Mr Glover as come in and made tons of improvements around the place he as shown his innitiative. Belle Vue improvements and the structure of the club is better by a mile compared to the past regime I trust him a damm sight more than hans moleman our past chairman. Ted was letting this club rot.. Mr Glovers response when he took over at belle vue was the club is very dirty it needs a makeover this as been made. We all know we cant attract the players until we know our fate what do you want Mr Glover to do about this Vastman? He didnt have to take us over but he did lets back the bloke !You are unbelievable. The RFL need to look to the future and not the past the future is bright under AG I have not got my tinted glasses on I have been going to Belle Vue for the last 25 years and its got a new buzz around the place its died the last few weeks just because of the impending decision. You have got your Richardson blinkers on my friend !!!!

I can't really see what James Elston has done wrong here. He was never going to slate the RFL a week before the franchise decision, and even if the it doesn't go our way, I'm sure he will be too professional to launch an attack on them. After all, they will still control us whichever league we are in.

Yep that sums it all up but don't expect that to be good enough for some who'll whinge about anything.

Totally agree with you, Catalans will always be a sucess because its in the Heartland, PSG on the other hand was never gonna work. I don't see whats wrong with us being a regional sport, help the heartland clubs and then expand into areas of close proximity to the Heartlands-Cumbria, Staffordshire, Licolns.
Fingers crossed for ya

Hmmm - positivity or disappointivy ? Come on newgroundbeforecas, I need your support on this one. Lets shout it from the rooftops - be positive !!!

He hasn't done anything wrong; he did what any sensible professional would do in the same situation. Was he gritting his teeth and wishing he could say what he really felt? Probably, but if he had done that, he'd have been rightly villified for further jeopardising our already slim chances of getting a reprieve for next season.

The OP and those who agreed with him and/or used this dozy thread as a jumping off point for personal attacks on JE (and his wife - wtf did that come from?!) should probably apologise; it's all a bit embarassing really.

Im with you Fergus and ngb4c we need positivity, I've been saying it all along. If they go on our application we should be a B which in essence should make us safe. As I've said before if we go (excluding cru and quins) cas should come with us, the other option is keep us both in (my preference obviously) but review us both in 12 months time with leigh and fax waiting in the wings to take our spots if promises are broken.

Can't see why people are having a pop at JE without him AG would not have taken over. Elston went from convincing AG not to pull out his sponsorship to buying the club! He's obviously not wanting to upset the rfl in his latest statement and who can blame him, theres a lot of peoples futures at stake here and hes trying his damnedest to try and safeguard those peoples futures.

Its all a bit sad really from supposedly grown men but it does not suprise me one bit.

On reflection I may have been a little harsh to start this thread, I was just that mad to see one of our main men praising the positives of a system that is going to shaft us!

Great article in the evening post, especially the point about not been the weakest application amongst the 14. It’s shame he never pushed this point the League Weekly article it’s that, that got me so wound up.

Spot on again Bren.