Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:58 pm  

Well done Widnes make the most of this oppotunity.

You were the obvious choice as you complied with everything asked & Red Hall will be delighted as the attendance figures will sky rocket as your fans travel away in numbers that a new team will & home gates will be very healthy also.

Unlucky Fax hope you get the July nod the the same reasons above plus it will shake everything up nicely and make any "still dithering clubs" pull their fingers out, leading to a vibrent SL .

Hope Barrow have learnt enough from this and have the plans laidout to follow for the next round.
PS Can we get a refund on the candles we bought en masse

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:19 pm  

tb wrote:

What the RFL said in 2008

It seems to be pretty much a nothing argument to me.

Apart from the facts that The Willows is in Salford!!!

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:26 pm  

Brilliant!a discussion about the winners of a new 3 year licence ends in an argument of who has the least shat ground,cas or Salford.love this forum.

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:34 pm  

GSF wrote:

Brilliant!a discussion about the winners of a new 3 year licence ends in an argument of who has the least shat ground,cas or Salford.love this forum.

and this is different from most other threads in recent memory in which regard?

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:58 pm  

Good luck to Widnes, As for all the arguments about who is going My thoughts are that no one will go, Fax may get in as Super League expands to 16? I am not basing this on much but I also expect to hear that there will be at least one new championship side (South London storm at a guess) & maybe one french side. It is no secret that the RFL have been asking for bids to join the championship & that they would like to go to two divisions of 12 bteams if it is possible.

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:01 pm  

Congratulations to Widnes and I kind of hope that Halifax will be in too (although, I am not sure about their finances).

I have no axe to grind with any club currently in Super League, so it will be interesting to see who gets the chop. I wonder what people's reactions would be though if they did get rid of Crusaders? I also wonder if this is something that might have been discussed with the people in charge at Cru. Perhaps, they are looking for ways to reduce the amount needed to invest in the club each year?

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:12 pm  

Arizonared wrote:

I wonder what people's reactions would be though if they did get rid of Crusaders?

The flatcappers would be in heaven.

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:22 pm  

dids858 wrote:

The flatcappers would be in heaven.

No , we would be vindicated

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:27 pm  

Starbug wrote:

No , we would be vindicated

No, the naive and easily pleased would feel vindicated.

Only idiots with the benefits of hindsight would look back on a failure and feel their cynicism vindicated.

If it comes to pass that Crusaders fail, it still doesnt mean it was wrong to try.

Re: Franchise decision? : Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:28 pm  

fatboystu wrote:

IIRC back in the days when Super League were a concept, part of skys agreement to pump money in was that London HAD to have a team. now i dont know if this is still true but if it is, they're safe.

Depends if they still believe a 'london club' makes any difference.