There's nothing artificial about it. The RFL are a real organisation who need to run a real comp. The RFL decided it was better to forward the club's TV money than see,
1, The club not fulfil its fixtures
2, Players made redundant

You don't like it but you don't have the responsibility of running the game either.

Macc - I appreciate your explanation - I can see the sense in much that you say.

You should leave out digs such as bogus, small-mindedness, one-eyed, bile & crap; don't belittle the opinion of others, just because you don't agree or don't like it.

The rest of your post makes some sense and is welcomed.

Is this the right point mention that this team, which we are apparently overpaying, and is giving us such a tremendous unfair advantage over everyone else, was tipped to finish bottom of the league by at least one pundit (I wont say 'expert') on Sky?

Still, even that person's limited knowledge is way beyond that of many on here these days..

To be fair to said 'Skyspert', every team seemed to have recruited well and though I always felt we'd be around the eight, I can understand why we might have been picked as there were no obvious candidates and (s)he maybe didn't want to put the boot in on the one obvious favourite, the new boys, who were always going to struggle early doors. It was probably done with a blindfold and pin.

Maybe (s)he should stick to finding the best baby change facilities...

She did predict a top 8 finish for us, just a year early...

dboy. stadium costs were much higher than most other clubs, but I cannot imagine Guilfoyle spending any money on that. so that plus the coaching and admin staff will be a big cut in cash outflow. Most clubs will be getting by cash flow wise at this point in the season on sky money and sugar daddy funding, as the season ticket spoils will have been paid out and the turnstile ticket sales wont cover the bills. So I dont think that at this moment we are in a significantly worse position than most other clubs, other than we lack a sugar daddy.

And the factors leading to what you call overspending have been discussed ad nauseam here, hence the reaction to your simplistic statements. is it a truism or a trite-ism to say that cash inflows and outflows should match. Whichever, the devil is in the detail.

You would have finished bottom. You were just lucky to go bankrupt & generate some team spirit.

Shoulda, woulda, coulda

To be fair we've stuck around the same area in the league all season - though with a six point deduction, without which we would have been two or three spots higher.

Did the deduction/situation lead to a greater esprit de corps or did we just get our injuries early and gradually regain troops as we've gone on? Who can tell?

There seems to be some bitterness from fax\wakey\cas fans on here. Made me chuckle.

If I was a fine, I'd be bitter too. All they ever do is get imposed on people, who always just whinge and moan about it. Not easy being a fine.

Kyle Briggs has signed a permanent deal at Fev.

Edited my post dam fingers

I'm a fine & so is my wife.