Hasn't been paying their players and is heading for administration? I hope the RFL take note before handing out franchises or it makes the whole preceedure corrupt

Cru-cru-crusaders?

more smoke and mirrors/unfounded rumours or does this have a basis in fact?

Would this be the one not even mentioned as at risk of franchise due soley to new ground being built?

Could well be, in would be interesting to see how RFL handle the situation if true. Handing a franchise to a club which then goes into admin would make a sham of the franchise process especially if they kick a financially stable club out

Said club does also has a history of concealing facts until the week after the bid as they did in 2008!

You mean us?

Thought you left it 2 weeks?

And the one thats recently had a £350k bail out fron their council to try and ensure they make it as far as playing at said stadium?

Ya, ha! Despite only weeks earlier stating full funding was in place to build stadium by themselves!

If the RFL do kick us out and keep a club who who are in financial trouble it will just go to prove that the whole application process is a sham.

Name the team please.

It will prove its a sham. It probably is anyway because how the hell is our bid worse than hull kr , crusaders and quins.

We have best community team in league
one of the best youth developnments
our ground imrpovements will meet the criteria

I honestly can't see how our bid is as good as HKR's when you consider the Stadium is such a large part of the application. It's not whether our Community team is better, what matters is HKR tick a box we don't - or that's how I see it.

If you look at your header they ain't Blue or White!

If it is true then the RFL and the club have got to come clean before D day as kicking out a club who has no or little debt to keep one in which could go bust is a disgrace.
I know people will say we did it but we have been found out and are now paying for it and for the RFL to keep somebody in who is skint is just plain wrong,regardless of who they are.I also suspect that it will never be made public who it is although there are probably 3-4 candidates.

From whats been said sounds like a club from a prized area as far as the RFL are concerned but not London or Wales.

A team who are still paying off their last coach and his assistant?

From the cryptic clues I would suggest Salford.

It wouldn’t be surprising considering the investment in the team and crowds worse than Trinity’s.

Can't be Salford then cos wasn't Veivers their assistant and he is still there.
Not the Whinos by any chance cos they let 2 assistants go not just 1,although not a prized area only other is Catalans.

Malcolm Alker perhaps

Correct

It is baffling how Salford could afford to invest the amount they did in players over the winter and manage to survive with an average crowd of only around 4000 without having a wealthy backer.

Lots of straw clutching still happening on here I see.

I believe it’s called speculation.

Really sorry to Rain on your parade, But We are not having Financial Difficulties, Dave "Nosey" Parker has got his story very twisted on this one, Everybody has been paid as usual, We are in in the proccess of gaining another 3 year franchise , our stadium is looking fantastic and our team have slowly started showing some promise. Matt Parish has arrived and we can now start laying foundations for next years squad and hoping to finish this year strongly. FWIW John Wilkinson is a "Wealthy" Backer as is Iain Watson who is our director and current owner of the Willows Land (Earmarked for new Godliman & Watson Homes development) . So sorry to those who were getting excited at the prospect of a Salford saving thier Teams bacon, We aint going anywhere apart from onwards and upwards!
Much Love
Salford