So in effect if you was to run with 7 or 8 u21s home grown players this season that would free up more money to sign up better players and still remain within the SC ?

Firstly, yes you could do that. Secondly they don't have to be home grown. They just have to qualify to play within the academy. So they could be foreign with british or european passports.

How many in times we know the on field effort does not matter (IMHO it should ) but the rules set by the RFL ( the ones that matter ) The onfield criterea has been met

If it did matter then SoC would have made sure Widnes got the SL place that way

Widnes DO NOT set the rules for SL we have just followed them
IE Finance . Gates Acecemy infrastructure

Take a note out of SoC book ( after the last round of licence's _ and plan for the next lot of Licence's and Good Luck

You sound like the kopites with the " we've won it 5 times e " but at least they have summat to shout about

Our strategy had to be different. We had to put our efforts on the pitch in order to get bums on seats. Unfortunately that hasn't worked yet. We need another 1,000 on the gate if we are to be taken seriously for SL.

Has the criteria been published? Because it is wrong to assume it is the same as last time around. Dont forget that the RFL committed to promoting the best club in the Championship but never clarified what that meant. I can only assume the three applications are not getting judged against any criteria but instead against each other.

So, if the RFL adheres rigidly to it's own rules (stop laughing over there!) Fax need not have wasted it's time applying as it did not have a turnover of £1,000,000 in 2009 or 2010 (though I still believe that Widnes's figures were due to creative accounting) and Barrow need not have applied due to stadium, turnover and average attendance.

Also Cas, Wakey, Saints and Salford are out as there isn't a chance in Hell of their new stadiums being finished by the start of the 2012 season.

I would say the reason you have put a bid in is ,just in case the WCs or quins go tits up in 2012.

you mean RFL putting fax on standby?

I'd be surprised if not tbh. If you believe a fair rumours Widnes have been on standby for the past 2 seasons!

Yes..it makes sense to me.

The WCs averaged about 4600 last season,what happens if that was novelty value and the gates are half that this season ?.

What happens if hughes at quins says..unless someone comes in and helps with the costs i'm out of here at the end of this season ?.

Then theres the court case about image right which could cost SL clubs millions.

ALthough i think some of you are being a bit daft with building your hopes up so much..it'll be so painful if you dont get the nod.

I dont think its daft building up our hopes.

I think most people on this board, and most fans that I know, realise the chances of a superleague licence for 2012 is pretty slim.

The March announcement will most definately go to Widnes.

What we have to do, as a club, is make it as difficult as possible for the July decisions, ie with the exception of location, what has Crusaders, Quins or Catalan got that Halifax hasnt? You could say fan base, but when we were in the top flight we showed that our average gates could be as good, if not considerably better than Quins and the potential ones at Crusaders, and as for Catalan, how many will they take to Leeds, Bradford, Wigan, St Helens etc? I am damn sure that Halifax will take more than they do.

The main concern that I have, as a Halifax fan, is for the 2015 onwards, because the RFL have a history of changing the goalposts and they could make it even more difficult for Championship clubs to make the step up.

The reason we put a bid in was partly because the Rugby League asked us to.