I'm struggling to see how the club is ever going to dig ourselves out of this mess.
The team has lost a whole generation of new supporters through 10 years of shit, so all the news kids support other teams. Our current supporters are dropping off the Knights big time. Our crowds are in a nose dive.
We are the worst team in NRL history with no money.
We just have nothing going for us. We were once a club the NRL could rely on for good crowds and support no matter what. We don't have that any more.
We should really be close to collapse.
I think there lies a lot of the problem.
The club has forever been in this awkward/painful position where any other club would have folded very early in the piece but it hasn't been allowed to happen...but because the club has generally been supported no matter what the NRL has only ever provided it with the absolute bare minimum to ensure it stays afloat because until recent years it's been supported to matter what. Either option is better than where we are now.
The NRL couldn't care less if we're successful. As long as there's a team there to keep the area interested in league and ensure kids in the area have a pathway into the NRL and dont turn to other codes.
Crowds dropping is a good thing IMO. Either we'll be allowed to fold or the NRL will realise they need to get their f**king acts together as the club's owners and move us onto a party that might actually have our best interests at heart. Because the NRL certainly don't.
