Nat - who do you think should be the front runners?

We as a club have gone by the rules of the Rfl,by setting up academys and playing home grown players.If we did not have a youth academy like Fax, we would buy the better players.Such as your experienced players, so we could be near the top of the league.We are one of the biggest clubs in this league and we should be the front runners.

BOLLOX !!!

Whoever wins the Grand Final.

But that's not the conditions we're playing under is it? We can bury our head in the sand and say that's how it should be but it aint gonna get us anywhere. I'll rephrase the question - given the "mazetastic" specifications laid down by the RFL (not the fault of Widnes) - who do you think best fits their bill?

As said previously if P&R Widnes side would be completely different but better in long term? I don't think so!

right this is how it goes.it doesnt matter what facts and figures are thrown about by each club,the rfl have already picked who is going up and who is coming down.i for one think the franchise system is a load of crap and should be scrapped.just wish march would hurry up and stop all this bull.
good luck to whatever teams are left out.

If you said you had 4,000 kids in it wouldn't no, but on average could work it out! Is it worked out by tickets purchased or turnstile clicks? Hence fire alarm

Quote from today's Halifax Evening Courier:

"Aside from the fire alarm, the main talking point off the field was the crowd, officially confirmed as a whopping 4,795 and apparently the result of some liberal ticket distribution at Saturday's Halifax Show, which squeaked Fax past the 2,500 average needed to apply for a Super League licence."

Note the words "officially confirmed".

Honestly, who cares about the crowd figure in the licensing stakes ?

We should be more concerned about the fact that Halifax have spent the last two years posting crowds below 2,500 and now for some bizarre reason decide to use their last game of the season and probably a fair bit of marketing to edge them over an RFL dreamt up crowd figure.

A bit more of a sustaoined and concerted effort on the marketing front in line with what they have used for yesterdays game and they would have obliterated our average and then maybe could have crowed about being the biggest club in this league.

It's a great crowd for this level but im a little worried at what seems like their eagerness to achieve this RFL magical crowd figure when other areas of their club from the outside seem neglected.