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Sorry i mean more a small club mentality,because many fans would oppose rl spending enough cash to start , fund and sustain a club in a new area to win major honours and buid a fan base on the back of success.

and because we have many small proud clubs struggling to stay afloat in areas were they are competing with other small proud clubs for fans and resources. If clubs within a small geographic location amalgamated they would in time compete with the larger rl clubs due to uniting their resources and fan base meaning they would be more self sufficient as the local fan base would not be divided and their cash would go in one pot allowing rl to concentrate more cash on expansion

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Quote: GUBRATS "No it shows we have 2 trains of thought , those that want geographical expansion NOW at any cost to the game

And those that understand the benefits of ALL expansion but also that it needs the underlying support of local people for it to be sustainable ,

As I posted earlier and on other threads , we now have the beginnings of a ' second front ' a ' new heartlands ' in the area from Coventry down to the Skolars , across from south Wales to Oxford/Hemel , this area needs support at grass roots with juniors clubs , and eventually we will see some of these fledgling ' pro ' clubs grow

It will not be easy and we don't have a fortune to finance it , but the opportunity is there'"

To be fair, its also shown those needing to hide behind straw men too.

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The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

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Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.'"

Hopefully one of them will eventually replace Catalans, because they've one of the best teams but won't win nothing.

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Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.'"


Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?

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Quote: GUBRATS "Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?'"


I did realise that. However I thought that they were raring to roll through League One undefeated and rarely even challenged, just like the brave Frenchmen of Toulouse.

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