14 Team SL and Merged Championship?

[jolly boys outing]

It hasn’t fallen down?

Well that’s got to be worth 1 point at least.

 

[Perth Red]

Great news, Bradford have the best chance of any non SL club to hit 10k crowds. Now let’s have York and London in and build this thing.

 

[Taking The Two]

0.25 points between Hull FC and Bradford is WILD.

 

[Perth Red]

0.25 points between Hull FC and Bradford is WILD.

Bradford have made a profit over last two years, fc have made a loss. fandom Bradford and hull both score same as it’s over 3k attendance. Hull only just finished higher on performance after three poor years and bradford finishing an avg third in championship.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Well, the NRL have said that they are monitoring the situation. None of this is escaping them and if Toulouse don't get the nod then these " talks" he'll be having during the Kangaroos tour will be very interesting.

 

[Taking The Two]

Well, the NRL have said that they are monitoring the situation. None of this is escaping them and if Toulouse don't get the nod then these " talks" he'll be having during the Kangaroos tour will be very interesting.

There’s a joint training event between the French and Australia tomorrow and Saturday in London somewhere. I’m sure there will be some interesting discussions there.

 

[jolly boys outing]

0.25 points between Hull FC and Bradford is WILD.

That’s the power of nige.

 

[Pippen94]

Great news, Bradford have the best chance of any non SL club to hit 10k crowds. Now let’s have York and London in and build this thing.

London will fail and superleague will rebrand as northern league

 

[jolly boys outing]

London will fail and superleague will rebrand as northern league

London has effectively failed for 40+ years.

 

[Pippen94]

London has effectively failed for 40+ years.

Sadly that's true. I say they need a billionaire but they had a billionaire. Need billionaire who loves league and has own ground

 

[jolly boys outing]

The word around the place from journalists on x is it's Toulouse and York..but who knows

It has to be them 2.

 

[Pippen94]

It has to be them 2.

Won't be Halifax

 

[Taking The Two]

London hasn’t failed. If they’ve failed, what have the sides who’ve had 150 years done then?

Despite a former owner putting money into the wrong areas numerous times and making some poor appointments in various roles, their academy was more productive than many of their northern counterparts, they’ve had 21 seasons of Super League compared to many and have won as many major trophies as many clubs deemed bigger and better than them.

But obviously the be all and end all for northerners is away fans and what their attendances are. You sell more pies when Batley are in town so yeah, London have been a failure.

 

[jolly boys outing]

 

[Pippen94]

London hasn’t failed. If they’ve failed, what have the sides who’ve had 150 years done then?

Despite a former owner putting money into the wrong areas numerous times and making some poor appointments in various roles, their academy was more productive than many of their northern counterparts, they’ve had 21 seasons of Super League compared to many and have won as many major trophies as many clubs deemed bigger and better than them.

But obviously the be all and end all for northerners is away fans and what their attendances are. You sell more pies when Batley are in town so yeah, London have been a failure.

If London is being compared to Batley it has failed

 

[Taking The Two]

If London is being compared to Batley it has failed

Only in the boardrooms of clubs like Leigh they’re being compared.

 

[jolly boys outing]

London hasn’t failed. If they’ve failed, what have the sides who’ve had 150 years done then?

which sides are you talking about?

Despite a former owner putting money into the wrong areas numerous times and making some poor appointments in various roles, their academy was more productive than many of their northern counterparts, they’ve had 21 seasons of Super League compared to many and have won as many major trophies as many clubs deemed bigger and better than them.

they did at one point have a good academy setup but overall the club has been a failure.

But obviously the be all and end all for northerners is away fans and what their attendances are. You sell more pies when Batley are in town so yeah, London have been a failure.

not all northern fans have this view but at the same time we can’t sweep the obvious failings under the rug.

 

[jason taylor]

London hasn’t failed. If they’ve failed, what have the sides who’ve had 150 years done then?

Despite a former owner putting money into the wrong areas numerous times and making some poor appointments in various roles, their academy was more productive than many of their northern counterparts, they’ve had 21 seasons of Super League compared to many and have won as many major trophies as many clubs deemed bigger and better than them.

But obviously the be all and end all for northerners is away fans and what their attendances are. You sell more pies when Batley are in town so yeah, London have been a failure.

Agreed. I really don't get the "London is a failure" narrative. They've contributed more to the game as a whole in the last two decades than say a Salford, particularly in their academy and fostering player development. What's hurt their growth has been the constant relocations around different parts of London and the failed rebrand attempts (like the Harlequins experiment). But they were consistently in the Super League or top of the Championship on the occasions they have been relegated (except for the last when they had the tough situation of being promoted but knowing there was no way for them to stay up).

I think best case scenario for the future growth of the game is for London and Toulouse to be 13 and 14 - with York getting in based on grading.

I think best strategic case is for London and T

 

[Northern]

I’m a Bradford man, but this doesn’t sit 100% well with me. Sure, we want to be in SuperLeague, but it seems a bit of a mess at best and a total fix at worst. I really feel for Toulouse. What more can they do? I have made my mind up if they keep TO out I won’t be attending any games next season. The completely opaque two extra places criteria is absolutely shocking and open to abuse and construction of conspiracy theories at best. If TO are kept out, I can’t wait to hear their justification- best comedy in years unless they just flat out say we’ve done absolutely everything we can to keep another French team out.

 

[jason taylor]

I’m a Bradford man, but this doesn’t sit 100% well with me. Sure, we want to be in SuperLeague, but it seems a bit of a mess at best and a total fix at worst. I really feel for Toulouse. What more can they do? I have made my mind up if they keep TO out I won’t be attending any games next season. The completely opaque two extra places criteria is absolutely shocking and open to abuse and construction of conspiracy theories at best. If TO are kept out, I can’t wait to hear their justification- best comedy in years unless they just flat out say we’ve done absolutely everything we can to keep another French team out.

We already know the reason - it'll come down to arguments about Sky/broadcasting as to why London/York is more viable than Toulouse if that's how the dominoes fall tomorrow.