Tommygilf

Plenty of clubs have had warm weather pre season camps, if the Valencia link up is a coincidental then who cares really

Have you told Oxen? Asking for a friend

Smart looking and inoffensive

Sensible and good moves.

Could be a good move, Catalans (and Toulouse) would both benefit from the profile of the sport being raised in France - and Paris is absolutely the place to do that.

Whilst I can see your point, Salford were given that opportunity with special measures last year and have had 6 figure investments from the council since then too. RL Commercial and the clubs aren't doing this because they are being positive about Salford growing (I think we can assume this is a RLC approved appointment). They want someone to come in to make sure the club doesn't spend far too much more than it can, and that it doesn't come back to SL or anyone else cap in hand for £500k again.

The obvious risk here is that Salford will now not be able to get the players they have been on the contracts they have given out, which will result in declining on field performances - which could impact their IMG score. They are already in a vulnerable position on that front and Carter can't work miracles with the finances.

Very much has the vibe of administration before the administrators come in

Currently it's pretty hard to follow a club if you aren't there every week. Clubs need to make that easier. The flip side is that a lot of Championship clubs operate on the same budget levels as non league football, so punters in the ground are proportionally far more important. That problem lies at the heart of so many of RLs problems.

Agreed and there's likely to be a public transport support element to our planning now.

It would seem that way, there are a lot of copies. I know they were criticised in the past for being too silly with shirts, but this is completely the other way.

Most older grounds in the UK, RL, Football or Union, are situated in suburban areas. Where there is a lot of parking (relative to other stadia) it is usually retrospective ie Elland Road with the former pitches and other buildings behind being flattened. US style massive Stadiums with huge parking lots is anathema to the UK model of sport I suppose. Even when brand new Stadiums have been built in the UK, parking facilities doesn't always seem to be a huge factor.

Genuinely think Oxen saw LUFC's successful Yellow shirt and thought we'll have a bit of that. Terrible shirt to "remember". If they needed a light coloured heritage shirt then the 2017 GF winning white one should have been it.

I don't think that is quite right. That is how it works in football certainly, ie, clubs play in their home kit first regardless, then their 2nd, then their 3rd if the first two clash. In Super League for some years now we have seen that the majority of clubs will, when away from home, more often than not adopt their away shirt as first choice, even if their 1st colours do not clash with the hosts. Cas vs Wigan is a good example of this. Such a sticking to this rule has caused a few clashes in the relatively recent past.

Yeah if you ignore half to two thirds of Australia maybe