Reading this article its clear to me that the RFL will not be taken for fools this time and will "probably " reject the next offer, I doubt they will pay the wages and this time next week i fully expect them to have gone to the wall. Sounds like some kind of plan is a foot www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... s-continue Say goodbye Mr Fish............. He's waving...

Reading this article its clear to me that the RFL will not be taken for fools this time and will "probably " reject the next offer, I doubt they will pay the wages and this time next week i fully expect them to have gone to the wall. Sounds like some kind of plan is a foot www.sportinglife.com/rugby-leagu ... s-continue Say goodbye Mr Fish............. He's waving...

Bradford Newco it is then.

I can't see what difference anything makes - whoever takes them over (paying debts or starting from scratch) will start life in Super League anyway. It's a lot of pontificating for nothing. I bet Gerry Sutcliffe and his consortium take it on as Bradford Newco and the RFL will spin it saying that this bunch are a wholesome group and that they'll give them a helping start by planting them "back" in SL.

Meanwhile, their neighbours Fax will continue to dominate the league below but won't (sadly) get their attendances above 3,000.

Don't you mean start to dominate because you can't continue if you haven't started although you have got the first of the 3 trophies this year but don't remember you dominating anything last year

So you reckon they'll start to dominate, then ?

I hope not we have won the league over the last couple of year and hopefully we will do again so I believe we have dominated this league (although little rich see it differently ) but sport is sport and when your at the top people want to knock you off and if we have done it there's no reason why another club cannot do it and take it away from us

Daryl Powell's dummy is being shared around the delightful town of Featherstone I see.

To be fair I don't think anyone is dominating and that's what makes it exciting.

Fev have been the best side this past couple of years but have not dominated but neither have Fax. Thats what makes this League so good. Batley, Sheffield, Leigh could all easily make it that neither Fax or Fev make the GF this year.

2010 RAIL CUP Batley GF Halifax
2011 RAIL CUP Leigh GF Featherstone
2012 RAIL CUP Halifax

Be great to put Halifax next to Halifax for 2012 though wouldn't it and do the double to mark 25 year aniversery since tbe challange cup win!!

That would be out of this world!!!

With Halifax next to the 2012 GF - 3 out of 6 titles available over the 3 year period. Domination?? - hell yeah!!!!

And hasn't it been great??!!!!

To be honest I think if we win the league this year, then that can be deemed domination.

Anyone can win a cup game on their day. Being consistent over a full season is a different story.

Problem with our game is we reward these team who are better at cup/playoff rugby. Leeds Winning Grand final last year was a perfect example.

Unless your team are chokers obviously.....

Buy saying we are chokers in the final are you admitting that we are best team overall and that we should be winning you in the final

Like I said some teams are better at cup rugby. But I dont think so much that Fev choke, its just a Fact that Fax had to come up with a game plan.

It was hard for fev because they had been playing so well and beaten you recently there was no need to change what we had been doing. So fax just needed to devise a game plan to combat us. To be fair they did it damn well



Its why you see so many underdogs do well especially when theres not a great deal between the teams

Obviously in the grand final it was the Fax fans who had the game plan lol

Just let it go pal, try to get over it.....

Get over what???

I think each prize has it's own merits.

Cup competions are out on their own as a knock out with there own brand of variables and drama and as far as the NRC is concerned has turned up some top encounters and is growing in stature within the game and praise from those who watch it = success.

To finish top of the league is a great accolade in it's own right and does need consistency and has an image reward, cash reward and home advantage in the play offs and the team that does it deserves them all.

The introduction of the play offs culminating in the Grand Final has given the comp extra life and has provided a different challenge than before for clubs and coaches alike and totally changes the old first past the post setup.

This involves and takes into account a full season which as well as the league table now includes the play offs and GF.

Injuries, dips in form, peaking at the right time etc which now goes beyond finnishing top and that is what teams are geared up to achieve to get to and win the GF and not to finnish top of the league table. and fall at the last hurdle.

The team that does that deserves to be called Champions and the team that does both like Fev last year deserve both accolades.

I for one would not want to change the system and would rather win the GF than finnish top of the league.

The grand final is a great day out, just like Blackpool and any other cup final. But so were the premierships pre super league.

I get much more satisfaction from seeing my team come top of the pile. In my eyes its means your the best, and if we slip up and fax win the league I would admit fax were the best this season even if we won the GF.

being crowned the champs for winning the GF in both SL and championship is just wrong. was nothing wrong with the old premierships was still a great day out and nice to win

Come on now Richie. You normally post a lot of insightful comments but every now and then a duff one like this.

There's no dummies here, just some subjective comment. Fev may well win the league again this year and make it 3 times on the trot - which will be some achievement. They may well get to the final again, we'll see. Over the last 3 years we've done ok and I don't see Fax as dominating any aspect of life outside SL.

Again I hear the choke comment. On Sunday we didn't choke. That would imply we lost a game we should have won. We were never ahead in that game and being honest didn't deserve to be. The one choke was 2010 for me.

Come on Richie, I know you like to employ some wit blah blah blah, but just try and accept sometimes we might have a different but appropriate opinion to you.

I think is safer to say that Fev will finnish top again this year than Fax will finnish second as we have some tough games are you are right to be proud of them.

I for one will have no problem with saying well done to the Rovers.



PS: Strange how all this ended up in the "Bradford latest thread", can't be much to talk about.

I think most people were choking in 2010 lol

But I need to let that go for people who cant have a joke

I would say that too if my team had a habit of choking in big games.

yep just like you say to win the grand final is best because you dont have the ability to win the league.

I suppose the underdog always has its day