gingerjon Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, Eddie said: Could have had presence in one of the biggest sporting cities in the world, with average attendances of 10,000+. Have the pubs opened early? Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotchy1 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Have I missed something, does this mean Leigh are in SL and have been franchised to stay there forever? The joke, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, phiggins said: Sorry, didn't realise you were question master. 1) As far as I recall, Leigh have a category C academy, so not in the academy league 2) New fans. Our average attendance for home fans will increase, whilst being in Super League, Covid restrictions permitting 3) New sponsors. The club will likely get new sponsors. Whether putting Leigh in will attract sportwide sponsors is another matter. So, same three questions for the other six... So will the increase in fans be new fans? I look forward to seeing some big brands now coming to Super League now that Leigh are in it I'm having trouble remembering the big brands they brought into Super League the last time they was there, Can you remind me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic XIII Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, nadera78 said: Good luck to Leigh, I hope they get stuck in and give it a real go. Agree only because they have a handful of our former players ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 37 minutes ago, Scotchy1 said: Not to speak for anyone else but I think the point being made is that the reason we get this massive announcement cut for adverts and less time than the 2nd tier european football competition or an RU world cup in 3 years time is that the wider public dont really care about those differences. Yes our leading clubs, our talisman clubs are just to small and insignificant to grab the public's imagination, it is those clubs who should be spreading the gospel of the sport like Man U's or City, Spurs or Liverpool do for their sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said: Who’s got an average attendance of 10,000+ plus? Toronto would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Just now, Eddie said: Toronto would have. Did they ever get a 10,000 crowd in Toronto, let alone have an average of that figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Tex Evans Thigh said: Despair all you want, professional RL has never been successful in London. I know that hurts but it’s true. Leigh are a much bigger RL club than London. People see ‘London’ and can’t help but dream but the fact is they have hardly got a foothold after 40 years. Blaming northern towns for that failure is ridiculous. There was nothing stopping London selling themselves as ‘a nice afternoon with some inexpensive sport’ was there? Professional RL has never been successful in Leigh either! London have had poor marketing granted, but Super League clubs struggle to sell against other super league clubs because they're towns/places people don't care about being against or beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotchy1 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said: Yes our leading clubs, our talisman clubs are just to small and insignificant to grab the public's imagination, it is those clubs who should be spreading the gospel of the sport like Man U's or City, Spurs or Liverpool do for their sport. Yes its the clubs who have fans and profiles fault the game doesn't have fans or profile. Except when its Wakefield and Salfords fault. But most of the time its London and Toronto and expansions fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic XIII Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Had to laugh, not a mention of this monumentous (on these boards) decision on the BBC Sport homepage, in fact it looks like they have removed rugby league from the page header in disgust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phiggins Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Future is League said: So will the increase in fans be new fans? I look forward to seeing some big brands now coming to Super League now that Leigh are in it I'm having trouble remembering the big brands they brought into Super League the last time they was there, Can you remind me? Presumably, you know which big brands the other clubs would bring in then? Of course, London had years to bring in the big brands and help with the sport's national profile. So plenty of pointers there. We've been swimming in sponsorship since bringing in a french club, so bring another in. I mean, you've read all six bids haven't you? Otherwise you're just talking pompous tosh, and that can't be true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Yes our leading clubs, our talisman clubs are just to small and insignificant to grab the public's imagination, it is those clubs who should be spreading the gospel of the sport like Man U's or City, Spurs or Liverpool do for their sport. Absolutely, but lets be honest they're still the 3 biggest RL clubs and still the only clubs most members of the public can name. So the rest need to buck their ideas up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binosh Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, Man of Kent said: Sense of perspective needed. Leigh may be a boring Bill Arthur of a choice but they will fulfil their fixtures, they have no ground/travel issues and they will be fairly competitive. That’s what is needed right now. Filler. Very sensible post, and lets not forget that the only reason Leigh are now in SL is that lying, cheating stinking disgrace of a man David Argyle folded the Wolfpack by walking away owing over £3,000,000 in unpaid wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudger06 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Tommygilf said: Professional RL has never been successful in Leigh either! London have had poor marketing granted, but Super League clubs struggle to sell against other super league clubs because they're towns/places people don't care about being against or beating. Well if that's true why did Toronto want to reapply? and why are London & Toulouse wanting in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Congratulations to Leigh. Toulouse will be disappointed but glad Leigh are not a rival for Championship promotion in 2021. Leigh could simply sign the rest of the Toronto squad and it will be just like old times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Smudger06 said: Well if that's true why did Toronto want to reapply? and why are London & Toulouse wanting in? Because at least going against fully professional sides, some in cities not villages, helps with the business planning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plow Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Leigh was the safest bet. Heartland team who have recently been in SL and have good support. I suspect it was either them or London but the supporters aspect rules the broncos out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said: Did they ever get a 10,000 crowd in Toronto, let alone have an average of that figure? They never played a SL game in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeytherRob Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, Colin James said: It's potentially a huge issue for the Championship where players have jobs to go to, they can't be wrapped in a bubble like SL. Toulouse going up would have solved that problem and also removed a home game with zero away fans. This is the exact reason why with my 'for the good of the game' cap on, I would've put Toulouse up and said as much on here previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 From the fourth largest city in North America to a satellite town of Wigan. Small towns, small ambitions, small chance of expansion. Great chance of remaining small, parochial and northern. "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudger06 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, Magic XIII said: Had to laugh, not a mention of this monumentous (on these boards) decision on the BBC Sport homepage, in fact it looks like they have removed rugby league from the page header in disgust It's on their front page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardypaul Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Look good luck to Leigh I have nothing against them. But what would you think if an athlete who won the gold medal at the Olympics was later disqualified and rather than promote the runner up you had a selection process to decide who should win it and gave it to the athlete who finished 5th, would be a joke wouldn’t it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phiggins Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Magic XIII said: Had to laugh, not a mention of this monumentous (on these boards) decision on the BBC Sport homepage, in fact it looks like they have removed rugby league from the page header in disgust Lead story in the RL section, which I still see in the header on desktop. Am sure promoting London, Toulouse or York would've been above Gerard Houllier and Champions League build up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1812 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said: Did they ever get a 10,000 crowd in Toronto, let alone have an average of that figure? For the 2nd million pound game, Toronto were apparently fine by the city for going over the fire capacity of 10,000 people in Lamport. That was reported by the a staff of the Wolfpack but I’ve got no way to verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Just now, Eddie said: They never played a SL game in Toronto. So, it’s an assumption rather than the matter of fact nature you spoke in a couple of pages back. They may have, we’ll not know. They might have peaked at around the 8000 mark we were told they were getting at Lamport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.