Re: absolutely gutted for you : Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:27 pm  

Thanks to all for your kind words. The owners are a disgrace and the way they strung supporters along and left them to find out on announcement day was a disgrace.

Like fellow Crusaders fans, its broke me. We all genuinely did love Rugby League here in Wales. Despite there only being a fairly small number of us, we'd do anything for our club and really warmed to Rugby League.

Sadly, being realistic, I think this is the end of Crusaders. I will follow them wherever they play or whatever league they are in, but I think they'll fold the club. It won't be able to cope in the Championship.

Hopefully, and I'm sure our fans will, we'll turn to supporting the South Wales Scorpions or a fellow Super League/Championship/1 club if we fold. I genuinely hope so, as this is a great sport.

Re: absolutely gutted for you : Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:17 pm  

A real shame for the fans and staff, including players. You were pushed in too early, just hope you can survive and come back stronger. But you're going to need a reliable investor who's prepared to lose plenty of money.

Re: absolutely gutted for you : Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:53 am  

Crufan94 wrote:

Actually feel physically sick. Robbed by two money grabbing tossers. Feel worse for the players, none of them deserved to be treated like this

Quite correct. Had Celtic Crusaders remained at Bridgend and developed from that location they would have increased their crowds and would have progressed on the field and in the community.

But they were mismanaged and their management did not have dreams of glory but dreams of money.

Re: absolutely gutted for you : Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:58 am  

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the announcement, what a total shambles. Hope all the players get fixed up elsewhere sooner rather than later and hope all you guys who turned up to watch and supported your team will carry on enjoying rugby league. All the best to you all (players and fans that is!)

Re: absolutely gutted for you : Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:20 am  

I'm gutted for the fans of this club. You came to Odsal in '09 and posted your first ever win. Although devestated the Bulls had sunk to new lows we applauded you off the field, and recieved applause ourselves from the small but vocal bunch for our gesture. Although I've always been a Bulls fan, I was furious at the RFL for letting Gateshead go down the river to Hull, basically ending an interest in Rugby League that was definetly starting to grow in the North East.

The RFL allowed a section of that fanbase to be alienated from the game with the move to North Wales, an area never before suggested as somewhere for expansion. You are getting stick on here because the joke of our governing body stitched other clubs first, before allienating Welsh Rugby League fans from the sport. It's unfair for fans of other clubs to have a go at the fans of this one, how is any of this mess their fault?

Having said all that, I hope the players walk out of the club, due to the shocking way they have been treated. George Riley said yesterdays announcement raised more questions than it answered, and answers are badly needed.

I hope Welsh RL fans realise the RFL have alienated several fanbases before, and yesterday made a mockery of the greatest game. Carry on following our sport.

Re: absolutely gutted for you : Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:01 pm  

Just a message to echo my fellow fans, i for one am sorry about the demise of your club. You have represented your club and town well wherever you have been. The two reasons i follow this great sport is firstly the competitive spectacle it offers but also and maybe more importantly the great spirit offered between the varying divergent fans and although ultimately small in number, you have collectively offered much to the competition. I hope given time you aren't completely lost to the sport, either in terms of a new crusaders franchise or given time reaffiliation
to other clubs. The game overall is a difficult one to stop loving even if on occasions it lets you down. All the best for the future!