Re: Expansion done right : Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:53 am  

The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

Re: Expansion done right : Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:47 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

Hopefully one of them will eventually replace Catalans, because they've one of the best teams but won't win nothing.

Re: Expansion done right : Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:54 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?

Re: Expansion done right : Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:04 am  

GUBRATS wrote:

Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?

I did realise that. However I thought that they were raring to roll through League One undefeated and rarely even challenged, just like the brave Frenchmen of Toulouse.