In this case, it was a pointless, amateurish press release. Anonymous (imaginary? - they seem to have come out of the woodwork mighty quickly after the defeat on Sunday!) investors with an undisclosed sum (but yet "disclosed" as thought to be "millions" - you either know the amount or you don't, surely?) to invest but a self-imposed "press coverage ban" for 4 weeks - frankly who cares - all it was, was a bit of kneejerk whinge. And a ridiculous tinpot whinge at that.

Let's see what's said in 4 weeks I may be wrong but I think this was released due to the departure of the coach

Me too judging by the comments from Fev fans I heard before and after Sunday's game.

Think the statment might have been better though had they said something like keep the faith you won't believe the good news which will be announced in the next 4 weeks and we are still on course for the Championship top two.

Two questions needs answering in regards to the medium to longterm viability of Featherstone Rovers.

1. What are the investors getting, if anything, in return for their millions?
2. How is the money being invested in the club - basically, can the investors ask for the money back?

With the answers to those two questions we would know much more about whether this is a good, sensible decision for Featherstone or if they're putting themselves on the potential road to ruin.

Investment is good, but at a sporting club it needs to come with as few strings attached as possible, because a profitable RL club is a rare beast, especially at a big enough rate to repay millions in investment.

Just hope everything turns out fine for Fev they are a great club and fans, would love to see us both in SL soon.

Was you at our fans forum last week before we played you by any chance

I actually echo those sentiments.

They set the bar we've raised it and its down to others to set it higher

Well said Ian....Fev definitely deserve a crack at SL....winning the league for the last 4 seasons, just that we can't win play-off games, Fev don't win finals.

What league is the middle 8? Is it a league or is it a playoff state, a kind of limbo league?

Whole thing gets split into 3 groups of 8, Super League Playoffs, Super League Qualifiers and Championship Shield Playoffs. Everyone plays each other once, in the Super League Playoffs and the Championship Shield playoffs points carry through from the league, at the end the top 4 play semi-finals then finals. In the Super League qualifiers (middle 8 ) league points are re-set all play each other once, top 3 are promoted into Super League, bottom 3 are relegated into the Championship and 3rd plays 4th for the last Super League place.

Bet you don't get asked that again mate.

Do you mean 4th plays 5th for the remaining SL place?

He does.

Started reading and thought he's bound to get something wrong as I haven't seen anyone explain it right yet had to wait till the last line though, and I think that was just a slip of the keys.

Yes I do. Ha knew there was still bound to be errors I missed in it after clicking submit after the 3rd read through. Give it a season and it'll all come clear (I keep telling myself).