I know it sounds like I'm insulting them, but I'm really not. Times are tough and this is where we're at. Championship is fine, but people need to lower expectations if they're thinking any reshuffle will improve things dramatically. We're going to see a few really standout, but the rest will almost be fighting it out amongst themselves in the league.
Is there an issue with Cov and the bad blood between the football and Wasps. The footballing side which is quite big wouldn't watch rugby now if it was the last sport on earth.
There's no connection between wasps and Coventry rugby, quite a few cov city fans I know have said they wouldn't have a problem ground sharing. I wonder if Coventry could get the crowds wasps managed at the Rhico?
Honestly as a Cov fan I like the set up and level they play at and wouldn't want to end up another Newcastle. Rather be a bigger fish in the pond and live within the means if that makes sense
Definitely and I prefer that myself. So many clubs in other sports push to be at the top when they clearly don't have the resources or financial ability to survive. Stability is far more important and undervalued imo.
Sundays is mini's and youth up to U16 rugby day normally at clubs. Has the same problem as the prem clashing with the adults on Saturday.
Absolutely agree. Best matches are those with a low gap in the score. I can't stop watching it and am usually very nervous during the game. Definitely not the same as something like one-sided Italy-England for example (when you know who will win just in the beginning of the match
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most teams would stay as is. Franchise in American sense not welsh or NZ sense.
Me either, and the idea of getting the Prem back up to 12+ teams when it isn't supporting 10 at present is ******* ludicrous.
See I'd agree completely before last weekend, I bumped into the brother of one of my best child hood friends (and club captain), due to injury he stopped playing recently and is now coaching the seniors he played for, from what he said the grass roots setup locally is actually very popular potentially more popular than when we grew up, since we both stopped playing we both agreed we had a far greater interest in the domestic game than we ever did growing up, I just wonder if a huge part of that is not having a particularly close team geographically, I'm in the south East Quins being my closest club, actually pretty close to where Joe Marler lives, I feel like if there was a local club to get behind it would generate a lot more interest.
Many do. But a couple of teams can't financially benefit fully from that because they not the only tenant like Bristol and Sale.
Agreed in truth I'm a Wasps fan, part of that was because I liked the way they played an another part was them having almost a nomadic feel and not really having a strong geographic home so kind of appealed to me,(had there been a local club it would have been quite different) I'd also love to see some of those promotional games (or what ever they are referred to as) like Sarries vs Quinn's @ spurs ground be played in places like the Amex (Brightons stadium), I know that means both teams and fans have to travel further etc and the pros may not outweigh the cons, it could however give some indication of appetite for the sport in traditionally untapped areas, I know it won't be exact and hard to truly gauge but if attendance is poor and it was well marketed you can fairly write off that area where as if it's a good turn out you may want to look a little deeper at its potential.
