Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:50 pm  

Is this some kind of wind up?

What did we do to achieve that? Wigan are 80 mins away from the double and we've stunk the competition out all year and get a trophy for it?

Re: Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:51 pm  

CLUB...not team....

Re: Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:00 pm  

Albion wrote:

CLUB...not team....

What did we do? (Not being negative here, just wondering what we did that elevates us above the rest this season?)

Re: Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:01 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Is this some kind of wind up?

What did we do to achieve that? Wigan are 80 mins away from the double and we've stunk the competition out all year and get a trophy for it?

Nothing like a bit of bigging up your own club, you sure your not a Troll, from another club????


How about the fantastic effort by the club to get the stadium together, not only that, but to go the extra mile and respond to the fans by adding the cladding after the event. Have a look around SL and see how many clubs have actually made strides forwards since the last franchising on developing their stadia.

It's been a huge effort by the club and sometime I think people forget how difficult it was to do.

But never mind nothing like an excuse to have another moan.

Re: Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:08 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Nothing like a bit of bigging up your own club, you sure your not a Troll, from another club????


How about the fantastic effort by the club to get the stadium together, not only that, but to go the extra mile and respond to the fans by adding the cladding after the event. Have a look around SL and see how many clubs have actually made strides forwards since the last franchising on developing their stadia.

It's been a huge effort by the club and sometime I think people forget how difficult it was to do.

But never mind nothing like an excuse to have another moan.

So lets get this straight, you think we got the award for finishing off the piece of the stadium we forgot to put on last season? The stadium was done for the start of the season before this one, so it surely isn't based on that?

Isn't it awarded on academy team quality (Great, but not the best in SL), finances (Again not the best), community work (Being an out of towner, I have no idea) and team performance?

Re: Saints are club of the year : Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:57 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

So lets get this straight, you think we got the award for finishing off the piece of the stadium we forgot to put on last season? The stadium was done for the start of the season before this one, so it surely isn't based on that?

Isn't it awarded on academy team quality (Great, but not the best in SL), finances (Again not the best), community work (Being an out of towner, I have no idea) and team performance?

It's a recognition for the work that the CLUB has done off the field at LP. I'm sure that the recent statement made by the chairman regarding the clubs improved finances has been taken into account. And rightly so.

The continued success of the academy too. This season we have promoted more academy players into the first team than we have ever done before. It's also about the scholarship as well (which is the best in SL).

The last thing is the partnerships with Rochdale and Whitehaven. Both have been very successful.

Yes, this season has been terrible on the field in terms of the first team. But a rugby league CLUB is more than just a first team. So to say "what did we do to achieve that?", is pretty pathetic.

Re: Saints are club of the year : Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:42 am  

I'm glad we won it but not sure we deserved it and it's a funny award IMO.

To be honest if like to know what the criteria to win this award is.

Re: Saints are club of the year : Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:04 am  

Community work, academy setup, training facilities, stadium facilities , we're the best in the league by far

Re: Saints are club of the year : Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:41 am  

Saddened! wrote:

So lets get this straight, you think we got the award for finishing off the piece of the stadium we forgot to put on last season? The stadium was done for the start of the season before this one, so it surely isn't based on that?

Isn't it awarded on academy team quality (Great, but not the best in SL), finances (Again not the best), community work (Being an out of towner, I have no idea) and team performance?

Which town are you from, Saddo? My guess is Wigan. Why not do the "Wigan Walk" and do us all a favour? I recommend the River Douglas - which I guess won't be far from the bridge you obviously live under......!!!

Let's give thanks to the man who's doing his best to help Saints back to the top of the game - yes, I mean Eamonn McManus and, if you think I'm still being sycophantic, does this face look bothered......??

Good news also that Danny Brough is 2013 Man of Steel. Well deserved.

Re: Saints are club of the year : Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:54 am  

Fair point, what have Saints, as a team or CLUB to achieve this over Wigan? And before you talk about roofing consider all that Wigan has acheived off the field as well as on.