Wellsy4HullFC

Who the hell would buy that club in the condition it's in for £100k? Just reform as Wrexham Crusaders if necessary with a clean slate and a similar agreement with a SL side that Newcastle have with York.

Would there ever be scope for 3 teams in NZ (Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington), or have Warriors shored up all the support in North Island?

I keep saying it: this is what the Challenge Cup should be.

Could be a record here.

I'm lost when it comes to Sheffield. Were they playing at the Olympic Park stadium thingy that was built?

What was the music?

Any news on Toulouse v Catalans Magic yet?!

In fairness, a lot of schemes were binned across the country due to the 2008 financial crash. I remember seeing the plans for the Quay West scheme in Hull.

I'm hearing similar. Issues around discipline of the group and hanging his hat on certain recruitment/retention choices that have bit him. Hearing other coaches aren't happy either. All rumours. But must be some truth somewhere because they wouldn't just bin him for nothing. The fans love him because he's honest and to the point, as well as passionate and clearly cares about the group. We haven't had that in a while.

This must be the most disastrous season in the history in the second tier. Can't NWC set up an arrangement with a SL club in a similar way there is between York and Newcastle?

Hopefully a change of environment will do him good. If not, you can have him back. Talented lad. But like said, poor attitude.

We've gone back into pins on a map fantasy pipedream stuff. If you just shove loads of money into 6 French clubs in hope a competitive and interesting league would take hold, half of those clubs will die within a couple of years. Incremental additions into a larger SL with savvy fixture schedules would do far more with far less.

Pretty much what I said above. I don't understand the mindset here. It's like poisoning the well.

I just don't get what the club are thinking here. He went had a clean slate with a new board to build a strong reputation and trust with future staff, and we've thrown that away with what looks like behind the scenes deals to get someone else in at the very first opportunity. I think McNamara is going to have a tough job on his hands building the moral of the squad up after this.

I'm not impressed with how this is turning out. I like Cartwright. I don't understand how such a rash decision has been made. There's surely more to this than has been made out so far.