Re: State of the Nation : Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:51 am  

This is turning into an Off Season thread

Re: State of the Nation : Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:44 pm  

Ive decided im giving 2024 one last chance as a passholder and if I dont see signs of improvement then im picking and chosing my games from then on.

You get aporox 3 free games on a pass but 2 of those are loop games, we dont turn up in September so chances are theres more dead rubber games than 'free' games and with a ground thats 40% full its not hard getting a ticket.

Smith has my full support for now and I dont expect us to be in the top4 just like that but theres got to be more home games where we are in the game til near the end not dross like Saturday where on a rare sunny day in hindsight id rather have done something else.

Re: State of the Nation : Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:37 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

Talking about Manc bands I thought I was hearing things when they played "This Charming Man" by The Smiths during the half time play list

Should have played "Panic" instead, maybe omitted due to the lyric about the DJ.

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:39 pm  

An article has come out ranking SL teams losses for 2022 and we are '3rd best' only Salford and Wakefield made smaller losses.

Know some of it is Covid related but very worrying for RL that everyone posted a significant loss even Wakefield who openly run on a shoesting budget. With SKY money decreasing each renewal im not seeing how the sport is going to survive like this. Theyll probably decide more loop games are the answer.

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:45 pm  

Something that might have slipped under the radar on a busy news day is Horne and Barmby have joined the clubs centre of excellence board. Good to see two of the Citys best ever sportsman getting involved. Also interestingly James Clark is listed as a board member, does that mean he's staying?

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:46 pm  

UllFC wrote:

An article has come out ranking SL teams losses for 2022 and we are '3rd best' only Salford and Wakefield made smaller losses.

Know some of it is Covid related but very worrying for RL that everyone posted a significant loss even Wakefield who openly run on a shoesting budget. With SKY money decreasing each renewal im not seeing how the sport is going to survive like this. Theyll probably decide more loop games are the answer.

How did the richest club in Super League do?

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

How did the richest club in Super League do?

Lost £1.1m (6th place) but its all been worth it because they romped to the Treble and are so outstanding the NRL have added them as a late entry to their playoffs

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:26 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

This is turning into an Off Season thread

Seasons over so not wrong

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:44 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

How did the richest club in Super League do?

Well before the investment came and you know this,
The Covid loans have changed everything some can pay some can’t

Re: State of the Nation : Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:08 pm  

Oafy wrote:

Well before the investment came and you know this,
The Covid loans have changed everything some can pay some can’t

Rovers total debt/net liabilities now over £5 million isnt it?

whilst we may not be flushed as some and not as skint as some believe, our actual debt came down from the previous year in the article thats behind a paywall