the moment when Crusaders are trying to build a fan base I think that comes first before thinking of a second team.

In the future maybe but we're only in our first month of Super League as a club so need to check after we have been in the league for 3 years then think about it then in my opinion.

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:38 pm  

give them a chance they havent got one yet or are you going to place another nrl team in sl

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:19 pm  

crucrucrusaders wrote:

It would probably work in the long run but at the moment when Crusaders are trying to build a fan base I think that comes first before thinking of a second team.

You may find that the two go hand in hand. As local interest grows a second team may grow naturally with it or if interest sparks first in playing the sport the local supporters may grow from that. It sounds like Celtic is making a local impact, though, which at this stage in proceedings is a good thing and I hope you just keep on building steadily from here on in. What you really want is a loyal fan base with the fairweathers/those who can't afford regular commitment coming and going to add to the numbers for the bigger games or those which are more emotionally charged (ie whoever your biggest rivals turn out to be over time).

: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:28 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You may find that the two go hand in hand. As local interest grows a second team may grow naturally with it or if interest sparks first in playing the sport the local supporters may grow from that. It sounds like Celtic is making a local impact, though, which at this stage in proceedings is a good thing and I hope you just keep on building steadily from here on in. What you really want is a loyal fan base with the fairweathers/those who can't afford regular commitment coming and going to add to the numbers for the bigger games or those which are more emotionally charged (ie whoever your biggest rivals turn out to be over time).

Totally agree.

I think the rivals will be Quins over time being the two Southern British clubs in Super League.

Although we have built up certain degrees of rivalry with Fev and Widnes so would be good to get either of them in the cup and put them back in their place.