I am a Wigan fan and I think can be reasonably objective about the franchise system.

IT IS A COMPLETE JOKE!

The morons at the RFL have some serious explaining to do. It's not that long ago that Widnes were kept out of SL because they went into admin. Why have Wakey been allowed to stay in, especially given their track record on the stadium front? I feel sorry for Wakey's fans, they've done nothing wrong, but clearly Fax should have been given a go in SL.

The whole thing is a farce. It's time a club challenged this decision making process in the courts and showed these total muppets up for what they are.

You will trust me. If wakey and Cas are not in new stadiums in 2013 their out your in. Don't lose the faith.
Remember " The man who waits by the river bank long enough will see the body of his enemy go past"

I myself have sent a short e-mail to Jason Mccartney MP who is on the All party committee for rugby league.He was another guest at a meeting I went to last year where he shared the forum with Rimmer and Robbie Paul both of whom were extoling the vitues of franchising he was not best pleased with them I can tell you.There are several of these MPs on that committee and I intend to contact them all as well as our local ones. I will not be knocking any other Club I will merely pointing out their undemocratic way of carrying on and be asking them if they can do anything about it.
I have this dream that they call Laurel and Hardy down to the House of Westminster to answer questions about this secret charade and especialy about the wasteing of the RFL money on Crusaders( which could be open to abuse if not transparent) and halfway through I run on with a foam pie.

Just want to say a massive thanks to all at the club for the magnificent effort they put into the franchise bid.

The fact that the rfl continued to change criteria and were forced to wriggle to avoid making the hard decisions shows that our submission was very strong. Something which was undoubtedly unexpected from any Championship club when the rfl first came up with this proposterous idea.

Once again heartfelt thanks and keep up the good work.

The whole thing was a fix! The fact is they should not have let crusaders withdraw their application. They should have kicked them out, the reason they did not do this is because they may have felt obliged to kick wakfield out too! Whats more despite what was obviously a poor business plan I suspect they would not have kicked them out and would have kicked wakefield out had they not fallen on their swords.

To be honest it your inclusion was poorly thought out anyway, you didnt beat the team in this league (widnes) on the lower championship critieria, yet you are supposed to go up against the Sl clubs on thier higher criteria>

They are dumb a the RFL.

I want to know the ins and outs of why they thought crusaders were such a good bet last time! when clearly they have been a joke! Heads must role!

And the protest WE championship clubs need to make is at RED HALL we could higher say 10 coaches and fill them with championship fans and pick a strategic date to go to RED HALL to demand answers!