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| Quote: puroresu_boy "
A competition where teams are playing each other multiple times I don't think is good for any broadcaster.
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Well you have seen (above) the crowds for "multiple times"...........
Try putting Toulouse, Ottawa and New York in for variety and watch the average crowds tumble.
The crowds we get are due to the close proximity of clubs, the rivalry and the M62 that links then all up.
So pop in London and even Newcastle and watch crowds tumble even further..........
Question for anyone, how is replacing M62 clubs for clubs many miles away "expansion"
never been able to figure out how Paul Faires Kent Invicta or Uncle Eric's pack expanded anything but travel costs?
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| Quote: Donnyman "Not according to the size of the crowds and the consequent revenues.
Read those paying crowds again and actually explain how their value is a negative for the game.'"
Oh dear, you choose to deliberately miss the point.
Why not just take it to the extreme and have Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Wire and Hull FC in their very own league.?
We already have repeat fixtures 4,5 and sometimes 6 times in a season.
Less is more springs to mind.
You wouldn't want a Sunday Roast every day but, it's great once a week. It would be boring as hell and lose its flavour if you ate the same thing every night.
More importantly, will ANOTHER re structure bring ANY benefit, you know, like the last half dozen ??
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| Quote: Donnyman "Well you have seen (above) the crowds for "multiple times"...........
Try putting Toulouse, Ottawa and New York in for variety and watch the average crowds tumble.
The crowds we get are due to the close proximity of clubs, the rivalry and the M62 that links then all up.
So pop in London and even Newcastle and watch crowds tumble even further..........
Question for anyone, how is replacing M62 clubs for clubs many miles away "expansion"
A few months ago, you were advocating the inclusion of York, Newcastle and London
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| Quote: Donnyman "Well you have seen (above) the crowds for "multiple times"...........
Try putting Toulouse, Ottawa and New York in for variety and watch the average crowds tumble.
The crowds we get are due to the close proximity of clubs, the rivalry and the M62 that links then all up.
So pop in London and even Newcastle and watch crowds tumble even further..........
Question for anyone, how is replacing M62 clubs for clubs many miles away "expansion"
As none of Toulouse,Ottawa,and New York have ever been Super League, then the average crowds will never be known.
By limiting the clubs the crowds are then limited.
Never been able to figure out how,despite some crowd figures you quoted,the attendances will rise while the playing performance continues to Lag behind.
Should Ottawa,Toulouse or New York sign the better players,it may attract better attendances.
Never been able to figure out how the ageing fanbase is used as an example of how great the sport is when few clubs have decent stadia and there are fewer decent sponsors.The ageing fanbase may just stick to viewing on screen and not attending games.
What will your M62 clubs be doing if Sky pull out in 2 years time,say,for example the European Super League in soccer is to be covered by Sky? ( Yes I know the clubs have temporarily shelved the ESL )
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| Quote: ALAW "Big derbies maybe but for the smaller clubs? Don't know what the attendances for Wigan huddersfield/Hull kr/Salford. Happy to be proved wrong like.'"
Without current Covid restrictions or those planned for reopening, I would expect .....
Leigh v Wigan 10,000
Wigan v Leigh 14,000 - 15,000
from little old Leigh !!!
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| Quote: wrencat1873 "
Oh dear, you choose to deliberately miss the point.Why not just take it to the extreme and have Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Wire and Hull FC in their very own league.?
We already have repeat fixtures 4,5 and sometimes 6 times in a season.
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It's about the crowds isn't it it's not about me.
People can be purists about this all day long but the more paying customers the better so if a fixture is played several times in a season but several big crowds turn up to see them all that's lots of money in the bank ........... so go on what would you do?
Change it so that they only play each once? Why not take your argument to this extreme and have a 28 club league and clubs only play each other once and no cup or play off games are played to avoid duplication???
Go on then tell me how that will go Tell me what the average crowd would likely be?
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| Quote: Ste100Centurions "Without current Covid restrictions or those planned for reopening, I would expect .....
Leigh v Wigan 10,000
Wigan v Leigh 14,000 - 15,000
from little old Leigh !!!'"
But you can't apparently do this. There should be an avoidance of duplication of fixtures according to fans on here........
Wigan.v.Leigh 20,000
Then that's it until next season.......
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| Quote: wrencat1873 "A few months ago, you were advocating the inclusion of York, Newcastle and London
Yes but only before the kind of no away fans clubs you advocate from overseas, who ALSO have no care for player development, and ALSO have no TV deals.........
Scores of posts from you supporting such clubs, asking for us to give Les Catalans "time"...... an irrelevance when their policy is not to run any academy. When they did do that for a short while it was to meet the licensing criteria,
Newcastle and London develop players and people from those cities can buy TV subscriptions adding to the TV deal and player pool.
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| Quote: Donnyman "Yes but only before the kind of no away fans clubs you advocate from overseas, who ALSO have no care for player development, and ALSO have no TV deals.........
Scores of posts from you supporting such clubs, asking for us to give Les Catalans "time"...... an irrelevance when their policy is not to run any academy. When they did do that for a short while it was to meet the licensing criteria,
Newcastle and London develop players and people from those cities can buy TV subscriptions adding to the TV deal and player pool.'"
I believe that you are making stuff up, again.
Whilst accepting that ALL clubs should be doing more by way of development.
You haven't yet suggested how on earth Catalan could be forced to have "X" number of French players in their squad and why they should have to have this number, when other clubs most certainly dont have the same constraints put upon them.
They do seem to promote young French players into their squad from from somewhere though, which seems quite strange.
Their new academy facility looks superb too, something to rival any of their SL counterparts but, I'm sure that you will have seen this ?
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| Quote: wrencat1873 "I
1. Catalans do seem to promote young French players into their squad from from somewhere though, which seems quite strange.
2. Their new academy facility looks superb too, something to rival any of their SL counterparts but, I'm sure that you will have seen this ?
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1. They put French lads into the back end of their squad which helps them claim they are French. clearly these lads come from (and go back to play at) their Elite League clubs. Nothing strange about that. To me it'd be like Wakefield importing a whole Australian team and then filling the very back end of the squad with some Yorkshire lads...
2. It's clearly intended to stop Lenegan & Co. getting rid of Les Cats by demanding all Superleague 1 clubs must have academies. This was the reason why Catalans last set up an academy, so they could get a licence when we first had licensing. Same nonsense.
You may be fooled by Gausch (or you may be on a wind up yourself) but the English Superleague bosses do not like him, they were furious over Folau, Gausch doesn't attend Superleague meetings, and of course when Toulouse announced their massive spending to prepare for Superleague, the Superleague clubs ignored that and promoted Leigh.
Yes they promoted Leigh and ignored Toulouse
No I'm not making that up
You can look it up
For once
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Quote: Donnyman "1. They put French lads into the back end of their squad which helps them claim they are French. clearly these lads come from (and go back to play at) their Elite League clubs. Nothing strange about that. To me it'd be like Wakefield importing a whole Australian team and then filling the very back end of the squad with some Yorkshire lads...
2. It's clearly intended to stop Lenegan & Co. getting rid of Les Cats by demanding all Superleague 1 clubs must have academies. This was the reason why Catalans last set up an academy, so they could get a licence when we first had licensing. Same nonsense.
You may be fooled by Gausch (or you may be on a wind up yourself) but the English Superleague bosses do not like him, they were furious over Folau, Gausch doesn't attend Superleague meetings, and of course when Toulouse announced their massive spending to prepare for Superleague, the Superleague clubs ignored that and promoted Leigh.
Yes they promoted Leigh and ignored Toulouse
No I'm not making that up
You can look it up
For once
I do wish you would stop regurgitating your rubbish.
Lenagan likes Catalans Dragons - https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ts-2432403
The French club have an Academy.
Every topic seems to involve your vast knowledge of how bad for the sport any overseas club is,and how we must see the same repeated mantra.
We all know now that you despise every overseas club.We all know you are quite happy staying indoors while M62 clubs play each other every week.Everything is fine.
That is you now,hopefully,finished on the Super League re-structure.We are all much the wiser...
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Quote: Donnyman "1. They put French lads into the back end of their squad which helps them claim they are French. clearly these lads come from (and go back to play at) their Elite League clubs. Nothing strange about that. To me it'd be like Wakefield importing a whole Australian team and then filling the very back end of the squad with some Yorkshire lads...
2. It's clearly intended to stop Lenegan & Co. getting rid of Les Cats by demanding all Superleague 1 clubs must have academies. This was the reason why Catalans last set up an academy, so they could get a licence when we first had licensing. Same nonsense.
You may be fooled by Gausch (or you may be on a wind up yourself) but the English Superleague bosses do not like him, they were furious over Folau, Gausch doesn't attend Superleague meetings, and of course when Toulouse announced their massive spending to prepare for Superleague, the Superleague clubs ignored that and promoted Leigh.
Yes they promoted Leigh and ignored Toulouse
No I'm not making that up
You can look it up
For once
I do wish you would stop regurgitating your rubbish.
Lenagan likes Catalans Dragons - https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ts-2432403
The French club have an Academy.
Every topic seems to involve your vast knowledge of how bad for the sport any overseas club is,and how we must see the same repeated mantra.
We all know now that you despise every overseas club.We all know you are quite happy staying indoors while M62 clubs play each other every week.Everything is fine.
That is you now,hopefully,finished on the Super League re-structure.We are all much the wiser...
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| Donnyman is clearly from a different generation.
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| Quote: Donnyman ". This was the reason why Catalans last set up an academy, so they could get a licence when we first had licensing.'"
At least they went through with it and at least did what they said they were going to do.
We are still waiting for some M62 clubs to make good their promises they made to get a licence
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| Quote: Donnyman "But you can't apparently do this. There should be an avoidance of duplication of fixtures according to fans on here........
Wigan.v.Leigh 20,000
Then that's it until next season.......'"
You have been telling us for years that crowds don't matter and aren't a measure of success during the Toronto threads. Now your up posting crowd numbers in a positive light.
As a poster you lack any credibility.
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