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Quote: gutterfax "1. Bottom 2 go down...regardless of who it is
2. Catalans will not be in the bottom 2
3. There is an argument that London does have an appetite for top flight RL, but it involves extra funding and a 20 year plan....something that would never sit easy with most pit village clubs. It doesn't involve a megalomaniac flushing millions down the pan and the RFL refusing to pay a cent for the expansion of their game in the capital.
4. Smokey TA is correct in that the short termism and pandering to the lower clubs will do more damage than good to the game across the region.
5. London Broncos will ply their trade in the lower divisions from 2015 onwards and the next time we see a capital club in the top tier will be AGAIN by invitation. This is 100% the fault of the RFL and David Hughes......it is not the fault of the pit village clubs I allude to above.
6. I am really annoyed I have to agree with Smokey TA
It's not often I agree with you, but spot on. I wonder if the RFL actually realise what a top/strong London club would do for the game, London is the strongest commercial name in the sport. You can't demand national coverage if you're stuck on a small part of the M62, with a lot of small towns that most people haven't heard of.

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Quote: Starbug "And since his tenure at the ' Blue Sox ' his record of giving a stuff about the lower tiers amounts to?'"


I know you may disagree, but promotion and relegation returning benefits nobody currently in SL, but is seen as a big win for championship clubs. Likewise, the bizarre 3-way-split mini-league system is also designed almost exclusively to benefit championship clubs by giving them a couple of paydays against better supported clubs. I think letting London go to the wall is also a fairly clear gift to some championship clubs, if only by freeing up a space at the top table in principle. Previous chief execs have acted to try and prevent London hitting the buffers (it's not been secure since Branson, to be honest), but under Wood, the RFL have, at best, provided little or no support.

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Quote: saintcj "I havn't read all the posts but you would have to say London has been a bit of a failure.'"

ABJECT is the word I'd use.....ABJECT failure.

Quote: saintcj "I think a bigger following could be raised but they have been based in the wrong side of town.'"
Cor Blimey!....Gordon bennet and strike a light.....
Go on...tell me why East London would have been better.
Quote: saintcj "Not sure what a team with such a low following and petty bad results over the years really does as to sl.'"

Nothing at all....we're Rupert Murdochs sick joke on the game in general. 3.291015625:5
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