Get over it. Move on! The problem is that with clubs that [size=200deserve[/size a place in superleague we would need 54 weeks in a year


You failed......your boss spat his dummy out and know look where you are...teetering on the brink!
Shut up. knuckle down and do something that will make the RFL have no choice but to let you in (as you so obviously crave SL rugby)!
Cracking news about Robbie though. Always liked him and he will be a credit to your club!

I actually am on record as saying we DIDN'T deserve a place in SL, nor do we currently. I do not 'crave SL rugby' - we can't even hack it in the Championship, so I'll not 'shut up', especially where I see perceived inequalities between clubs. I'm actually making a statement on the number of Antipodean imports the Welsh are allowed - irrespective of whether they even obtain the correct visas.

yeah....kinda like the blame London threads we put up with for years. Whilwe you're at it....check out your SL suad from 2005 before pointing the "team full of Australian finger"
I recently posted that we now had 2 current England "cockney" internationals and was treated with an "about time" reply

14 years down the line!! These two guys were 9 and 10 years old when SL started and unlike the previous Londoners in the GB/England set up......they aren't Union converts, but League players!
Sorry if the Shut up Bit was a bit strong, but let's face it.........if you keep your heads down and powder dry, then you will have a good case for a leg up in 2011 or 2014.......but as long as your club is associated with the "disgusted at the celtic decision" quote....you may as well give up.

Quotes that have susequently been proved to be correct.
London and Wales have recieved more assistance from the RFL than have any heartland clubs.
As for our 2005 squad we actually were on quota, not that the word quota refered to London or does to Celtic these days.

Why should any club "shut up and keep thier powder dry" as you put it or expect a "leg up" either.All anyone wants is a "level playing field".I am not a fan of Alan Rowley but what you are saying is you only have a chance to get into Sooper Dooper if you capitulate and give up to things that are not fair.

Everyone should have a right to speak out about the inequalities that the RFL are working to if they so wish. In Yorkshire we say it how it is and boy were we glad when Celtic got promoted we don`t want them back in our league either the Championship sides can`t afford to subsidise them anymore.

We had 3 Stapleton Kent and Ferris. Ferris left early and was replaced by another lad also Australian but I can,t remember his name.

Regarding the quote of our Chief Exec well he only had the bottle to say what he thought and was true. Can,t honestly see what,s wrong with that.

Just remembered the replacement Aussie was Mears.

How you can be happy with how things went on re.franchise is beyond me ,the RLF new who they wanted from the begining it was all a farce which cost the clubs money they could ill afford to spend i might add.Alan Rowley said what all other clubs thought ,whether that was right or not is beside the point as the clubs were well and truly stitched up big time and if they have their way they will do the same again.

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You tried this on the VT , but neglected to reply to me on it

Yes our squad was overly reliant in 2005 in:vouiua6b SL:vouiua6b , but Mr Rowley was refering to a:vouiua6b NL :vouiua6bsquad where everybody else had a quota of:vouiua6b ONE :vouiua6b

So he was well within his rights to give his opinion

As for deserving a SL place , there is no such thing as that is not how it is decided , personaly in my opinion there are only 5/6 :vouiua6bSUPER us northerners dont do ' Bull**** ' , unfortunatley far too many are willing to accept it as long as it suits them and their club

So no we wont , we will continue to call a spade a spade and if that costs us a place at the table with the ' chosen ones ' so be it , the air is a lot cleaner down here

Well, Robbie's been over here a darn sight longer than Fa'asvalu (or however you spell his name)...so who's calling him an import?? Could easily be eligible for England, or Wales or Scotland for that matter.

Crap, over the years clubs in the Manchester area have received much more help than either of those, and lets be fair.... if you can't make a success of a game after 110 years then you're in no position to knock a team that hasn't been in existance for a fraction of that time.

If Celtic are still getting the same level of support in 110 years that clubs like Oldham and Rochdale get now THEN you can knock the RFL for wasting money, not before.

Not quite sure what you mean when you say "if you can`t make a success in 110 years your in no position to knock a team "
I would think most of the Northern clubs had their fair share of success within that 110 years. The thing that has stopped them has been unfair rules fetched in by the RFL. I still feel for Keighley , were doing everything right before they were expected to and got passed over for London.
What do London do that is superior to the teams in this area,nothing as far as I can see.I once went down when my own team were playing them and I never spoke to a Londoner, their crowd was made up of Aussie Kiwi bankers bar workers or northerners working down there.Where are the Londoners ?still watching soccer.

Correct I usually quote Leighs 26,000 record attendance when posters of certain clubs try the 100 years bit , however the world is a different place now and much needs to be done

All the clubs outside SL are in the same boat , unfortunatley it is sinking and instead of trying to bale it out and fix it all the RFL are doing is throwing a couple of lifejackets into it for us to fight each other for

Yes and the person in the boat throwing out the lifejackets is Nigel Wood so as you can imagine the boat is also fairly low in the water anyway.

Nige has his own boat , it's called the Q e 2

The record crowd is over 30000 Steve.

Details Frank , just details

31326 and I couldn,t go..........................rationing.

Anyway back on topic ,Robbie has signed so when are the club going to announce it .

Insurance policies and the like have cooling off periods.....do players contracts have the same? If so lets hope we don' lose on Sunday and he changes his mind

If he has actually signed that is

Surely Robbie IS English?

His brother Henry played RU for England?!

Nah definately too good for them.......

They have english relatives/parent

dont they??

love this to be true!!!!

Granny from Liverpool I believe

If what i have been told 2 nite is true roll on tuesdays press confrenece

Same here ,he was seen just after signing wont say by who but its true