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| Quote: The Dentist Wilf "Oh Dear nothing we didn't expect but it looks like they will be looking for another RL bail out to me, its hard anyway without this, to understand how they can manage with hardly any players.
Very difficult to tell what the owners motives are, maybe they’ve looked at the Bradford precedent and seen a method to wipe out a debt and get some cash in from an RFL pot that no one seems to know exists or not.
There is a huge difference between Bradfords position and Londons though, Bradford have a pretty good fan base and a ground to play in (or one the RFL could buy for them). So a new owner coming in would have the benefit of a potential income stream even if it was precarious.
London on the other hand have no ground, very few fans (think it was down to low 1000 or something at times last year, and seemingly little vision for how to rectify this situation.
So realistically unless the current owner can be persuaded into ‘investing’ a huge year on year amount then the future looks pretty much dead.
I know it’s an experiment that has been often derided but yet again it can only be a bad thing for the game as a whole and on the back of a world cup and drive for spreading the word I wonder what the RFL can do to reverse the slide, major rethink at top level is needed and I would think quickly
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| Quote: the cal train "He's brilliant! But wasn't he crusaders' cone carrier too? He's a jynx!'"
No mare he was with london from them been broncos then harlequins and now back to broncos he been there before crusaders came along
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| Quote: cod'ead "Yes because the Cumbrian clubs are so well managed and get such fantastic support.
There seems to be more support for a Cumbrian club in Superleague from uoutside of Cumbria than actually attend matches in Cumbria. Whitehaven was hardly a roaring success when they were in the top flight and things seem to have gone downhill since then'"
When did that happen?
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| Quote: SirStan "When did that happen?'"
Think the last time was back in the 80's wasn't it?
More to the original point, a merged Cumbrian SL side has been attempted twice in the Summer era and both times it was rejected by the clubs and fans. There simply isn't any appetite for it.
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| Quote: Kosh "Think the last time was back in the 80's wasn't it?
More to the original point, a merged Cumbrian SL side has been attempted twice in the Summer era and both times it was rejected by the clubs and fans. There simply isn't any appetite for it.'"
Think he meant Workington.
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| Quote: Errlee Berd "Think he meant Workington.'"
Think you're right. One season in SL, two wins all season, and relegated with crippling debts.
Definitely worth another try.
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