Ouch !

looking forward to it. a competition that is about rugby league is just what the doctor ordered.

however the loss of the community side of things and probable decline of one of the best junior set ups, will be a big loss to rugby league.

from a saints fan?

pot, kettle ? or just a very short memory?

Be fair now. They did have a disco ball!

Some people don't realise how lucky they've been.

Indeed but ho hum. Thats life!

Not sure how you can draw equivalency when there's a new stadium taking place, and well on the way to completion - as decrepit as Knowsley Road became, it is no longer in existence.

I think it'll be good for Wakey to go down, if they do. They'll have a chance like Widnes did, to get a good youth system, get a outstanding crowd base for the division, and come back stronger, 3 years time.

Will be announced at a press conference at Old Trafford which will probably screened on Sky news.

I think its a forgone conclusion through - Wakey seem likely to drop even though I'll be sad to see them go.

a few jumping the gun on here, some twists in the saga before 26th, get ready for a shock,

toulouse and the newly formed Dublin diabolicals in with Wire and Leeds demoted?

Sounds good but ultimately meaningless.

Widnes' crowds have always been good for this division but the longer you are in it the worse they will get. You don't build crowds in this division, you lose them.

The youth system is significantly more difficult to build in this vision too, it requires a lot of cash and there is always the threat that your players will e poached by a SL side which happened to us when Richie Myler left for Salford. We've had interest from several SL clubs on some of our youth, were I no for the strong probability of promotion we'd have lost a lot of them.

What you can do in the championship is prepare your finances, spend less on the squad and more on other areas. You're not constantly over reaching to stay competitive. You're youth will be less of a burden when you give them a try but then they won't get SL experience from the offset so won't get the opportunities some do and the championship players are not lacking experience so there is still that issue for them to tackle.

Make no mistake, a demotion is not going to make things necessarily easier for wakey, they are going to face a lot of new challenges and will find that they are really in no way superior to the other teams in there, their SL status has been about being in the right place at the right time and put in the championship long term they'll be in the same mix as Fax and Leigh. If it is them going down.

Dublin Diabolicals? Now that's an expansion team I can get behind!

to be fair they already have an excellent youth set up, a quick glance at your first team should tell you this. and as for crowds if we were having the season that hudds are, i think we would probably be posting better crowds than the giants.

however three years in which to get the stadium built would probably be about right.

Leigh will be the next team promoted IF any.