11 teams makes magic weekend problematic. If they are going to promote a team then the sooner the better they announce it so that the club can recruit. As London found out it’s difficult to go up and survive when all the other clubs have recruited.

Nobody relegated but, Toronto have withdrawn this season, failing to fulfil their fixtures, failed to pay their players and allowed a number of their squad to move on.
There looks to be no way back for them and IF they are gone, who should fill their spot ?

I know how much you like answering questions so fill yer boots

You keep peddling that one but oddly enough the Canadian Shambles gained their SL spot that way.

I suppose Fev could have won that game, and up would have gone a club with no money relying on Leeds dual Reg players.....

Your just plain wrong here........... McManus is rightly calling for any prospective club to be checked out for their ability to sustain an SL place on a long term basis.

If both leagues were fully pro or all semi pro you may have a point. But you really don't have one here......

You never know, next season is the last year of the SKY deal. The new deal may switch to licensing - after all this is what McManus is already calling for by asking the RFL to select a new Superleague club on a set of "Criteria"?

Finances, Marketing, Ground, Player development .......... Don't think "avoid bottom place" will be a criteria??

They'd look reet daft sitting round a table to find the best club outside Superleague, stick them in Superleague and then wave them bye only months later if they came bottom. You make a really really good point here.

Clubs will be very careful about being set up just to be fall guys for another rival club at the end of next season pinching their place.......Without having to meet any criteria other than winning the Championship. Again a great point......

Doubtful.

They couldn't even sell out vs Leeds in the middle 8s; the only team likely to be a bigger draw is Cas.

What about lying to SL about getting a new stadium built, in order to get a licence? What are your thoughts on that?

who lied have a link to that slanderous remark

Wren you finished bottom with 6 points and weren't relegated. This high minded indignation is a touch misplaced.

That seems fair to me.

BUT it will be Bradford.

He/she/it has no such links and is merely trolling.

It was Castleford who were promising a "[imove to a new facility[/i" in 2013.

The Wakefield application for a licence was looked at and it was said [i"The stadium position is uncertain"[/i, Wakefield didn't lie at all, and they only scraped in but they didn't collapse like a wolfpack of cards. The latter aren't telling the truth about no money that's for sure, nor are their apologists on here, see my link on Argyle in talks to buy into Melbourne Storm.

I hereby annoint you"Trollfinder General" happy to help anytime

Well Wakey played the system, so it was right to scrub the so called "Super 8's" as the system was badly flawed

It's a nonsense not to choose a team based on whether they have the set up and finances to compete. Imagine after this TWP collapse early in the season if Featherstone did the same. It's OK Wrenners trying to be "fair" but this is an important decision being made for the best interests of Superleague and the game.

Even if we did go for "fair" it's impossible to choose anyway between London and Fev.

Another irony is how so many people seems to totally discount Newcastle yet they may see themselves as "expansionists"

They slavered over Toronto Wolfpack and their phoney team, whilst when it comes to expanding properly to the North East, that's totally dismissed with no proper reasons given.

What is upsetting you, the tag he has labelled your mate with, or the fact he is right and you cannot provide a reasoned response to his post.