Re: Don't mess up : Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:20 pm  

Egg Banjo wrote:

The £70k+ that was thrown away yesterday by missing the extra home game could have been used to bring in another player or two. It's hard to have sympathy when people say we have the lowest value squad in the league when they throw away the opportunity to bring in more money to get a higher value squad

But surely you accept that as the lowest value squad in the league we can't expect the players to be able to win games against much better teams playing to their full potential and that by finishing 5th at the end of the regular season they have exceeded reasonable expectations already

Re: Don't mess up : Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:33 pm  

Tricky2309 wrote:

But surely you accept that as the lowest value squad in the league we can't expect the players to be able to win games against much better teams playing to their full potential and that by finishing 5th at the end of the regular season they have exceeded reasonable expectations already

Then we get stuck in a cycle that because we have the lowest value squad, we cant beat teams below us, which means we can't get extra income, which means we can't improve the squad massively, which means it's still just as hard to beat teams. It's down to the players to break that cycle

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:09 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

Then we get stuck in a cycle that because we have the lowest value squad, we cant beat teams below us, which means we can't get extra income, which means we can't improve the squad massively, which means it's still just as hard to beat teams. It's down to the players to break that cycle

They have broke the cycle we are 5th after the regular rounds when in reality we should be bottom

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:21 am  

Well the team have been brilliant this season but if they are going to make an impact this season from now then we have to impove significantly, I only say this comparing our form with the the othertop 8 teams this season, at home we have only beaten Salford and Huddersfield, away we took the points at Salford Wigan and Saints. Other than Saints our home defeats really could have gone either way. If we can continue to improve in shutting games down and match the other teams intensity to win (the experience of Leeds Saints et al) then this team can move to the next level. If we can get in the top 4 that would be amazing if we can improve on last year and get in the prize money that would be a fantastic end to a season where again our side was perceived as also rans by many!

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:22 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

The £70k+ that was thrown away yesterday by missing the extra home game could have been used to bring in another player or two. It's hard to have sympathy when people say we have the lowest value squad in the league when they throw away the opportunity to bring in more money to get a higher value squad

Where is this figure from ?

Suppose only daddycool can answer this but that figure sounds very suspect to me. 70k is a lot to make from one game minus expenses I'd have thought.

I'd assume a home tie to be more valuable but I'd like confirmation that we have lost 70k in pure profit and it's the profit bit that matters.

We didn't get 6k on Sunday so unless we e lost Cas as a game and didn't get a new capacity of 10k I can't see it but as I say I'm probably wrong.

I can see how that figure might apply to Saints or Hull.

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:25 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

at home we have only beaten Salford and Huddersfield, away we took the points at Salford Wigan and Saints.

So we've beaten Salford twice, Huddersfield once, Wigan once and Saints once already. Repeat that feat in the next 7 games and we could quite easily finish in the top 4. There's absolutely no reason why we can't do it again.

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:42 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

The £70k+ that was thrown away yesterday by missing the extra home game could have been used to bring in another player or two. It's hard to have sympathy when people say we have the lowest value squad in the league when they throw away the opportunity to bring in more money to get a higher value squad

We've got Wigan, Saints and Leeds at home who will all bring healthy away followings. We may have got an extra home game had we finished higher but two of those games could have been Salford and Huddersfield in which case the away followings would have been dire.

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:55 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

So we've beaten Salford twice, Huddersfield once, Wigan once and Saints once already. Repeat that feat in the next 7 games and we could quite easily finish in the top 4. There's absolutely no reason why we can't do it again.

Obviously! I was pointing out our percentages so far if we can up that then we have a great chance, in particulr we have to close these home games down that was point.

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:56 am  

vastman wrote:

Where is this figure from ?

Suppose only daddycool can answer this but that figure sounds very suspect to me. 70k is a lot to make from one game minus expenses I'd have thought.

I'd assume a home tie to be more valuable but I'd like confirmation that we have lost 70k in pure profit and it's the profit bit that matters.

We didn't get 6k on Sunday so unless we e lost Cas as a game and didn't get a new capacity of 10k I can't see it but as I say I'm probably wrong.

I can see how that figure might apply to Saints or Hull.

From MC himself in an interview

Re: Don't mess up : Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:23 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

From MC himself in an interview

I think DC's interview quoted £70 to £90k. But what does he know? I'll go with Vastman