Wigan can spend the full cap and still make a profit. London can only spend the full cap if Mr Hughes spends a few million. Even after the year you've had if you'd made a profit, Hughes wouldn't be looking to reduce his commitments. It would have been a poor year on-field but it wouldn't have cost him an arm and a leg. Now Fev almost certainly won't spend the full cap but they can outspend Broncos in the long-run.

Salford will still be a long way from challenging for honours next year. If they finish mid-table it will be a good improvement.

Hughes said he could not afford to bankroll the club at the current level indefinitely. Somebody told him that spending to the cap in pursuit of glory was the best way to build self sustainability.......it was a flawed exercise from the moment he agreed to it. We've had play-offs and we've had Wembley..........what we've NEVER had is a competent Marketing Department.




The 12-12 to 8-8-8 model will see slight movement between teams in the middle 8 with some getting into the top 12 from time to time, but as long as London receive no allowance on the cap for weighting, then they will be at a disadvantage.


The Good Dr doesn't come across as the most patient of men.....no play-offs in 2014 and heads will roll......nothing by 2015 and he'll be outta there!

Why not go the whole way and just give London the SL trophy and Challenge Cup , cancel the season and let the players have a year out .
Just how much more aid does this white elephant need? And don't worry about the game , it was here before the London experiment and will be here after .

Don't blame anyone but your owners and coaches , they bring in the players who don't perform for whatever reasons, and of course the total apathy of Londoners to the game

What "aid" has London been given in SL?
As part of the plan to rescue pit village rugby from bankruptcy and dwindling interest, Sky wanted a London and Paris team...without them the game would still be semi-pro. Other than that, London haven't been given any "aid"........unlike Crusaders, or dare I say Bradford.

'fella'?!

How many sports do you know that have died? It doesn't happen and wont happen to the game. Backward step maybe but it won't die, and if LB die (which is a very real possibility) I'll continue to follow this great game and support another team.

Fev's quest for SL glory here :- www.loverugbyleague.com/news_130 ... hance.html

Fev's quest for SL glory here :- www.loverugbyleague.com/news_130 ... hance.html

I always thought this was a London Broncos board? Featherstone?

Read previous page.

Good luck to them, they can't make more of a hash of it than we have. They deserve a chance, we should drop down to Champs.

What a choice for the RFL - London or and ex-pit village! Still DH has made a mess of it and if they have the brass, well, good luck to them. This is a direct nudge to Red Hall and show what peril we are in. The next 3 weeks will be interesting!

Brass? The only brass they have is a brass band.

Hughes and all previous encumbrances of the Big Cheeses seat down south have made a complete hash of it since the 1920's. but then that's RL for you. All those beer sponsors the RL have had and none could organise a up in brewery!

The sport will cling on but progress so little in a forward direction we will still be talking about this in 2095 and the two hundredth anniversary. The RFL HAS NEVER HAD ANY COMPETENT MGMT AT CLUB OR RED HALL LEVEL. People hark for the Fallowfield and Oxley era's, I remember my grandparents moaning about the game then.

How many sports do you know that have died?

US Football in UK came and went

Don't be ridiculous.

League Express saying that they've heard that the RFL are prepared to go with thirteen clubs in SL next season if necessary.

"prepared" meaning "planned for" or "we'll accept it if we've no choice"?