But I am not living in the UK. Haven't been there for years, not since the Catalans first appearance at Wembley in 2007, which I attended.

Steph, on the other hand, does live in the UK.

You know that for sure, are you his agent?

Reading through all the posts if Sky don't renew Super league i'll be cancelling Sky as i only get it for Super league. But i genuinely believe i'll be in the very small minority who would do that. And to be honest sky wouldn't bat an eyelid, they'd hardly lose any money that they'd notice. Football and union will still always dominate and league is just another sport they show along with the many sports they show. We have NO bargaining power with Sky at all, if we said no thanks to a reduced deal they'd just say aahh well that's a shame best of luck, and they'd leave on a handshake. The quality of Super league is in decline and i missed alot of sky games this year as my interest just wasn't there for me, even our challenge cup win was quickly forgotten. We don't have a great marketed brand and it's a shame as i love league above all else sport but we are a dying sport in the UK.

If anyone doubts the above, go on the London Board and ask about the trials and tribulations of finding a boozer to show SuperLeague games. Once you head south of Sheffield the interest in RL (if any) is split between those with a passing interest and the RL Geeks who in terms of attendance number in the hundreds. Also, check out the photos of the Toronto Wolfpack supporters Bar on away match day, where maybe 50 at best will turn up to watch games and ask yourself why the CEO of the Wolfpack is on record as saying it's unlikely they will buy the SKY rights to sell on.

Union getting exposure on FTA TV is exactly what I was saying we should do nearly 2 decades ago.....so if SKY come bac with an average offer and no chance of more money, we should look to negotiate to accept it but with 1 game per week on FTA TV. They share the CC with the BBC and a game on a saturday afternoon on BBC2 would rate pretty well.....

Yeah the BBC would proberbly be a good route as i think alot of casual fans would watch a game on Saturday just because it on and could become fans. BBC always do a good broadcasting job aswell.

Any exposure on FTA TV is welcome but firstly you need the interest from the broadcaster. As you point out trying to watch a game in the pub (often inside, never mind) outside the heartlands can be a fruitless task so just where is the market to entice a broadcaster?

The beauty of BBC is that the licence has already been paid for & they are not dependant on advertisers money. As for sky, the exclusive Superleague deal has made the the top 12 exclusive & cast the rest of the divisions into the wilderness.

But I wasn't talking to you, unless you're him too and you're now just arguing with yourself.

Without doubt 4-5 teams Hull, Leeds, Saints, Wire and Wigan are the mainstay of the game and they tend to win the trophies and get the biggest crowds. Without doubt it's exactly the same in Soccer's premier league. I therefore don't see what is the substance of your criticism?

If this is something to do with the Glamorous RL clubs of North America then let's wait whilst the Transatlantic league still has the big M62 clubs in the top five and Ottawa, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in the bottom five? How many North American fans would actually pay to watch losing Rugby League every week - let's take away the attendance at the beer festival TWP run and the free tickets brigade? For me their crowds would be a few thousand.

Thing is there is no evidence of any more Argyle's, and even if there was Mr. Argyle is salary capped hence he will be fielding a very average, if not below average team next season. A bad season for TWP once you take the freebies off may just well be paying attendances of erm.... 4,000.

Glamour doesn't get any better than Paris, their first game in SL attracted 17,000 fans, towards the end of their second season they had managed to get that down to 500. Oh the glamour of it all! Are we getting sequins in our eyes here steph?

Is the TWP squad for next year settled - how do people think they will go?