Quote Superted="Superted"Small squad anyway, and then sign SBW with the agreement that he can go back to NZ after the season has started.
Get that it’s for the birth of his child and why they would let him go, but he had plenty of time to make arrangements for said child to be born over here - smacks of desperation to get SBW at all costs.
I’m one who does think that [uthey should be given some leeway/concessions as a new expansion club[/u, but [uthey’re hardly helping themselves [/ueither.'"
1. How on earth do you manage to define them as an expansion club?? They committed to expanding the TV deal with North American TV Money, but there isn't any such money?
2. They committed to expanding the pro payer pool with grid iron converts "pretty quickly" that failed completely?
3. When SL gained TWP they lost London so again what expanded? Geographically SL no longer has a London presence?
4. let's say five new North American clubs replace five English clubs and buy all their players is that "expansion"
it's surely contraction of the game here more so as the closure of an English club as a professional entity permanently means they ultimately shut their reserves and academy. Will NY and Ottawa have reserves and academies?
So do please define for me how TWP are an expansion club?. The RL media and journos ram this [i"expansion"[/i definition down our throats, probably because they get a lot more work and attention trumpeting such clubs and laughably even the ones that don't exist like New York and Ottawa.
4. Just recently it has been revealed that the small squad of players TWP have largely did not want to be back and forth across the Atlantic, and so Argyle was forced to offer them bigger salaries until they agreed to play for TWP. It's not a matter of them not helping themselves, it's a case of them not being attractive to professional players here because of the travel distance.
5. Ironically it was Brian McDermott who when he was London Broncos coach and they were serial losers with a thin squad said that every time he tried to sign an M62 based player they refused because they didn't like the idea of 400 mile round trips. Players certainly don't like the idea of 6,000 mile round trips to North America unless they are paid big salaries. By the end of next year how many TWP players will be wanting to go home to England. How many here will want to play for what is looking like serial losers.
Please review how TWP are "expansion" and why you want to do them favours whilst London lose their SL status and drop a division to make way?????.
it's surely contraction of the game here more so as the closure of an English club as a professional entity permanently means they ultimately shut their reserves and academy. Will NY and Ottawa have reserves and academies?
