Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:33 pm  

Chris.Taylor wrote:

What improvements would you like to see?

Top-class baby changing facilities. So important for getting a big tick.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:36 pm  

They are still poor, but double the capacity and we have a start.

If you look at those clubs you see the point I am making. Wakefield and Cas with bigger stadiums, a better start point and a bigger potential market haven’t been able to compete at the top, and have struggled to be sustainable even simply bumbling around at the bottom. How are Fev, with the disadvantages they face going to be able to be so much better? Because if they aren’t, they are going to face exactly the same problems Wakefield and Cas do, plus those ones which are specific to Fev.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:45 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

You are William Eve and I claim my £5. Seriously - what is the point of these sort of posts?

What is the point of the Bradford Bulls when they can't pay wages on time... AGAIN?

I've no reason to question the attendance at Featherstone last night, as opposed to the CC Final where corporate indifference to the event resulted in 15,000 empty club wembley seats being included in the official attendance.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:55 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

They do say ignorance is bliss.

Then you must have reached Nirvana.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:55 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

They are still poor, but double the capacity and we have a start.

If you look at those clubs you see the point I am making. Wakefield and Cas with bigger stadiums, a better start point and a bigger potential market haven’t been able to compete at the top, and have struggled to be sustainable even simply bumbling around at the bottom. How are Fev, with the disadvantages they face going to be able to be so much better? Because if they aren’t, they are going to face exactly the same problems Wakefield and Cas do, plus those ones which are specific to Fev.

It looked like they'd sold a lot of flat caps though.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:26 pm  

William Eve wrote:

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I've no reason to question the attendance at Featherstone last night, as opposed to the CC Final where corporate indifference to the event resulted in 15,000 empty club wembley seats being included in the official attendance.

This result is just in your head, though. If OTOH you speak to Wembley stadium, as I did, they will tell you that the attendance is persons scanned as coming into the stadium. It doesn't matter where they sit. But you wouldn't speak to them, because you would already know in advance that they would be lying, as part of some sort of bizarre conspiracy with which your said head seems to be filled.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:30 pm  

William Eve wrote:

What is the point of the Bradford Bulls when they can't pay wages on time... AGAIN?

I've no reason to question the attendance at Featherstone last night, as opposed to the CC Final where corporate indifference to the event resulted in 15,000 empty club wembley seats being included in the official attendance.

You say that you've no reason to question the attendance but, that's your full time job.
It is isn't it ????

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:36 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

They are still poor, but double the capacity and we have a start.

If you look at those clubs you see the point I am making. Wakefield and Cas with bigger stadiums, a better start point and a bigger potential market haven’t been able to compete at the top, and have struggled to be sustainable even simply bumbling around at the bottom. How are Fev, with the disadvantages they face going to be able to be so much better? Because if they aren’t, they are going to face exactly the same problems Wakefield and Cas do, plus those ones which are specific to Fev.

But what's poor in regards to facilities? Just the capacity?

If so, they are increasing that with the new stand and clubhouse expansion.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:54 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

This result is just in your head, though. If OTOH you speak to Wembley stadium, as I did, they will tell you that the attendance is persons scanned as coming into the stadium.

You spoke to Wembley Stadium?

How's the wage situation at the Bulls this month? Hope the rumours aren't true. Supposed to be a 12 team SL from 2015, not next year.

Re: Fev Rovers looking promising : Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:02 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

I agree, but it has boosted their average for the season to 2,536 (just over the box-ticking number although I don't think this will apply from next year when some measure of sanity returns to RL).

This brings back vivid memories of Fax v Batley a few years ago.

My mistake. Average is 2,495. Box unticked. Someone (besides me) mis-calculated.