TOP POST MATE TOTALLY AGREE

I am a Halifax RLFC fan now and NOT RL anymore.

i think it was right to say what he did. think a few more will speak up when a club gets kicked out of SL too.
or what odds they change rule again now and expand SL by one team.

I think Mr Steele is spot on. Shame a few other chairmen in the game dont speak out and stand up against the farce which is the franchise system.

Nil illegitimi carborundum

So long as chairmen continue to doff their caps and pay their turnip tax every time the RFL come around there is no chance of being treated with respect. Only with a firm and collective voice is their any chance of being taken seriously.

Mr Steele and the Batley chaiman, balls as big as space hoppers.

And Mr Rowley for speaking the truth 2 years ago ?

Screwed any chance you had of ever getting in to SL. At least ours waited until its painfully obvious that we have no chance. Im glad Widnes meet all the criteria because it is going to make the coming months very sticky for the RFL.

. . . .backfired.

It's all a question of timing and Alan dropped a big ball that day.

We dont have any chance under franchising , never will , that was plain for us to see the day in march 2008 when the RFL rang up to arrange an inspection of Hilton Park , despite the LSV stadium being 80 % complete at that time

totally agree with this post, me and wife have been season ticket holders for only 7 years but i've lost all interest in it due to the rfl changing rules to fit a team they want. I wont be buying season tickets anymore. I'm also cancelling Sky, only got it to watch rugby league so no need anymore.

Getting rid of sky and not attending any RFL events such as England games, challenge cup finals and Grand finals is a good idea but not buying a fax season ticket is hurting the club we love.

But could that be a way of getting your club to stop bowing down to the cretins at Red Hall in order to stop the demise of the club. Come on Championship Chairmen, get some balls. Time to act to save the game we love

I agree with that but Michael Steel as said something against the RFL so it looks like clubs chairmen are starting to rebel

I know I read that. So thats Leigh from a couple of years ago, Batley and yourselves. A long way to go, but maybe some help from the media might speed things up

Got to admit that I completely agree with you mate.
For me the feeling was crystallised last year... I've been to three Championship GF's in recent years.
Won one and lost two. On each occasion I was sick with nerves the week leading up to the game. During the game I could barely speak. At the end of one match I was more jubilant than I remember at a rugby game and at two others I was completely heartbroken and spent the next week on a low.

When we were knocked out of the playoffs by Featherstone Rovers last year I shrugged my shoulders and walked out of the ground without a care in the world safe in the knowledge we had a trophy under our belt.

A fantastic marquee match in our competition has been robbed from us. The RFL are a shower. The gap between SL and the lower divisions is increasing and it will result in only one thing eventually.