Interesting comments and whilst I take on board what has been said about firmer foundations. My view is that the RFL saw the chance as now or never whether that be LS holding a 'get us in SL or I'm gone' gun to their head or not I don't know.
What I do know is that without the CrusadersI wouldn't be hooked on RL which has meant me watching this club come from National League to Super league
my wife and son wouldn't be hooked
we wouldn't have gone all over the country watching this great game,
we wouldn't have gone to watch the under 18's or the colts the year before or the reserves this year
we wouldn't have met so many fans of this great game who wished us well whether at home or away or even the ones with a reasoned argument as to why we should or shouldn't be in Super League.[/list
Unfortunately this also has a down side, without the CrusadersI wouldn't be wondering how I can get my League fix when my club is too far away (and given I used to do a 70 mile round trip before you could hardly call it on my doorstep)
I wouldn't be thinking that we've been shafted by LS, yes we got the prize of SL but what a way to take it back
I wouldn't have to try and converse with muppets or explain how we took our chance like anyone else would and I'm so glad we did
most of all I wouldn't have had the ultimate misfortune of reading so much dross from Bazza Mac