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Post by kreuzbergred on Nov 2, 2020 20:15:19 GMT
If it's Swedish Cider then That's the best place for it. London and a Quality line Reminds me of when I lived in the Smoke when I was Not as Old as I am Now. I'm not talking about the Metropolitan line . No.
From Wurzel country.
Excellent, The Best Cider is from The south West and Brittany & Normandy 🇫🇷 And Maybe Aspalls of Suffolk . Best thing from there since A Bernard Matthews Turkey Burger |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 20:23:48 GMT
Excellent, The Best Cider is from The south West and Brittany & Normandy 🇫🇷 And Maybe Aspalls of Suffolk . Best thing from there since A Bernard Matthews Turkey Burger Once got sequestered to go and train some people in the job I used to do (in Quedgeley an area just South of Gloucester, mentioned to 1 of the employees I was a rugby fan (of both codes) and that someone from Salford was a coach at Gloucester (Denis Betts). He invited me along to a game against Bristol (so a real Derby game for them).
Was treated to loads of real Scrumpy and Cornish Pasty (for some reason there are Cornish party shops all over in Gloucester) and then taken to the game.
Stood with the home fans in the shed to witness a couple of thousand people do a very passable impression of Worzel when they all as 1 chanted Glorrrrrrrrsterrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Glorrrrrrrrsterrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Glorrrrrrrrsterrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Post by dixon13 on Nov 2, 2020 21:38:45 GMT
You can't have a team in that's failed with all the promises and then can't develop a business plan, which, according to reports, said let us i and we'll show you. Well done SL/RFL, right decision, we can't exist on dreams. Move on. Perhaps the RL should help the Canadians/ N Americans set up a proper structured league with the help of a few ex SL/NRL players in each team. Or a N American 9s league to start with. Is this a first,Super League the RFL making the right decision. |
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Post by chief on Nov 2, 2020 22:41:41 GMT
Be interesting to see who voted which way and who the abstention was from.
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Post by bonitared on Nov 2, 2020 22:49:13 GMT
Be interesting to see who voted which way and who the abstention was from. They’re saying Warrington abstained |
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Post by chief on Nov 2, 2020 23:09:47 GMT
Be interesting to see who voted which way and who the abstention was from. They’re saying Warrington abstained Cheers. Strange one as Fitzy was quite vocal in supporting them in the past. |
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Post by redunderthebed on Nov 2, 2020 23:28:02 GMT
Leeds, Catalans, the RFL and Saints voted for re-entry
Warrington abstained
The other clubs and Elstone voted against
I think Elstone gets a vote on behalf of the SL Board but not absolutely sure so it might have been just the clubs
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Post by dixon13 on Nov 2, 2020 23:50:59 GMT
Leeds, Catalans, the RFL and Saints voted for re-entry Warrington abstained The other clubs and Elstone voted against I think Elstone gets a vote on behalf of the SL Board but not absolutely sure so it might have been just the clubs If they bring up someone from the championship,the others will have to give up money,or is that not the case. |
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Post by bonitared on Nov 3, 2020 8:13:22 GMT
From what I’ve read ,the RFL do have some control over this and have said there must be 12 clubs ASAP.
That’s common sense.
I think any drop off in money for each club won’t really be known until the new tv deal is announced and that could have a far greater effect.
That’s the next Rugby crisis !
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Post by redunderthebed on Nov 3, 2020 13:25:33 GMT
They’ve decided to promote a club to make it a 12 team super league so applications will be sought from interested clubs. Be interesting to see if there is a transparent selection criteria. And how many of the current SL clubs would be successful if they had to do it
Some people might suggest that many SL clubs are just choosing who they think will save themselves from relegation are just speculation of course
Whole thing is a farce
We won’t share TV funding with Toronto but we will consider doing so with Leigh and Widnes who have such a strong recent history of financial probity, with London who’ve had all their best SL standard players cherry picked by SL clubs and with Featherstone, Halifax and Toulouse who haven’t been able to get to SL with on field performances for a long time, if ever
The future of RL is bright
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Post by bonitared on Nov 3, 2020 13:47:04 GMT
Decided by executive decision ,apparently.
Nothing to see here,officer,all completely transparent.
In fairness,not sure how they could choose fairly. Everyone has a different criteria.
My bet would be Leigh or London but we need whoever it is to be moderately competitive and,perhaps,another season of no relegation?
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Post by Carnster on Nov 3, 2020 13:58:36 GMT
While TWP going is disappointing. I wanted them to stay in. The severe overreaction from some quarters of the net is incredible. The game continues under severe pressure that would exist if TWP are in or not and quite a lot are selective over the finer details of it all. LiVolsi wouldn’t pay all of the debts, wouldn’t accept more than a two point penalty, wouldn’t show proof of funds or confirm he’d stay owner if the club got relegated. That's pretty damning stuff and you can see why SL clubs gave extra time for them to sort themselves out and submit with reality rather than a set of ridiculous demands. They didn't do anything and stuck to their guns, so they were voted out.
I'm as critical of the running of RL as anyone, but under scrutiny and looking at the details what on earth could they have done?
The RL have been much maligned for their 'expansion at all costs' attitude in the past, and rightly so as it's often been haphazard and lead to more failure than success. Now that they have not done that they are attacked for that now. The big question for me is how did TWP get into SL in the first place? Covid wasn't the cause of this, just the final nail. Questions need to be asked why it ended up the way it did. As for letting them back in, the evidence shows it was the right decision.
What the sport needs to do now is consolidate, get that twelfth club in and go into survival mode until the pandemic is over. The pros and cons of expansion and the twelfth club being parochial are irrelevant to me at this point. Get the sport through this, and when normality finally emerges then we can look back at expansion.
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Post by bonitared on Nov 3, 2020 14:04:36 GMT
Most clubs are dependent on a benefactor.
Toronto were and his non rugby businesses were hammered so he pulled out.
I agree that the RFL due diligence might have been too dependent on his future finances but so were ours when they ok’d Koukash.
No upside in hindsighting this. RFL did their best and it didn’t work out.
The correct decision has now been made,not because of Toronto location or other nebulous reasons but because it sounds like the new owner presented off the back of a fag packet and the game couldn’t make the same mistake twice.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 21:36:37 GMT
With Toronto now a dead duck (maybe, just have a nagging feeling this isn't over) and the squad now free to find other clubs wonder if the RFL will give them the same dispensation for overseas players not counting on the quota and if so any we might be interested in.
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