Salford and Widnes would be the best for Warrington. Therefore they get my vote.

I would prefer it to be Salford and Widnes, Celtic in 2012.

I have a funny feeling HKR may miss out. wakey and cas will scrape through i think. wakey have been ok on the field recently, and i think this will drag them thru. cas have some of the brightest young talent coming thru, and they are in line to sort the stadium out, so this will drag them thru. HKR have done neither of these. they do get big crowds but they need to sort the ground out big time. will be interesting to see the results of why, if some super league clubs don't get a licence, as there could be a lot of very disgruntled fans if it doesn't go their way

Think your pretty much spot on there
And hopefully got next seasons league positions right as well

Correct



Wires71 - He will take apart any franchise application and pick out the incorrect bits

WOTT - He'll know the franchisees weeks before anyone else, he probably already does

Sally - He'll claim that he has no idea what a franchise is and Warrior Girl will fall for it

Cockney - As with my own future plans, I'm going with the non-traditional route and saying Celtic will get in over Cas

St Maca - If he isn't, he should be.

I think he just likes to pleasure himself

Didn't Cas get the green light to build a new stadium?

Bit of a Catch-22 the applications for mine.

Salford appear to have all the right ingredients for mine, sitting pretty league wise, stadium on the go, a sound business.

Widnes, ditto with one massive difference, two insolvencies in three years. Granted, people will cite different ownership, but I imagine it is the same management team.


The fortunate thing for Widnes is, it has come a little too soon for Celtic, if this was two or three years in the future, it would be the Crusaders making up the fourteen.

St Maca and Frank Lampard are one and the same. Draw your own conclusion.....................................

I think it is going to be Salford and Celtic that end up joining the party.

As a few people have eluded to, I think that Widnes' past troubles with insolvency might see them miss out.

I would love to see all three back up in the big time, at the expense of someone like Wakefield, but I can't see the RFL saying to one of the current SL teams, "You're out. Bye."

Whoever doesn't get one, will surely be the front runners to get one in 2012 however.

We want our derby back!

I reckon Cas will be dropped, from a selfish point of view I would then like Salford Widnes and Leigh to get the 3 spots, but reckon 1 will lose out to Celtic.

Try telling Widnes fans that - it's happened twice to them!!

Not in a franchise situation though.

Plus I think the RFL are more incompetent now than they were back then.

Do we really think that the current superleague clubs are guarenteed a place? That isn't the communication coming from Red Hall. It's 19 into 14 isn't it? Is it possible that Widnes, Leigh and Salford could all get in?

It will all hinge on how INDEPENDENT the rfl's independent panel is if you get my drift !

Cas to go out for me, then Salford, Weirdness and Celtic, although i disagree with Celtic getting a franchise, i think the RFL are so keen on expansion, that this will happen. Feel sorry for Leigh though, dont think they will get one and it would be good to more weight to re-addressing the yorkshire-lancashire balance in the league.