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4 hours ago, Angelic Cynic said:
Brilliant.Another wasted train ticket - apart from seeing the delights of Perpignan and the delights of the accommodation.
I thought England was good at chasing supporters away from the game.
It's understandable though isn't it? Toulouse's fixture with Albi was at the same time as the Championship final and they want to bring in as much support as possible. Don't think they expected to get a home draw in the final given Featherstone's form this season.
But I understand it is really inconvenient for you. Why don't you travel to Toulouse and watch the final?
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2 minutes ago, RS said:
Not your finest moment my friend
Not my finest moment? Have you read what Fev supporters are posting on other threads?
This is in response to that and the fact they can't just congratulate the team that won yesterday.
Do you think their unsportsmanlike behaviour and their barbs at London and Toulouse are a fine moment?
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May as well just put all the complaints in this thread to stop others from being sidetracked.
I'll get things started shall I?
It's all IMGs fault we didn't get promoted and got beaten by London even though we had the highest playing budget than any other club in the Championship, now we're totally robbed.
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Just now, Griff said:
Bad losers, mate.
I wouldn't mind if they had a single valid point, but.....
The IMG reshuffle was known for months and is a totally different debate. There are plenty of IMG threads to discuss this but somehow it's all terrible now coz they lost on the pitch.
Total ignorance
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1 minute ago, Griff said:
So the Fev response seems to be it's not fair unless Fev win the comp and, failing that, it ought to be decided on how big your attendances are.
Please - have a little bit of self respect.
But Fev don't even have good attendances. This is so hypocritical when Fev looked invincible none of these people said a word.
Now they lost they're coming up with ridiculous strawman arguments. Really pathetic behaviour, so glad they lost now.
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10 minutes ago, Damien said:
If Toulouse get promoted we will then see how they fare.
Their only other time in SL was a Covid affected season where they were under restrictions for part of it so it was hardly a true barometer.
They were under restrictions for most of that season and things didn't get back to normal because a lot of people refused to go out for some time
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5 hours ago, Rovers13 said:
You need to grow up. It’s the game I’m talking about not fev or swinton or Wigan take the dream away in any sport and it dies
Start a new thread then about the 'death of the sport'. I'm sure everything would've been cushty if your team won last night.
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1 minute ago, Rovers13 said:
Every club is in debt turning more fans away from the sport isn’t the answer the game will just decline even further into self destruct mode. I don’t have the answers to improve the game but taking the only thing worth watching sport away which is the on field action isn’t the way to go imo.
Perhaps you need to start a new thread about your concerns for the sport. Or are you trying to conflate the 'demise of RL' in the UK with Featherstone losing?
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17 minutes ago, Leonard said:
There's a Leigh in Sussex and Kent near me.
Del should take them on the road to all the places in the UK called Leigh - like the Harlem Globbetrotters and use his private jet.
There's a Leigh in Essex I think too.
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31 minutes ago, Barley Mow said:
I assume that's in jest, but just in case it's not:
The closest railway station to Leigh Sports Village is approximately the same distance as Craven Park is from Hull Paragon - does the fact the station isn't called Leigh matter?
LSV is served by public transport - just bus rather than rail. It's also only about a 10 minute walk from Leigh's main bus station.
It was in jest like all the other Leigh train station jokes
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18 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:
Why do Leigh fans need a train station to attend games in Leigh ?
Why do Rugby League fans need a train station to attend games in Leigh?
Fixed it for you.
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1 minute ago, Rovers13 said:
It’s ok you will get smashed next week anyway mate but you or Toulouse in SL frightens me game will die even more
You sound so bitter. Featherstone's crowds this year weren't very good for a team that was dominating the league and had the best chance ever to be in SL. They are no loss whatsoever to SL.
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2 hours ago, Leonard said:
I assume train stations are part of the IMG criteria?
It should be.
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8 minutes ago, Rovers13 said:
I’m being serious now who is gonna watch fev if they Win league by 50 points img will say no I’m all for supporting sport but I ain’t throwing money away lol
Go and lie down mate. Next year will definitely be your year.
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13 minutes ago, Rovers13 said:
I fear for the game I really do fev losing is a small minority in the context of things every SL club is in debt and I doubt every other club is in debt too. Can’t grow a sport with just chucking teams in SL and hope it works fev would have just brought as much as wakey did Toulouse London will bring less grassroots for me to grow the game
Your team lost and they have no one to blame but themselves. Deal with it. Nothing to do with IMG or anyone else.
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1 minute ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:
No. As Leonard reminds us, everyone knows the rules and must play by them. So, the structure is accepted. As I noted, a range of important 'players' in the process - not least of all Viaplay - are entitled to know what they are signing up to. So the competition format is established pre-season and should not be tinkered with.
All I was doiung was expressing sympathy with Fev fans, not least of all because, unlike SL with its loop fixtures as well as Magic Weekend, the championship just has the Magic equivalent (i.e. one additional game) to add imbalance to the 'pure' league structure. Thus, this season as it turns out, Fev were undeniebly the best team as they finished a full twelve points ahead of the runners-up. If they had been just two points ahead of Toulouse, then the imbalance of the extra fixture would have been a ral issue.
But, to reiterate and answer your question simply (wouldn't I make a sh*t MP or government minister!), 'No'.
Well as I've said, Toulouse blooded players in the beginning of the season knowing that they could challenge more competitively at seasons end.
If there was a first past the post system it may have been a different story
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1 minute ago, Leonard said:
Eccles is also class. Even at the end of last year the quality of play immediately improved dramatically.
Although not hard given the tripe Coleman dished up.
That was something I noticed too. I was very positive after the way last season ended.
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3 minutes ago, oiseau said:
Who, the previous owner ?
No, the new owner.
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I think it's a moot point anyway as Toulouse played a lot of youngsters and players from their reserve team in many games on the understanding of the current system.
Had it have been a first past the post system I'm sure they would've played their most competitive team more often.
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2 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:
I have a lot of sympathy for Fev generally and the specific point you make, Steven.
However, if you have a regular season structure which is not 'pure' (by which I mean not every team has the same playing schedule), then, arguably, you need a process, other than regular season league finishing positions, to determine who is promoted. I can see a flaw in my own argument when, in that regular season, one side finishes so far ahead of the runners-up (i.e. this year, your 12 points lead over Toulouse Olympique XIII). On the other hand, it would be impossible to organise a competition along the lines of "There will be play-offs, unless..."
Incidentally, the temptation to contrive sudden-death matches at the end of a season is now established in sports that do indeed have 'pure' league schedules. Look no further than this country's favourite spectator sport, soccer. The promotion play-offs below the Premier League level have little logical basis. If you get promoted for finishing first or second, and there is a wish to promote three teams, why the side finishing third does not get the final place seems quite illogical to me.
So you're saying that Fev should've been promoted anyway?
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2 minutes ago, oiseau said:
I met the new owner last night at the game, young chap with loads of ambition. The last guy had 12 years of financing TO but has health problems as I understand it. The new funding will or should assure continued use of the Stade Ernest Wallon.
Am I right in saying he used to be one of the clubs sponsors?
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7 minutes ago, Steven Grason said:
I do not know how London transformed from average team to the slick unit we saw tonight. Our indiscipline is what cost us. And our discipline has been excellent all year. We have now come top of the championship 5 times and not been promoted. For me, loyalties aside, there is something very wrong with that. IMG will be the death knell of the game as we know it in my opinion.
Yep it's all IMGs fault that Fev hasn't been promoted for several years running
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1 minute ago, oiseau said:
It will be tough but TO have just had a change of ownership with more funding assured.
Yes I've heard that also. New ownership and more investment. Can't remember where I read it.
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Sun 15th Oct: Championship Grand Final: Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 14:30 (Viaplay)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Is anyone able to confirm whether London's PNG players are still unable to travel to France? I think that could be pivotal