It is quite ridiculous that the RFL state that a club moving up from the Championship needs an extra 4 months to prepare , and yet if you were given the nod you wouldn't get any extra time



You are there to try in some weird way to exert pressure on Castleford and to somehow give credibilty to the process



3 apply ,1 is accepted , 1 is given a second chance , 1 is dropped , all very neat and tidy

Do not kid yourselves.



In your heart of hearts you know it is true. Franchising stinks and you know it does.



Noone from the Championship will be promoted now till Cru or Quins throw in the towel.



Then what happens ? And although I can't help it I shall follow my team. Try telling that to folk who are not as passionate and they tell you no point cos we can't reach the top level

We could do with a run of form up until extra time of castleford a couple of years ago. Thats if we wanted a shout in july. However, a rational and patient person would look at this and say the ball is in our court for a return sometime in the near future.

And 3 to 5 years is the near future imo. Hopefully by which stage the rfl cover up machine has blown up

Top post Brew.

I agree we have to 'do a Widnes' and take this on the chin, keep positive and make sure we keep doing things right on and off the field.



We have to make sure that the RFL and Sky make us the next club that 'should get into SL' based on merit.

The most important thing for me is to ensure we do well off the field as it seems that wins the RFL over even more than results on the field in relation to Franchises (look at Widnes).

Obviously as a fan we want success and I am not saying we should not strive to win things but we must not give our detractors any material to use against us.



We never know the RFL may see sense and kick 2 teams out of SL letting us in, based on their own system there are 3 clubs who do not 'tick all the boxes' right now so we do have a chance.



In the meantime I would love to thrash Widnes when we play them just to stick two fingers up to this system.

Join the queue, everyone hates us now in the championship and wants to stuff us.

I don't think anyone hates you. But we all will now want to stuff you even more!!

We dont hate you at all , we just want to help you get used to what will be happening next year , oh and the ' stuffing ' bit , thats already started

We let you win, the real games next Thursday.

Going to be an interesting season now,



Part Time Players playing at the top of their game trying to "win" a full time super league contract. But some will inevitably realise that they won't be at Widnes next season, will they continue to put effort in knowing that there's an Aussie waiting to take their place at the end of the season?

Hey I did not say we hate Widnes its the RFL we all hate and my point is by beating you the rest of us left in the Championship will as I said stick two fingers up to them and their pathetic system.

Just to reiterate what plenty have already said, top post to start this thread.



Lets keep things in perspective. We are no worse off today than we were before the announcement yesterday. We all knew Widnes would get the nod, good luck to em. Is it fair that we are now up against the 14 super league members in July, probably not, but we are in it and thats better than nowt.



Is it just propaganda by the RFL to make things look transparent and fair? possibly but thats not for me to say.



What I do know for sure is that this club, its supporters and a board we all can believe in and trust, have faced much worse than this. We are always at our best when up against it, thats when we shine.



We will learn from yesterday. On July 26th we will fill the corpoarate suite in the new stand, we will make sure the media know it. Widnes did this better than us yesterday, yep they were 99% certain of success but tough. We now have a lot more good feeling and support from acorss the RL community than we did before. Lets reissue the petition far and wide, lets fill the shay when the Bulls come knocking and spend the next 3 months making it very uncomfortable for those in HQ that will have to say no to us.



We know we are more deserving than some already in SL. So do many others, people power is the strongest tool we have on our side and its not something we have always been in a position to say.



While picking up my Sheffield tickets yesterday one of the die hards who spends everyday running our club said something telling to me. '**** the rest of them, as long as we get where we should be then who cares.' He is spot on, if it means that a club that is losing money, has no fans and is struggling to carry on in SL has to make way then so be it. Lets highlight this and let nobody be under any illusion that we are ready to step in.



Keep the faith, the future is blue and white