Quote The Chair Maker="The Chair Maker"Something else to ponder. IF the club is found guilty then under immigration law a company employing staff illegally can face a fine of £10k per player. eg £60k fine in total. Celtic would need to pay that within a fixed period, say 30 days, failure to do this could possibly result in a winding up order from the courts, with seizure of assets etc. www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/ac ... 1073791109 Such a move would kill the club stone dead.'" and I'm not sure if thats such a bad idea ,at least a decision can be made then and then everyone can move on as stated earlier I would LOVE to see Widnes back where they belong in Super League but I think Halifax have a fair shout as well..............

Quote The Chair Maker="The Chair Maker"Something else to ponder. IF the club is found guilty then under immigration law a company employing staff illegally can face a fine of £10k per player. eg £60k fine in total. Celtic would need to pay that within a fixed period, say 30 days, failure to do this could possibly result in a winding up order from the courts, with seizure of assets etc. www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/ac ... 1073791109 Such a move would kill the club stone dead.'" and I'm not sure if thats such a bad idea ,at least a decision can be made then and then everyone can move on as stated earlier I would LOVE to see Widnes back where they belong in Super League but I think Halifax have a fair shout as well..............

True but it would have just been a load of b0ll0cks. I'd rather they take their time and get it right

By the club or by the players?

Since the club is still the subject of investigation, how can they have concluded anything about the club?

I am sure 6 players didnt get together and say "look ya big galar, if we tick this box to say were NOT entering the country to play semi or professional sports, we will get a nice gig in the UK, so lets all tick NO ok ".... I would think the club said "hey, ya big galars, we have a contract here for you, but we just need you to tick that box to say NO you wont be partaking in any semi or porfessional sports when you enter britian , ok fellas".....

Personally id take Barrow. Cumbrian side, place where RL is on the build again, top of the Championship table, think they have a new ground on the way (not to sure about that).. they have given all teams a run for their money this season and their NRC run, and league position shows that they are capable of doing it. IMO they should be on their way into SL.

You mean the same Salford side virtually that got relegated from SL as opposed to the Widnes side that lost nearly all its players and had to scrape a squad together in 2008????

Doesn't take a rocket scientist that one does it?

By the way the SL licence points scoring system did not include NL1 league placings.

I think our points tally will be taken over yours this weekend, as i think we could, and should (if we play like we did against Castleford) easily put 80 past them, dependent on the score you win/lose to Huddersfield.

As a Widni speccie I do genuinely feel for the die hard CC fans, really do. However though, this was always likely to happen at some point. This time last year I was absolutely outraged everytime I heard the words 'Celtic Crusaders'. Now my bitterness is no more, just pity and so on. It is a shame but it does highlight some of the circus-like issues we have to deal with in pro rl. Anyway, despite this off field set back CC will still remain a SL outfit, and will continue to be so until they implode (which i can also see a few years from now sadly). There is so much that stinks regarding the decision last year, but I don't want to get branded as bitter so I will leave it be. As far as I am concerned we need to plug on in the division we are in and try and tick another box for next time. ie win a grand final.

Anyway bring us back and we'll light up KR again with a flare, can't beat a touch of Italiano.

Salary cap does not help and we had a e coach.If could spend more we have a better chance and more aussies.

You cant make players play better and wakefield got a great coach and that why they are playing well.We just dont seem to get the right players and hope next year we do with cullen.With 300 grande cap gives all teams a chance.

But on criteria,fan base,youth,finance,and stadium we do have.So in my eyes robbed.But hey ho rfl can do what they like.Next benidorm rlfc

I wonder why this was not spotted at RFL HQ, does this not reflect as much on them as a Governing body?

No Catalan is in the middle of prime RL territory and I dont even consider them an expansion club. Their home crowds justify their existance something you cannot claim for London/ Quins or Celtic.