Be firm, show some bottle, continue to speak out about the ridiculous franchising system?

I can just see it now, the next time the franchise announcement is made...it will be like groundhog day.

As already mentioned many times on these threads IT'S GOT TO BE A COLLECTIVE and not just a Fax thing.

RFL can ignore Fax BUT NOT a collective from the rest of the championship clubs which from my understanding is precisely the grounds on which the protests are being made.

We all know what happened on Groundhog Day. It kept going on in perpetuity.

I am under no illusion that the Clubs` Board have no doubt been leaned on by the RFL to produce this statement to bring the Fax fans into line.As there was quite a big piece in the rugby papers this Monday stating we intended to do some kind of protest.
However even Mr Abbott by the looks of things does not realise this protest is not about Fax not geting into Super League although it may have been the catalyst it`s about the RFL s total lack of respect for the Championship Clubs.
It`s about a fair deal for everyone and I for one still believe in that it`s not just Fax fans that are fed up with how the spirit of the game has gone but a good deal of others too.
The T. shirts can still be worn as the RFL cannot stop the fans wearing a Tshirt
that we want to wear and they will still be available for donations at over £3-50 each.

Exactly my point , it is not about Fax persay .

It just does not add up the BOD new we was having this meeting and where happy for us to go ahead with a protest at the Widnes game as long as it was peaceful. They met the RFL last Tuesday so why wait until now to plead with us to stay quiet? What I heard is that the club did not agree to release the joint statement so why the sudden change of Heart? Something smells fishy and I am not talking about the contents of Baldricks apple crumble.

The spirit of 1885 will go on viva La resistance

Never a truer word said. For one of the Directers to come out with a statement, that the fans might be "un helpful" is a bit much. IMO. The fans backed the Directers to a one, against most of posters on other Forums, and then get kicked in the teeth with a statement like that. Unreal. How do you think you will ever get 10,000 in the ground with talk like that.

The reason they have come out with this now is because the protest is tomorrow night and the RFL cannot get all Fax fans in a room and tell us not to do it.I have the greatest sympathy with our board but it still does not alter what the SPIRIT OF 1895 is all about.

I really do despise the RFL and everything they stand for we are the spirit of 1895 and they can try as much as the can but they will never break our spirit. Viva la resistance

As usual Starbug you talk a lot of sense and I feel for Our Board who are probably caught between a rock and a hard place but as I said some of us cannot say we will not wear a Tshirt about the RFL regardless of what the Board have said to our Club.The RFL are not makeing any statements to say they are going to be fairer to all Championship Clubs and be more transparent so my views are the same.

Oh

2 weeks after the event we finally get a statement but we're still none the wiser!
i know the club are having to bend over to the rfl but why on earth cant they come out and tell us why our licence bid was not successful and what areas need to be worked on.
we're not asking for much and it wont change anything but it might at least help us to move forward.

What a joke!

Could you expand upon your post Freddie ?