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Interesting you say Toulouse would be a easy swap for Salford Mr Ellis did say he did not want 2 French teams in S L Do not bring enough to the game as in have no away support along with other things
I have a lot of time for ME and what he's doing for the club but I disagree with his viewpoint on this. Toulouse could be a great addition to the league and it's up to the home support to fill the stadium, not away fans.
But it is the away fans that make a difference to the French teams home support, you can not have it both ways .Away fans are making a difference to our average of seven and a half thousand .The French teams away support makes Huddersfield away support look like a top 4 club
Totally get where you're coming from. But Catalans average more than 9,000 fans a game. On average, that's comprised of 1,000 away fans, if that. 8,000 home fans, many more for big games. When they played at Camp Nou they got 31,000 fans - only 5,000 of the tickets sold were Wigan fans.
As a fact, Catalans do not bring many away fans. But when they're adding so much to the league in terms of interest, branding, a different market, a great away day - I just can't understand why you'd fixate on the fact that once a year we have to fill Belle Vue entirely with our own fans (as we should be aiming for anyway).
I was disappointed and a bit surprised to hear Matt Ellis say that too, but I didn't hear his thinking behind it.