Re: fans : Sun May 31, 2009 6:08 pm  

nc wrote:

celtic 6 - 50 Wakey
bad to worse
bad plaing squad, bad coach and blinkered fans. it can't get any worse at the moment

Personally, I have had it with this team, I am going back to RU next season

You saying you've had it is our best result of the year!! Given that all you seem to spout is negativity about the club, players, supporters and anything related to the Crusaders so trot on....

: Sun May 31, 2009 6:13 pm  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

if you like!
But I haven't come on here to abuse anyone - unlike your response.
I merely asked a question. As I said on previous threads, the microscope is on the celtic club - rightly or wrongly.
I've been advised on here just to accept it - move on - put up with it - it's here to stay etc re the franchising system and the clubs in it!

Likewise, you may well have to accept that there are some of us who are always likely to closely monitor the success of the initiative!

But I won't resort to abuse. But if it makes you feel better, crack on!

How is saying bringing up attendance figures and picking points to knock our inclusion in Super League is pathetic abusing someone?

It is.

You can monitor it all you like. It's just boring you have to post on here every time you think of it. Post on the Widnes thread and have a good moan there as it really is wasted here.

: Sun May 31, 2009 8:31 pm  

Fev fan if you don't like us "abusing" you then stop trolling our forums. Ok?

: Sun May 31, 2009 9:19 pm  

crucrucrusaders wrote:

How is saying bringing up attendance figures and picking points to knock our inclusion in Super League is pathetic abusing someone?

Don't let the negators get to you. There are lots of RL fans out there rooting for you and willing Celtic to succeed, however difficult things look just now. I was sad you had such a bad loss and at home too. Your lads must be well down on confidence and inspiration just now. I hope something happens to change that for the better.

: Sun May 31, 2009 9:23 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Don't let the negators get to you. There are lots of RL fans out there rooting for you and willing Celtic to succeed, however difficult things look just now. I was sad you had such a bad loss and at home too. Your lads must be well down on confidence and inspiration just now. I hope something happens to change that for the better.

Yes, hopefully we'll get a reaction next week at bat quins.

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:59 am  

crucrucrusaders wrote:

Yes, hopefully we'll get a reaction next week at bat quins.

Bat Quins, maybe, but beat quins? Never

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:02 pm  

Saturday was just plain bad and I had been expecting us to get walloped by someone sometime or other. However the bigger picture is not in our current results.

The key to the success of this club is for the team and supporters to stay patient and loyal to what we are trying to achieve here, namely an established and sustainable SL side in South Wales.

We do this by turning up week after week , giving our support to the players and the team no matter what. They don't play badly on purpose, they don't need to hear us giving them abuse (as much as I and others really wanted to last Saturday).

We are not a million miles away from being a really competitvie side in this league, the squad that we have had largely remained with us throughout NL1 & 2 and now its starting to show to a certain extent.

With all due respect to Fev and Widnes , they would get hammered even worse then we have with the squad's they have this season, the step up is bigger than many thought here.

Our crowds are not bad that bad, when you think only Leeds,Hull and St Helens get crowds over 10K and they have much larger catchment areas than ourselves and our average is still better than Harlequins who have been going very well this season.

We have a good hardcore fanbase down here who will not let this club fail.

: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:19 pm  

And wakey didnt have a full strength squad out thank god

: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:45 pm  

cardiffcrusaderrob wrote:

Our crowds are not bad that bad, when you think only Leeds,Hull and St Helens get crowds over 10K and they have much larger catchment areas than ourselves and our average is still better than Harlequins who have been going very well this season.

I agree with most of what you wrote, but I do reckon that South Wales is a bigger catchment area than Leeds or Sintellens - maybe not Hull if you measure it in potential rugby players.
You're the new team, so will have a few extra away fans for this reason. Next year you should expect less away fans (especially since you'll start winning more games) so getting the same numbers through the doors would be an acheivement.

In the next two years the main focus is gates and geting some of your young WELSH players into the squad. Don't get uptight about comments that you're a squad full of ozzies even after you've developed your own players, we get that from the BBC pundits.

: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:51 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

I agree with most of what you wrote, but I do reckon that South Wales is a bigger catchment area than Leeds or Sintellens - maybe not Hull if you measure it in potential rugby players.
You're the new team, so will have a few extra away fans for this reason. Next year you should expect less away fans (especially since you'll start winning more games) so getting the same numbers through the doors would be an acheivement.

In the next two years the main focus is gates and geting some of your young WELSH players into the squad. Don't get uptight about comments that you're a squad full of ozzies even after you've developed your own players, we get that from the BBC pundits.

No it isn't , the main focus is winning some games and then getting more people to attend

Unless they turn it around on the pitch , winning at least a third of their home games they are unlikely to build any kind of home support

Who is playing for them is irrelivant , better ateam full of aussies competing than a team full of locals getting hammered