Some soul searching needed by the board. As you know GFB, i'm not one to criticise the board but your point about getting an independant specialist company in is a good one. Lessons to be learned for next time (if indeed we are in a position to do so next time).

That said, as i've pointed out before, the RFL's own process aint that great considering what happened to Crusaders and Wakey.

When Graham Clay left it was in the press that it wouldn't affect our bid preparation as Michael Steele was doing it.

I get the impression that our board thought our stadium would get us in to SL as the feed back we received last time commented on that being the key issue.

we should have just lied about future income, Wakey and Cru's obviously did last time round.

that would fit nicely with rfl policy.

One has to wonder how long we will all have to wait to see wether they have done the same this time as well re` the stadium.

I would have preferred this to have come out in a statement from the club rather than reading it on the RFL spin press release.

Just like previous bid the RFL show inconsistent reasons. Previously we were slated for not having a completed stadium whilst others lied about the future if theirs. This time they say our future financial plans are speculative, whilst on a couple of the other bids it says their financial plans are based on them moving into new stadia. Isn't that speculative?

It's all RFL b0ll0cks.

Why what kind of statement do you think the Club would make other than to agree with the RFL , I`d hardly expect them to come out and say something contrary to them .

You miss my point.

I wouldn't have expected the club to have told us anything different, but it would have been nice for the club to have been open and honest with the fans. The club had their meeting with tge RFL a few weeks ago now and they could have put this to bed then.

O h right but what I can`t understand is a couple of months ago the RFL said they could not publish clubs information on their bids as the clubs did not want it done. So I would have thought they must have spent a good bit of time informing clubs they intended now to do so. Also if as they say our bid was no good then why did they not say that in March as they did with Barrow instead of puting us through this farce. RFL= FAIL.

Spot on , ( my question was a rhetorical one)

My question is why has the RFL released this info today of all days .... this is the day of the seasons most important fixture as infact it may well be the last game of our season ? why not wait at least till tomorrow....

Do you really think the RFL give a flying one about Fax?