The Phantom Horseman

This isn't especially surprising given what the Administrator wrote about the RVL situation back in July, which suggested that this matter would need to be resolved before any sale could go through. This all dates back to the meeting in 2018.

They have said all along that the money will be given to the successful consortium for use towards the squad.

That piece appears to have been removed from the originally published piece, so I have removed it from my own comment.

I'd say the above is a fairly reliable account as I have been told a couple of the specific points a while ago by a good source (including the one about the budget being amongst the lowest in the league, at least initially, as the new club's focus will be on long-term sustainability).

This is all over the place and doesn't make sense.

I don't necessarily disagree, but Barrow's overall grading this year was 9.85 which is light years away from what should normally be required to make SL anyway. I don't think there's any controversy about saying Barrow are nowhere near the level needed, the issue is whether or not we think that the takeover of London and their huge subsequent financial injection, plus their domination of the Championship last season, should be enough to override the IMG guidelines. I mean you can argue it's ridiculous that London should be considered for SL (because their IMG score is way too low), and equally you can argue it's ridiculous that they shouldn't be put in SL having dominated the Championship last year and clearly having a team that's a mismatch for any other Championship team.

There are plenty of full State Of Origin games on YouTube which might get him interested.

If you fancy letting him see what some real "archive" games, the link below has about 200 full games from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Barrow have repeatedly stated that their ground isn't suitable for SL and for that reason have ruled themselves out for the time being.

For me that's the key issue. Once that happens everything else falls into place. Really hope this doesnt end up in a legal battle over the land ownership.

On a serious note - if there's one player I'd welcome back on something like a season-long loan, it would be Jimmy Beckett. Didn't get much of a look-in last year for Cas and it's now a different regime there to the one that signed him. He bounced around various Championship clubs last year on loan but playing for Fev regularly would surely be a better outcome for everyone. I know Cas are meant to be linking up with Sheffield in 2027 (though I saw one respected poster on the Cas forum suggested we might be their "partner club" ) but Jimmy would I think be a very popular signing if we could get him on loan.

Hearing the new club captain's called Flack and we've signed a guy with a great short kicking game called Chippy Minton. (it says a lot about the demographics of this forum that I expect about 90% of readers will get these references!)

Yes, this needs to be borne in mind if we don't hear anything soon. Exactly what MLP says above, they need to be able to state where London are playing before they can announce the Championship composition.

For a lot of fans, myself included, the biggest concern has been that we might not have a club any more. I think your comments are valid but I'm sure there will be opportunities to ask/answer them in the fullness of time, and we haven't yet had an official announcement of the club's return, let alone confirmation of who the new people in charge are yet. When they are announced and are in a position to make statements, let's listen to what they have to say.