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<blockquote data-quote="Bluemoon" data-source="post: 728446" data-attributes="member: 38204"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system-font'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system-font'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system-font'">Thanks for your sensible reply Alias. I agree with you. However, you must remember, when Cardiff Blues was formed, it represented Cardiff and the Vale, and it still does that. It's only the professional player development pathway that they have taken on past that boundary, not to represent a load of people who do not want to be invovled with the team. As I've said, it's a crazy business strategy to try to appeal to a community who are adaemdent they do not what to be involved. Some have been pretty rude and vocal about the Cardiff Blues as well.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system-font'">Thanks for trying to clarfiy my points Thingmubob, but I fear we barking up a pointless tree. I think the new links the Caridff Blues are making with Merthyr RFC following Stan Thomas' proposals are very interesting. Perhaps they will be the Blues A?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system-font'">I think people no matter how loud a small section of Ponty fans shout, there are a huge amout of rugby playing comunities, clubs and supporters in the Valleys that surround Pontypridd. Yes they have a great history, but they don't represent all the valleys. Hopefully Cardiff Blues can expel resources on making links there and investing young players in those clubs, rather than those who "will never be a blue."</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluemoon, post: 728446, member: 38204"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system-font] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system-font]Thanks for your sensible reply Alias. I agree with you. However, you must remember, when Cardiff Blues was formed, it represented Cardiff and the Vale, and it still does that. It’s only the professional player development pathway that they have taken on past that boundary, not to represent a load of people who do not want to be invovled with the team. As I’ve said, it’s a crazy business strategy to try to appeal to a community who are adaemdent they do not what to be involved. Some have been pretty rude and vocal about the Cardiff Blues as well.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system-font][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system-font]Thanks for trying to clarfiy my points Thingmubob, but I fear we barking up a pointless tree. I think the new links the Caridff Blues are making with Merthyr RFC following Stan Thomas’ proposals are very interesting. Perhaps they will be the Blues A?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system-font]I think people no matter how loud a small section of Ponty fans shout, there are a huge amout of rugby playing comunities, clubs and supporters in the Valleys that surround Pontypridd. Yes they have a great history, but they don’t represent all the valleys. Hopefully Cardiff Blues can expel resources on making links there and investing young players in those clubs, rather than those who “will never be a blue."[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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