: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:06 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

But, if things are to be decided on attendances, turnover and the like then I think we've all got to admit that there's so much more potential in Toulouse than there is in Leigh, or indeed half of this country.

Hard to take though matt

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:07 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

But, if things are to be decided on attendances, turnover and the like then I think we've all got to admit that there's so much more potential in Toulouse than there is in Leigh, or indeed half of this country.

Without a doubt

And yet matt you like me couldn't find anybody that even knew there was a RL club in Toulouse

And we all thought it was a ' sport '

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:13 pm  

I don't think barely 200 fans added on average to their gates will make much if any difference to gates that need to be around 2000-3000.
For their 1st season in our League they already have more going for them that we could learn from.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:24 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Without a doubt

And yet matt you like me couldn't find anybody that even knew there was a RL club in Toulouse

And we all thought it was a ' sport '

I found one

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:39 pm  

They also got half a page dedicated and snippet on back page about TO v Le Leyth in their local paper......As a much smaller rugby town without much competition sporting wise we barely get that in local. Goodness knows what writeup they got after beating us.
Also Leigh shirts where clocked a few times while we was walking, and connection made. But never spotted the famous posters though.

I think this is the attempt to bring back the boring "F" debate back by a poster who thinks we shouldn't worry about SL until we are sorted in this league 1st, but can't help bringing it up.
As Popman has said we won't get in SL in 2012. IMO We have too many volunteer workers instead of professional paid people to sort us out at the top and get us on right track. But of course we got no money, and not enough fans as yet. But of course if 2000 fans cancelled their holidays to Majorca etc and spent money in Leigh instead and donated to club we would be flying towards 2012

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:40 pm  

Leeeigh Leeeigh wrote:

I don't think barely 200 fans added on average to their gates will make much if any difference to gates that need to be around 2000-3000.
For their 1st season in our League they already have more going for them that we could learn from.

Without doubt , as Popman posted earlier on another thread

We will never get into SL again. Difficult to take, but true.

Toulouse a city with a million inhabitants , great weather and an excellent ' brazzilian band ' they have much more going for them than us

So maybe the time to start telling things how they are , and how they will be

Rather than chasing the impossible dream

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:43 pm  

Starbug wrote:

So maybe the time to start telling things how they are , and how they will be

Rather than chasing the impossible dream

So why keep bringing the whole thing up? They are well in front of us in a franchise race that we had little chance of winning anyway.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:43 pm  

Leeeigh Leeeigh wrote:

But of course we got no money, and not enough fans as yet. But of course if 2000 fans cancelled their holidays to Majorca etc and spent money in Leigh instead and donated to club we would be flying towards 2012

Why bother when Palma Pirates come in to the Championship in a few years time?

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:55 pm  

Leeeigh Leeeigh wrote:

So why keep bringing the whole thing up? They are well in front of us in a franchise race that we had little chance of winning anyway.

Just to remind people of some of the hypocrisy of happily paying a fortune to go on a weekend pish up in france that doesn't benifit our club at all when they are moaning about the price and quality of a beer or a hot dog back home

These same people will be grumbling about us not spending money we dont have to bring in some experience or how other clubs seem able to outbid us for players

We have had one fan post on here a thread about how he has spent almost a grand so far this year supporting his club but he seems to forget that of that grand the club has probably only recieved ÂŁ 140/200 in revenue

We are where we are , we have an almost impossible hill to climb , we will not even start to climb it until we start to think differently , until we accept what and where we are and the almost blind faith we will have to show to make even the 1 st step

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:05 pm  

Starbug wrote:

Just to remind people of some of the hypocrisy of happily paying a fortune to go on a weekend pish up in france that doesn't benifit our club at all when they are moaning about the price and quality of a beer or a hot dog back home

These same people will be grumbling about us not spending money we dont have to bring in some experience or how other clubs seem able to outbid us for players

We have had one fan post on here a thread about how he has spent almost a grand so far this year supporting his club but he seems to forget that of that grand the club has probably only recieved ÂŁ 140/200 in revenue

We are where we are , we have an almost impossible hill to climb , we will not even start to climb it until we start to think differently , until we accept what and where we are and the almost blind faith we will have to show to make even the 1 st step

Top post and doesn`t it highlight the point of why anyone ( fan ) would want to put any of their hard earned cah ino the club.................. If I win the Euro Lottery and the r/o .... I`d buy 3 boxes ..max ..family,friends ,a nd ex work colleagues..... doesnt stop me being a Leyther just a bit wise to the apathy within the town.........