Quote: The Silent H "Salford, Widnes, Fev.'" thought so you couldn't wait to jump on the back of Widnes, for years they have produced talent but you kindly forget that, same with salford and featherstone so let me you be reminded again Toronto has never ever produce any player fact, they never had an academy system fact and never intended to have one either fact now please stop the crying they are gone end off FACT at least Featherstone Rovers are bring it back at the lower level https://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/ne ... soon-t1raw

Quote: The Silent H "Salford, Widnes, Fev.'" thought so you couldn't wait to jump on the back of Widnes, for years they have produced talent but you kindly forget that, same with salford and featherstone so let me you be reminded again Toronto has never ever produce any player fact, they never had an academy system fact and never intended to have one either fact now please stop the crying they are gone end off FACT at least Featherstone Rovers are bring it back at the lower level https://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/ne ... soon-t1raw

But that is not entirely true is it?

It's Something that you state quite often because it supports your narrative but in reality it doesn't stack up. The idea that clubs like Salford Widnes Wakefield who all draw less than 5k have the supporter base to add a significant subscription numbers is fanciful. There is no evidence to prove otherwise.

when are you going to stop this constant raging about failings making you look like petulant child, none of the clubs have walked away from the game Widnes have chosen to do the same as Featherstone as their have other super league on their boundies two of the mentioned clubs are in the championship but you're chasting them for not having academies
Salford have budgeted and chosen do the same, ever thought that they might just want to keep afloat rather than not paying their bills

as for Toronto they did fail massively and had an oppertunity to correct it but walk away, the last time Iooked Salford, Widnes and Featherstone are all operational and looking forward to 2021

Oh dear! Another poster giving Donnyman the facts.

Still,the fact he seems to have made,that by promoting Leigh Centurions to Super League will lead to a huge surge in Sky take-up,when it wouldn't work while they were in The Championship, is a real eye -opener.

Sky will certainly pay out more on the next broadcast deal,now.

Oh,wait...

come on you
Toronto blamed Covid for their dimise surely the reduced broadcast deal can also be blamed on covid or are you another one with blinkers

I love it how numpty's have some kind of inkling as to what and why would be the reasons for Super League receiving more funds for the next TV deal. Sky have NO competition whatsoever, even 'cheap & cheerful' Premier Sports are no longer involved.

Come on Snowy mate, Leeds were "linked" to Hunslet etc some years back but that did not provide the professional development Leeds operate now.

Superleague clubs run foundations to maximise kids exposure to RL and the best go through the academies they run. How can you excuse Catalans from having an academy when they DID run an academy in the past and it was a strong one. They stopped bothering and that was a disgrace.

They had the whole of France to recruit young players from.........

Wakefield would not get into Superleague by stating when asked about an academy they said they were[i "linked to Doncaster"? [/i

The product takes precedence over all. Tv money or development? Expansion can’t create development for 20 years! So the answer is TV money. Typical SL era.

You can't keep using Toronto as an excuse to ignore the issues of the clubs mentioned, as you just have.

Either way have a Merry Christmas.

what issues have the championship clubs got

as for Toronto I'll keep reminding you of their issues and why they shouldn't of been in super league

yeap have a merry xmas keep safe and we'll start again next year

Thank you for the reply.

Not sure I agree expansion of the grass roots takes 20 years. Close to home Sheffield are 36 years on with little expanded?

Doncaster is a soccer town and nothing's expanded there since RL turned up in 1952

Les Catalans are on year 14 and are more an English team than ever

London are 40 years young and have some player development

Workington have gone 73 years losing over 9,000 speccies and scores of amateur players in the process

The answer is stability and you get that best (not perfect even then) along the M62.............

How about this