I’ve been involved in the game for over 30 years, so I’m pretty well versed in the history and the facts - I’m not sure you’ve provided any facts that I’ve not accepted. What you have provided is your opinion that heartland clubs are more important (which I don’t even think I’ve disagreed with), that the aim of Catalans was to have a better French national team (again, I don’t disagree, but believe it’s about more than just that) and that expansion is pointless - that bit I do disagree with.....

Anyway, that’s me done with this conversation, I think I’ve shared my views in a rational manner, with a nod to what I see as the very long term potential benefits of expansion, the factors we’d need to rely on for it to work and an acceptance that it is a long shot, and that IMO it’s worth a try.

Over and out!

You can "over and out" as much as you want, if the French quality player pool is smaller than 1996 and the French TV deal was pulled then what "expansion" are you going on about?

Your welcome to any opinion even if it doesn't have any basis of fact. As long as TWP go round pretending they are the best thing to ever happen to the game here the vast majority of fans will call it out, I thought once in SL TWP would be found out by one and all, but a small percentage of fans still want to argue sending the old Leigh team to play 3,000 miles away as a plaything of a mega rich Aussie is "expansion"

Perhaps you can organise a ban on anyone pointing out how nonsensical it all is? Or you could try posting on Total RL.com. They do threads where your not allowed to post anything but nice comments on TWP. Staying on topic I wonder if 80% of the Salford fans were scratching their heads saying "[iwhere are the Canadian players?[/i" "[iwhere are the Canadian fans"[/i

No just leave it out of the game threads as some of us actually want to discuss the game and leave the politics out of it. There is a thread to discuss expansion as you know.

Well said

The game is over now, time to move on.