Dovster

Great news and good luck.

Rams by 10 Hurricanes by 8 Cougars by 2 Town by 46

Potentially some cracking games this weekend. Rams by 14 Cougars by 10 Crusaders by 6 Town by 4

Wins for the top three and the Cougars this week I believe. Hurricanes by 14 Cougars by 20 Crusaders by 10 Town by 12

Late prediction this week. Just back from hols in time for the Cougars. Hopefully their first win of the season. Cougars Whitehaven Hornets Town

I agree, you are right they are allowed an opinion (whatever their position within the game is). They gave their opinion (whether irrelevant or not) and upset the establishment (and those which support it). Unfortunately things havent gone well for the Cougars this season and this gives an opportunity for those which have been upset to enjoy the moment.

It is so sad that they were never given the opportunity. I was around supporting the Cougars and remember the rivalry with the Giants. Some great games. I wont mention Old Trafford. Oops. I stuck with the Cougars as I love the game and still do. Many of my friends, work colleagues, neighbours stopped watching RL altogether and have never come back. Many turning their backs on RL to watch football.

It seems like your of the opinion that the teams at the lower end of the leagues are not allowed an opinion. I agree there has been a lot of infighting which I believe has contributed to the current position. Although I am not sure who is to blame for this. Are you?

Please enlighten me.

Thousands did unfortunately.

I do think that when the new owners took over their expecations were very high and they were prepared to invest in order to achieve these. However since IMG there is a new realisation that the Cougars will never achieve these goals and not surprisingley the owners have cut back their investment in the team. The owners attention does appear to have focused on outside (of rugby) matters. Mistakes have been made in regards coaches and this flows through to the playing squad. Regarding their anti-expansionist stance. Personally I don't think they are,. They just didn't like the way it was being attempted. I think they have been proven right. The Cougars owners along with other League 1 clubs have seen their budget from the RFL reduced substantially and then been asked to pay up to play Cornwall. This was never viable. IMO League 1 would have been better to have split into North & South while it was able. I think we can right this season off for the Cougars but hopefully come back stronger next season.

I'm going with all very close home wins ths week. Hornets by 6 Cougars by 4 Haven by 8

Town by 24 Vikings by 4 Crusaders by 12 Haven by 6 And yet another week off for the Cougars (I know its not just the Cougars suffering this). Not really sure how the teams at this level are expected to survive with so few games and income.

It does seem a shame that two teams have the week off but I guess its far too late to start reorganising the fixtures. Crusaders by 4 Rams by 14 Vikings by 26 Town by 8

It would be nice if each of the clubs organised coaches for their supporters to go down. Probably too much to ask.