Oh come on, there was this sort of talk last year. Perhaps not hitting it on the nose, but there was the same sort of grumbling flying around from over your end. Wakefield are just incredibly lucky that they didn't croak out at the end of last season like they did this year.

No there's wasn't. If there was, kindly point me to it. There wasn't this's mass hysteria that's banding around now.

Maybe Wakefield can manage to put the effort in for a full season next season. 25% in 2015, 75% in 2016

much more interest this year with top 4 clubs leeds and huddersfield involved

Not quite mass hysteria but I clearly remember Nick Scruton & possibly Scott Moore mentioning mortgages....now whether this was before or after the final whistle I can't remember.

Nail. On. Head.

Spot on Brearley.

Was that another betting scandal?

I don't think one article can be classed as 'mass hysteria' - a quick googling led me to an interview with Nick Scruton where he says the following:

"If the worst was to happen, I'd have to assess my options but I don't think it should come down to a situation like this.

"It seems stacked in clubs' favour that they can just tear up your contract."

Doesn't sound dissimilar to what Cockayne is saying, no?

A bit of a contradiction there to be honest. 'Salfords team by default shouldn't have been there', and 'Wakey last season, they learned their lesson'. It's all 'ifs and but's', however I presume that you are referring to the Salford points deduction. With this in mind, if they hadn't have had the deduction then Wakey would be in the same position again as they would have taken Salfords place in the qualifiers, showing that they actually hadn't learned their lesson on the field, they were just lucky that Salford have a clown of an owner who broke the rules and got caught and penalised for it. However, I believe that Salford should be there as you have to take a club as a whole and not just on the playing side.

What, like Leigh did last season
!00% then 15% ish

You cant blame anyone for playing the system but, this system is just wrong on so many levels.

For the RFL to contrive a system when relegation comes down to the last 80 minutes of the season, every season, may make exciting viewing for impartial armchair viewers, is flawed.
We have 21 regular rounds, plus 7 more "super 8" games and yet "we" still want one more game, why ??

Of course, cup finals are "all or nothing" events but, the cost of losing is not quite so severe.

(I agree that it would be great for Trinity to play a full season although, there would be some very unhappy supporters (of other clubs) if they did )

Top 4 clubs? You mean previous top 4 clubs who now aren't a top 4 club?