It was by fax and they showed the Cru CEO (left before start of SL '09) getting the fax off the machine and considering all the hard work put even over the years he hardly seemed ecstatic, nor excited even

I agree, it's about time that there was a shake up, bringing in some new blood might do everybody else some good and it would send a message to all Champ clubs that if they put the effort in they will be rewarded. Complacency seems to have set in with a few SL clubs thinking all they need is a new ground and that will do.

That's because he knew what was about to flow out of his wallet and the creditors accounts.

Are you sure it wasn't a request from the Department of Work and Pensions reminding them that their players were about to undergo an inspection of their work visas?

That's why he dissapeared IMO as when it cane out they said 'well the people who did that aren't here anymore' convinient eh!

I am not even going to give the announcement a 2nd thought.

What announcement ?

I remember the pain of all those grand finals we (Leigh) lost with promotion at stake, the pain as Widnes took us out in the semis, the monumental feeling for the last 10 mins of extra time v Haven in 2004. Emotional roller coaster, the NL GF was the biggest game of the year because it had the most at stake.

On announcement day the Widnes fans will feel nothing like they felt when beating us in that semi or beating Oldham in the final, or losing to Cas or HKR. The RFL has taken that away from us all.

Sport = extreme joy and pain at whatever moment in time, no longer important to the RFL.

And Leythers move in to moan about franchising... YAWN!

If you don't want to see it , don't look

Not really as it was Fax fans discussing their plans for franchise d-day so quite interesting to see what the 'opposition' were planning. yet the usual Leyther dribble comes up yet again, get over your not involved... why? Cos you've been pi$$ poor on the pitch so yea laugh at us all you want but that is the FACT no-one cares about Leigh because of ON THE FIELD ISSUES!

If I remember rightly Widnes haven't exactle outshone everyone with their performances on the pitch either. What they've done off the field has put them in with a chance of a SL place.