Nice selective quote there.

Okay then, whilst many other Super League clubs are doing all they can to get a Super League franchise, London are seen by non RL fans as a gimmick, when they are on TV and there is less than 2,000 there, with no shirt sponsor it makes the sport look bad. They are spending a lot of money on players and never have any success, the fact that their name has changed so many times, and they have moved stadiums so many times just portrays a bad image.

As a RL fan I can see past these issues, but the facts are that anyone with a passing interest in the sport (anyone that I have met anyway) just see London as a gimmick.

I am in no doubt that we WOULD all love to see London RL flourish in Super League, but it hasn't and the signs aren't positive going forward. Like I said before, it's a sticky situation, the cash cow only has so much milk.

leave earlier then



it takes me SIX hours to drive to every Catalans home game FFS !

They are averaging about 5k more than London. Even your own fans are saying you dont deserve a franchise on this thread "Dave" stop getting so defensive.

From a Wakefield fan!!!!! Your as bad as London!!

To anyone who knows anything about travel in London and the south east, this gate should be no surprise. If Sky really do want an SL team in London they have to realise;
WEEKDAY GAMES IN LONDON ARE A WASTE OF TIME.

The roads are gridlocked by mid afternoon until well into the evening.
The public transport system is entirely geared up for travel to and from the central area, travelling between suburbs is ridiculously time consuming.

The crowd on Friday consisted of hardcore fans who are fortunate enough to live round the corner, or have jobs where they can knock off early.

And as for away fans, not many come from the heartland clubs on a weekday night, so how many did anyone think would travel from another country?

We have enough issues with crowd numbers (as done to death elsewhere on here) without Sky compounding the issue by insisting on weekday games.

Sorry Listy, but you're reinforcing prejudices with comments like that. You know full well that if you worked in parts of London like Croyden or Docklands, you would not have been in the pub for 18:30, unless your employer is prepared to let you knock off early. I'm with Tre Cool on this one, weekday games are just a waste of time.

sanjunien, you clearly have no job, or a very understanding boss who lets you leave work early when you need to. Not everyone is so fortunate.

the game (London v Cats ) wasn't shown on SKY, was it ? so what's it to do with SKY ?

shouldn't you be blaming the RFL for scheduling such a game at a ridiculous time ?

I do have a job but don't work weekends nowadays (after 35 odd years of weekends/no holidays etc) which allows me to travel the six hours to Perpignan or the three hours to Toulouse or five hours to Carcassonne etc
the last Toulouse game was on a wednesday evening at Villeneuve with a 2000 KO so I started work an hour early,worked through my dinner break and left at 1600 and drove down the three hours to get to the game - I left at 2130 and got home,managed a few hours kip then up at six as usual for work

I love the game and am prepared to make the effort to see as many games as possible...

I arrange days off around some games like monday evening I stayed in Perpignan and drove back the tuesday and took a days holiday

it's not rocket science but it helps to have a missus who is as RL daft as me !

So what were Wiggy, Stevo, and Wellsy doing there, along with umpteen cameras and a big screen then?
Of course I could be confusing this with the Wakey game. All these evening games are confusing me. You'd think I'd remember when we won, it's not like it happens every week.

Which rather confirms my point, you are fortunate enough to have a job that lets you work flexibly. Some people are still expected to work fixed hours, don't judge them too harshly.

yes,you're right

tolerance never was my strong point i'm afraid .....