Laugh all you want but soon enough it will likely be those sorts of players you'll be needing to make yourselves a success, Nanyn particularly. Some of you think you'll be walking the championship if you get the drop. Well it isn't that easy. The cap is very egalitarian and the best championship level players spread across the teams.

You might find a strong academy is your trump card and you will need to hang on to it at all costs.

Yes... protect clubs from overspending... which doesn't work because some clubs can't make that amount.

The cap in the championship is quite low and works rather well actually. Teams like Batley and Barrow can come from nowhere and compete.

Thats the point I was trying to make... but for some reason decided I was going to ramble about nonsensicleness.

The championship is a very competitive league. Wakey will retain few of their current players and will have to seek to recruit a squad fit for the championship from scratch - as opposed to the current clubs who have settled(ish) squads! Not easy.

Anyone who thinks the championship will be a cake-walk for Trinity will be very disappointed next season. It's not the same sort of league as it was previously when SL clubs got relegated!!

I don't think it will be a cake walk, in fact I think it will be the second season before Trinity can get enough stability to make a push for the championship.

If anybody really thinks we will walk the league next year should we go down they run the risk of looking arrogant and silly

That's kind of my assessment. It's an extremely competitive league and often relies on the quality of your youth set up to help you out when injuries take their toll! Of course in the championships Dual Reg will help short term (Oh that's another beauty of the RFL - You'll just love that down here), but the conditioning set up and youth recruitment (on sod all money) will be what you will rely on when things get tough.

Next years team will have some 'fluidity' to it until the coaching team gets settled and as you predict, the following year should be better.
However, and the big crux will be, - how many of your fan base will you retain for games at Dews in front of 1200, or at Workington or Gateshead in the NRC in front of 500 after a year down here in the silage???
Cos that my firend will be the basis of your budget for the following year.
I'm suspecting you'll see a fair amount of stay-aways initially, but the crowds will probably hold up well for the 3 years period all holding/hoping/trusting in the belief that Trinity will be brought back into SL.
When that doesn't happen owd cock, that's when you'll see the drain-away!!! That's when budgets are tight and reality bites it worst!!
Life down here in the sludg??? Oh aye - isn't it just marvellous!

You forgot the raping part before all this fun begins... anybody with a bit of talent will be taken, that includes the conditioner.

Thats already happening.

if we go down it looks like we will have to go down the line of semi pro, I'm sure we have enough advise on board from Neil Fox to tell us how to go about it

Do you sometimes harm yourself?