Quote ="northernbloke"1 but would not any new owner be feeding the sink hole'"
..Yep, but any new owner with the level of wealth required would most likely have a plan and a strategy......not just write cheque after cheque and expect that to work!
Quote ="northernbloke"2. Why should he give it away.'"
Because he's sick of losing money apparently.......but will continue to do so until someone gives him something back
If he's given us away at the end of 2013, he'd be about 8 million quid better off by now!
Quote ="northernbloke"3. We have already had a period where we had preferential treatment, the majority of northern fans still think we do. We have been around for 30 plus years, how can london be classed as an expansion team? '"
Because we are an expansion side, as are the Melbourne Storm and NZ Warriors in the NRL.....as for preferential treatment, let the northerners whine....to have any credence as a sport in the U it's key to having a capital presence!
Quote ="northernbloke"Wolfpack, don't know maybe they should have tried it.'"
If they'd fielded canadians across the board they'd be in Ch1 and their backer would have run for the hills by now....
Quote ="northernbloke"What has tonga got to do with anything?'"
...because Tonga would now be classed as a "go to place" for expansion, but the reality is that Tongan born players made up 8% of that Squad.....again showing that to expand the game, you need to permit players coming from anywhere for it to be successful......Look at the Storm.Without their Queensland Spine they'd have never won a thing.....without cheating their way to titles they may well have failed, but Victorians are a funny bunch......once the Storm were "outed" as cheats, interest in the club went up......
London, like Tonga internationally and the Storm in the NRL need to be allowed to field players from anywhere in their first team JUST AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP KIDS THROUGH THE AGE GROUPS AND ACADEMY.......
....but it doesn't matter, because Hughes will flush another couple of million this year whilst hanging out for someone to pay him money for a club with 0 assets and 300 season ticket holders