The Virtual Terrace • Re: Future of the Game

Straws at and clutching spring to mind.

The crux of your argument against TWP is that they have yet to secure a TV deal, which means that TWP lose out and that they haven't yet developed any of their own players.
The first part of this is of no detriment of the rest of SL and the second part ?? did you expect them to be fielding 8 or 9 Canadian born players ?? really ??

Your final paragraph is mere conjecture.

Also, lets look at some of the plusses of their being.

2 promotions in 5 seasons from League 1 and then winning the MPG to secure promotion.
An average of 700+ fans to their home games - which for any League 1 club, even allowing for some spin on the numbers is a fantastic effort for a new club playing an "alien" sport in a new country.
Perhaps it would be worth comparing their League 1 home gates with the 4 clubs that you would like to use to replace them and remembering of course, that 3 of them have been around for significantly longer than TWP and although he hasn't exactly set the comp on fire, they also secured the signing of one of the highest profile RL players on the planet but, let's ignore this because you dont like them

Considering that we are only one and a bit seasons away from the new league structure that you are so utterly certain about, do you think that it would be sensible for some kind of vote and ratification to take place - which I think would need agreement of all of the professional clubs and not just Mr Lenegan and your good self.