Id much prefer the Soup Dragon i/c....

he's a breath of fresh air to a sport full of overpaid prima donnas etc etc

pity RL or the RFL couldn't find someone with the same passion to promote our great game...

I wonder how much actual ' marketing ' the Panthers have done in the fylde area ?

Perhaps we invite the best French team to Championship 1?

Instead of spending £ 250 grand a year doing that , why dont we just give that money to a Blackpool club ?

Just a bloody suggestion.

why fight the inevitable ? COME ON YOU FROGGIES !!

Yes , a poorly thought out one

I think what the demise of Blackpool shows again is that we desperately need a link either by promotion / relegation or franchise between the Championship league 1 & the National Leagues (both Summer & Winter versions).

I am trying to post a response to this but am struggling , yes it would be an ideal situation , but just how it would work , I dont eally know

Starbug: From my involvement in the Summer Merit League it seems that RFL people involved in the Summer National League are trying to pull the clubs in that league into a Semi pro structure with regards to for instance home grounds being able to take a gate etc.

I assume the RFL's vision is that if a Club like Blackpool goes under it can be slotted into another league at say NW Conference level ( as the FA did with Chester City FC) & replaced them by say Underbank playing out of say Glossop as 'Glossop High Peak RL' but still based in the 'Last of Summer wine' town or Warrington Wizards playing out of say Northwich or Witton as say 'Cheshire Cats RL'

A very very sad loss to the game, just as on the pitch the club was really looking good!

Funny how that tends to happen quite often when clubs go ' tit's up '

Probably something to do with spending money you dont have