Re: New Signings : Sun Oct 03, 2021 12:58 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Well both sides who progressed last week got walloped and we would have been the same so I can’t say I’m too sad to have missed that!

I actually hope Fev manage promotion now, they’ve been up there or thereabouts for such a long time. Plus it will upset SL clubs which is always mildly amusing. Might set a bit of bum twitching off in the Wakefield post codes as well!

Vive la France! Bring on the Toulouse revolution.

Re: New Signings : Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:40 pm  

SL clubs will be delighted at having another club bringing no away support so they will all be hoping Fev make it.

[Pumpetypump]

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:52 am  

woolly07 wrote:

SL clubs will be delighted at having another club bringing no away support so they will all be hoping Fev make it.

I reckon Toulouse untaps greater SKY viewers and potentially better TV deals. I think that's got to be seen as being more important than the relative handful of Featherstone fans swelling home gates.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:13 pm  

Pumpetypump wrote:

I reckon Toulouse untaps greater SKY viewers and potentially better TV deals. I think that's got to be seen as being more important than the relative handful of Featherstone fans swelling home gates.

Better TV deals? Toulouse have been around for long enough and Sky haven't shown much interest in broadcasting their matches before now.

I'm not sure what image it projects where we have to have the French sides in the English comp because their isn't enough players or sides to make up a competitive league in France. I guess it papers over a few cracks though and creates an illusion tha the game is expanding.

[Bullseye]

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:45 pm  

Well if you look at other sports then having some international club competition is seen as a benefit when attracting coverage and sponsorship. Now we're a million miles off this in RL so a couple of French clubs in SL is probably the best we can do at the moment. If we want to attract blue chip sponsors and not Foxy Bingo and Marrowfat Peas/Big Soup then we need to show we're not just a sport played by thick working class northerners.

Having Toulouse in the elite comp with Catalans helps give the game a less parochial look.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:00 pm  

I think it could be good it Catalans and Toulouse can win their respective competitions.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:10 pm  

Samy Kibula 1 year deal. Certainly a big lad, only 22.

Few surprise names we're snapping up.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:42 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Well if you look at other sports then having some international club competition is seen as a benefit when attracting coverage and sponsorship. Now we're a million miles off this in RL so a couple of French clubs in SL is probably the best we can do at the moment. If we want to attract blue chip sponsors and not Foxy Bingo and Marrowfat Peas/Big Soup then we need to show we're not just a sport played by thick working class northerners.

Having Toulouse in the elite comp with Catalans helps give the game a less parochial look.

It's nonsense in RL though, the sport needs to prioritise getting the homelands strong. We've heard this all before with London.. presence in the capital is vital etc etc but they've generally been a joke moving from one place to another every season or so. Blue chip companies aren't going to look at RL with our without a couple of French side made up of a decent contingent of Aussies.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:12 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Samy Kibula 1 year deal. Certainly a big lad, only 22.

Few surprise names we're snapping up.

Very positive news IMO. I recall a game at Odsal v Swinton (do correct if I have this wrong) where he created problems all afternoon.

Re: New Signings : Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:11 pm  

Bullseye wrote: Well if you look at other sports then having some international club competition is seen as a benefit when attracting coverage and sponsorship. Now we're a million miles off this in RL so a couple of French clubs in SL is probably the best we can do at the moment. If we want to attract blue chip sponsors and not Foxy Bingo and Marrowfat Peas/Big Soup then we need to show we're not just a sport played by thick working class northerners. Having Toulouse in the elite comp with Catalans helps give the game a less parochial look. 45000 empty seats at Wembley exploded that myth for me. I don't quite get the RL's acute embarrassment at its own support base. There's something of the modern Labour party about it all. I think this is interesting; https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-he ... per-league Let's see what happens on Saturday night but at some point we need some evidence, i.e sold out stadiums with 'new' fans and TV deals increasing because of the draw of Les Catalans outside the heartland.

Bullseye wrote: Well if you look at other sports then having some international club competition is seen as a benefit when attracting coverage and sponsorship. Now we're a million miles off this in RL so a couple of French clubs in SL is probably the best we can do at the moment. If we want to attract blue chip sponsors and not Foxy Bingo and Marrowfat Peas/Big Soup then we need to show we're not just a sport played by thick working class northerners. Having Toulouse in the elite comp with Catalans helps give the game a less parochial look. 45000 empty seats at Wembley exploded that myth for me. I don't quite get the RL's acute embarrassment at its own support base. There's something of the modern Labour party about it all. I think this is interesting; https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-he ... per-league Let's see what happens on Saturday night but at some point we need some evidence, i.e sold out stadiums with 'new' fans and TV deals increasing because of the draw of Les Catalans outside the heartland.