Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:36 pm  

87legends. wrote:

I'm sure the rl will bale them out.if it was Halifax in that situation it would be whocares.Toronto will be the rl favourite team now.wont there quota be 17 English men etc.how many Canadians will be playing.fat controller rubbing his hands again.

Neither Toronto nor Toulouse makes sense outside $uper£eague.

So Huddersfield, Salford, Wakefield, Widnes ...... beware.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:50 pm  

should have stayed part time. This is a classic example of trying to run before you can walk. Is a good lesson for us not to go fulltime till we are ready. Don't wish to take advantage of ones demise but players could be available. QLT and Yere would be good additions to our team.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:55 pm  

87legends. wrote:

I'm sure the rl will bale them out.if it was Halifax in that situation it would be whocares.Toronto will be the rl favourite team now.wont there quota be 17 English men etc.how many Canadians will be playing.fat controller rubbing his hands again.

if each club is allowed a quota of overseas players arn't all the UK players going to be overseas players of Toronto, therefore breaking the RFL guidelines.
Who would have thought such things would be allowed in our great sport.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:28 pm  

87legends. wrote:

I'm sure the rl will bale them out.if it was Halifax in that situation it would be whocares.Toronto will be the rl favourite team now.wont there quota be 17 English men etc.how many Canadians will be playing.fat controller rubbing his hands again.

It isn't "English". It's not even "British". It's "EU".

Which raises a question for the future, obviously.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 2:54 pm  

Faxlore wrote:

if each club is allowed a quota of overseas players arn't all the UK players going to be overseas players of Toronto, therefore breaking the RFL guidelines.
Who would have thought such things would be allowed in our great sport.

My point exactly.how can it be a Canadian team with no Canadian players In there side.strange.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:12 pm  

87legends. wrote:

My point exactly.how can it be a Canadian team with no Canadian players In there side.strange.

Same as Catalans and Toulouse in their early days, special dispensation from the RFL.
No problem with hat in my very humble opinion.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:28 pm  

Our game is rolling in cash, lets fund Toronto, that's gonna catch on and blow Super Bowl, ice hockey, MLS and basketball out of the water, it's only a short long haul flight away too, our fans are loaded.
Toulouse, well what a cracking set of boulevards to drink pastis in, who could want for more, only a short flight away too, and it's not like they have their own competition.
London, cheap as chips to visit and relocate to, only 4 hours in traffic on a good day, loads of RL heritage stretching back to challenge cup finals visted by northern muppets once in while for a bit of culture.
Sheffield, iconic, historic, a city lacking in any other sport to watch and with a proven track record of bringing in paying punters by the 100's, and one of the catchiest Rugby league anthems around, 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet, sung by the Sheffield Amatuer dramatics society on day trips out, Rugby League through and through.
What could possibly go wrong.
It's about time we also stepped in to make sure Bradford can once again be the Apple of Nigel 'The Visionary' Woods eye. Only a stones through from the streets where he chased after ice cream vans as a child, and cadged free scraps from the local chippy.
The problem with us small minded fans of Halifax, Batley, Dewsbury, Featherstone and Cumbria is that our small parochial Luddite minds just can't grasp what true vision is,
We ought to concentrate on cheese rolling, we've tonnes of hills and valleys with an abundance of idiots willing to get boozed up, I'm sure we could formulate a league structure, Rugby League just isn't for us, and we don't seem to 'get it'.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:47 pm  

justthebasicfax wrote:

Our game is rolling in cash, lets fund Toronto, that's gonna catch on and blow Super Bowl, ice hockey, MLS and basketball out of the water, it's only a short long haul flight away too, our fans are loaded.
Toulouse, well what a cracking set of boulevards to drink pastis in, who could want for more, only a short flight away too, and it's not like they have their own competition.
London, cheap as chips to visit and relocate to, only 4 hours in traffic on a good day, loads of RL heritage stretching back to challenge cup finals visted by northern muppets once in while for a bit of culture.
Sheffield, iconic, historic, a city lacking in any other sport to watch and with a proven track record of bringing in paying punters by the 100's, and one of the catchiest Rugby league anthems around, 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet, sung by the Sheffield Amatuer dramatics society on day trips out, Rugby League through and through.
What could possibly go wrong.
It's about time we also stepped in to make sure Bradford can once again be the Apple of Nigel 'The Visionary' Woods eye. Only a stones through from the streets where he chased after ice cream vans as a child, and cadged free scraps from the local chippy.
The problem with us small minded fans of Halifax, Batley, Dewsbury, Featherstone and Cumbria is that our small parochial Luddite minds just can't grasp what true vision is,
We ought to concentrate on cheese rolling, we've tonnes of hills and valleys with an abundance of idiots willing to get boozed up, I'm sure we could formulate a league structure, Rugby League just isn't for us, and we don't seem to 'get it'.

Absolutely brilliant.
There was a film years ago filmed in Halifax and Wakefield, I think the action shots were at Thrum Hall.
"This Sporting Life" staring Richard Harris, portraid Rugby League as you describe.
Nowt changes.
I must however confess I have a desire to see Toulouse and Toronto in our competition, two cracking weekends away.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:02 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Absolutely brilliant.
There was a film years ago filmed in Halifax and Wakefield, I think the action shots were at Thrum Hall.
"This Sporting Life" staring Richard Harris, portraid Rugby League as you describe.
Nowt changes.
I must however confess I have a desire to see Toulouse and Toronto in our competition, two cracking weekends away.

WEEKEND, to Toronto, think it'll be a very long weekend, but might well be worth the trip, start saving now.

Re: Sad News The Eagles : Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:38 pm  

Norman Bates wrote:

WEEKEND, to Toronto, think it'll be a very long weekend, but might well be worth the trip, start saving now.

I know somebody who is! Grove, shudds. Atom Half Life 5.2% Mmm!