now wakefield have been given the go ahead for the stadium, salford have one on the way, castleford and saints have new stads in devlopment who is favourites to go down?? id probably say quins but the rfl no they wont promote the sport down south through a championship side but i think its time as there crowds arent getting much better. discuss

Still Wakefield for me - their recruitment policy for 2011 tells me this - not a squad to compete in Super League. It should be Quins though - 30 years and offered very little

won't believe anything about salford or wakefield's stadiums till i'm stood inside on a matchday grumbling about the costs of beer.

As we've covered with salford before, people on here have been questions what stage its actually at, some saying works are ongoing an they had the groundbreaking a few months ago. But pretty sure there was something in the news this past fortnight about them assigning a construction Co. to it in the near future, which doesn't sound advanced to me.

As for wakefield, heard all this in 98 when they came up, has john pearson re-surfaced yet?

its not just the stadium criteria, there's still 4 others.

a. Commercial, Marketing, Media and Community.
b. Facilities.
c. Finance.
d. Governance and Business Management.
e. Playing Strength and Player Performance Strategy.

Not that old one again. For most of those thirty years their crowds have been as good as or better than Huddersfield, Salford or Wakefield, and so have their performances on the field.

If you drive through irlam towards manchester, and past makro they do have a nice big sign errected saying "future home of salford city reds". Lol think thats all they have managed though, must be to try and convince the RFL by driving past it very quickly.

For me i would say Wakefield because the squad is getting weaker IMO and John Kear wanting to leave earlier in the season could be a sign that he realises he will soon be a Championship coach.

Quins have alot of youngsters coming through at the moment, so i would like to see how the side can develop in the next 3 years but they need to improve the attendances.

Salford have made some encouraging signings and have a new ground planned.

Castleford seem to be improving each year and have a new ground planned

Castelford are likley to stay up as it was their new stadium application that they "had been receiving regular assistance and discussion with the RFL over". The commentary in the media appears to be that the RFL want Castlefords stadium and by backing it meant that Wakefield were "being encouraged to share".

I'm sure that as soon as saints stadium is up and running, facilities will became a major criteria !!

Wait for our next couple of signings and then ask if were still preparing for life outside of super league. The stadium complex will incorporate state of the art training facilities, have top class banqueting facilities that will b available for use for hospitality and private functions to name but a few things. It's exciting times ahead and I hope our stadium will have the same impact as yours had.

well said uptoncat

Wakey have more than a few hurdles to climb before a brick is laid at the 'new stadium'.
They are my ''favourites''.

Still either Wake, Cas or Salford.

All 3 need to sort there grounds out. Cas even more so as they have been banging on about it for years and doing nothing a part from put a sign up.

Wakefield, as I understand it, have merely been granted outline planning permission for their new stadium, which is just the first hurdle in a lengthy process. Getting full planning permission is a different matter entirely, and I still regard them as favourites to go.

This mad scrambling by various clubs to issue "Yes, we are moving forward with the stadium, honestly" press statements as licence time approaches is both transparent and desperate.

Wigan