It makes as much sense and is as likely as FC & KR combining

Ah the old Cumbria merger thread. Usually started by those not from Cumbria. I think theres one knocking around on TRL right now too.

Jesus this Irritates me. As a Barrow lad playing amateur RL you do not get the opportunity to represent Lancashire. Only Cumbria. I am from Barrow, I am a Cumbrian. Fck what your maps say. Fck what the dinosaurs with this is Lancashire stickers on their doors think. Cumbrian and proud, like many other South Cumbrian's

Quote: Odem "The key is Barrow Raiders and Barrow FC getting together to build a stadium. If Barrow had a stadium fit for super league then I'm sure in a few years they could be worthy of a franchise. A merger is not the way to go. I would rather see one club get in to super league and see the rest use that as a kick up the backside that it can be done.'" Barrows in Lancashire and is way too far away from Haven and Worky for a merger with them to work. Look at the thousands of Carlisle fans that watch Barrow. You're right about the merger between the two sports clubs though. I posted a similar thing on their forum viewtopic.php?f=55&t=487204 Sell the stadium that's least profitable, both move into the same ground and share the bills and overheads 50/50.

Quote: Odem "The key is Barrow Raiders and Barrow FC getting together to build a stadium. If Barrow had a stadium fit for super league then I'm sure in a few years they could be worthy of a franchise. A merger is not the way to go. I would rather see one club get in to super league and see the rest use that as a kick up the backside that it can be done.'" Barrows in Lancashire and is way too far away from Haven and Worky for a merger with them to work. Look at the thousands of Carlisle fans that watch Barrow. You're right about the merger between the two sports clubs though. I posted a similar thing on their forum viewtopic.php?f=55&t=487204 Sell the stadium that's least profitable, both move into the same ground and share the bills and overheads 50/50.

no it isnt. are you blind or stupid.

Nice.

I stand corrected.

Losing what potential ? , you mean players , as I said read Derwents post earlier , as for stadiums , read my posts on the York stadium thread , unless one of the clubs could afford the 12/15 million to build one they owned then it wouldn't ever produce the revenue needed , it will never happen

You stated that a club could get more fans in SL than Quins and Crusaders , as if in some way that makes them a viable SL club , as I said Leigh,Fax,and Fev could all achieve that , does that make any of those viable franchisable SL clubs ? No it doesn't and a nice council stadium and 4,000 fans wouldn't make Barrow,haven or Town one either

Losing the potential for players and fans, young kids picking up the game.

I stated that they could get more fans but I DID NOT make out it would make them viable, YOU MADE THAT UP YOURSELF.

What I actually said was I believe a 10 team super league would be the way to go. Also when measuring teams outside the top flight, they should be measured against the lesser teams in the top flight, that is their current benchmark unfortunatly.

You would disagree, argue and cry even if someone said your RLFANS name was starbug, you are just that guy.

Considering we currently don't have a Cumbrian club in the top 24 British RL clubs , it's highly unlikely we will ever have one in a 10 team top tier , so the argument is irrelevant , it won't happen , ever

I agree. But if we are talking in terms of a top 14 as we have at the moment... with a new stadium I think Barrow could offer just as much as many teams in super league, maybe more.

Realistically we only have Wigan, Warrington, St Helens, Leeds and Hull FC who only really justify the name 'super'.

Huddersfield, Hull KR, Catalans, Bradford are almost there, hopefully we will see an improvement over the next few years.

The thing that annoys me about a 14 team league with a franchise system is that there is no competition to get into the league, we all knew for sure it would be Widnes this time, thats boring and makes the system useless IMO.

A ten team league would make the contest for promotion very interesting. We would have 5 or 6 teams with a genuine chance. This competition would force the clubs to improve every aspect of the club rather than getting away with bare minimum or faking a new stadium design.

No region has got a god given right to have a team in the SL, if they want it badly enough the clubs involved need to start getting their act together on and off the pitch (supported in large enough numbers by the fans)

Barrows in Lancashire

Think the only place with a smidgeon of a chance of being able to host SL in Cumbria is Carlisle, and there just isn't the interest up there. Carlisle itself isn't even that big.

The population is just way too spread out.

Anyone noticed that Cumbria is a huge, but sply populated area? Wikipedia cites it as having "the second lowest population density among English counties."

A lot of people spread over a large area - doesn't sound like a recipe for a sustainable SL club to me, even if all the clubs agreed to merge.

Yesterday's BARLA County Championship results :-

U17 - Cumbria 22 v Yorkshire 20
U19 - Cumbria 56 v Yorkshire 14
Open Age - Cumbria 34 v Yorkshire 22

Not bad for a small population......