This was news to me, but yesterday I was told that Crusaders and Harlequins have nothing to worry about, they both have a franchise for the next three years.

Have you been living with Nigel Wood on the moon?

I think you may be underestimating the power agents hold over the players on their books who by and large are easily manipulated - that's how these slugs work. The deals have been done and the players will move if their agent tells them. He will because he will almost certainly make more from a move by fair means or foul. Some clubs have very close ties with certain agents and it's not in the agents best interest to bite the hand that feeds. Unless we make a spectacularly better offer the said player will go where he is told and we can do very little about it.

The cold hard fact is that if you were a super league player and there was a major doubt that you would be playing SL next season, you would be trying to secure a place elsewhere.
At the end of the day its the players living we are talking about and the rast of the coaching staff etc.
I know its been said may times befroe, but if we were on the brink of relegation in the proper manner, the players would chose whether to roll their sleeves up and have a dig, or jump ship.
With the present system none of this matters, its all about a nice ground, with nice seats and a check list of other stuff where we need to tick boxes.
RL is supposed to be a sport, but the contest now takes second place to politics and "expansion"

AG is taking us down its bleading obvious, despite all the noises that come out of the club its a done deal with the RFL and WTW.

I thought Semi had a good game showed great enthusiasm and desire