Matt Ellis has apparently revealed we're unlikely to be a grade A for next season,but he's hoping for us to be a top grade club . Hopefully in SL

I didn’t think we were aiming for an A grade, I always thought we were aiming for a high B

Thinks its common knowledge. The biggest gain for Trinity will be on performance, which even if all goes well will be a few years yet. He's looking at an extra 1 to 1.5, putting us around the 14 mark. A high grade B.

Correct, nobody ever said we were after. Grade A, just enough points to get into the top 12. Yet another non story from poor journalists.

Just hope our "high B" then, will be higher than a couple of other clubs that are aiming for SL, or are already in SL.
Its going to be a close run i think.

I don't see where Toulouse will get extra points to what they have, Trinity and Cas will be in the 12.

Don't rule out Bradford, they seem to be able to magic points from out of nowhere

Not a chance, the last thing the RFL want back in SL is Odslum.

Also still far too many skeletons in the closet finance wise. Don’t be surprised to see Bradford go into financial meltdown before the end of the season, you heard it here first.

I was told quite recently that to bring Odslum up to just a RL grade A would cost upwards of 20 million, It’s a developers nightmare, to make it a genuinely modern stadium we are talking nearer 50 million. That kind of money doesn’t exist in RL or Bradford.

There is no club that can get a grade A next year that doesn’t already meet that criteria.

At the moment we are the only Championship club that looks capable of hitting the top 12 points wise, even though we don’t have the best stadium. So grade A is irrelevant for now, it’s points that matter. Widnes, Doncaster and York all have what you’d calm grade A stadiums but fail on many other counts. It’s very complex.

I can't argue with anything you have said, but I was amazed how high they scored despite all their short comings. The powers that be seem to help them all the way. After all which other club could have got away with a pitch that doesn't even meet the rules of the game.

It’s not up to the RFL who is in but how each club scores based on the IMG ratings. I am sure the RFL would want London in the top 12 but this would again not be their gift to award.

Are the IMG scores just a recommendation to the RFL? And the RFL can interpret them as they wish? Or am I talking rubbish?

They are not a recommendation.
The scores will decide the league.

However the RFL are auditing the scores not IMG.

I can honestly see a straight swap between London and Trinity for this coming season. It’s probably the most likely scenario.

I think Toulouse might be pushing their way in too.

There is no maybe, London are out.
The question is whether Cas do enough to get above Toulouse as right now its pretty close.
We'll be ahead of them. We are not sneaking in. We might be the highest B grade when we get to that stage.