Look, I'm fresh from spanking Chris Dalton on the VT, but I'm happy to spread the love.

So basically it's not all about the stadium, unless it's Wakefield, in which case it suddenly is, because we beat you on all the other criteria, I will wager.

FFS how many times do we have to say - if you read the various threads that have been ongoing on the subject, you will realise that we are upgrading BV until the PI decision on NM is known and if that goes in our favour then the build will start some time next year.

We will look forward to your apology when it comes out in the wash as to why Halifax didn't get a licence and it has nothing to do with us.

MODs is there any chance we can lock this thread and any other comparing us and Fax cos we are just going round in circles now. We are still getting people two days on coming on talking pap and I for one am getting sick of having to correct em.

Interesting take on things isn't it ? Well only watch SL , not the crappy Championship

And fans tell us to stop moaning and get on with it , the best bit is the one about promotion

don't care what he says really, halifax are in the lower reaches of league 1 so shouldn't even be considered imho! fev and leigh are more worthy .. now hop off back to your own boards and look for the sheep boys..

halifax and crusaders to mergw, they have some common ground...sorry mods if i aren't allowed to say that!

You probably are allowed just look like a bell for doing so imo

i dont get what they expected the outcome to be really. With Widnes already been given the nod from the chamionship, and crusaders favourites to get a license over us for expansion.....why so much uproar? Alot of us had little hope of staying up, so I dont know what halifax were hoping for. If crusaders had stayed in then would they have been having a paddy about them aswell?

No, because as Slugger has ably proved on the VT, some parts of the RL community seem to want it both ways; they're in favour of franchising in all circumstances [iexcept[/i the circumstance where WTW turn out to be better than someone else, in which case they're against it.

Don't tell the cas fans!!!

Probably not , as they have the x factor , of location , something neither you or Fax possess , and the one thing you cannot challenge

ha ha i hate the rfl too. I dont hate wakefield its just annoying. when the you think you have a chance of super league not doing anything wrong , doing everything the rfl ask of us and still no super league when clearly they are teams in a far worse position than fax. not just wakefield. I think the rfl is going to ruin the game bring back relegation and promotion i say

The Pompous Bull Shater is back again

Evidently you didn't, or you would be in Superleague !!!!!!!!!

With the obvious exception of submitting a franchise application that was better than ours?

This can be settled once and for all. If the Fax chairman is so confident that their's was a better application, let him publish the RFL's opinion of it. We'll listen, and if he's right, we'll raise our eyebrows and share in his disgust.

So go on, Mr Chairman, publish and let us hear the praise from the independent consultants.

I suspect I'll have a long wait. Maybe even as long as three years.

If the RFL had the bottle to be open and honest

they could make the applications public and put an end to all this.

But they won't cos the cupboards full of skelebobs.

Secrecy and appeasement!
Maybe Steele thinks he'll get a go next time round by moaning enough this time round, like widnes were a shooe-in this time.

He may well think that way and if it comes off good luck to him, you play whatever game gets the results.

It's not rocket surgery!

It's a ' Barrieism '

Come on slugger , we know the RFL can make sheet look shiny if they want to

It was funny on B n A the other night , Nige was asked five different questions , but used the same answer five times , just rearranging the words differently

Looks like Halifax have bowed to the inevitable: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

Looks like Halifax have bowed to the inevitable: www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

Yeah major climb down from Halifax all week,bit of a grovel from chairman in League Express as well "no axe with any club" etc etc but no apology to Wakey for defammatory comments when he was having his tantrum live on tv.Hope AG and co have good memories and bare this in mind if we ever have to do business with this muppet.

As was said by a few at the time, the state of their application was embarrassing and the evaluation by the RFL was scathing.

Delivering it by helicopter etc was indicative of the naivety of their management team who failed to grasp the level of detail and substance required within the report.

No doubt that message has been delivered by the RFL resulting in the Chairmans climbdown unfortunately he doesn't have the class to apologise for his unwarranted attack on the Wakefield Trinity RLFC.

Steep learning curve for the BoD at Halifax, hopefully they'll be better next time.