So a ' consortium ' , I was once part of one of those , but eventually you end up with 1 person who's ambitions/willingness to invest will supersede the rest

Then it will be one single benefactor

Toulouse do not have the income streams currently to finance a 1.8 million cap spend in the Championship , so somebody is going to be picking up the tab

Poor Headhunter, he's really 'tramuatised' by Leigh gaining PROMOTION to Super League.....PATHETIC !

Do you want a bet ill go £100 for every spectator above that and you can have £200 for every spectator under that average?

..................... we've just beaten a 1/4 of the league teams we are joining its the hardest sporting route to promotion in any sport in the world, we didnt have to tick boxes or grease palms we had to beat 3 of the teams in the league above. We did it and on your other rants heres a list of players under 30 from Saturday

McNally
Higson
Worthington
Brown
Drinkwater
Weston
Patterson
Hopkins
Dixon
Hood

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Or an owner who got the rules changed to allow him to spend the same as the other 4 clubs can who we have to compete with to get promotion.

Quit the insults or take a break - Karen

Wed just won 2 Northern Rail cups in 3 years eye we were on our way to beging relegated...

Ignoring all the abuse your throwing at headhunter for a moment, Toronto are funded by a consortium of 10 businessmen (Canadian & Australian), led by Eric Perez who is the CEO. Next time, before you start frothing at the mouth, try Google.

There's a chance they'll have bigger gates in 2017 than Leigh did this year, and a few SL clubs too.

Leigh Centurions finished [i9th[/i from [i11[/i teams in the Co Operative Championship, the year was 2009 & [iToulouse Olympique [/i finished [i10th[/i & [iwould have been relegated[/i but for their [iExemption from relegation[/i under the [iRFL's Expansionist Empire[/i.

Toulouse Olympique could not afford to continue in the Championship & neither could Gateshead who despite a good showing were wound up (another failed expansion area).

I will welcome Toulouse Olympique back with open arms & to a degree Toronto [iCenturions[/i ,though the way they approached their recruitment will always taint them for me.

So Leigh [iCOULD[/i have been relegated but [iSHOULDN'T[/i have been relegated, in the same way that Catalan Dragons [iShould Not[/i have had 6 years direct entry, gratis, exempt at the expense of established RL Clubs & without having to work through the grades to achieve success. Note that I am pleased it worked out for Catalan & aim to visit in 2017 but it could also have worked out for Featherstone Rovers who were at the time the dominant Championship RL Club.

Give your expansionist head a little wobble for a mo & consider the worth of long standing, some founding member RL Clubs such as Leigh, Fev, Fax, Bradford & Whitehaven.

Unless you want a Yorkshire v France league with a token Cheshire, Merseyside & Canadian Club thrown in.

Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.

Quote: jakeyg95 "Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.'" The bigger question is why he wrote out a lengthy post ranting and raving about some 'expansionist empire' ( ) when all I said is Leigh nearly got relegated, which is true. They also nearly went bust, this was 5 years ago: www.leighobserver.co.uk/sport/le ... -1-3869577

Quote: jakeyg95 "Why do you always randomly bold stuff for no reason? It's like reading posts written by a 12 year old.'" The bigger question is why he wrote out a lengthy post ranting and raving about some 'expansionist empire' ( ) when all I said is Leigh nearly got relegated, which is true. They also nearly went bust, this was 5 years ago: www.leighobserver.co.uk/sport/le ... -1-3869577

Which you've now broken

That is comedy gold and made me chuckle. Nice one Jakey !

Because I like to & if I have to explain it to you then you should maybe sit & read with your responsible adult or carer.