Leigh for me.

Catalan. Need them in super league.

The only negative is McNamara may keep his his job if the stay up. His a total fraud!!!

Apart from an annual weekend away what do Catalan bring to Super league?
They bring no support to away games, Catalan at home is always a flat game without atmosphere. At least Leigh fans are vocal and create some banter on the Western Terrace.
Catalan relegated and another negative on McBanana's CV
Leigh for me!

The supporters and away games is an easy target - some club's fans are hardly traveling in their thousands over the Pennines.

They have higher attendances than some heritage SL clubs and seem to have a good business model. You could also argue what do teams like Widnes and Salford currently do for Super League?

Catalans, give the league a French presence. Have very good crowds even when they aren't performing well. And generally is the only place for the French to develop, we have seen France grow stronger as an international side.

But my main reason is the slim chance that if Leigh go down we might keep hold of Ryan for another season!

Do go on...

100% correct ant.

Both. Widnes should have gone down.

However, purely based on performances recently (in the same way Widnes survived, Leigh should stay up. Cats look like they are trying to get relegated.

Huddersfield dont bring any fans either, or wakefield so do you want them kicked out too?

Regards

King james

ant1 is posting regarding the title of this thread who's two teams feature in the MPG. He chose Leigh, and gave an explanation as to why. Nowt to do with any other clubs attendances.

Regards

Hokey Cokey.

It won't let me vote for some reason. Catalans for me, they get bigger crowds, have an academy, expand our reach beyond the M62 corridor, and benefit the international game. Plus they have shown on field potential at times, having made the CC Final once and play offs numerous times. I've nothing against Leigh, but they bring a lot less to SL.

So, we have a club which add some je ne sais qoui to the comp and is a strong vibrant club which people enjoy travelling to or, a club in the shadow of Wigan, in a borough of Wigan, that doesn't have it's own academy.

It's really hard to make your mind up.

Home fixture, partisan crowd, Leigh will stay up.
(unless there is a conspiracy between Sky and the RFL to keep Les Cats in SL )

Hang on, We've had 1 season crack of the whip in SL, We've put everything we were able to do so in place, and now you want us condemned? I've nothing against Leigh my @R$£. Why don't you offer Catalans a place in SL instead of your team and keep the M62 corridor expanded?

Just my own personal opinion pal. In my eyes they are the probably either 4th or 5th in the World (not hard in terms of RL like!) but I feel they bring more to the International game than some countries. They are a true French side. Unlike say Scotland who are made up of English players, or Samoa who are made up of people who have played international for Australia. The majority of the nations in the 2013 WC (excluding England, Australia, New Zealand and France) were made up of people not from their nation.

For me France and PNG are the ones outside the top 3 who are at least playing their 'home' players in more than just qualifying. Yes France do get battered by the likes on ENG, NZ and AUS. But for me they are getting stronger and that is down the Catalan being a professional SL side. Hopefully Toulouse will join them and improve the French player pool even more so!