We might have the final say on that one on the pitch.

We’ll see. Even if they win the GF, and qualify to make a bid, I doubt they’d have a stronger bid than us.

Like you, I’d still prefer P&R and despise the whole licence nonsense.

I'm past caring.

All I know is - right now - Fax can't afford Super League and personally that's where any discussion ends for me.

I find the circus show currently being put on by the RFL and Super League clubs highly entertaining though. The Ringpiece Masters - Wood and Lewis. The three clowns Wilkinson, Wright and Richardson - scrambling manically to hold aloft the best artistic drawings of a circus tent. The freaks in a jar - Harlequins and Crusaders - you know they shouldn't be in the circus but you're drawn to their lameness in a pitiful way. The battle for top eight - the fight for the actual eighth spot is cringeworthy - one more away match!!! Wow!! Unfortunately, you won't see much of this in the media because they're busy covering a big Fair Trade exhibition in the tent next door and they've got a new attraction from Blackpool. Apparently by simply dreaming about Tangerines they've risen from the depths of hell and have forced their way into the tent.

Anyhoo, I hear in 2012 there's a new act coming to our circus. An act so fearless - so terrifying as to shake the very tent pegs of the circus tarpaulin.


Beware the Mutants!!!!!

It's posts like this that should get you the award for the top poster

Biting realism delivered with humour

As for any application from Leigh , I'm with Rich on this as well , I dont even want Leigh to apply , there is no point , we are not ready

Well if licensing is to continue then I sencerely hope that the RL drop this 2500 average to a more realistic level or scrap it altogether.What chance of any lower league club,and I include Widnes if we don't get a licence, attracting such figures with another 3 years of nothing to play for?

Certainly Leigh and Fax are closest after Widnes to satifying all the criteria.

the 2,500 though its difficult to achieve because there is no real goal from a season, a grand final victory is the target at the start of the season but theres not much else for the fans to be motivated to turn upto games.

Widnes have done brilliantly to keep there average above 2,500 especially with the season you guys have had to date.

i have no idea how Halifax can get that average up espcially with you guys going to super league, you raise our averge with the amount of fans you bring, with you guys gone i fear our average will go down over the next few years not up.

can hope for is oldham come up and are very competitive so that they bring a few supporters with them.

Don't forget though, in all likelihood next year you will have a yorkshire team coming down, Wakefield or Castleford. They are going to help your crowds if we're not around.

I have no problem with the RFL setting a minimum attendance criteria , as long as they then start helping clubs achieve it , all clubs , but thursday night TV games dont help and niether does having a ' gimick ' club like Toulouse help either

Basically chucking a quarter of a million quid a year into the English channel in some pointless exercise to try to make the Championship ' sexy ' is a really daft idea

I'd rather they split it among the clubs and insist on a free attendance match or other marketing intiative

The fact they dont tells me they dont want the clubs to prosper , they want us to struggle

Fax got 4795 against Batley with no fans.How many freeloaders?Funny how they now get the 2500 target.

I am quite sceptical about this. They managed to eek over the 2500 target by 9 people. Coincidence? Not when I've read about people saying they were going to announce it as that before the game happened.

Interesting to see the match photos.

It will make no difference at all. I wouldn't worry about it.

4795



more like the average age at Halifax.

Fax fans very quiet about it lol, must of learnt lesson from cup fiasco! Hear no evil, see no evil etc etc.

See evacuation mentioned? Maybe counted in twice!

They certainly have. One fan mentioned that the crowd was going to be announced 4 and a half thousand before the match come what may.



I think it has since been deleted as I was compiling this reply. I was thinking of leaving it so was mulling it over and saw that they have removed the comment. I honestly don't know how to feel about this. If they've cheated, they stand to benefit at our expense, but they're only really cheating the rfl and I still don't think they're anywhere near us.

Another suggestion made was the fans were counted back in during a fire drill, essentially they attended the same match twice. I suspect it will all come out in the wash. If they have cheated, the RFL will certainly hold it against them more than not meeting the criteria in the first place.

The 2500 is laughable. Most relegated clubs in SL would struggle in non promotion league.

Crusaders and Harlequins can't get this now !!





Good luck in SL Widnes. I really hope it doesn't kill your great club !

Rather damming quote that mate.. They do have a habit of shooting themselves in the foot. I'd be interested to learn what their next biggest gate was against Championship opposition this year?

No probs just found the figures on this very board including a beautiful graph.... championshipstats.rlfans.com/Tea ... index.html phewwweeeeeeee what a spike on the final day of the season and without anything in the way of a ticket offer from looking at their official website. Last biggest crowd was just over 3,000 against Leigh and now they are trying to make out that they got almost 2,000 more fans against a team that brings nothing in the way of away fans. You would have thought that they would have made it look a little more believable.. a few hundred here and few hundred there...

No probs just found the figures on this very board including a beautiful graph.... championshipstats.rlfans.com/Tea ... index.html phewwweeeeeeee what a spike on the final day of the season and without anything in the way of a ticket offer from looking at their official website. Last biggest crowd was just over 3,000 against Leigh and now they are trying to make out that they got almost 2,000 more fans against a team that brings nothing in the way of away fans. You would have thought that they would have made it look a little more believable.. a few hundred here and few hundred there...

Dont be too harsh lads,

Wakey
Cas
Salford
St Helens
Bradford

All told bigger lies to RFL and some have even kept it up for three years

All this has done has got everyone talking about whether someone has told a white lie about a crowd - is that really where we want to see our "sport" going? The whole thing is ridiculous, you know it is, we know it is. Even though you guys rightly have one leg in the super league bed, you must admit something has to be done.

If it werent all true and created by the very people paid vast amounts to protect the games future and all those playing it, it would be laughable.

Conquer by divide lads, and its working

It's higher than that with Holly playing.

But it was mighty busy at the Shay today.

batley brought a hew fans, they are NRC winners afterall.

I'm sorry but the attitude of the Fax fans on their board have shown this for being the farce that it is...


At least when Salford were up to these tricks in 2008 their fans genuinely believed their attendance figures.

I don't know why anyone's bothered. Leave them to it. We'll be fine. There's threads on here praising our youth set up. There's threads on there forum wanting to sign Sheffield's overseas full back. That's the difference between us. They are way behind us.

In my honest opinion, i dont believe it, i doubt most fax fans do either

i understand their might of been a nice crowd today, but to have a attendance that just puts them over the criteria, makes it hard to believe..

as for the fax board, Seems they are now trying to milk that they can "apply"

Either way.. I believe they are behind ourselves / TO / Leigh in the list for super league..