I would love to be in charge and run the game, but sadly im not, so all I can do is come up with the good ideas and try and get them out there.

Good ideas? L$ put loads if his own dosh into an expansion club. The RFL wouldn't bail out the crusaders it was be bought or go under. So knowing that the RFL aren't prepared to spend the money how on earth can you say an idea which expects them
to fork out millions is good!

Quote ="Odemwingie"Paul Sykes Hahahahahaha. Big eye catching names.'" I think ill take grand final winning coach, and potential man for the Globtrotters head job opinion over yours. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ngton.html [i"A lot of emphasis is put on the Challenge Cup and we will need to be prepared for a big game, especially with the likes of Matt Orford and Paul Sykes in their squad," he said.[/i

Quote ="Odemwingie"Paul Sykes Hahahahahaha. Big eye catching names.'" I think ill take grand final winning coach, and potential man for the Globtrotters head job opinion over yours. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ngton.html [i"A lot of emphasis is put on the Challenge Cup and we will need to be prepared for a big game, especially with the likes of Matt Orford and Paul Sykes in their squad," he said.[/i

As someone who has banged on about the marketing of the game in general and particularly in london I regret having to say this......but, come back when you have A GOOD IDEA



The London SL team has played in South East London, South West London, West London and now back in South West London.........not exactly globetrotting, but you get the picture. Skolars are now firmly settled in North London and average a few hundred fans per game.....and Quins plod along with the same average they have had since SL started....with a fair chunk of the 1,500/2,000 hard core supporters who treck to the stoop not coming from that area at all.....one poster on these boards will often spend 2.5hrs on public transport getting to home games and others can get to some AWAY games quicker than the stoop.

The success of the London team has been the games development....there are now many many clubs playing regularly in the south east and the kids are starting to come through.....but this is only because of the had work done by the community teams in association with the RFL over 15 years....not 3.

Point is, you've had an Idea............but not a very good one. It's not sustainable financially and would not benefit the development of the game long term.......

As for the Scorpians....I applaud what they have achieved in a short space of time, but they are mid table with 500 fans in the third tier of the competition.....I doubt Widnes will be too worried about them as a threat for a licence just yet.

As I say......you may think it's a good idea and to be honest I applaud anyone who thinks of new ways to expand the game and get more players/spectators....but this would be a financial and PR disaster. IMO that is.

Reading your posts, there are more and more compelling reasons for this.

Brilliant thread this - perhaps another idea would be to award the globetrotters 15 points for a try and give them every conversion (worth 9 points) in front of the post regardless of where or how the try was scored. Then for every infringement the opposing team makes, the player in question has to wear one clowns shoe (up to a total of two) any more and he is shot in front of the main stand.

what i like about this 'trolling' is mixing the crazy and pointless like the globetrotters, with the nugget of a perfectly valid idea of targetting areas with 'development blitzes' with lots and lots of development officers going in to one place, getting the game played in schools, training coaches and refs etc, then moving to the next place.

Scorpions for SL is a friend of mine but no longer uses this forum, he asked if I would make a post on his behalf. He laughs at you mocking Paul Sykes's ability, he has now proved you wrong after Paul has once again been selected for England, this time at the crucial stand off position. Well done Paul





you have proved your doubters wrong

"Scorpions for SL"

and now "Toulouse for super L"


A cynical person might think it was the same person whose original name got banned and then didn't have the imagination to think of one that was much different?

Oh god, your scorpions for superleague again aren't you... and widnes til' i die.....

ahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

You can spot 'em a mile off can't you

Widnes 'till I die only ever pops up 10 seconds after the 'other one' posts and yet denies being the same person

Worst troll ever.... including you bazza

Is this why Widnes til I die just called me a troll for owning Toulouse for Super L on another thread??

Mwaaahahahahaha!!!

Quote ="Nozzy"Widnes 'till I die only ever pops up 10 seconds after the 'other one' posts and yet denies being the same person Worst troll ever.... including you bazza '" If I thought you were being serious I would be quite offended! I've already had the Saint Helens fans bagging me out today for telling them some information I was given viewtopic.php?f=18&t=473157

Quote ="Nozzy"Widnes 'till I die only ever pops up 10 seconds after the 'other one' posts and yet denies being the same person Worst troll ever.... including you bazza '" If I thought you were being serious I would be quite offended! I've already had the Saint Helens fans bagging me out today for telling them some information I was given viewtopic.php?f=18&t=473157

Nope, and feel free to check IP addresses, if you dont want to take my word for it.

Ah, he's alright is Baz.

He is a bit of a troll, but a loveable.

If ever he casts a line and waits for bites its usually done in jest and can be funny every now and then. Unlike most trolls who are just malicious and nasty.

Owned? you made the well thought out point, that the RFL (unlike every other Sports Governing Body) cant make plans more than one game in advance...well done...no really, well done.


Apparently not, if you think we're the same person.

You called me a troll! Hardly implies you thought it was well thought out and you completely missed the point of what as I was saying.

Barry is funny sometimes, these 2 (sorry, one

) are just pillocks.

Its called sarcsam, i wasnt actually congratuating you.

I really hope Baz goes to the Grand Final, struts onto the pitch at half time with a t-shirt on that says "I AM BARRY MCKENZIE", grabs the mic off the compair begins saying "Yes, yes folks... Barry McKenzie is IN... THE... HOUSE...!!!" It would eclipse the entire match.

As for these two, three, one...? So far today they've had a crack at Wakefield, Magic Weekend, RFL, Rugby Union adverts (and in turn this site)... what's next on the list?

Would be funny if it happens



And I seriously hope this idiot gets all 3 accounts banned soon as he is just annoying as well as clueless. And i doubt he supports any one of Widnes/Scorpions/Tolouse either.

Surely that should be "HE IS BARRY MCKENZIE"

I think the original posters idea has some merit. I think 3 years is too long though. I would be tempted to have the team playing in say 3 cities per season and playing home games at each venue in turn. The big issue though is the cost - travelling, stadium hire, taking kit around, marketing remotely, etc. It would need to be a well capitalised venture (which sadly ain't going to happen in British RL) that could create a real high profile immediate impact in each city. The idea in future years would be to get other towns / cities bidding for the globetrotters to play a third of their matches in their town.

I agree with your thoughts that 3 years maybe too long, but think 3 cities in 1 season may not be long enough. Maybe a new city every year would be the right balance