Les Tonks Sidestep

Re London, given many of the scores are based on 3 year averages I'm not entirely convinced there's will be boosted by as much as claimed?

I'd be surprised if it wasn't very similar to the indicative score from 2023. Hard to see any areas where we will have improved, except possibly by playing the system by 'jiggling' the financials and perhaps stadium utilisation through its reduced capacity? Several areas where we could easily be worse although the 3 year averaging will help.

Jepson showing he means business by bringing in a 'name'?

Remind me how this worked out the last time it was implemented?

Only if already part of the 'in crowd'

No, it was Castleford.....

Only if 12 other clubs score more points, otherwise it means nothing. Be very, very funny if it happened though......

Aberfan.....

London are not being 'relegated' because they finished bottom.. And it will effectively be a closed shop from 2025 onwards.

Their normal crowd calculation....

Another 'fault' is that too many of the criteria are effectively on/off switches rather than actual measurements of (and reward for making) steady progress.

I'd very much suggest you go and read the IMG document if you want to see the true size of the task for any club outside of SL 2025 to gain a place in the future (without one of the incumbents going belly up).

Yeah, we're likely to have 10 (a good chance of more) Grade A Clubs. Either the bar has been set too low or the game's flourished this past year.....

Blooming autocarrot.....

The hearing will be being held under essentially the same rules as an English court of law. RFL efficiency, or not, will have no bearing on the time taken for the arguments to be heard or a verdict to be reached.

I don't think that the outcomes are always announced immediately. There's also the possibility that the presiding judge(s) may want to go away and consider all the evidence that's been presented before giving a verdict.

And yet it's quite possible that there will be 10 Grade A Clubs (and several more very close) come the announcement of scores....

So they were offered to them but refused. Thanks for clearing that up.

I'm sorry but just how is a Tweet showing a picture of a private jet proof that Wakefield were not offered transport costs?

TBH I was hoping the Bulls would go all the way just to see Gledhill's meltdown....

Yes. There is no franchise to sell.

Doubt it.

That was without player costs. There are plenty of other business expenses to run a club besides players' wages.

Fev's expenditure was around £800k pa (without player costs) some 6 years ago so £1m seems entirely reasonable.

Yes, and it's now 8 weeks since PH took over......