Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:39 am  

I WOULD LOVE T THINK WE MIGHT BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO GET IN SL IN JULY! AS ALL OTHER FAX FANS,

BUT WE ARE A REALSITIC BUNCH DOWN AT THE SHAY!

THERES NO WAY CAS WILL DROP, ESPECIALLY IF PROBIZ BECOME NEW SPONSORS.

IT WILL BE AS EXPECTED SINCE ALL THIS HOOHAA STARTED,

WIDNES UP, WAKEY DOWN. END OF.

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:44 am  

SIMMSFAXTEDDY wrote:

I WOULD LOVE T THINK WE MIGHT BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO GET IN SL IN JULY! AS ALL OTHER FAX FANS,

BUT WE ARE A REALSITIC BUNCH DOWN AT THE SHAY!

THERES NO WAY CAS WILL DROP, ESPECIALLY IF PROBIZ BECOME NEW SPONSORS.

IT WILL BE AS EXPECTED SINCE ALL THIS HOOHAA STARTED,

WIDNES UP, WAKEY DOWN. END OF.

I am sorry to say that I agree. Widnes up Wakefield down as been set in stone for some time now the RFL are just wasting another 4 months of our time.

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:16 am  

A mate of mine was in a gym recently with a few wakey players... They were disscussing what will happen in July. Apparently the rfl are going to be expanding the sl to 16 teams with no drop due to fax and widnes bids being so strong. Not saying this is concrete fact but it does sound quite promising!

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:33 am  

Faxfan20111 wrote:

A mate of mine was in a gym recently with a few wakey players... They were disscussing what will happen in July. Apparently the rfl are going to be expanding the sl to 16 teams with no drop due to fax and widnes bids being so strong. Not saying this is concrete fact but it does sound quite promising!

believe it when i see it!

thing is though, more teams in SL = more games = more chances for advertising.

if theres more teams in, surely they have a better chance of attracting more fans?!

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:16 pm  

SIMMSFAXTEDDY wrote:

believe it when i see it!

thing is though, more teams in SL = more games = more chances for advertising.

if theres more teams in, surely they have a better chance of attracting more fans?!

Exactly! I'm not going to get too exited but all the signs point in that direction... Especially with Probiz due to take the sponsorship deal, they are going to want all teams they are involved with getting as much publicity as possible.

If they expand everyones a winner... Aren't they? I can't see how anybody could loose out by expanding the sl, it's a win win and I think the rfl will see it that way too. Fingers crossed eh?

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:28 pm  

Who knows what the rfl are thinking but what does surprise me is that Wakefield have just signed Gareth Moore and another player and given them deals until the end of next season. Perhaps I'm reading too much into it but I would have thought that they would have given them 1yr deals

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:25 pm  

rickster wrote:

Who knows what the rfl are thinking but what does surprise me is that Wakefield have just signed Gareth Moore and another player and given them deals until the end of next season. Perhaps I'm reading too much into it but I would have thought that they would have given them 1yr deals

the ones they signed have come from the championship, so building for next season already.

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:42 pm  

I dont trust anybody running our game. They move the goalposts and do things to suit them not for the good of the game. We wont be in SL anytime soon and I have got used to that. We dont fit the wet dreams of Lewis and wood and the SL clubs especially Bradford & Huddersfield see fax as a big problem if we got voted in. Its a shame the RFL treat the championship clubs like crap as the likes of Batley, Fax, Leigh, Keighley etc dont deserve it.

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:46 pm  

"SL will expand to 16 teams from 2012, Widnes and Leigh will make the step up after a change of direction from the RFL, Widnes ticked all the right boxes and are a sleeping giant" explained Richard Lewis earlier this evening.

Leigh Centurions on the other hand were obviously emitted from the Franchise process but with such a fanatastic stadium, award winning community department. fantastic youth structure, olympic size swimming pool, modern equipment in their state of the art gym, huge fanbase and great support from players currently playing in Super League we found it hard to ignore their situation.

We feel very positive that Halifax and Barrow will step up to the mark next time round but for now we are happy with our decision to remove Wakefield Widacts to the championship.

Re: Possible Good News??? : Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:59 pm  

I can see the lobby running out from every oriface in your head.

I think Alan Rowley's words are still ringing in Richard Lewis's ears