O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:55 am  

Doesn't say much more, I think, then anyone would be expecting at this stage. However, here it is: Link

Doesn't say much more, I think, then anyone would be expecting at this stage. However, here it is: Link

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:17 am  

bust again in hours / days is my bet

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:25 am  

Speedy wrote:

bust again in hours / days is my bet

And Wrexham FC

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:33 am  

Senior not very happy hahahaha

Senior not very happy hahahaha

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:53 am  

that is funny on gollums twitter page lol

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:26 pm  

No sympathy for Senior, but feel bad for Crusaders fans and everyone else who has worked so hard on RL in Wales. I just hope this isn't a knockout blow and those people doing great work at the grassroots can continue - that's where the investment should have gone in the first place.

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:55 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

No sympathy for Senior, but feel bad for Crusaders fans and everyone else who has worked so hard on RL in Wales. I just hope this isn't a knockout blow and those people doing great work at the grassroots can continue - that's where the investment should have gone in the first place.

Oh shut up you Tart

Honestly though, do you think they would have given a flying feck if we would have been booted out ,

"Sympathy is in the dictionary inbetween $h!t and Syphilis"

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:50 pm  

Speedy wrote:

bust again in hours / days is my bet

It is also a major blow to the RFL's expansion dreams. Many already knew that the numbers just don't add up. This withdrawal has confirmed exactly that, by giving just a little more transparency of the situation.

Many other clubs would have taken the Franchise opportunity and then worried about the rest later. So, for a change the Crusaders have my respect for making such a big decision, which can't have been an easy one to make for anyone involved.

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:41 pm  

the_grobs wrote:

It is also a major blow to the RFL's expansion dreams. Many already knew that the numbers just don't add up. This withdrawal has confirmed exactly that, by giving just a little more transparency of the situation.

Many other clubs would have taken the Franchise opportunity and then worried about the rest later. So, for a change the Crusaders have my respect for making such a big decision, which can't have been an easy one to make for anyone involved.

Agree with all the above.

Although I feel sorry for those Crusaders supporters that have stuck by the club through thick and thin, hopefully the RFL will now see that supplanting a team into an area direct in to SL will not work! Let them build themselves up from the bottom league for a good few years, letting them get everything in place first.

Re: O/T statememnt from Crusaders Board : Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:32 am  

According to Gareth Thomas on SportingLife he is concerned that the players might not even get paid. He also states that when the players found out about the license decision the co-owners had buggered off on holiday!!