: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:41 pm  

mac of cas wrote:

please back to the celtic topic i only said it looks like 2 easy points and a good chance to build our poor points difference up when we play them if they have half a squad

It's a cricket score for Leeds, Huddersfield and Cas, but that's not really the point, is it (if you want to go back to discussing Celtic Crusaders)? The damage to their club and to the reputation of the sport is far more important than if you beat them 100-0 on the last day of the season and fluke a playoff place. Not to you, maybe, but to most rugby league fans.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:44 pm  

actually you need to go visit the celtic site

99% of the posts are from widnes leigh and halifax.....and im trying to work out why?
they dont seem to be part of the supportive rl community tonight.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:50 pm  

Fortunately, 99% of the posts on the Celtic site doesn't mean 99% of the RL community (though it probably accounts for the other 1%)

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:53 pm  

RebelRebel wrote:

Fortunately, 99% of the posts on the Celtic site doesn't mean 99% of the RL community (though it probably accounts for the other 1%)

no. like many at wakey, ive now got a soft spot for them.
no need to explain why.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:57 pm  

Now they are in, it does no one any good for them to fail. They'll have a few months to recruit, and a few decent NL1 players might fancy a shot at the big time.

What bothers me more is the crackdown on visas in rugby league. Are the rules being applied evenly, or is it just rugby league being targetted?

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:04 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

What bothers me more is the crackdown on visas in rugby league. Are the rules being applied evenly, or is it just rugby league being targetted?

I think it's more to do with the government's change in focus. They have made it universally harder for antipodeans to get into this country. Rugby league recruits a lot from that area of the world, so we feel it more than other sports. Soccer will have it easiest, of course, since most of their players come from the EU where no visas are required at all.

It's nice to read a generally supportive thread. I'm feeling sorry for the Celtic fans just now. At present it is only their players who are being held responsible (and at least four of them were due to leave anyway) but it would be a real shame if something at the club gave the Borders Agency reason to believe they had been knowingly employing illegal immigrants.

I also hope that my own club is double-checking Meli's visa! He was a tad delayed in getting here.

PS: The Celtic board is a shambles of hostile Championship fans. It's a pity lots of SL supportive fans couldn't get on there and squash the lot! The time to deal with who should be in Superleague surely isn't now, is it? That's for 2012 or whenever, when it's open season again. But just now I would have thought sticking together for the game as a whole would have been the better approach. (I'm in favour of Celtic myself)

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:10 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

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PS: The Celtic board is a shambles of hostile Championship fans. It's a pity lots of SL supportive fans couldn't get on there and squash the lot! The time to deal with who should be in Superleague surely isn't now, is it? That's for 2012 or whenever, when it's open season again. But just now I would have thought sticking together for the game as a whole would have been the better approach. (I'm in favour of Celtic myself)

doing my best mate!

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:17 pm  

mac of cas wrote:

please back to the celtic topic i only said it looks like 2 easy points and a good chance to build our poor points difference up when we play them if they have half a squad

I dont think Celtic will find it as easy as you imply, I am sure Cas will give them a game even though they are also imploding

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:41 pm  

not fussy really if we beat them 11- 10 wins a win to be fair we had one bad game against leeds it will do us the world of good really losing like that so where not in that bad state leeds were brilliant cas knew there was no points there and switched off i expect a different cas on sunday

i am sure celtic will sort this problem and come back stronger its the fans really what will suffer but with no disrespect to them were they gunna win there last 3 games anyway? not really the players had nothing to play for

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:55 pm  

feel sorry for their fans but am really pleased that the hand waving dick when danny got sent off (sorry dijk) is going..shame..would have loved to have sen him next year .. honest !!!

love danny b!