There is certainly a disparity between our squad which appears to have the depth and quality for around 7th or 8th in the Championship, and the fanciful notion of them operating in SL next year.

I think a solid 7th or 8th is a decent estimate.

Murray is too small and just got got dumped out of the worst pack in SL. That said Fleming doesn't exactly inspire either.

I think we've a decent chance of being in the play-offs. Apart from Kirk we've kept all Of last years squad who are all another year experienced, along with Brough & Murphy.

Leigh/Fev/Toulouse are the strongest group. You would have thought one of them will be going up as the 12 team. Then there's us, Widnes, York (another decent prospect for the 12th team) , London, Fax to fight over the remaining 3 places.

I wouldn't say our squad is worse than Fax, Widnes or Londons at this moment in time. Even York who look to have recruited well, you start getting passed the 21st man and they have a few unknowns. I don't think any of the squads have much depth. I think it's whoever has luck with injuries, uses the loan market well and just puts on the most consistent performances will find themselves having a good season. I certainly think we've one of the better squads in the league. They'll be another gem we'll discover from our academy too.

Beginning of last year York had star name in Jimmy Keinhorst and were coming off the back of a 3rd place finish the season before. I really fancied them to go one step further. Our squad had been decimated. Yet by the time covid struck York had played 4, lost 4 and we had won 2, lost to London on goal kicks and given Fev a good game. We also gave Wakey a damn good game too. Sport can be fickle.

Ino what your saying about York but I’m sill not convinced by them Ino we only played 4 games but they finished 13th (I think) tho say they supposedly upgraded there squad with the likes of Washbrook...

Time will tell. York did have probably the toughest opening fixtures of anyone. I do wonder if their poor start was part of the fall out from the friendly with us. Their star man Robinson inexplicably trying to play the hard man by punching one of our academy players in the closing minutes and getting himself suspended for the opening fixture. You'd be livid with that as a coach and I'm sure James Ford was. I wonder if there was a bigger fall out from that as Robinson is now at Fax. York now have Morgan Smith and an unknown from down under. I just wonder if things weren't quite right from that incident as its a gamble replacing your talisman of the last couple of years.

York going into a great stadium next year and have a brilliant fan fare behind them. If they start well they could be hard to stop.

I see Adam Walker has left Leigh

If the rumoured reason is true, we need to stay well clear.

His brother was bad enough.

No thanks.

Does it involve The same thing as before?

I do hope no one is going to post any unsubstantiated rumours, no matter how much you may believe any of it to be true....

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Combination of Rent, maintenance, and maybe a split of any takings?

Yeah that must be it. 70k peppercorn rent but the maintenance costs which we found so crippling must have transferred to the RFL. Someone was saying on the VT that there's youtube videos of smashed up offices and toilets.