2021-22 Championship - Week 12
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Topic: 2021-22 Championship - Week 12
Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Subject: 2021-22 Championship - Week 12
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:53
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Into the second half of the season we go: Saturday 18th December: Ampthill v Nottingham - 2pm Doncaster v Coventry - 2.30pm Hartpury v Ealing - 2.30pm Jersey v London Scottish - 3pm Richmond v Cornish Pirates - 3pm ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 21:11
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Predictions: Ampthill 4 v 1 Nottingham - Amps at home should grind this out Doncaster 5 v 0 Coventry - Donny at home and with a score to settle after the reverse fixture, the boys will be up for this and will win in style Hartpury 4 v 1 Ealing - I predicted against Ealing last week and wasn’t far off. They don’t convince me away from home. They need to improve this week otherwise they will get turned over. Jersey 5 v 0 London Scottish - LS have improved markedly of late but I’m not sure they’ll get any joy in this one, not many will on the island this season. Richmond 0 v 5 Cornish Pirates - Mond put in a huge effort against Ealing and I fear they’ll suffer the consequences of that here. I think Pirates will win this at a canter. ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 21:11
| Didn’t realise there was a round of matches… as it turns out to be our 2nd bye weekend. |
Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 22:11
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Ampthill v Nottingham 4 - 1 Doncaster v Coventry 4 - 1 Hartpury v Ealing 0 -5 Jersey v London Scottish 5 - 0 Richmond v Cornish Pirates 1 - 4
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:25
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Having slipped to third in the prediction league, I feel I can sit down again and forecast next Saturday’s results in a relaxed manner. All pressure is off. Ampthill 4-0 Nottingham. Both teams will be targeting a win in this basement battle but I expect Ampthill to tough it out and get the points. Doncaster 5-0 Coventry. Doncaster to keep their momentum going after last Saturday’s result against an unsettled Coventry squad. Hartpury 0-5 Ealing. Up to a month or so back and I thought Ealing would be runaway leaders of this league. And if I was an Ealing supporter I would be tearing my hair out. Having said that, surely they will be training hard all week and be totally up for this trip to the south west? Jersey 5-0 London Scottish. Any trip to the Island is daunting. This should be no exception. Richmond 1-4 Cornish Pirates. I was not overly impressed with The Pirates against Ampthill and I think they will have to up their game against an inconsistent Richmond side. ------------- Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:53
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Ampthill v Nottingham 5 - 0 I think this one is in the bag Doncaster v Coventry 5 - 1 Donny at the Fortress - Cov unlucky with injuries at the moment Hartpury v Ealing 2 -5 This could be a hard day at the office for Ealing Jersey v London Scottish 5 - 0 Got this one as my banker Richmond v Cornish Pirates 4 - 1 Pirates weren't great when they beat us (we were pants) and on the road there are gaps to be exploited. Richmond will feel positive about a strong display this weekend gone And as I entered the prediction competition late I have no pressure to perform so I definitely sat down relaxed and let my imagination run wild (see above for verification of that
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2021 at 13:33
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Ampthill 5-1 Nottingham Doncaster 5-0 Coventry Hartpury 1-5 Ealing Jersey 5-0 Scottish Richmond 5-1 Cornish Pirates
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2021 at 14:23
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Lots of potential banana skins to avoid this week but my present thoughts are: Amps 4-1 Notts Two well matched sides but home advantage should be enough for Amps by 3-6 pointsDonny 5-0 Cov If Cov play like they did in the second half at St Peter they could easily win but I go with a home win and hope they keep the pressure on at the top. Pury 1-5 Ealing If they get a decent crop of prem support Pury can test anyone in the league but Ealing have a fantastic squad and should win anyway. Jersey 5-0 Scottish Exiles are improving and usually play well against Jersey but I'm hoping the home forwards can grind out a decent win Mond 2-5 Pirates My game of the round between two brilliant clubs and could go either way - If this one is streamed I'll hope to see it. I hope Pirates win by a single point and both teams score 4 tries on a dry sunny day at the RAG.
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Posted By: Old Gold
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2021 at 12:51
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Ampthill 5 - 2 Nottingham Doncaster 5 - 0 Coventry Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing Jersey 5 - 0 Scottish Richmond 4 - 1 Cornish Pirates
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Posted By: Brizzer
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2021 at 15:37
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Ampthill 4 - 1 Nottingham … This could be a really good game and i think that home advantage will tell....just! Doncaster 5 - 0 Coventry … Donny too good at home for this game. Cov had a great second half in Jersey, but I can't see Knights letting slip if they are ahead at HT. Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing … Has to be a strong away win, doesn't it? Lots of talk about Pury fielding fringe PL players, but i will go for the settled side in this one. Would love to be proved wrong! Jersey 5 - 0 Scottish … I disagree with CC. Jersey win this one out wide. LS have a decent set of starting forwards, it is out wide that we will get the joy and in the last 20 as the changes come. Richmond 1 - 5 Cornish Pirates … Mond are a great club and on their day they can beat anyone, but how much will have been taken out of them last week against Ealing? I fancy the rock solid Pirates to steal this one. ------------- Tackle Low!!!!! |
Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 14:02
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Ampthill 5 - 0 Nottingham Doncaster 5 - 0 Coventry Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing Jersey 5 - 1 London Scottish Richmond 1 - 5 Cornish Pirates ------------- For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two. |
Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 18:15
| Richmond Pirates Off |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 20:09
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I can see many more games being postponed . . but then with 10 day isolation surely Boxing day fixtures at risk too . . . maybe time for a mid season break and cancel the cup to ensure league gets finished? ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 09:43
Agree. With the way things are going there are going to be more matches postponed - which begs the question: when will they be played? If there's a positive in all this it might scupper the master plan to get Ealing up and pull up the drawbridge.
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Runitback wrote:Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 09:54
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I think we will see quite a few Boxing Day postponements, which is a shame because Bedford have a (capped) 4500 sell out. Personally, if teams are able to play I’d continue playing rather than having a forced break because it’s quite possible there will be more covid outbreaks later in the season, so if you don’t have one atm then you may as well get the game on. ------------- Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12 |
Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 10:37
Definitely keep playing as long as possible. As you say, it will keep happening so get the games on while you can. Amazing numbers for Bedford - what great support you have.
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 11:23
Bedford's crowds are truly incredible, 4500 is amazing for Level 2 & for a non-PRL side.
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 12:35
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Ampthill 5 - 0 Nottingham Doncaster 5 - 0 Coventry Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing Jersey 5 - 0 London Scottish |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:09
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starting XV for Ealing against Hartpury - I think that this is probably the best side that I've seen Ealing put out this year, and not only because of the presence of club stalwart and centurion Alun Walker returning. Unfortunately, the club's last couple of matches have shown that Rayn Smid in the starting line up is a must, and there he is. Angus Kernohan adds some real pace to the wing, which I like, and Pat Howard is always good for a rampage or two through the mid-field. I'm even a fan of the bench picks in general. I'd like to see Will Davis instead of George, but I really like that we have a replacement 9 and 10 - makes me nervous not to. A strong side, which makes sense as they get a long rest before the New Year's day game against Pirates. 1. Dylan Smith 2. Alun Walker 3. Lewis Thiede 4. Simon Linsell 5. Bobby De Wee 6. Max Northcote-Green 7. Simon Uzokwe 8. Rayn Smid 9. Jordan Burns 10. Craig Willis 11. Angus Kernohan 12. Pat Howard 13. Max Bodilly 14. Cian Kelleher 15. David Johnston Replacements 16. Shaun Malton 17. James Gibbons 18. George Davis 19. James Cannon 20. Malon Al-Jiboori 21. Craig Hampson 22. Luke Daniels 23. Steven Shingler |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:24
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Ampthill 4 - 1 Nottingham - A good arm wrestle Doncaster 4 - 0 Coventry - Cov- will give them a battle Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing - A must for Ealing but last week showed how vunerable they are Jersey 5 - 0 London Scottish - Surely but Scottish getting better as for crowds . . DMP got over 4500 for their last two games in Nat 2, against Macclesfield ( title decider) and Ampthill ( play off - that DMP won) ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:34
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So pleased to Alan Walker back. I like the Burns Willis partnership ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:36
The home crowd for Bedford v Ealing seemed particularly sphazelnut recently. Anyone know the attendance. I am comparing this season to past hone crowds at Bedford.
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Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:37
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Spazlenut replaces s p a r s e ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 13:48
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Ampthill v Nottingham 4 - 1 - Ampthill mob to protect their home field against the Nottingham squad in a part time battle. Doncaster v Coventry 1 - 4 - Gut feeling that Donnie are due a slip up. Hartpury v Ealing 0 -5 - As I said above, I really like this line up for Ealing. I'll guess a win by three tries. Jersey v London Scottish 5 - 0 - Scottish not very good. Jersey very good. Analysis not very good. Richmond v Cornish Pirates 4-1 - Arrrrgh you kidding me? No. Pirates to sneak it, but Richmond are better than their record suggests. Will this get played? I don't know.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 20:53
We would play no matter what, Jersey should be COVID free and then we would get a team out. It is too much money to lose.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 21:01
That was only 2,172. I think it wasn’t the best day and there was quite a bit of international rugby to watch. You generally get a core of 2,000 say and then the other float a bit, with generally at least 2,200 up to 3,200 and then Boxing Day could sell more like 8,000 if we could get them in. It is just a bit of a tradition you go and watch the rugby on Boxing Day or New Years Day.
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 21:06
I went to welsh's last ever game as a pro club when they beat Scottish 35-7 , crowd felt massive that day. I wonder if any has a statistic for that?
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Posted By: Welshie7
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 21:57
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Ampthill v Nottingham 4 - 1 Doncaster v Coventry 4 - 1 Hartpury v Ealing 0 -5 Jersey v London Scottish 5 - 0 Richmond v Cornish Pirates 1 - 4
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Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 21:58
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Ampthill 5 - 1 Nottingham Doncaster 5 - 0 Coventry Hartpury 0 - 5 Ealing Jersey 5 - 0 Scottish
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Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:50
We don’t exactly have a big squad so if we can’t field a team, we can’t field a team ------------- Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12 |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:51
| Ealing Hartpury postponed. No surprise there. |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 13:28
------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: OldNick
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 14:00
That would have been Hartpury v Ealing?
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 14:19
| Ampthill 7 Nott 15 after just over half an hour (there was a lengthy injury break) |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 14:35
10-15 HT. I'm turning my attention to Reds now...
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 14:39
Yes. We played Richmond last week, who also had positives. Of course, London is one big plague pit at the moment. Had two tradesmen cancel woth Covid this week.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 15:22
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Don 12-6 Cov HT
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 15:52
| Reds 24 Scots 6 - visitors actually led 5-6 for quite a while, but 2 converted tries in last 5 mins broke the game open, Reds sealing the BP & hopefully won't stop playing like they did last week... |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 15:55
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Ampthill beat Notts 20-15 Donny 19 Cov 9 on the hour
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 16:21
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31-9 to Doncaster, so much as anticipated.
Sounds like Cov have another injury to work around (in the first few minutes) and three yellow cards probably didn't help. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 16:26
Couldn’t make the game today but sounds like Donny were dominant for most of the game. Coventry are just having no luck on the injury front. I do believe that Cov’s league position is false and largely due to the injuries. Another good win for the Donny boys though, that’s 6/6 at home this season. ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 16:45
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And the boys getting bonus points at last ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 17:11
| FT Reds 31 LonScots 13, just one try apiece in 2nd half |
Posted By: OldNick
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 18:07
You miss my point. They are the home team - they get listed first. Basic politeness. Even more so when it is your (away) team that has cancelled and their (home) team that has suffered the loss of unrecoverable costs due to that.
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 18:35
No need for that ON, how about a bit of mutual respect/ Christmas spirit?
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 19:10
https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/fixtures-and-results?competition=173&division=33636&season=2021-2022#table" rel="nofollow - The Championship table 2021-2022 (championshiprugby.co.uk) Incredibly with postponements Jersey move up a place - I assume Ealing & Pirates are properly worried. ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Brizzer
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 20:39
Sadly I couldn’t go to the game today due to Covid and had to resort to listening to the game from the confines of my bedroom. From what I heard, LS defended our maul very well throughout and for the first 45 minutes the game was very even. However, the quality that the Reds have available to them from the bench proved a bit too much and after Salad’s score, they didn’t get close again. A huge shout out to 19 year old Harry Doolan who came on at Hooker 5 minutes into the game and never looked out of place, despite only having 16 or so Championship minutes under his belt. Probably unlucky not to get MOTM. ------------- Tackle Low!!!!! |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 21:39
We would borrow from other clubs, Northampton would help, get Sharp and McCarthy to dust off the boots.
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Posted By: Raider999
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2021 at 23:15
Seriously, having travelled to Hartpury to see a close away win a few years ago - the amount of home supporters wouldn't be missed if they failed to tepurn up - so unless Trailfinders were taking a substantial amount of followers ( which I would doubt) the losses would be minimal. However as Glaws were playing yesterday evening the home support might have been a little larger ------------- RAID ON |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 11:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znjKcKi6Eq0" rel="nofollow - Opening Jersey Reds try from Ryan Olowofela against London Scottish - YouTube
I'll also put this one up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKw5BE8CfcM" rel="nofollow - Ryan Olowofela interception v London Scottish - YouTube Deliberate knock on apparently. ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2021 at 15:03
Really? I thought the ref ruled - correctly IMHO - that he caught the ball prior to it landing and that therefore it was a legitimate interception. But then pinged him for holding on...
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Posted By: Abbotsman
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 10:27
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[/QUOTE] Seriously, having travelled to Hartpury to see a close away win a few years ago - the amount of home supporters wouldn't be missed if they failed to tepurn up [/QUOTE] What! Seriously?
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 11:15
Seriously, having travelled to Hartpury to see a close away win a few years ago - the amount of home supporters wouldn't be missed if they failed to tepurn up [/QUOTE] What! Seriously? [/QUOTE]Great post mate. I've been to Pury quite a few times and the Home support was hospitable and committed - brilliant burgers in the pop up bbq as well.------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Thatbloke
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 13:20
| There doesn't appear to be any comment on the Championship threads to the news that it will be 12 clubs next year rising to 14 in 24/25, information sent to Nat1 clubs from RFU by email - please don't tell me Championship clubs haven't been informed although it wouldn't surprise me! |
Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 15:11
I’m sorry but you are living in a bubble if you think Bedford are somehow immune from the risk of postponing a fixture due to covid. I really hope the game goes ahead but if there’s an outbreak in the squad, it won’t happen regardless of the financial cost. Saints have their own games to worry about and if we were hit by covid, I don’t think they’d be keen to send a bunch of other squad players here with the risk of them becoming unavailable ------------- Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12 |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 15:19
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https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/news/article/championship-round-twelve-review-20122" rel="nofollow - Championship Round Twelve Review (championshiprugby.co.uk) https://www.youtube.com/user/JRFCTVofficial" rel="nofollow - Jersey Reds TV - YouTube ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Raider999
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 16:35
What! Seriously? [/QUOTE]Great post mate. I've been to Pury quite a few times and the Home support was hospitable and committed - brilliant burgers in the pop up bbq as well.[/QUOTE] Just not many of them ------------- RAID ON |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 16:49
Just not many of them[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure there were plenty of burgers I think I went back for seconds. ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 17:06
Bluesman you are probably the most pessimistic Bluesman around. There is a business case for it. The game must be worth £100k+. 4,500 sell out now plus online tickets, hospitality, bar sales etc. Say Blues lose 50% of their squad they still have 15 players, so only need a few to get a game on. At present it appears we have had 0 cases. For starters Saints could send some of their U18 players who don't even get DR'd to us usually let alone see the Saints full-time squad. The Blues would happily pay other clubs to get a game on, it's too big a loss not to. The other clubs would be grateful for some cash to send 3rd choices, especially if they have had to cancel their games. There are enough clubs around the country who would let Blues borrow some players.
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 17:45
Just not many of them[/QUOTE] I must agree , i went to the Scottish Hartpury game in 2019,a strong crowd on a bitterly cold friday night - was a bit odd however that all players who weren't in the 23, tended to be working various jobs - tickets/food stall/stewarding.
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Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 13:49
The RFU just made the decision to postpone the Richmond game due to them having cases, so again it has it potential to not even be up to us were at outbreak to happen. There are games being cancelled across all sports at all levels, I’m not being pessimistic or saying it will be cancelled I just can’t fathom how you are so confident it won’t affect Bedford as if we are some sort of special case. I also don’t think it will be financially catastrophic were the worst to happen. Given the circumstances, I doubt many of the 4500 ticket holders will request a refund. Most will either just say let’s go to the rearranged game anyway or let the club keep the money. So we’d likely still have the money for 3500-4000 tickets. We wouldn’t get the full 4500 in for the rearranged game, but I suspect because a lot of people won’t ask for a refund we will probably still get 3000 for the rearranged game so won’t lose tonnes of bar money either. ------------- Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12 |
Posted By: Raider999
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2021 at 16:24
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All the same, a little disappointing for all those Blues fans with nowhere to go on Boxing Day - unless they nip over to Coventry ? ------------- RAID ON |