Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:05 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

There’s plenty of posters on forums that disagree with Wakey in SL , never forget where you came from is all I can say

I haven't read many at all that disagree that we should be in SL, ateotd those that prefer P and R, we've done it that way and for those that like IMG we've done it that way as well, so can't see why anyone's moaning about us getting back into SL.

The one thing that I hear when people are moaning, is about us getting an A grade and they think we haven't done anything to earn it apart from winning the Grand Final and 1895 Cup, I also notice that the moans come from fans of SL clubs that haven't been down to Trinity since Matt took over the club and have seen what he's done. Also, they don't know that the ground we own was valued at £14 million and we've got half a million in cash in the bank, our finances are top-notch. In all areas we can improve the club, we've gone out of our way to do so, from social media to getting people through the gates and everything in between.

Hull fans moaning about their LED screens not passing IMG regulations, well we went through that. We went out and bought the LED screen that they originally required and they then changed the requirements earlier this year of the TV screen's size and pixels, but we went straight out and bought another and not whinged about it.

I get the impression that most fans think it's the same Trinity that's been in SL before and they couldn't be further from the truth. The grounds changed vastly and will continue to do so. We also have the one thing we've never had and that's a guy who can put money in to get us to where we want to be, all you have to do is look at Hull KR, Leigh and Warrington to see what having a money man behind the team can do.

Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:10 pm  

The majority of moaners on SM throughout the day have come across as individuals who haven't the slightest clue how the IMG Rankins and points systems work, Mainly Saints and Wigan fans for some strange reason.

Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:46 pm  

financialtimes wrote:

Well I was 0.04 out, will need to check my workings out twice next year

Poor effort that FT....

Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:48 pm  

FIL wrote:

0.01 out

Another one with a poor effort.....

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Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 11:02 pm  

I've been all over these rules for ages as most know but now we have a 15+ it'll be nice to just talk about rugby for a while.

Re: IMG scores : Wed Oct 23, 2024 11:37 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

The majority of moaners on SM throughout the day have come across as individuals who haven't the slightest clue how the IMG Rankins and points systems work, Mainly Saints and Wigan fans for some strange reason.

Did you hear Wilkins interview on Sky. Even he doesn’t know how it works or the IMG plans to expand once over 12 A’s are reached.

He completely undermined IMG on Sky and talked about the game not having money and owners being selfish and would probably vote to reduce to 10.

How short sighted, lack of preparation and knowledge and an opportunity to really sell the IMG and sport and he comes out with that. These pundits and sport just don’t do themselves any favours. He showed a complete lack of confidence in the game, clubs and new format on the program to release the IMG scores. Amateur stuff.

Re: IMG scores : Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:23 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Did you hear Wilkins interview on Sky. Even he doesn’t know how it works or the IMG plans to expand once over 12 A’s are reached.

He completely undermined IMG on Sky and talked about the game not having money and owners being selfish and would probably vote to reduce to 10.

How short sighted, lack of preparation and knowledge and an opportunity to really sell the IMG and sport and he comes out with that. These pundits and sport just don’t do themselves any favours. He showed a complete lack of confidence in the game, clubs and new format on the program to release the IMG scores. Amateur stuff.

Wilkins is always moaning and bitching about something, just like he did when he played. He's completely failed to make the transition from a player focused on one club to an independently minded pundit. There's got to be better available...

Re: IMG scores : Thu Oct 24, 2024 1:00 pm  

I get Wilkins main point, that there are a few clubs that don’t project Super League like the big few, but what he doesn’t get is that none have done it without a wealthy backer. They’ve all done it through rich supporter, or another organisation, or the council helping them out with grounds. If Tesco hadn’t wanted to build a big supermarket, Saints would still be playing out of Knowsley Road, with fans using open-air toilets (although I prefer Knowsley road to the new one). Hull KR is probably the nearest club to doing it themselves, as they have built slowly, and us!

However, I understand the argument that we got Grade A based partly on winning competitions every other club would have won if they had a full-time squad and half-filled with super league players, whereas Huddersfield and others are judged against stiffer competition, but I can’t imagine any super league club preferring London to us.

Re: IMG scores : Thu Oct 24, 2024 1:01 pm  

And just so I understand, does this definitely mean that we can’t be relegated next year?

Re: IMG scores : Thu Oct 24, 2024 1:05 pm  

Dr Dreadnought wrote:

How ironic that the one thing that kept Huddersfield in SL for years at the expense of other teams, the John Smiths Stadium, is now becoming a millstone around their neck.

I was chatting to some Huddersfield fans in a pub before the Grand Final, and they were suggesting that there are moves to build a smaller ground on the old Fartown site.