Congratulations to Leeds Tykes

My bad feeling is for people who still get the facts wrong. The club did not go into administration nor bust.

A lying toad of a investor didn't have the means. This man told the board and a preseason fans' meeting he was putting in his usual several £100ks, as he had done for a few years. His business went bust 6 weeks later. 

Many had heard the rumours his business was in deep trouble. Many doubted he'd lie through his teeth in front of so many people.

That meant the assembled, push for promotion, expensive squad could not be maintained. Your Worcesters etc would've carried on regardless. Yorkshire Carnegie didn't. Like most normal people and I would have done if we had a massive income cut, we cut our cloth accordingly, struggled for a while but now, things are looking a bit brighter.

What is wrong with posting some comments and views and, if necessary, be corrected by those in the know. That's what a forum is for.

Leeds will need to recruit to be competitive in Nat 1. and that will be a problem, unless Beckett have some good prospects. I say this because since Covid, at National League level, we have seen that players are not as ready to move as they used to be. 

I suppose the size of the cheque book will help with any decision to move but I hope they don't fill the squad with 'journeymen' looking for a last pay day. Retention will also be an issue as I have already heard one or two current Leeds players are in the market as they don't relish the hours on the road that Nat 1 brings.

Add to this the RFU's refusal to assist with travel expenses and you have enough problems before setting foot on the field. Good luck!

I’d be interested to know what is the general feeling at Roth with regards to missing out on promotion?. Is there disappointment there that after such a great season, they just ran out of steam towards the end. Or, have Titans now found their natural level and being a Championship club again is beyond their financial means at the moment?. 

Think your letting your bitterness get the better of you, ... again!!!

Sometimes clubs offer better facilities or pathways, not always financial as said we are not the highest payers in the league but offer location and facilities second to none 

Prime example last season we lost Jon Okafor to Roth outstanding player and was the difference in both games last season was even man of the match in the game we won, I'm guessing he went for financial and better opportunities and good luck to him and Roth 

Players careers are short let them go where they want, I have yet to see a player especially at part time level being forced to play at a club they don't want to be at, 

Wish we had financial clout but sadly that's a way off yet, 

A very well thought out post - yes no doubt we will need to recruit and some players will not have the desire to board a bus at 4pm on Friday travel to Plymouth for a game and then get back in the early hours of Sunday morning. They will enjoy the excellent camaraderie you get in National 2 North, play rugby to a very good level and be home with the family for the evening.

I don't actually think the management will go for the journeyman approach, I believe they will only get players that will fit in culture wise - several times this year the team spirit has got them through some very tough games, that will become key next year. I wouldn't be surprised that if a player is too concerned over the cheque book rather than playing at a higher level, with a decent set up (courtesy of a tie up with Leeds Beckett Uni - a recent article on the web site) then he will be thanked for his interest and people move on. 

Also as mentioned on previous posts, there is no benefactor promising £'000s so all spend is closely monitored and no spend will be done over what we have in the bank.

Don't get me started on the RFU...

With regards to the claim that all creditors had been paid, was it not that the creditors agreed to 15p in the £ as part of a CVA?  Somewhere, a lot of people lost a lot of money.   Where do Leeds get there money from? It can't be from clubhouse revenue, admission fees or membership fees?  Where is the sustainability? where is the development of the sport, where is the inclusivity?

I'm not bitter, I just have no time for what I don't consider "proper" rugby clubs.   I will be a happy lad if I don't have to visit Leeds Tykes at West Park Leeds RUFC or Hull RUFC.   I don't care what anyone says, visiting paces like that are just not the same.  My loathing of visiting Hartpury and Luffbra Stooodents is even worse. It is just a very poor experience; incomparable to a visit to Tynedale, Ionians, Sheffield, Fylde, Chester, Otley, Preston etc etc

It's always telling when someone starts a paragraph claiming that they aren't this, that or the other, but then go on to demonstrate that that is exactly what they are in the following lines. 

Why visit places that you loathe, and then have a rant about it on a forum? I presume no one forced you to visit Hartpury or Loughborough? Life's too short. Madness.

It was all pretty shameful