Hallas is class. If true good news.

Not sure what to think of Tonga.

Roger when do you think we will hear?

Hhhhhhhmmmm what does all this mean for the not getting relegated theory?

Still a couple more to come soon

I didn't expect Hallas to return but I'm glad he's signed permanent for you guys and hopefully he can kick on from there now.

Be interesting to see if Oledzki & Smith return in next few weeks.

I don't know pal.

I think Hallas is a good signing, a good hard grafter

I'd be very happy with Hallas signing permanently. Agree with the comments about him being a grafter.

My point been if hallas has signed a two year deal, as well as Gibson and Smith somebody knows something we don't..

It would be pointless to sign them knowing in all probability we are going down next year..

There may be a glimmer of hope.

I don't see why. Have you seen Toronto Wolfpacks squad in League One?

To be fair if we are building a proper quality squad for straight promotion from c1 next year ala Toronto,

I'm on board with it..

I don't care what league we are in, if the intention to build and progress is there.

If we do go down the RFL has effectively wasted two years for us as a club, and starved us of money via central funding, making us more likely to fail.
Gotta love their progressive and constructive thinking.

Agree with that.

You're right - I doubt anyone at Red Hall understands the words "progressive" and "constructive".

There cant be many sports whose governing body has such a poor (if any) business model.

In fact it wont be long before American Football in the UK gets more media coverage and fans than the RFL.

The powers that be are slowly strangling our sport of its future - and I dont just mean the Bulls - 15+ years ago the Super League marketed itself very well - it could have challenged some less well followed sports.

But look at it now - how often is Super League (never mind Rugby League in general) mentioned on national tv? But upcoming sports (womens football, womens cricket, Tour de Yorkshire) now get more coverage. Good on them, and they will have a more solid business foundation due to the already established (and thriving) models of their male/french baselines but they are still marketing themselves. BKB (Bare Knuckle Boxing) could overtake RFL soon!

Some may argue that the RFL's decision to bring in Toronto is "expanding the game" but come on they tried that before and it didnt work - London Harlequins, Wales Celtic Crusaders, Gateshead, Paris St Germain, - yes Catalan are still in the SL but does their existence prove that RFL has "expanded" into France?

The RFL business model (if they have one) and their constant restructuring of the leagues/promotion/relegation is not working.

Just bulldoze Red Hall and replace the top brass with some real business men before its too late

I think Super league and the championship have been massively unersold financially to sky..

Bigger central funding pots would allow for more stability and growth.
Maybe compete with the NRL too!

I still don't think we will be relegated

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We may think that, but to realise higher prices for TV rights we need more bidders to put the price up. Fact is there is no-one who can realistically bid enough to make Sky increase their offer.