Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:56 pm  

IR80 wrote:

Hull and Huddersfield have huge history, Warrington, Leigh, Wigan not so much, do you ever travel, understand the places you visit?

Yes, weekends in Hull and Huddersfield are huge sellers with online travel firms....

[Pumpetypump]

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:12 pm  

When people mock Hull they are thinking of the housing estates. Hull city centre and in particular the old town are well worth a visit. But in general if the criteria for a worthy rugby team is a fascinating location then that's 95% of teams scuppered.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:22 pm  

IR80 wrote:

Hull and Huddersfield have huge history, Warrington, Leigh, Wigan not so much, do you ever travel, understand the places you visit?

I don't believe that many folk would give this any consideration when planning a trip to watch a game of RL from within England.

However, if travelling to Toronto, Toulouse or Perpignan, that would be a very different matter.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:49 pm  

Pumpetypump wrote:

When people mock Hull they are thinking of the housing estates. Hull city centre and in particular the old town are well worth a visit. But in general if the criteria for a worthy rugby team is a fascinating location then that's 95% of teams scuppered.

Thanks for your review - I really don't think I'll suggest it as a romantic break for me and the wife just yet though. She can have a pretty short temper and I don't fancy an expensive divorce at the moment.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:16 pm  

IR80 wrote:

Because they are both failed SL clubs, time for someone else to get a chance. Nobody would ever chose to go to Leigh or Widnes.

What a joke of a poster then I read your post saying Wigan Warrington and Leigh don’t have that much history. That’s funny. Il add Widnes to that end too.

But history anyway shouldn’t be a criteria as such for criteria into superleague

If you can’t go off and choose a current GF winner then your heading down the road of looking at

Facilities and stadium
Finances
Youth development
Crowds

If a team does get picked, let’s not overthink or complicate the situation. Whoever comes up will be odds to finish bottom. Let’s not for a second be looking for a competitive play off top 5 SL to come up.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:32 pm  

Pats plastic pitch wrote:

What a joke of a poster then I read your post saying Wigan Warrington and Leigh don’t have that much history. That’s funny. Il add Widnes to that end too.

But history anyway shouldn’t be a criteria as such for criteria into superleague

If you can’t go off and choose a current GF winner then your heading down the road of looking at

Facilities and stadium
Finances
Youth development
Crowds

If a team does get picked, let’s not overthink or complicate the situation. Whoever comes up will be odds to finish bottom. Let’s not for a second be looking for a competitive play off top 5 SL to come up.

Ppp, IR80 is a brilliant troll. One of the best on here.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:36 pm  

IR80 wrote:

Hull and Huddersfield have huge history, Warrington, Leigh, Wigan not so much, do you ever travel, understand the places you visit?

Remarkable statement from someone castigating others for not knowing history.

Lewis Carroll (Warrington)
Warrington bombing and its role in the Northern Ireland peace process
Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier
The Spinning Jenny (Leigh)
Significant English Civil War battles in Wigan and Leigh
First steam railway (Liverpool - Earlestown, just north of Warrington, where the first fatal rail accident also occured - Manchester)

I could be here all day

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:07 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

So who would you suggest and why ?

Fev (at least) were the club beaten by Toronto, which, due to the lack of RL since that game, puts them in poll position.
Personally, I'd like to see Toulouse take the spot but, despite being challengers and having had a decent start to the season, their would be very loud shouts of "FAVOURITISM" (or worse), if they got the nod.
Of the rest, you then look at Leigh, Widnes or London.
York, Bradford and Newcastle havent been in contention and to suddenly elevate any of these (or Bradford) would just be taking the Mickey although, in time, any of them could be proper contenders.

All correct, but it is Bradford.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:24 pm  

JTCFJG wrote:

All correct, but it is Bradford.

Of course it's the team that has still to go and grovel to the RFL for permission to play somewhere next season.

Re: Twelfth SL club for 2021 : Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:27 pm  

the problem with saying so and so should not be allowed in because they don't have a pot to tinkle in is that some clubs already in superleague are in a similar poor position financially. in order to exclude clubs who are not going to bring any value, you have to speak from a position of strength in the first place