is that TKL?

The most famous person from Halifax isn't even from Halifax...

And the most famous person from Widnes is?

Well Mario according to you lot Mel C, Kim Cattrell... Take your pick

Vikingman.

He's in Norway, having his eggs harvested.

We did curtail the reserve season for various reasons, but we had lost half of our very good reserve team from the previous seasons - Carter, Backhouse, Dutton, Kaighan, Pedley, McKenna, Liam Finch and James Finch - all to Workington. They were all offered regular first team rugby and first team money.

Of course we'd love to have a burgeoning youth set-up and I know the BOD have set that as a priority. As much as people would like to say otherwise, a scholarship/academy structure can be set-up quite quickly as long as the right people are employed. Indeed, it's probably one of the easiest criteria to hit. At most clubs scholarship teams are pretty much run by local Amateur coaches.

Vin Diesel is a known fan of the Vikings, we'll pull out the celebs on SL launch night.

Premiere at the Stobarts oh yes.

Will Paul Simon be singing your players out as they get carted onto the pitch in prams?

This whole super league franchise, should we, shouldn't we debate is nonsense. Perhaps some of my fellow fans who have seen a thing or two at Halifax RL over the years might agree with the following about how certain times in our history have made me feel.

85/86 - Over the moon - Halifax RL Div 1 champions. We drew which meant Fev stayed up and we won the league.
1987 - Words can't describe it, you really had to be there but I don't think I've ever been that happy since or before.
88/89 - So low.....it felt like my world had fallen apart
90/91 - Incredible team, incredible season and we were back in the big time.
2003 - It had been coming for some time but it was a bitter pill to swallow to be finally relegated. I know for some people it might have been the kindest thing but just ask a Fartown Ferret fan how they feel these days - they had after all been bumping along the bottom of the league for far longer than us!

2010 - Am I really the only person who is delighted we're National League champions but asking the question 'so what'?

I've had enough of these 'We're not ready off the field', or 'We don't have a youth set up' or 'We might struggle' comments. Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a go at my fellow fans, just at the system which has got us all to accept these limitations.

Sport for me is all about taking risks, seeking new challenges but most importantly......dreaming. Sport is not logical, sport is not a business plan, sport is not 'ticking boxes'. Anyone who disagrees with me needs to have a word with a Blackpool fan.

Sport is meant to be illogical. Sport is meant to be having dreams and then when you fulfill them it's meant to be magical. I'm afraid this whole franchise nonsense is slowly killing my love for a sport which has meant so much to me for so long.

Look at the long history of Rugby League, look at who has won titles over the years, look at the names of clubs that no longer exist, look at how crap some of todays big clubs were a relatively short time ago and tell me honestly - should we not just return to promotion and relegation?