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What deal did you think we were getting?

You don't understand that screens vary in quality?

Room for improvement is no bad thing to be fair, and now the club knows exactly what it needs to refine to progress.

We did well overall, but we can do much better re communicating with the fans. This morning proved that, we missed a trick there.

We sit with an A which should increase next year - can’t believe the pixels thing btw but it’s not the deal I thought it was, and it seems others also. Have we another pitch not being reality case from the RFL? IMG are simply not worth the cost and the game has been conned again imo - I hope to be proved wrong btw

I see Rochdale have posted the full breakdown of points, does anyone know if we're going to do the same?

Funny you should say that. He couldn't get a game under Hendo, so if Hendo does get the Bradford job, maybe Ronan doesn't fancy the move any more.

I think my knowledge of the criteria stacks up pretty well against most on here. That's why I wonder about it.

You don’t have to wonder about the criteria you’re being judged against. It’s all in the public domain

I can understand your frustration if you think that all they have done is put a few seats in a clapped out stand but that simply isn't true - I put a post on here earlier with all the improvements made - perhaps you should read it and calm down a bit

It be alright laughing but that’s the reality

I hope Barrow reads your article , great insight Richard , thanks.

They are the three best teams up here in the NH!

Try searching Google for "Geocities".

In the NFL american football there are about half a dozen teams who consistently perform better than others.But all the TV and broadcasting revenue is pooled and shared out equally between all 32 teams.And the lower teams get first pick of the graduates from college football, players of the future.

Wigan do organise and run it every half term, I very much doubt RFL have anything to do with this one either

Just got in from golf, initial thoughts, it's a good job Goole haven't been scored or we might not even have been the highest Vikings in the list. Obviously I wasn't expecting much from my lot but to come in 22nd (It could be 23rd after Batley have been scored) actually made me smile. It doesn't really seem to stack up with what I've seen on my travels around the championship, re attendances, facilities, even performance in some cases. Still, maybe behind the scene's they are all financial powerhouses. That said, we need to address some of our failures, an obvious one would be to move Halton into the Merseyside local authority area or even Kirklees given the size of it. Not seen our stadium score but it might be worth looking at doing a reverse Oldham, move from the stadium to Gossages Rec, stick up a shed and bung a few seats in it, who knows, if its cost Oldham it might benefit us. Just a couple of ideas that would show how serious we are about improving our scores. Joking aside, or maybe I wasn't, I'm genuinely not concerned about our score, it doesn't matter, we ain't going anywhere, unless its into division three looking at what we are up against. I'm not so much angry as amused, we know our position in the great scale of things, but if its 22nd (23rd) out of 35 you have to wonder about what criteria you're being judged against.

Exactly - no one is stopping anyone from taking a club ‘on a journey’ - they’re actually now providing a map, and introducing a few barriers against short termism

Yes, I posted that this on the thread this morning Interesting comments on the ground. Craven Park is a nice place to watch RL, certainly comparable to Cas (and better facilities for away fans than Headingley ) The football ground is very close by and a logical step in years gone by might have been for them to groundshare a new stadium. However, loss of points for primacy of tenure/ owning your own ground and loss of points for having too many empty seats might mean they're better off staying where they are.

Who’d have thought it. The usual suspects in sl. Bradford lower ranked than us must only be for the dump they play as must out score us in every other department. Does that mean they will never get in. Similarly fev below us. On average bigger crowds better placings decent ground. Only fandom holding them back? That’s not going to change. Will they also never be allowed in. Pathetic

Let’s flip it round, the danger with traditional p&r is teams get so obsessed with buying promotion through trying to buy a squad that they neglect the things that make them a viable sustainable club!

You've kind of answered your own question: It wouldn't be much of a joint venture if one party has the whip hand over the other as to who's in charge.

If they do that then they'll lose fans, won't they? So those insta posts won't get the likes, they won't have people in making use of the new facilities etc.

Maybe previously someone could put a bit of money in out of interest, passion for the game, a club, and take a bit of a punt that they could move up through the leagues if it clicked on the pitch. Now other clubs who have a headstart on them know specifically what the next steps are to earn more IMG points so shouldn't be so easily outflanked and overtaken. I guess the biggest danger is that clubs get so obsessed with the very tangible material things like improving their tv gantry, making the seating more comfortable, updating their insta every 2 minutes with more filters that they forget about the coaching and player development ...