Keith T

What a sorry state Cumbria is for rugby league. Town halfway of 9 teams in the third league. Haven probably going to join them in the same league. Teams in the Conference leagues all in the bottom 4 or 5 teams in the Premier and 2nd Division except Watch Brow. Where are all the young up and coming players?

Do Town ever do any defensive play in training as teams look as if they can score as and when? I feel for all the people behind the scenes at Town who put in some tremendous work to keep the club going only to see it wasted by these pitiful performances.

Absolutely poor. We were 10 points down in the first 6 minutes. This to me says some players are only there to make the numbers up. We play less games this year than other seasons and yet we have more players out with “injuries”. We certainly can’t get any lower than we are at present!!!

And this week Cornwall go to Midlands Hurricanes and wjn 24 - 22. Funny old game!!!!!!

This seems to be something that could be decided by both parties talking to each other without getting to this stage. It’s amazing what talking together can achieve instead of throwing a slight problem into the public domain. Unless there is something more to this then sort it out and move on.

Final score 48 - 18

Do we not have any defensive practice because it seems like we concede points every time a team gets near our line. This is Newcastle we are playing and they are just starting out again

Why is there no commentary on BBC Radio Cumbria again? Every other match on their website link is working but suddenly the link to the Town match has been removed.

I do know what you mean my old friend maripins. However with DP handed back to the council we have to leave there and with a new grandstand being built at BP then I suppose that is progress of sorts. It isn’t what everyone envisaged or wanted BUT it is the best two struggling clubs are going to get.

But don't the Champions get a £100,000 for winning the GF already?

If the Championship salary cap is set £900,000, which is the figure mentioned in the policy document, then £788,000 and £787,000 are much closer to that figure than £500,000!!

I think confusion is being made here with these posts. The 2014 season is still covered by the licensing system until December 2014 and therefore the Championship is exactly the same as it has been during the licensing seasons prior to this one. The finishing positions in the league this season will decide only the amount of funding in the 2015 season and which teams will be relegated. The Grand Final will be played as normal with the same prize money as in previous years and this will be the last Grand Final for the Championship as there is no provision for it under the new system from 2015. The policy document talks of Clubs 1 and 2 getting 50% (or very nearly) of SL clubs funding and all the other Tier 2 clubs will receive central distribution of funds with meritocratic payments to the 3rd and 4th placed teams. At the commencement of the 2015 season the two relegated teams will pick up the top two prizes of Tier 2 and what should have been going to the 3rd and 4th placed teams will be going to the teams that finished 1st and 2nd in the 2014 season. Likewise the last placed team amount will go the club promoted from Championship 1. Of course all of this may have altered quite significantly but that, I believe, is the basis of what the Championship clubs were agreeing to support and I don't think they meet again until later this month.

Because from 2015 there isn't a GF for the middle group of 8 where the top 4 Championship clubs go after the 23 league matches have been played.

True. I believe that there will be more interest at the bottom end of the Championship to see which 5, yes FIVE, teams get relegated. That has to be a record for any sport surely?

The top 4 of the top 8 play-off for the SL title. The 5th -12th Championship teams play-off for the Championship Shield and the middle 8 don't have a play-off just a place in SL!!!!!