I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:31 am  

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article/rf ... ment/22945 The faint hope that the league would be expanded to 15 or 16 teams has more or less been confirmed here so you fear the worst.

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article/rf ... ment/22945 The faint hope that the league would be expanded to 15 or 16 teams has more or less been confirmed here so you fear the worst.

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:45 am  

Yep as I posted on the Fax thread.

Unfortunately out of the ‘disposal’ clubs, Trinity are perceived to be the weakest. The administration thing will have done he club. It’s not supposed to count, but when comparing the two most likely clubs to miss out, only Trinity have been in admin.

The only thing that would’ve made a difference was if a real money man had come in. Glover has done good things under his tenure but I doubt he has the wealth of Parkin. I felt at the time if he had taken over (although his motivations/commitment appear to be questionable) the RFL would have been a little more ready to overlook the events earlier this season.

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:49 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Unfortunately out of the ‘disposal’ clubs, Trinity are perceived to be the weakest. The administration thing will have done he club. It’s not supposed to count, but when comparing the two most likely clubs to miss out, only Trinity have been in admin.

Wasn't the rule change to allow clubs that have been in administration to apply for a franchise (before it automatically discounted them) but would be assessed in the criteria instead?

i.e. club A went into administration but club B didn't they're equal on everything else so the club that didn't go into administration gets the spot...in a fair world this would mean the Crusaders would be gone.

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:52 am  

Gronk! wrote:

Wasn't the rule change to allow clubs that have been in administration to apply for a franchise (before it automatically discounted them) but would be assessed in the criteria instead?

Widnes applied last time after been in admin so I don’t think it was that. The administration was used as a justification for their rejection. Of course that’s not something the RFL can use this time around due to the Crusaders factor (and also the image rights).

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:52 am  

The rule was changed to keep Crusaders up

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:13 pm  

its a strange one because the RFL quashed the Administration rule in order to protect the Crusaders meaning they can't beat us with that stick again.

In terms of stadia we are closer to a build than Cas, have included plans for a temporary upgrade of Belle Vue and also submitted a lease for Oakwell.

Our youth development is probably inside the top 6 in SL, Wigan, Sts, Leeds, Wakefield, Cas, a n other

Our average finishing position isnt the worst (mid table)

in every other measurable aspect of the club we are either as good or much better than some other SL clubs.

It would be interesting to get the full rundown of the RFLs assessments of each club and study how they make and justify their decision

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:16 pm  

im packing sirs bags as we speak , its a long way to cumbria

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:27 pm  

The Clan wrote:

its a strange one because the RFL quashed the Administration rule in order to protect the Crusaders meaning they can't beat us with that stick again.

In terms of stadia we are closer to a build than Cas, have included plans for a temporary upgrade of Belle Vue and also submitted a lease for Oakwell.

Our youth development is probably inside the top 6 in SL, Wigan, Sts, Leeds, Wakefield, Cas, a n other

Our average finishing position isnt the worst (mid table)

in every other measurable aspect of the club we are either as good or much better than some other SL clubs.

It would be interesting to get the full rundown of the RFLs assessments of each club and study how they make and justify their decision

I believe the ground at Cas is compliant in a lot of areas at present, it lacks in certain areas but has the needed 12000 capacity. It is on a par with Hull Kr and Bradford.

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:28 pm  

charlie wrote:

The rule was changed to keep Crusaders up

No surprise on that one then.

Re: I guess this more or less confirms the worst...... : Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:29 pm  

I too would like to see how they break each application down. They have done this in the past franchise renewals. They have probably got a load of BS manuscripted as we speak.