I honestly beleive without a doubt that Sheffield at CP was the hardest game we have had this season, but to say they deserve a franchise over cas is absoloute nonsense.
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Roofs wrote:Yeah, isn't the population only about 30,000? Great club Cas IMO, and to say Sheffield deserve a franchise more would be insane. Cas is an RL hotbed (i.e. no pro football club to 'compete' with for a start).
I wouldn't have said that. Castleford, and to some extend Wakefield, compete with Leeds United just as much (if not more) than the Rhinos do.
There was a survey out not that long ago that said the Leeds United have one of the highest ratios of season ticket holders from outside their own postcode area out of the 92 league clubs. A large proportion of those fans come from WF.
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cherrydevil wrote:Surely a SL club in a major city like Sheffield would offer a lot more to Super League than small Yorkshire places like Castleford or Wakefield. There should obviously be no more Yorkshire teams than there are at the moment so one of these, and probably both, should make way in the next round of franchises.
Sheffield is a football city and always will be,even the ice hockey team is bigger in Sheffield than the Eagles.
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Its sad that every time a club has a good win, the debate over their suitability for Super League arises. London Skolars beat Workington recently - second capital franchise anyone???
I think thats a real shame. The Championship/Championship 1 competitions are fantastic and wouldnt it be great if the 1500-2000 averages were doubled in the Championship and more young players were able to develop a full time career in that league?
Im made up we are in Super League but there is more to life in Rugby League than just one division!!!
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Cheshire Tiger wrote:Its sad that every time a club has a good win, the debate over their suitability for Super League arises. London Skolars beat Workington recently - second capital franchise anyone???
I think thats a real shame. The Championship/Championship 1 competitions are fantastic and wouldnt it be great if the 1500-2000 averages were doubled in the Championship and more young players were able to develop a full time career in that league?
Im made up we are in Super League but there is more to life in Rugby League than just one division!!!
Sad indeed , it winds me up to death , this only tends to happen for clubs outside the heartlands and damages the competition they are in every time it happens
The Championships could be fantastic competitions if some thought , imagination and a little bit of money was invested into them
Unfortunatley none of that seems to be forthcoming
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chukabutt wrote:I honestly beleive without a doubt that Sheffield at CP was the hardest game we have had this season, but to say they deserve a franchise over cas is absoloute nonsense.
I think Huddersfield gave us a fairly hard match!
There again, in a way I suppose that's Sheffield giving us two hard games.
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Cheshire Tiger wrote:Totally agree mate. I have enjoyed my thursday night TV viewing much more than most of the SL games!
Hopefully the obsession with franchises will fade and the realisation that clubs can thrive and grow in the championship will hit home?
I hope so
But as I put on a different thread , how much does having those matches on the TV actually help the clubs themselves ?
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I think it lifts the profile and awareness and that can only be a good thing. If profile isnt important then why do companys spend millions for branding in high profile sports?
Surely some people will watch and think it was good so perhaps go?
People percieve things as unimportant if its not on TV - market research in many sports and non sports contexts suggests that.
Plus its a great filip for the club and buzz for the players
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