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The only way rugby league will survive is having a 14 team super league, everybody else goes in the championship, you can either have a east/west competition or just everybody plays everybody, need more games League 1 is a joke and I hope Nigel Wood has the sense to bury that awful graveyard of a division, any team promoted from the expanded championship to super league should get either a 1 or 2 season exemption from relegation to build a competitive team, if you don't do that you'll just damage a club by making it a yo-yo club, the exemption will strengthen super league as the second bottom team will go down if the promoted club comes bottom, we need to rebuild the product of rugby league, expansion has to be put on hold while the game gets stronger and reinvents itself, Hull KR & Wakefield seem to be the only clubs going forward, Some might argue Oldham but their crowds are not getting bigger, then youve the old chestnut would Oldham & Salford merge into Club Manchester and Swinton become a kind of feeder team for Club Manchester, don't know where that would leave Rochdale, game has to change and evolve that's for sure.

A score that flattered us in the end Far too much barge, barge, barge for my liking, first half we were rubbish, second half we simply wore down Whitehaven to the point in the latter stages their players were dropping like flys, I'm not one for rubbishing match officials... But today I'll make an exception, referee never looked once for offside, allowed far to much slowing down at the play the ball, the old lad on the touchline was an useless ornament , why both touch judges watched the attacking and not the defending team.. Thought there job was one watch attacking, while the watched the defending team.. And way 2 points is 2 point at the end of the day

Luke Hooley he never got a chance under Greenwood neither did Nyle Flynn

Oh please don't get my hopes up The destroyer of young players dreams "Sorry son your just not good enough" Said to many a young lad Don't think Hooley & Flynn would be happy to see him at Batley

Diskins doing nowt

Credit where due Congratulations on reaching the final Enjoy your special day at Wembley Certainly turned the corner after a difficult time Good luck and smash York

Yes Sky are there and even a big screen

Rochdale & Whitehaven still have 2 points each deducted and the winning scores against Cornwall removed

RUBBISH

Maybe it's time to accept Lower league rugby league can only survive along the M62 corridor, simply parachuting in a team in a remote area is not going to spread the sport, if Goole fail the game has no hope at all, the game is not flourishing and in areas like Bradford, Halifax, Dewsbury, Batley, Rochdale, as communities grow that have no interest in Rugby League, a time will come where clubs are forced to share facilities simply to survive.

I'm starting to take no pleasure in your current plight mate And it's becoming a bit of a worry Is this going to get turned around?? Anytime soon? Not seen nowt of Phil Lox for a while is he OK? Talking to a fev fan mate and he was quite critical of recruitment, current playing squad, and direction the club is going in, any new personnel coming in? How's C Turner doing? How's O'connor playing for me he was the best signing from us, Beckett was a solid lad how is he shaping up in the championship as he's used to playing in a struggling team, how's your crowds holding up paying top dollar and been served up the rugby their getting You'll be fine you might need a clear out like we did to freshen the team up... Done us some good.

Finally we agree on something Yes your dire.. So your the blind man

You will be fine mate Hunslet will keep you up They're even worse than you And that should be hard to beat given your performances

Big props are about as scarce as halfbacks, and packs have developed into fit lads and speed, rather than big lads with plenty of clout.. You look at players like Kibula... If he played his size and weight he'd be an international instead of a journeyman, again Springer is a big lad, just imagine a team with 4 massive props... Sadly those kinda guys cannot be found, don't you fancy Jack Teanby, is Pele still at Bradford??

Agree losing Reynolds is really hurting you, is there players Cooke won't fancy in a fev shirt?? Hasn't Hampshire joined you?? Big gamble on his injury CV, Sheffield like yourself were fancied.. I thought the Lingard factor who have had more of an impact.

Lol we are mate don't worry on that score The championship seems to be as competitive as ever Fancied teams for the bottom 4 doing really well, teams fancied to be top 6 nowhere in sight, disappointed Sunday Batley couldn't do the deed, Barrow going to Bradford was a great result, cannot see Hunslet coming bottom, what's going on with Turner?? Someone mentioned they'd seen on a thread on here he was getting swopped/released.. How true that is I don't know, so what's crippling you??? Poor players or injuries? What do you think to the new coaching set up?

Says the thing you find when the ringy thing finishes Your not only losing games, looks like your losing what sense of humour you had. Your in a hole unfortunately you'll get out of it.. Rugby is all about good times and bad times which we've all experienced Banter is banter.. Don't forget that

Why did you come bottom then as well Looking forward to seeing in you in the middle 8's

Bet they were coming down the slope second half No slope and on a smaller pitch Keighley will get a win one weekend Let's not make it next week Well played the boys High ho, high ho It's off to the Featherstone forum we go.....

Might be tempted to go watch

Don't forget A Williams Watching the tries go by Looking forward to the following refereeing future games Axel Rose Jello Biafra Dave Vanian

Hiding to nothing today Hiding might be the way to describe today's result You'll have made a few quid on the other hand Great day out for the Doggie fans

Could be worse You could be paying £25 to watch the rubbish at Hunslet You'll be fine I'm sure

Your not getting this are you My comment came on the back of Clark throwing the towel in at Sheffield on compassionate grounds, then instantly signing for York, within hours another player leaves on compassionate grounds neither player stated what the compassionate ground were, as we know in the past players have used this "get out clause" to leave clubs and avoid sticky contract situations, unfortunately him leaving under the same get out clause with Clark, the lad mistakenly got tarred with the same brush unfortunately, which I apologise for Now can this be put to bed

Well if we got the full story to start with, him leaving came on the back of Clark leaving Sheffield on "compassionate grounds" then instantly signing for York, compassionate grounds covers a multitude of things. If the press release had said "He's leaving on compassionate grounds as a family member is ill" There would have no need for this conversation, and you would have remained under your stone and still in hibernation. And let's not forget my post was before news broke about him been ill, speedy recovery hopefully no malice intended