Did I imagine the last time you were in SL?

I could have sworn you were relegated with zero points, breaching the salary cap along the way.

What you've shown since then is that you can deliver a relatively successful side in a semi-pro competition.

Yeah you rotters, i'm sure I can remember throwing some bronze coins in a bucket to save your ass' as well at some point in the not too distant past

Nah, if a business can't run itself properly it won't get any charity off me to prop it up.

Yeah that was a time when Nigel Wood was i charge of our cluib who bankrupted us and then f*cked off and now he gets to pick the teams that get a franchise. Its a joke!!!!

You are right, we probably should just have gone into Administration rather than sort it out. But then who in their right mind would give a licence to a club that has recently been in administration.....

How long ago was that? You can't keep punishing them for that season. This "you've had your chance" is not only unfair, it doesn't make business sense.

That was 8 years ago, and yes it was bad management that caused it by spending cash we didn't have. We've learned from that, and have a BoD that spends within its means now.

Oh and look at the results in the last three seasons. If that's only "relatively successful", then virtually every other team might as well pack in for being abject failures. We can only measure success in the league we play in, and under the constraints that we operate under.

So instead we prayed on the good nature of most RL fans and got out our begging bowl to sort out our mess. Hardly the epitome of financial responsibility

We can settle this once and for all.

The Fax chairman will get the response from the independent consultants, and let him publish it and see how well the Fax bid was regarded. That's all he has to do.

So go on, publish, Mr Chairman, I'm listening.

Tick, tock, tick, tock.................................................................................................................

No, because you submitted a bid that was inferior to the Wakey bid. Get over it.

We did. We don't have a backer. Still we manage to keep a good business going. Without a backer in SL it's difficult - as demonstrated by the fact that you went bust and are still playing out of a toilet. Well done Glover though - his money should mask the underlying fragility of your club. Same goes for Harlequins and the other weak clubs in SL. Had Crusaders not imploded you would have been visiting the Shay next year. Don't forget to thank them.

Spot on fella!

Seems that a large proportion of fans and club officials think there's only 2 criteria considered for a franchise:

1) Is the club an expansion club?

2) Does it have a good ground?

If you fulfill either of these criteria then you get a franchise, if not you should be out.

Whilst Huddersfield have been at the Shay, the ground has seen its biggest attendances since the figures were 'massaged' against Batley last season to miraculously get an average attendance of 2500.

Maybe the RFL saw through that ploy.

The RFL instructed that ploy. At least get your facts right.