Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:34 pm  

Lebron James wrote: 8000+ fans with hardly any away support. Unbelievable. Cracking write up in the Toronto star which is the main sports story on their web page. Something along the lines of Toronto have rattled the feathers of the flat cappers but their inclusion in SL will only benefit these “small market teams” lol. Regards King James the highwayman analysis

Lebron James wrote: 8000+ fans with hardly any away support. Unbelievable. Cracking write up in the Toronto star which is the main sports story on their web page. Something along the lines of Toronto have rattled the feathers of the flat cappers but their inclusion in SL will only benefit these “small market teams” lol. Regards King James the highwayman analysis

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:39 pm  

8,281

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:49 pm  

RoyBoy29 wrote:

Why have my posts been removed?

Because of your strange obsession with denigrating the impressive French and Canadian clubs, while promoting in a cult like manner, the bankruptcy bound Leigh Centurions experiment.

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:58 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

8000+ fans with hardly any away support. Unbelievable.

Cracking write up in the Toronto star which is the main sports story on their web page. Something along the lines of Toronto have rattled the feathers of the flat cappers but their inclusion in SL will only benefit these “small market teams” lol.

Regards

King James

8,000 tickets doesn't necessarily equate to 8,000 fans. Less than 5,000 at the Shay today, but there looked to be rather more in the ground than at the game I saw yesterday on TV. Great crowds nevertheless (albeit very quiet, needing the guy on the tannoy to wake them up regularly), but if TWP fail to get into SL this time round, it'll be very interesting to how the Toronto public react?

TWP are playing with a set of foreign players with no apparent desire to start building RL locally in the community. It's true that there's a novelty factor for Sky, but that will soon wear off, particularly if they're still playing in the Championship next year.

Catalans and Toulouse? Having one in SL and one in the Championship gives fans from both leagues a chance to organise a trip to the south of France once a year. More affordable, and can be extended to a proper holiday. Both in the same league wouldn't be so great.

It's down to performances on the field next weekend, and what will be will be, but there's no way that TWP, TO or London in SL will somehow translate into the game being transformed in any way shape or form.

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:02 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Because of your strange obsession with denigrating the impressive French and Canadian clubs, while promoting in a cult like manner, the bankruptcy bound Leigh Centurions experiment.

You are the only poster on this board who consistently denigrates clubs, your use of insulting adjectives is a sign of your contempt for clubs who don’t fit your expansion obsession.
You must have a guardian angel.

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:06 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Because of your strange obsession with denigrating the impressive French and Canadian clubs, while promoting in a cult like manner, the bankruptcy bound Leigh Centurions experiment.

I'm clearly not a Leigh fan, but on what do you base the "bankruptcy" statement? Also, in terms of being an "experiment", Leigh were a founder member of the Northern Union in 1895. They've had success and been in the doldrums at times in the intervening period, but the "impressive" French and Canadian clubs still have a way to go to establish themselves as true "winners" in the sport. A Challenge Cup triumph is a start, but no more than that.

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:19 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

8,281 or Circa 5,000 in English money !

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:20 pm  

Here is the video of the highlights of Toulouse's impressive victory over Hull KR. http://www.to13.com/actualites/to-xiii- ... ume-video/

Here is the video of the highlights of Toulouse's impressive victory over Hull KR. http://www.to13.com/actualites/to-xiii- ... ume-video/

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:21 pm  

HXSparky wrote: I'm clearly not a Leigh fan, but on what do you base the "bankruptcy" statement? Also, in terms of being an "experiment", Leigh were a founder member of the Northern Union in 1895. They've had success and been in the doldrums at times in the intervening period, but the "impressive" French and Canadian clubs still have a way to go to establish themselves as true "winners" in the sport. A Challenge Cup triumph is a start, but no more than that. https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/blog/2018/08/1 ... -beaumont/

HXSparky wrote: I'm clearly not a Leigh fan, but on what do you base the "bankruptcy" statement? Also, in terms of being an "experiment", Leigh were a founder member of the Northern Union in 1895. They've had success and been in the doldrums at times in the intervening period, but the "impressive" French and Canadian clubs still have a way to go to establish themselves as true "winners" in the sport. A Challenge Cup triumph is a start, but no more than that. https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/blog/2018/08/1 ... -beaumont/

Re: Who will replace Widnes: Toronto, Toulouse or London? : Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:54 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/blog/2018/08/12/a-statement-from-club-owner-derek-beaumont/

The question wasn't addressed to you....