: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:55 am  

padgate wire wrote:

Spot on
As I have said before The RFL is corrupt how CELTIC ,QUINNS, WAKEFIELD AND CASTLEFORD can get in in place or in front of LEIGH,WIDNES AND HALIFAX is beyond me, the 4 that have got licences are the worst followed teams or have stadia that is nowhere near the required standard and are nowhere near starting work on a new stadium.

Before i try ready anymore. Halifax have a main stand they have been building for 8 years. Dont you think they should try and finish that before classing themselves as having the required standard.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:56 am  

Mini Rogue wrote:

I personally think we will see 16 teams come the next franchise in 2011, exciting times ahead for rugby league fans though.

do you not think that a 30 game league season is a bit too much though depending how well you do in the cc and play offs could be more than that

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:57 am  

**Wire** Byrno wrote:

do you not think that a 30 game league season is a bit too much though depending how well you do in the cc and play offs could be more than that

Only for Us and Leeds.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:58 am  

Wire On The Telly wrote: Least Gatcliffe is here to remind us about our super sexy stadium http://www.warringtonwolves.org/news/Wolves7865.ink We have a 'template' stadium rather than a sexy one now.

Wire On The Telly wrote: Least Gatcliffe is here to remind us about our super sexy stadium http://www.warringtonwolves.org/news/Wolves7865.ink We have a 'template' stadium rather than a sexy one now.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:59 am  

padgate wire wrote:

I would prefer playing Widnes at home with 2500 Widnes fans there or 1500 from Leigh than 30 that Quinns bring or the 150 that Wakey and Cas bring and God knows how many Celtic fans will turn up 10 - 50 I would imagine .

A bit rich from somebody who doesn't go to away games due to re-cuperating from sitting on your backside all the previous evening.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:59 am  

Istilldontbelieveit wrote:

The RFL are braindead. I hope this decision fails miserably.

Regardless of opinion, thats a stupid way to think.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:59 am  

Think Celtic should have one but not this time round, maybe next time when the licences are up for review again (correct me if im wrong but i think that is in 3 years). Leigh and certainly Widnes should be in IMO. Like a few people have posted, I also am not surprised by the decisions.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:00 pm  

**Wire** Byrno wrote:

do you not think that a 30 game league season is a bit too much though depending how well you do in the cc and play offs could be more than that

If they did do that, they might have to expand the salary cap to allow more players in the squad for more games in the season.

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:02 pm  

Wire On The Telly wrote:

Before i try ready anymore. Halifax have a main stand they have been building for 8 years. Dont you think they should try and finish that before classing themselves as having the required standard.

Still better supported than Quinns ,Any team that has not been in SL has not got the financial clout to complete a stadium ,lets face it Salford would be out of Business now if they had failed to get a licence it was a gamble that paid off.
Wakey and Cas should have already been in there stadiums by now and there Franchises should be on elastic and if they are not in and playing at new stadia before 2011 they should lose their licence .

: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:02 pm  

Will be interesting to find out what will now happen to Celtic's deal with S4C, now that they are in the big time..........