Seriously, can someone tell me why Widnes are perceived to be a good option? Poor crowds in NL, don't produce a lot of quality from their youth system, went bankrupt on low crowds and poor results last time in Super League. Lets face it they are hardly Super.

Their Chairman is though. Super rich that is; and the RFL know it.

100% wrong.

You're welcome.... for Richie Myler..

Nothing has gone wrong with it, but there is little margin for error. The planning process is painstakingly slow but a decision on the outline application is due next month with full planning ready to submit if outline is approved.



Of course time is of the essence but if Trinity have a suitable Plan B option for the interim which the RFL are happy with then it's not all doom and gloom.

Poor crowds, averaging 3,000 (better than any club in the league this season, not sure how we compared to KR and cas) a season is not poor

you complained last time that they allowed clubs who werent really in with a shot to apply, wasting money,



now you are criticising them for being a bit more stringent in who they allow to apply to save them money and yet you complain again



I'm completely surprised

You've totally misunderstood the point of his post.

Not really , it is exactly the same , last time they let clubs apply with no chance because they didn't have the bottle to be honest about it , this time they have introduced last minute criteria to achieve the same result , but they still havent had the bottle to tell the clubs that even if they did manage to ' tick a box ' by winning the NRC or make a GF , they wont be going up



They really are a set of spineless b stards

More exciting news today on the stadia front.



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Released on the same day as RFL's press release.



God it's sooooooooooooooooooo tiresome.



=#0000FF"We are well on track with it and have an outline consent for it all. So there are many good things about it".

[uRichard Wright[/u



How effing weak is that?



[size=200Stop bul[ils[/ihitting and build the fooking thing !!!![/size

they have always said that, its people choosing to believe different in spite of all evidence to the contrary that is the problem.



It has never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, everever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, everever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been a box ticking exercise



from start to finish we have been told that, by everyone, every time at the RFL



They dont need to tell Batley that because the won the NRC they arent going to go up, if Batley is run by anything but a monkey trapped in a mitten it will be clearly obvious that is the case.



Why would they bother encouraging Batley to apply when it is clear that they arent in a better position than Widnes?

You have picked on the one club that has publically stated they will not be applying so your post is pointless



You would have expected an organisation like the RFL to supply the clubs that applied last time with the full criteria for application this time at the begining of the application qualifying period , which would have been mid season 2008 at the latest , not 6 months before the actual application date



The RFL want clubs to plan ' long term ' and yet they are incapable of doing exactly that themselves



They are pathetic