Fishermanscap wrote:
Firstly there is no racial stereotyping don't be so ridiculous. You clearly know nothing about French RL, the vast majority of who's stadia would not beat most conference clubs. It is obvious to most people that I'm referring to the sport of RL in particular and not the whole spectrum of French sport
Go view this site, take a tour of the stadiums through the links, then come cak and tell me which of those stadia match any SL club. Then check their attendances and net worth then tell me which SL team they match. Then check their revenue sreams etc etc. As for the Tennis courts etc, they are municiple and belong to the Town not the club, ditto in most cases the stadiums themslves. That's 100% municiple not a share as with most SL clubs.
The only SL club remotely similar to those 'elite' clubs is sadly ourselves and thats a stretch as we are considerably better off. Hence why French players may find the more homely Trinity a bit more to what they are accustomed too, not all, but a fair few.You really need to think before you knee jerk react. No French clubs apart frm Catalan come anywhere near there SL counterparts. The French Elite Division one isn't even close to the standard of the RL Champioship.
You must live in permanent outrage over something. I think you need to pass the keyboard back to the other guy.
But if I take your points one at a time
It may be mild but saying French players are ok with poor clubs like ours because they are used to poor facilities is racial stereotyping. You give no reference to anything about the players apart from them being French and group them together to draw a conclusion. That is racial stereotyping. No one is offended by it. It was mild. You are not banned. But it is what it is.
French stadiums. I gave you three examples of clubs that have good facilities. As there is only one to compare with Super League I'd say the others are a good comparison. I don't profess to know French rugby league well, but I have been and I have seen them.
In reference to the fact you were commenting on only rugby league grounds to show how they would accept our poor facilities, I was simply trying to widen your view to show that someones acceptance of the facilities and being comfortable does not just confine itself to the pitch and changing rooms. We have to train away from our pitch. Not bad gym, but not ours. Some of the lower league rugby clubs in France are connected with sporting clubs with nice facilities. That will have an impact to how they feel about being in Wakefield, as will the town they come from, the way they were brought up etc etc etc.
As I said, its more likely they feel comfortable, if in fact they do as it is only anecdotal evidence that they do, because of locality.
