i personally don't see the point in letting players go and play for another club.

for the sake of a short season why not just play the fixtures and then allow players to have the option of playing winter league when the short season finishes ? ?

trust doesn't mean anything in my eyes when you take into account your own clubs financial benefits.
surely having your own team playing on a saturday and having players and supporters filling your own till is better than other clubs reaping the benefit of your players for the sake of a couple of months ??

See Addlington didn't bother to play another game that they wouldn't expect to be a comfortable win for them.

Cadishead have already conceded the game against Bank Quay on the 29th October, I suppose its better than finding out on the Friday or or the Saturday when the game is due to be played!!

Got to feel for you lads at Bank Quay your gonna be lucky if you play another half a dozen games before march, to be honest I reckon you'll have same problem when the proper season gets underway in march. It's going to be easier for teams to give away an 18-0 than suffer a real drubbing.

We didn't expect the move to summer to run completely smoothly but also didn't expect it to go as bad as this, not only interim fixtures being called off though everything seems in a mess at the moment bar the prem, no one in the NWC seems to know whats going on with regard fixtures the lanc cup etc.

Hindley A have also cried off from playing our A team this week which is again dissapointing.

I believe the RFL have bent a little bit on allowing teams to move from winter to summer in March, with the kick off for league games being delayed until April to allow teams to fulfil fixtures in the winter before moving over. I still don't think all teams on block will move but hopefully a few more come as I believe it is only a matter of time before all teams play a summer comp, certainly in the north west anyway

Thatto Heath Crusaders v Bank Quay Bulls - 2.30pm, Saturday 29th October, Hattons Solicitors Crusader Park, Close St., St.Helens, WA9 5JA

i'll go Bank Quay by 40+