Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
SaBadSel wrote:IMO the championships are going to be a great competition over the next 3 years.We are seeing right from the begining that no game is a walk in the park and that any team can beat any team in these leagues. With the threat of not being allowed to apply for superleague if you have not competed in at least 1 GF this then pushes ALL teams to perform well. Can you imagine what the last of the three seasons would be like if say Widnes,Halifax or Leigh had not made it to the final for some reason,it would be imense pressure on the clubs.
I for one was against franchising as i feel promotion and relegation kick teams up the butt and bring with it a great Rugby League atmosphere.We are now left with what we have been dealt with and must get on with it.
IMO again, if Gatshead or Toulouse make one of the grand finals then i cant help but feel that the remaining teams do not stand a chance as this is the world of expansion and would easily overcome the question of how good your stadium is.
Yes results are very difficult to predict at the moment
Unfortunatley the people of the towns where there are Championship clubs dont seem as enthuiastic as you
Only really Widnes are posting any sort of decent crowds
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Joined: Mar 11 2002 Posts: 31082 Location: Gods Own County
What gets me is that most of the clubs kicking up a fuss are from clubs that without P&R were never, ever going to get back in the top flight, not without a lot of luck and years of carefull building.
Franchising has taken out the need for luck and left just the need for careful building.
Its a complete win for any team outside the top flight to take their own fortunes into their own hands and not have to rely on one good season that culminates in one single game to decide their future.
Joined: Mar 12 2009 Posts: 752 Location: Coventry previously South Wales and Plymouth
tim2 wrote:South Yorkshire.
Because local differences will stop it from ever happening
So you're going to go to Birmingham, magic up a benefactor, stadium, junior development programme etc. I think there is a club in the Midlands that could be ready for a shot at NL2 in around 2012. But you're still light years from an SL franchise.
south yorks my apologies not being from up there i was just glancing at a map.
as for birmingham the joy of a franchise is that it can be moved. so essentially you set up in birmingham at say a football ground. hire in a SL squad, mainly aussie to start i guess then this will attract the acadmeny players. players will switch codes. benefactor there is always someone willing to put money into sport.
franchise work from the top down. you put in the SL team and the rest will follow.
as we all know the whole franchise system is a crock anyway.
Joined: Mar 05 2002 Posts: 48326 Location: Londinium
chubbs1981 wrote:south yorks my apologies not being from up there i was just glancing at a map.
as for birmingham the joy of a franchise is that it can be moved. so essentially you set up in birmingham at say a football ground. hire in a SL squad, mainly aussie to start i guess then this will attract the acadmeny players. players will switch codes. benefactor there is always someone willing to put money into sport.
franchise work from the top down. you put in the SL team and the rest will follow.
as we all know the whole franchise system is a crock anyway.
Which is why we're not using a franchise system, but a system of three year licenses granted to clubs which have already proved themselves on and off the field in either the Championship or SL.
Joined: Aug 13 2003 Posts: 20966 Location: The Shaky Isles
It's just like having an old friend around for dinner.....another franchising thread.
GET OVER IT YOU NORTHERN FLAT CAP WEARING, WHIPPET RACING, HOT POT EATING, PIE MAKING WANK3RS. YOUR TEAM DESERVED A FRANCHISE...but didn't get one...Boo bloody Hoo....
Move on.....
FWIW, the new div 1 is spot on and more entertaining (in some cases) than sooper league....just learn your place at the table.
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eels fan wrote:You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.
gutterfax wrote:It's just like having an old friend around for dinner.....another franchising thread. GET OVER IT YOU NORTHERN FLAT CAP WEARING, WHIPPET RACING, HOT POT EATING, PIE MAKING WANK3RS. YOUR TEAM DESERVED A FRANCHISE...but didn't get one...Boo bloody Hoo.... Move on..... FWIW, the new div 1 is spot on and more entertaining (in some cases) than sooper league....just learn your place at the table.
Joined: Aug 18 2002 Posts: 18789 Location: 'Fax fan in Stockport: The jewel in the ring of Manchester
gutterfax wrote:It's just like having an old friend around for dinner.....another franchising thread. GET OVER IT YOU NORTHERN FLAT CAP WEARING, WHIPPET RACING, HOT POT EATING, PIE MAKING WANK3RS. YOUR TEAM DESERVED A FRANCHISE...but didn't get one...Boo bloody Hoo.... Move on..... FWIW, the new div 1 is spot on and more entertaining (in some cases) than sooper league....just learn your place at the table.
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Whilst i agree with your post, i also reserve my right to sit at your table and call you a cockney, jellied eel eating twat.
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