The games will be a different entity come the 8's though.

Look at our hay days in SL - 2005 getting spanked by Saint at home in June by 60+ points, then beating them in the play offs...same principle isn't it?

Certainly are - but that's the unpredictability of sport and why we all love it!

Injuries, poor form, refereeing, on the day errors, bounce of the ball...etc ....etc

I can certainly see a Championship club making it either in 3rd or via the MPG - it would be great for RL if that was sooner rather than later

I think we need one to go up and one down either this year or next.
If it goes past that supporters will become disillusioned with the system.
Maybe that will then make the RFL change it to automatic one up, one down.
For that to happen though I do believe both Leigh and the Bulls need to stay pushing for promotion and show they are ready.

Its ridiculous. How many teams in the Championship would get their promotion rejected because their ground is not fit for purpose?

Us, Leigh, Fax?

London and Sheffield haven't even got grounds but sure they could play at a Football ground.

Then there's the question of can Fax and Sheffield afford to run a SL squad?
Im not sure they could, I hope they could but we couldn't at the back end and our crowds are a lot bigger than theirs.

The P and R system is grossly unfair,the only thing it rewards is poor form with a chance to redeem yourself against inferior opposition and a one off shot against superior opposition providing your form doesn't drop off in M8's.

That would be interesting. Presumably then we could sue the RFL as our landlords for leasing us premises unfit for purpose?



We haven't sued anybody for absolutely ages

Leigh? Brand new ground? Why wouldn't that fit the bill?

Us & Fax - far from perfect, but both previously SL grounds?! No worse than HKR or Wakey for example....

The stadium rules were to fit with franchising criteria I think. We no longer have franchising so, logically, (I know!) there shouldn't be an RFL stadium requirement anymore....

I assume he means those are the ones that ARE fit, rather than not fit. As they're probably the 3 best grounds in the division.

Yes I did mean that. Sorry.