: Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:42 pm  

bowes wrote:

Yes but they prioritised their French clubs in the overlap at the start of the season so it's likely they will go back

Where is your evidence that they prioritised their previous club as opposed to merely fulfilling their existing contractual obligations before moving to Toulouse?

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:11 pm  

bowes wrote:

Yes but they prioritised their French clubs in the overlap at the start of the season so it's likely they will go back

did they? who? not being funny but im not sure what your evidence is exactly.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:59 pm  

What players have Toulouse brought in in the last few weeks?

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:06 pm  

jannerboyuk wrote:

did they? who? not being funny but im not sure what your evidence is exactly.

Mr. Bowes has no evidence.

He is just a deeply depressed Midlander, with no professional rugby league team nearby, who is congenitally predisposed to pouring cold water on any project to build up French rugby league.

Mr Bowes has had this problem for years, and we who wish to see he growth of rugby league in France have had to endure his relentless negativity for years. Unfortunately there seems to be no cure for this kind of knee jerk negativity because he refuses to admit that he has a problem.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:08 pm  

AJ Viking wrote:

What players have Toulouse brought in in the last few weeks?

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: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:37 pm  

bowes wrote:

They'll collapse at the end of the season when their players go back to the French league, the same how they were pure rubbish the first few weeks til the French season finished. Players shouldn't double up like that if the seasons overlap

The French LER season hasn't finished - the play-offs have just started. Not that it matters to Toulouse as they haven't signed anybody since the NL season began.

One big thing that has changed in the past few weeks is discipline - they are now top of the fair play table. They conceded more penalties in their first two games over here than in all of the games since put together.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:30 pm  

bowes wrote:

They'll collapse at the end of the season when their players go back to the French league, the same how they were pure rubbish the first few weeks til the French season finished. Players shouldn't double up like that if the seasons overlap

I think you're confusing the probable signing of top LER players at the end of the LER season and the Catalans' plan to lend UTC players to TO with the current squad.
The current TO squad play only for TO, they do not double up. Next year TO is hoping to field an LER and a Championship side (personally I doubt they will get the 50 players needed for this) with the LER side being their academy. Any signed TO players will not double up, unless it is an academy player stepping up to the championship - and said players would not, you would expect, dip back into the LER. Possibly TO will also use LER matches as "friendlies" for their championship squad.

All this is speculation though, as stands none of the TO players are doubling up, nor do they plan to.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:32 pm  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

He chose not to reply to that because there is nothing he can say

Chose not to reply because I couldn't stop laughing!

So the 'achievements' of Celtic (ooh, a grand final) far outweigh anything that Widnes have ever achieved do they?

You probably wouldn't know this but Widnes were also runners-up in a grand final in recent years and that didn't result in them being promoted, did it?

And I'm the idiot!

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:37 pm  

therobins wrote:

And I'm the idiot!

Self awareness is a wonderful thing.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:53 pm  

jannerboyuk wrote:

Self awareness is a wonderful thing.

Your awareness of how the game grew isn't too wonderful, though!

Why not respond to the rugby content of my post? Could it be that there isn't a response which supports your ideas?