Decisions made behind closed doors where NOTHING is open to the public to see who gets the SL spots and why. The dealings with Crusaders also are not transparent as the RFL have never come out and said "well we have leant them XXX as we need them and Quins in SL". The lies and hypocrisy from Woods and Lewis is unreal. Be honest about it atleast and stop the BS-it is pushing people away from the game!
I also heard the bit where Lewis said " Well I think Widnes benefitted from not being accepted last time,it was too short a time to plan and prepare...". What absolute rubbish! Like it was OK for Crusaders to be rushed in and make a whole mess of things but Widnes not? Honestly these clueless clowns make me sick and make me angry. I know hundreds of people that refuse to watch Rugby League because of the way the RFL/SL is. I feel I am going that way slowly as just fed up of the people running and ruining it. Thanks for killing my love for the game Lewis & Wood.

If they were consistent i would have no problem with what they are trying to achieve.
If they can't be consistent (Crusaders leniency) then at least be honest with the fans instead of this charade.

RFL - please grow some balls and ditch the criteria rubbish. Come out and say "we will decide the make-up of Super League via a small committee based at our HQ" because that's what you're doing anyway.

Show the fans of this game some respect please.

I know most will disagree with me on this [ because it would be seen as ' rocking the boat , something that many fans see as Leigh's undoing , although why they feel the RFL cannot be criticised without ' retribution ' is beyond me , we are dealing with the organisation given the responsibility of running OUR sport FFS ] but if I was the Fax board , I would seriously consider withdrawing your application in July , stating quite clearly that you are being used , and unless the RFL can come up with some clear ' stipulations ' say with relation to stadiums being started/completed or financial guarantee's you will get a place , then you withdraw your application from the ' sham ' we will see in July

Mr Wood is treating you like a donkey by waving a carrot in front of you to make you do what he wants to make him look better , simple as

Agree 100% with Starbug that we getting stitch upped by the RFL with a carrot that does not exist. If any of the existing superleagues clubs have failed to tick all the boxes now they are surely unable to remedy the situation by the end of July. So the RFL must know today who does and who doesn't so why wait 3 months to annouce the results.
PS Good luck to Widnes in SL they really deserve to be in the top flight.

As I said on another thread it's just a sugar coating on a very bitter pill, but I hope I am proved wrong