Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:46 am  

Starbug wrote: I think the term was , It was ' likely ' that a team would be dropped , leading most to think that any Tv deal would not be increased enough to support any more british teams in SL , and possibly the reason the RFL would be interested in Stade Francais if they can find their own french TV money Couldn't find a link, but apparantly it was something that was said in a radio link viewtopic.php?t=436805 ** EDIT ** found it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 363171.stm Right at the end of the interview the question was asked that if a club was coming up would one be coming out of SL and the 1st word out of Lewis' mouth was "yes". To be honest though, I think we was responding to the original question which was should SL clubs be concerned about losing their licence. I think we can read into it that the most likely outcome will be that SL club will lose their place, but obviously they are not going to say that publically until nearer the time. I think SO'C said it would be spring next year when the decsion would be made, so a) gives that club almost a full year to plan for SL, b) makes that Championship clubs season a bit pointless but maybe more significantly c) what about the SL club coming down? They'll effectively be relegated with about 2/3's of the season still to go.

Starbug wrote: I think the term was , It was ' likely ' that a team would be dropped , leading most to think that any Tv deal would not be increased enough to support any more british teams in SL , and possibly the reason the RFL would be interested in Stade Francais if they can find their own french TV money Couldn't find a link, but apparantly it was something that was said in a radio link viewtopic.php?t=436805 ** EDIT ** found it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 363171.stm Right at the end of the interview the question was asked that if a club was coming up would one be coming out of SL and the 1st word out of Lewis' mouth was "yes". To be honest though, I think we was responding to the original question which was should SL clubs be concerned about losing their licence. I think we can read into it that the most likely outcome will be that SL club will lose their place, but obviously they are not going to say that publically until nearer the time. I think SO'C said it would be spring next year when the decsion would be made, so a) gives that club almost a full year to plan for SL, b) makes that Championship clubs season a bit pointless but maybe more significantly c) what about the SL club coming down? They'll effectively be relegated with about 2/3's of the season still to go.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:50 am  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

what about the SL club coming down? They'll effectively be relegated with about 2/3's of the season still to go.

What a shame.Couldn't care less if that happened to be honest.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:40 pm  

GSF wrote:

What a shame.Couldn't care less if that happened to be honest.

I do not care either as nobody gived a stuff about widnes not getting a franchise.Salford had worst attendances than widnes and crap stadium but jumped above us.Celtic could not last more than a year in south wales.All a joke.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:37 pm  

Anyone who claims Widnes should not be the next team in super league needs some help or some form of teaching on what makes a good RL club.

Widnes fans on here, you know who gets my vote anyway.

It was a big enough cock up that they were not put in last time around.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:58 pm  

Does richard lewis know what he's talking about? I can't believe the bulls**t he is talking about celtic

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:23 pm  

deeHell wrote:

As a passionate believer in P/R I firmly think that Barrow have a moral right to enter SL. As for Leigh/Widnes/Halifax and other set of moaners that haven't won the GF, well hard luck. You should learn to compete on the field and then come back to us!

you do realise that this is 3 year franchise thing and you won the grand final in the 1st of those seasons.

you won it once, theres 2 more years,

also you talk about your on the pitch form and your success, this franchise is about on and off the feils, right now there are at least 4 other teams in this league with better grounds than you.

there are a couple with a better fan base than you.

you might think what ever you want but the ONLY and i mean ONLY reason you will get into super league is because of EXPANSION.

Celtic Crusaders wernt ready but got fast tracked in cause they were an expansion club

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:32 pm  

faxtastic wrote:

you do realise that this is 3 year franchise thing and you won the grand final in the 1st of those seasons.

you won it once, theres 2 more years,

also you talk about your on the pitch form and your success, this franchise is about on and off the feils, right now there are at least 4 other teams in this league with better grounds than you.

there are a couple with a better fan base than you.

you might think what ever you want but the ONLY and i mean ONLY reason you will get into super league is because of EXPANSION.

Celtic Crusaders wernt ready but got fast tracked in cause they were an expansion club

You do realise deehead is a Wakey fan don't you - but one or two of your points stand .

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:55 pm  

Redchemic wrote:

You do realise deehead is a Wakey fan don't you - but one or two of your points stand .

i didnt realise that, thanks for pointing that out.

just thought seen as though this guy was going mental about teams in the championship that he actually supported one of them.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:28 pm  

faxtastic wrote:

i didnt realise that, thanks for pointing that out.

just thought seen as though this guy was going mental about teams in the championship that he actually supported one of them.

Don't worry about it. He will be soon enough.

Re: Widnes before Barrow? : Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:27 am  

faxtastic wrote:

i didnt realise that, thanks for pointing that out.

just thought seen as though this guy was going mental about teams in the championship that he actually supported one of them.

How could you think that a Barrow fan would have posted such a ridiculous statement ? All fans of Championship clubs know that Widnes going into SL is already a done deal. Their Chairman said so.