We’ll see. Even if they win the GF, and qualify to make a bid, I doubt they’d have a stronger bid than us.

Like you, I’d still prefer P&R and despise the whole licence nonsense.

I'm past caring.

All I know is - right now - Fax can't afford Super League and personally that's where any discussion ends for me.

I find the circus show currently being put on by the RFL and Super League clubs highly entertaining though. The Ringpiece Masters - Wood and Lewis. The three clowns Wilkinson, Wright and Richardson - scrambling manically to hold aloft the best artistic drawings of a circus tent. The freaks in a jar - Harlequins and Crusaders - you know they shouldn't be in the circus but you're drawn to their lameness in a pitiful way. The battle for top eight - the fight for the actual eighth spot is cringeworthy - one more away match!!! Wow!! Unfortunately, you won't see much of this in the media because they're busy covering a big Fair Trade exhibition in the tent next door and they've got a new attraction from Blackpool. Apparently by simply dreaming about Tangerines they've risen from the depths of hell and have forced their way into the tent.

Anyhoo, I hear in 2012 there's a new act coming to our circus. An act so fearless - so terrifying as to shake the very tent pegs of the circus tarpaulin.


Beware the Mutants!!!!!

It's posts like this that should get you the award for the top poster

Biting realism delivered with humour

As for any application from Leigh , I'm with Rich on this as well , I dont even want Leigh to apply , there is no point , we are not ready

Well if licensing is to continue then I sencerely hope that the RL drop this 2500 average to a more realistic level or scrap it altogether.What chance of any lower league club,and I include Widnes if we don't get a licence, attracting such figures with another 3 years of nothing to play for?

Certainly Leigh and Fax are closest after Widnes to satifying all the criteria.

the 2,500 though its difficult to achieve because there is no real goal from a season, a grand final victory is the target at the start of the season but theres not much else for the fans to be motivated to turn upto games.

Widnes have done brilliantly to keep there average above 2,500 especially with the season you guys have had to date.

i have no idea how Halifax can get that average up espcially with you guys going to super league, you raise our averge with the amount of fans you bring, with you guys gone i fear our average will go down over the next few years not up.

you should think yourselves lucky.you've got featherstone on the up,dewsbury on the up and the team that loses its franchise is likely to be from yorkshire.
all we [leigh] can hope for is oldham come up and are very competitive so that they bring a few supporters with them.

Don't forget though, in all likelihood next year you will have a yorkshire team coming down, Wakefield or Castleford. They are going to help your crowds if we're not around.

I have no problem with the RFL setting a minimum attendance criteria , as long as they then start helping clubs achieve it , all clubs , but thursday night TV games dont help and niether does having a ' gimick ' club like Toulouse help either

Basically chucking a quarter of a million quid a year into the English channel in some pointless exercise to try to make the Championship ' sexy ' is a really daft idea

I'd rather they split it among the clubs and insist on a free attendance match or other marketing intiative

The fact they dont tells me they dont want the clubs to prosper , they want us to struggle

Fax got 4795 against Batley with no fans.How many freeloaders?Funny how they now get the 2500 target.

4795

more like the average age at Halifax.

Fax fans very quiet about it lol, must of learnt lesson from cup fiasco! Hear no evil, see no evil etc etc.