Think they would have to force this through

Your maths is not what it should be 9/15 *100 is 40%

Its Friday evening. Your team are playing in 2 hours. For Gods sake get off the computer and grab a beer.

You're making me sad for humanity.

I'm on the internet on my phone
I'm heading there now
I'm more of a double vodka coke guy

Neither, it seems, is yours

Well, actually it looks more like 66% to me. So maybe we'll call it a draw.

You are correct about my maths though. Not my strong suit.

No, 9 is 60% of 15 i.e. 3/5ths so my inaccuracy is the difference 40% would you not agree?

Did Wakefield or Castleford disappear when they were outside SL? Did Featherstone when they were shafted at the birth of SL? Nor would either of the current SL teams you're seeking to combine here.

Are we agreed that 'this mess' is as a result of having two SL clubs representing a small geographical area fighting over the same juniors, the same commercial sponsors and potentially the same current and future fans? Are we agreed the solution is to have one side representing the district?

Earlier you saidactually a Wakefield district side, which means getting all fans in the area to have a stake in it, and making it recognisably different from the previous club. It's odd that the people on here decrying the Hull-Gateshead and Huddersfield-Sheffield mergers, which effectively constituted kicking one team out of the league and keeping another in, are now advocating the exact same thing, just with the word 'merger' taken out!'"

Having skimmed various threads on the Wakey and Cas boards I'd be surprised if 20% of either set of fans would be happy sharing a ground, let alone merging.

Neither add up to anywhere near 15 years though do they? Nice attempt to deflect.

Also, wouldn't it be more appropriate to measure the gap between Chev's departure and kallum's debut? After all, they can't both play right centre at the same time. That would take that 15 year exaggeration down to two years.

One centre in 9 years with the best junior setup in Yorkshire shows how difficult it is to produce really high quality players in certain positions. If he is the real deal Sutcliffe will be the first half back to emerge from the Leeds Academy since 2003 that is how difficult it is. How you think this set up will simply just produce another Watkins is beyond me?

You also seem to think it is OK for all our best players to go to the NRL because other players of the same quality will emerge - again I respect your opinion but the actual evidence suggests you are wrong.

You also seem to believe that top quality overseas players are overrated and not needed - again we must agree to disagree.

I ask again is the SL a better competition without GB players like of Graham, Burgess, Aston, overseas players like Bird, Buderus, Gidley, Leuluai and perhaps most important the coach talent such as Edwards, Larder & Ford?

Finally on the time gap - are you seriously suggesting that if a Sutcliffe succeeds Sinfield the gap between both emerging will effectively be zero?

You're ignoring the fact that Leeds only need to produce another Watkins when and or if the existing one leaves. I f Ward and Sutcliffe fulfill their potential Nd the transition from Sinfield and McGuire is seamless does it matter that there was 10 years between them? In the preceding ten years we didn't do too badly.
the evidence that another player will step up if Watkins leaves is running around in blue and amber every week. I've already cited several examples. McGuire replacing Harris is one.

Wow, if I was going to call someone out on having maths I'd at least make sure that I was going to get it right myself

if the true gap is 9 years, and you stated it as 15, that is an over estimate of (15-9)/15*100 = 67%