DI Keith Fowler

There's so much positivity in the C4 coverage, it's something Premier have got as well. Sky has been stale for a while now, they need a bit of a reboot which may be on the cards if everyone opted for C4 when they've gone head to head.

That's some agenda.

As in an aggregate score? I'm not sure that works in RL.

It's definitely that, they've been doing countdowns for a year now (actually longer since it was cancelled first time round!). They can't break ranks with other brands/events and do too much until after the funeral.

It was highly, highly speculative. I didn't get the sense they knew any more than we do here. It was quite telling when it went from "it'll be two full time leagues" to "oh yeah there's not enough money so the second division must be part-time" in the space of 15 seconds.

Just been listening to that, it doesn't really make sense in terms of the maths of getting to two leagues of 10 or of 12. If it's two leagues of 10 you'd relegate 4 from a 14 team SL and promote the top 6 of the Championship. If it's two leagues of 12 you'd relegate 2 from a 14 team SL and promote the top 10 from the Championship. Unless there's franchises awarded on another basis...

When you see the sums being spent by Leigh and Featherstone this year you do wonder if there is a massive incentive to get promoted this year and secure a year to build with safety.

Gordon Street? Ah, yes, Gordon Street. I once knew a girl who lived on Gordon Street. Long time ago, when I was a young man. Not a day passes I don't think her and the promise that I made which I will always keep. That one perfect day on Gordon Street.

Every team needs someone who isn't flashy but improves everyone around them. He was just that to an elite level. He's generally gone well for Widnes in recent years albeit in a mediocre side. He's been asked to carry the game to the opposition on his own too many times which was never his game. With better players around him he would have been able to show his quality more.

The thing I always like about Bateman is he has a bit of needle in him. We're not going to outplay the Aussies we're going to need to put them off.

Good work by the RFL. Common sense.

I think between us all we can remain on track and give ckn a night off.

Gordon Street how confusing was it for you to attend a Street party?

So long as I get the time off also that's fine.

Think you might see tomorrow's games rescheduled but after that unaffected until the day of the funeral. Football in a Winter World Cup year won't lose 10 days of matches it just won't work.

Also creating an absolutely monstrous queue at half time which the staff will never be able to get through in the time allotted.

They say that but if England get to the final against Australia it's 50:50. That's how it works, either England win or they lose, it's 50:50. Law of maths.

I used to play FIFA Soccer Manager (1997) and in that game you could rebuild your stadium. I think I had a stand that was 26,000 seats in a 120,000 seater stadium (AC Milan if you were wondering). It had 3 tiered stands on the edges and a single tier stand in the corners, there was no possibility of anyone seeing anything from those seats but they always sold. Anyway that's in the realms of fantasy let's get back to reality with the topic of Wakefield and Castleford upgrading their grounds to modern 21st Century stadia.

There's a point on that chase back where it looks like he's running then suddenly hits a travelator like at the airport.

Derek's furious apparently... that's the date his next holiday is booked in for.

I imagine there's probably something in it because the timeline fits with what has been previously mentioned. Just because he's not an ace reporter doesn't mean the Chairman of a Championship/League 1 club won't pick up the phone to him and spill the beans.

Hmmm. Very interesting see what Friday brings.

It was doing the rounds a while ago that Ralph was off (to spend more time with his tailor). Though at the time the rumour was Moorhouse was taking over? This is interesting.

To be honest I tend to see this as a bit of a moot point. If they think they can sell 10+10 to Sky/C4 then it's Sky and C4 they plan to pay for it. You'd definitely have to loosen the quota in the short term. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing as you're increasing the number of professional clubs and therefore increasing the number of professional English players in absolute terms even if it drops as a percentage.

Big brands do this kind of aloof posting style a lot, much bigger brands than the RFL as it happens so I don't know what the issue is.