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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 509095" data-attributes="member: 53362"><p>You came out with the arrogant line but obviously thats ok as your a mod.</p><p></p><p>Teams have not been promoted because they dont fit the critiera set by the RFU, teams that have met it such as Leeds, Worcester, Northampton and Exeter have been promoted. So where is the ring fencing.</p><p></p><p>Think I should put my cards on the table here as its getting a bit daft (which I am partly responsible for).....Tigers is not my only club. I live in Nottingham and have followed them for many years, Gary Rees used to be a regular in my pub and I remember the days when the likes of Brian Moore and Chris Gray would play at the old Ireland avenue ground. In the professional era Nottingham could not compete at the top level, its not the biggest of towns and with 2 soccer teams, an successful Ice hockey side and a good county cricket team that even if they built a 10K stadium they would never be able to half fill it most of the time. But no one at the club seemed to grasp that fact so they sold Ireland avenue to a builder in the hope of "hitting the big time". Oh dear they didnt get the money they should have from sale and ended up ground sharing with with Notts county who then when it looked like a big spending invester form the middle east was coming in decided to kick their "egg chasing" mates out and it was only a court order that stopped Nottingham Rfc being without a home. As it turned out the Notts county investers turned out to be crooks ( LMFAO when I found out) and all of a sudden Nottingham RFC were welcome back at meadow lane. They still stuggle on in the Championship and I go and watch from time to time but its a souless sad mainly empty ground they play in, like lots of Rugby teams they think big ground, big crowds, Premiership rugby big success but it almost always doesnt end up like that. I would love it if Nottingham were back at their old home, wouldnt bother me if they were in a lower league but they would still be <strong>the</strong> club in Nottingham not some franchise type of affair sharing a ground with its footballing betters. London Welsh are a great club with a great history at Deer park and I really feel for the fans there if they do go up because its going to be them loosing all their history like Nottingham did. They will be the ones having to do a 110 mile round trip to watch their team play in another city not you TRF Cymbro all for this big "prize" that they dont have the resources or fan base to sustain its ok to get mad and angry about the RFU making stupid decisions I hate them too but this is about being realistic as much as most of you hate to admit it London Welsh will not survive in the Premiership and they could destroy themselves if they went u and in 2 seasons time they will be stuggling in front of 500 fans from Oxford in a ground they could barely afford to rent. </p><p></p><p>Clubs are there for the people in the surrounding areas thats why they start in the first place the London Welsh board should consider that before they push this promotion thing too hard because I would hate it to all end in tears and unless you have followed a club that have been stung by over ambition you cannot really understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 509095, member: 53362"] You came out with the arrogant line but obviously thats ok as your a mod. Teams have not been promoted because they dont fit the critiera set by the RFU, teams that have met it such as Leeds, Worcester, Northampton and Exeter have been promoted. So where is the ring fencing. Think I should put my cards on the table here as its getting a bit daft (which I am partly responsible for).....Tigers is not my only club. I live in Nottingham and have followed them for many years, Gary Rees used to be a regular in my pub and I remember the days when the likes of Brian Moore and Chris Gray would play at the old Ireland avenue ground. In the professional era Nottingham could not compete at the top level, its not the biggest of towns and with 2 soccer teams, an successful Ice hockey side and a good county cricket team that even if they built a 10K stadium they would never be able to half fill it most of the time. But no one at the club seemed to grasp that fact so they sold Ireland avenue to a builder in the hope of "hitting the big time". Oh dear they didnt get the money they should have from sale and ended up ground sharing with with Notts county who then when it looked like a big spending invester form the middle east was coming in decided to kick their "egg chasing" mates out and it was only a court order that stopped Nottingham Rfc being without a home. As it turned out the Notts county investers turned out to be crooks ( LMFAO when I found out) and all of a sudden Nottingham RFC were welcome back at meadow lane. They still stuggle on in the Championship and I go and watch from time to time but its a souless sad mainly empty ground they play in, like lots of Rugby teams they think big ground, big crowds, Premiership rugby big success but it almost always doesnt end up like that. I would love it if Nottingham were back at their old home, wouldnt bother me if they were in a lower league but they would still be [B]the[/B] club in Nottingham not some franchise type of affair sharing a ground with its footballing betters. London Welsh are a great club with a great history at Deer park and I really feel for the fans there if they do go up because its going to be them loosing all their history like Nottingham did. They will be the ones having to do a 110 mile round trip to watch their team play in another city not you TRF Cymbro all for this big "prize" that they dont have the resources or fan base to sustain its ok to get mad and angry about the RFU making stupid decisions I hate them too but this is about being realistic as much as most of you hate to admit it London Welsh will not survive in the Premiership and they could destroy themselves if they went u and in 2 seasons time they will be stuggling in front of 500 fans from Oxford in a ground they could barely afford to rent. Clubs are there for the people in the surrounding areas thats why they start in the first place the London Welsh board should consider that before they push this promotion thing too hard because I would hate it to all end in tears and unless you have followed a club that have been stung by over ambition you cannot really understand. [/QUOTE]
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