The guy makes me physically sick just listening to the bile coming out of his mouth.

Had to have my TV set to widescreen mode to fit that jacket in he was wearing.

There was a lot of talk around financial stability, and the one thing that Fax have shown in recent times is that they can run a Rugby League club using generated income without being bolstered by wads of cash from rich benefactors.... and be very successful on the field at the same time.

There was talk of aspiring to the grade A clubs - it seems to me that a lot of clubs need to look at HRLFC to see how to manage within their means.

notice how he managed to dodge there pig sty of a ground that they promiced to have and havent.

3 years and we'll be shafted again, this RFL is just a joke, he was stuttering alot, what suprises me the most is he actually believes what he is saying.

we can never match Super League clubs in some areas, so how can we ever get in there again

Eddie Hemmings once again shows just how he brown noses the RFL

He's no Harry gration. . easy questions "yes Nigel" No Nigel, three bags full Nigel"

Only Phil Clarke seemed to grow some balls but he used St Helens as a side that had improved its facilities. . not yet it hasnt We HAVE!

and watching the fat controller was just like watching sepp blatter at the world cup scandal two of a kind that both us and soccer would be well rid of

Those clowns at the RFL actually believe the tripe they spout.
How can anything that deems to be professional be validated by having someone with deep pockets to paper over the cracks.
Watch this space, the economy well dictate how much cash these developers have at their disposal.

They will now carefully draft a document that screws us over and makes us look crap, they disgust me. Spineless cretins.

Wood dodged the question again about 'Were Wakefield getting relegated before Crusaders withdrew' This is the most telling info, his silence and dodging speaks volumes.

I hope Fax do publish their "BSC" details. Lets see what comments the RFL have made and what objectives/targets the RFL set for a club to meet.

BSC - I go to watch rugby to get away from work, now it's flaming well following me in its worst guise.

More confused than i was before the program. All the things that Nigel Wood mentioned Wakey didnt fair too well in them so we must have been pretty bad. Notice they didnt ask my question about why the admin rules were changed mid way through the season.

I would have liked to have had the questions asked.

How did Halifax tick all the boxes and meet the criteria a couple of monthe back along with Widnes and yet now they have not even been allocated a grade C license.

What criteria did they tick then that they do not tick now?

How can we have gone backwords sufficiently in such a short peroid, it's just ludicrous.

Halifax were manipulated out of meeting any license criteria to avoid the RFL being in a totally undefenable position.

We have just been to the NRC final and played great rugby and took defeat graciously.

Our league posistion has improved and we have a real chance of making the play offs.

Our ground has been used to play Super league games with 2 of them screened live on Sky Sports with nothing but praise from the clubs and their supporters involved in those games.

Second question what real prospects and guarantees do any Championship clubs have of ticking all the boxes, meeting every criteria set and yet may still not be allowed into Super league because of the 14 club restriction.

If that is the case how long will it be before these clubs inevitably fade and die.

The man clearly gets paid in burgers to lie. The interview was a disgrace and you have been cheated out of a super league place.

In tough economic times, i would expect to see one if not two SL clubs hitting the financial skids 18 months from now - there is no way that 14 business plans will deliver the results they all hope for.

The balanced scorecard was described as a holisitic (subjective) method of analysing clubs - time will tell. It's not as if the RFl ever get things wrong.

As for the idea of centrally controlled clubs in development area's - don't think it will be succesfull and would be too big a risk for the top suits who would be held accountable for failure.

don't worry they are tangling themselves up in there own web of lies they will run out of them eventually.

lets just hope the Crusaders can't get back on there feet so we actually have a chance for the next franchise

Nigel Woods certainly is a man who takes a long time to say nothing. Don't believe he answered a question directly, infact every question, despite being different, was answered with the same answer just with the words mixed up. Clearly singing off a pre-approved hymn sheet including key phrases such as 'economic time' 'broad scorecard' 'we can't go into detail' etc.

Poor interviewing technique as well to be honest. Nothing pressing in the slightest.

And how many times was the word 'sport' and 'rugby' mentioned? None.

I'll learn more tonight from mr Steele but he was basically told he mustn't raise or tackle the fat controller too harshly or the club would feel the wrath of the RFL!! Basically we were gagged