we get same grade as wigan and better than hudd,just as you would expect

Same as Hudds.

Worse than Pies.

You are reading last time's gradings.

A cynic might say the criteria was written with you in mind

Keith Senior twitts-

''Crusaders have just f**ked me over what a ba$tard joke, excuse my language i'm absolutely furious''

My guess is he is not a happy chappy....

sorry, just seen this years on t&a

with us getting a B grade again does that mean we should be ok for next time as long as crowds stay same and hopefully get in play offs next 3 years, is there any mention of ground

Theres always ebay to fall back on

I find this sort of utterly cack news perversely affects the way I feel about Bradford. I'm happy we're in but part of me thinks its all so bloody pointless when we lose what I perceive to be a vital club.

Its like finding out you've been given a home-improvement grant at the same time as you learn an asteroid is about to destroy your city.

I've suprised myself by how gutted about Crusaders I feel.

I propose we add Halifax to superleague forthwith along with new franchises at Birch, Hartshead Moor, Ferrybridge and Burtonwood service stations.

Rant rant rant......

glews are adding a team in NL2

interesting that on the link which goes to the breakdown of the A grading the only obvious ones we missed out on are attendance (over 10k one season and other two over 9k) and 12k under cover ( we already meet the covered seating criteria. A simple roof over pop side and continuing improved attendances would see us get an A grade next time round (assuming we get back into playoffs in next couple of years).

Mark Byrant said on twitter:

"I'm out of here next yr anyway but owed a ton of cash by the club! Absolute disgrace!"

I really ought to be going OTT on the old[i schadenfreude[/i, and saying with mock sincerity that it could not have happened to a nicer chap.

I must be mellowing in my old age though, because try as I might I cannot find anything to laugh about. Senior looks to have been shafted good and proper, and a player of his stature and ability does not deserve that.

If he was to discover that the Crusadists board had a good idea of this when they signed him, I would not want to be in tbheir shoes.

The interesting thing to learn will be did Crusadists walk, or were they pushed?

get senior snapped up now

Much as I like Senior I am sure he will walk into another decent contract. Possibly not as grand as his pending Crusaders deal. I am more concerned about the impact on the spread of the sport.

He is getting some right stick on there at the moment.