Which is great except that I live in London which is somewhat far away to be attending meetings where I would not be guaranteed the opportunity to respond to recent criticisms.

I am starting to think that Fax have made an absolute blooper here, being so highly critical in the aftermath of the announcement. Yes, we all know the franchise system is ridiculous, but Fax really had to back up their scathing comments to get any credit out of this and the continued silence is doing them no favours.

This.

I know that people have been on holiday and also unwell so maybe thats why theres been a delay. Also cringed again when i saw the name of this group printed in the trade papers, im not sure its going to paint Fax fans in a good light.

Things is nobody can say if we deserved to be in or not without looking at ALL the applicants not just Halifax and Wakefield. The thing is if we had a more open transparent viewpoint than I would accept it better than all this behind closed doors business just like the RFL have been acting with Crusaders since the beginning in exactly the same way. I feel strongly that Wakefield should not be in just like any club who have been in administration within the past 3 years. These clubs have lied and cheated people out of money and get a reward of 3 more years in SL. They should all face automatic relgation-but that would have upset the RFL expand at any cost view.

The meeting last night which was far better attended than expected with reps` of Super League and other Championship clubs in attendance have now actually "formed a group" who will name themselves and facilitate a move forward.
The meeting was origionally called as fans from mostly our club but other Championship Clubs as well were contacting the Trust to ask what we intended to do about the failed bid and the RFL in general.
The fans that were contacting us were wanting to vent their anger at the RFL some were considering a variety of ideas and were talking of showing their displeasure at the RFL by eg sitting on pitches etc` and so the Trust decided to have the meeting to organise a group that would ensure that all protests would be done in such a manner as not to bring the Club into disrepute.This was made quite clear at the meeting and everyone there was in full agreement we had noone makeing any suggestions that were OTT in fact quite the opposite . The fans were a credit to their Club as their concerns were not just about our lack of geting the Bid but a concern around other clubs as well. They even had concerns over the pulling of funding of our scholership last year which means forcing our youngsters to go to such as Bradford.
All these issues are undermining Championship clubs so they never will be able to compete in any way with Clubs that are in Super League when the next Franchises are handed out.
Everyone at the meeting was there last night in a totally unselfish way they were there because they care about Rugby League and to tell you the truth I was very proud of the way they spoke and the ideas put forward.
I was also more than pleased to see Pete (Starbug ) there from Leigh as I respect his opinions more than anyone I know regarding our game and his contribution to the meeting was fantastic, thank you Steve.
We will hear more of plans as time goes on but I can assure everyone that at the meeting last night there was noone there wanting to put our Club in a "bad light" in fact as I fully expected quite the opposite .They just want a fair deal for all clubs in all leagues nothing more nothing less they were a credit to their respective clubs

They ought to just be honest, good or bad, warts and all.
If its a worry to them that it makes the BOD's look bad, i wouldn't worry, i am guessing we all know our short falls as a club anyway. And i dont think we would blame the BOD's for not getting into SL. Unless there is something that neither party would like us to know??? I'm not saying we have a right to know, but i agree with Bubba, kicking up a stink and then saying nothing can backfire.