exactly my thoughts



making an expansion team go through the champiopnship is just a salve to the flatcapper clubs who feel they are being left out



its the RFL being forced into a politically correct solution which isnt good for the game as a whole

so just because he backs an expansionist cause you reply with this?



look widnes will be in SL next time, we all know that



the only issue is who they will replace in there, and whether or not the RFL adds more french SL clubs at the same time

i like pepes idea of granting them entry at a later date and giving them time to prepare. i still prefer toulose over paris.



but if the RFL put in both at once as part of a 16 team SL, imagine the leap forward RL will make in france



it would be on a similar path to the 1933 - 1939 period

Get a frigging grip.



Create a Stade Francais team and throw them straight into SL?? Oh come on, even the most inbred monobrowed web-footed ocker can't really think that's a good idea???



NO youth set-up, NO local players, NO fans, NO RL heritage, NO local knowledge or passion for RL/SL. Yet another team with 2 or 3 sub-standard locals and a truck-load of Aussies no-one's ever heard of.



Bloody fantastic. Another team with <3000 fans per game, no travelling fans resulting in yet another atmosphere-less fixture in the UK. Oh, and considerable additional cost for UK fans (on top of Catalans, 'Magic', Challenge Cup games, etc) if they want to follow their team away. Just great.



If Stade Francais (or anyone else) want to participate in SL they need to demonstrate long-term commitment to building a solid local fan base, a large marketing drive and the creation of a youth and local development set-up. That takes time and money. Any team wanting to join SL needs to serve their time and prove their worth - no short cuts.



Expansion for expansion's sake is not the way forward.

exactly, Dally if some rich Sth African RU team wanted to put a team in the NRL so its stadium could be used all year round would you support them over the CC?



No, thought not. It's the same scenario.

It was a joke Mongo.



Just like every one of your cretinous posts.

sorry i just cant see past the whole bitter old man routine.



my mistake

how is it the same scenario?



not a bad proposal though an nrl team in SA back by them. if they funded it why not?



not ahead of CC, just like paris shouldnt get in ahead of widnes

for the naysers, if the following occured would you support them being thrown into SL :



1. they dont get any sky money at all. the union clubs funds everything

2. they dont cost the best deserving Championship club a spot (widnes)

3. no other SL club is relegated for them



what would the harm be then if the RFL give them an additional SL spot, and dont cost the RFL a thing?

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if by 2018 there is not atleast five teams from mainland europe & two from wales in SLE then SLE has failed & you might as well forget it after all it will have had over twenty years of SKY money to expand the game & failed miserably.

No problem mate. Fortunately i can see past your bullsh*t though.

The game has to learn from past mistakes. As has been mentioned already, new expansion teams need to be in an area with history of the game. Which is why Stade need to be in the LER NOW and working towards a license in 2015 which gives them time to start building a junior base and win a few titles / Lord Derby cups.



Of course the Stade owners could forget all about this idea leaving this arguement pointless.