If Widnes can hang on to their best players they could well challenge strongly for the championship next season, but i expect Toronto to strengthen again for next season, and in my opinion are favourites for the title, but favourites don't always win, and possibly Bradford could be the dark horses next season in the championship

Lets have a car boot sale, Wigan could do with offloading Tautai, if either Sarg & Clubb wanted to go back we shouldn't stop them. Maybe Wigan could loan Marshall or Davies for the season. The problem with the market at the moment is Leeds want a new team so players will naturally gravitate towards them, or conversely it could open up the market, who knows , either way it could be exciting times for player transfers.

i wonder how our sir kevin sinfield is feeling today ?
if you are feeling a tad depressed, there is help out there you know.
don't bottle it up inside, as it is good to talk.

Good luck to the bronco's next season, hope they prove the doubters and lovers of toronto kittens wrong.

Is yo-yo-ing the problem it's perceived to be? Everyone bar none is lamenting current standards of the game. If a side has the necessary backing and ambition, promotion and survival in the top flight shouldn't be insurmountable. If they haven't then it's a case of one weak-ish club replacing another until such time as a credible long-term addition to the top flight materialises. Which tends to happen, often as not.

That would be the natural order, the strong survive etc, etc.
One of the major downsides to the old P/R and the upside to "franchising" is the opportunity for young players to prosper.
Back in the day, most (if not all) clubs under threat of relegation would sign journeyman pros who regularly swapped clubs in the lower half of the table of moved between promoted and relegated sides.
This didn't appear to happen anything like as much under "franchising" and we are likely to see a return of this "horse trading".
Mind you, Toronto re-started this trend many months ago

Seriously though, are we now going to see fewer youngsters getting their chance ?

Also, why didn't Toronto give any game time to their local players, especially when they were thrashing all of the sides in League 1 and comfortably beating the "easier" sides in The Championship.
This was definitely an opportunity missed on their part and hasn't helped them make too many friends among traditional RL fans.
A real shame and that boat may well have sailed

London have to be on the list of distinct possibilities as its tough for a newly promoted side.

Salford might do better next year with Hastings included now. However, with a small squad they might struggle if they get hit with the same level of injuries as Hull and ourselves last season.

We are not out if the woods yet. Consistancy is our problem. I'm just praying we don't have such a bad season next year with injuries (Heffernan, Carney, Quinlan, Lawler etc) and stupidity (Minns).

Leeds are still in a transitional period, but no doubt they'll suddenly do the treble next year, its what Leeds do.

I am also going to throw in Hull here. If they start next year like the ended this, the brown stuff is gonna hit the whirly thing.

Abd a really strange one - Wigan. Whilst not in any danger next year, Wane going signifies the start of an elongated transition period.

Let's be honest, there's a large contingent of "traditional RL fans" who will automatically hate any club which is further than twenty miles from the M62.

Very True

Very true.
As human beings, we are hard wired to be wary on newcomers or anybody who is different BUT, that shouldn't make us insular and I always thought it was the task of the governing body to see the "bigger picture", to prevent a closed shop or to prevent decisions that were detrimental to the sport.
I dont think this is the case in RL, a sport which as always prided itself in being inclusive and non discriminatory.

Still, let's be pleased that London are back in the big time and at least it's within range for the masses and not just those with a hefty amount of free cash.

According to this they are not there just to make up the numbers https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/45785834

According to this they are not there just to make up the numbers https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/45785834

No doubt about that.