Urban myth depends on the contract terms. Most will have a release clause if they get picked up

Sad to say, but your quite right EB.

Money certainly doesnt guarantee success, but the gradual scrimping on the squad for about 4 seasons has come to this.

I think some fans who continue to defend what is getting dished up need to take their head out of the sand

Correct. we have got two players and maybe a couple of others who have contracts for next season irrespective of the league. They are Gale and Lino. I also think Griffin may have a similar deal. Good news is ,we can finally ditch Lineham.

It's hard because everyone wants what they think is best for the club - but I've taken some serious abuse from many posters on here this season for something which has been plainly obvious to all but the most rose tinted fans

Anyway - I've seen some people say that at least we'll have the best stadium in the championship, so here's a list of stadiums I think might be better than ours at present.

In no particular order:
Widnes
York
Halifax
London
Toulouse

To be fair it's a relief it's more or less confirmed and, subject to a take over and Applegarth being ditched I will be looking forward to next year, and hopefully a few more wins.

I've been to watch quite a bit of championship rugby this season - a few more wins might be pushing it. It's generally a good standard, especially for the top half teams, and I'm not convinced that our current squad are much more than a mid table championship team, and that's without losing players

If the ellis deal doesnt go through i wouldnt be confident of too many wins

If a deal doesn't go through, I wouldn't be confident of there still being a club

I won’t join in with or add credence to the already spouting vitriol and finger pointing… having been a fan for half a century an a player/ coach for nearly 30 years in that time… I can only reflect that sport is like this… win lose… highs lows… endings and new beginnings.

Of the current Superleague make up I can only remember Saints, Leeds and Warrington not playing in a lower division during my time as a fan…

There are times during the past 25 years that I have been convinced that we were going to be relegated (several times) … this time it’s happened!

You know I think I’m actually looking forward to next season…and seeing what happens…

whatever it is I’ll still be a Trinity fan…

Hearing the same mate from a very well respected ex player

The thing is,from next season, promotion and relegation no longer exist on results just on the pitch.
I think we will struggle to get back out of the championship [ if we definitely get relegated which is just about nailed on now] and to me the IMG grading can be manipulated in too many ways, and there are a lot of teams in the championship who will have around the the same grading as Trinity.
Keeping our Superleague place this season would at least have given us more of a chance of staying in the competition during the following season[s]

True…( in parts) … but none of this will stop me enjoying watching my team… hopefully on one of the many streaming channels… next season…

win lose or draw… I’m still a crazy Dreadnought tragic!!!

Would it though? We would be in the same boat again with same coach, same contracted players and no decent players still available therefore probably ending up in the same position as last two seasons. On league position that's only 0.1111 IMG points above the Championship winners.
It's become death by a thousand cuts so maybe relegation will be a reset or a quick and merciful death.

I think those who think this will be nothing but a one year hiatus and we’ll breeze back in are in for a rather large shock. You might just find there is an awful lot of teams with very similar points come this time next year and we will be very much in the the middle of these.