Super League, Super League, Super League.

It's all that matters.....

Call it jealousy if you want, I care not, I'd prefer to see it as the RFL not giving a shiny s**t about much outside of Super League and not much they are doing is proving me wrong either.

Yes but those rules were forced upon the clubs and dont think that was fair as PR said they had no say in the matter so as for saying we knew the rules it does not make it right ,like i have said before the RFL seem to make the rules to suit what they want and not the paying public,i know there have to be rules in place but fair ones and not the type that take the P.If we do get to use our get out of jail card i'm sure the club will be ready ,you only need to look at our signings for that plus i'm sure the club have done a lot behind the scenes to make possible should we be in a position to apply for SL we will be ready .Anyroad if we stay where we are i'm not too fussed either

There was a vote amongst the clubs, and only Dewsbury objected to Toulouse's inclusion. Whether there were strings attached to said vote is another matter, but we had 19 games to make sure we finished high enough up the table to avoid the drop. We didn't do it, so let's just leave it in the past and look forward to next season, shall we?

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Something else that comes into the mix when talking about crowds
you have to offset what the club brings in week in week out with what the club pays out re wages, vat, tax, training, travel ect ect ect after that
i think you will find that not many SL clubs apart from Leeds and maybe one more are not making SL Rugby a profitable business if SKY pulled out which is always a possabilty then SL would be up sh-te creek in a big way
Pro RL has become in my opinion a game which revolves only for teams in the top flight and the game is run by complete idiots who cant see past SL and Sky tv it was proved last year when to everyones surprise they let in Celtic Cru and Lewis & Co backed their decision by a pack of false rantings that was a laughable if not so sad for the game..
Yes in the opinion of many long term RL fans the game has gone downhill big time and we are so far behind the Aussies its frightening..

In terms of finance and crowds, for every Leeds or Wigan you need 4 Salfords or Harlequins. Not exactly a balanced approach in a closed shop is it?

The jump between Wakefield and Leeds is far greater than it is from Widnes to Salford or Harlequins such is their latent potential.

It's this imbalance that the RFL appear to ignore when shunning the Championship clubs into a box marked 'Clubs of little importance to us', whilst at the same time tens of millions of pounds still hasn't created a self funded stand alone world class rugby league venue let alone a stand off or centre that could trouble the Aussies.

To the outside world watching on Sky, things might appear rosy (until the Aussies embarass us again). To those following the big clubs, many care little about the rest of the game and pour scorn on those who question the state of the game as a whole.

Maybe the RFL will prove me wrong in the next round of franchises, but I shan't be holding my breath.

please take this topic off or at least change the title the grasping of straws is over time to win the championship one!

PR said they had no choice in the matter ,and if you want to move on then dont reply to my message simples

Like it or not it is Democracy as opposed to Dictatorship.In the former you sometimes don,t like the result but you do get the chance to change it next time around. In the latter you don,t.

Are you sure they will have the right to dissagree with the almighty,i hope they do because at this rate there will be a league of teams devoid of any Lancashire clubs if thr Rfl have their way

Correction...2 Leagues

Excellent post....totally vindicated by the England performance last saturday.Fifteen years of SKY money and we `re light years behind the Antipodeans..........