See … you could provide more support for your argument if you could be bothered.

post the 2004 rules, then post the 2005 rules

Then show me exactly where the RFL changed of the rules, for the benefit of castleford, and show me your evidence,

Can you do that ?????? No because your full of

He hasnt got a case. some people believe their own they spout and he is one of them, He cant back up one thing or by now he would have done.

Don't forget the bitterness is strong with this one - likes to come by every 6 months or so to peddle this argument and usually gets just about as far. Why he remains so traumatised by it after all this time is a mystery.

Also does anyone seriously believe we would have passed up the chance of promotion for want of sticking some seats in the Princess St..... we were hardly in the same position as Whitehaven whose ground virtually required a rebuild. Talk about clutching at straws to convince ones-self and others that Cas are in SL courtesy of rule-bending.

So you believe me , without a press release from the RFL ?

Yes it would have been ludicrous for the RFL to refuse you admittance back into SL for the sake of 500 seats that wouldn't get used anyway , just as it would/will be ludicrous if you end up being ' demoted ' out of SL for the same reason , stadium criteria for a sport like RL is just a joke , Wheldon Road is more than adequate to host SL games and to potentially provide cas with enough money to be self sufficient , and by the same yardstick , Hilton Park was more than adequate to do the same for Leigh before we put the extra seats in

Filling the bloody things should be the priority

I'll leave ' Speedy ' to his [size=150SHOUTING[/size now , and will never again mention the subject of how the RFL changed their own rules to accomadate Cas;s return to SL , lets face it Mr Lewis stated that Cas were ' a SL club in all bar name ' , didn't he ?

Wasn't that Richard Wright?

No , it was Lewis

Ahem...[url=http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/local/ackworth/163_1million_derby_showdown_1_1220894Richard Wright in Ponte and Cas[/url

"If we do go down, we'll stay a Super League club in all but name."

tbf to 'buggy (which isn't easy

) - yes, when licensing was first mooted in 2005, Lewis cited us as an example of a super league level club currently in the National Leagues (which was immediately seized upon by various fans of other clubs as evidence that we were Richard Lewis's lovechild and they'd do anything to get us back into SL. Which is mildly interesting given many of our own fans view of Mr Lewis and the RFL now)

See I'm always right , and you know it

Funny you should mention that , I asked Nigel Wood if they would allow Haven to be promoted 10 minutes before the start of the match between yourselves at the ' Rec ' in 2005 , good match that

The Haven director was happy , saying that was a question he couldn't ask , and was glad somebody neutral had asked it

Nigel just mumbled something about we'll see and changed the subject

Are you a sandwich short of a picnic or what, why post such garbage,

once and for all to put your 2005 theory to bed regarding the rule change for castlefords benefit

"Whitehaven's Recreation Ground falls below Super League's minimum standards with a capacity of less than 7,000 and has only one small, seated stand. But whatever the result of the grand final, they will begin work this month on a new 1,000-seat stand to increase the capacity to more than the necessary 8,000"

[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2005/oct/04/rugbyleague.sportSource[/url

Things get more farcical by the day!! Now the RFL are paying the players wages www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=20565

Things get more farcical by the day!! Now the RFL are paying the players wages www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=20565

People tell lies

, a bit like saying ' our new stadium at Glasshoughton will be ready for 2008/9/10/11/12 season

, as I said I wont mention you know what again

Quote ="bigalf":35zgdbeiThings get more farcical by the day!! Now the RFL are paying the players wages www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=20565'" 2 The RFL give them the money but dont tell us , ie it's all done sneakily like they usually do Better that they survive , as I'm sure all true RL fans would not want any club to fold to benifit their own , would they

Quote ="bigalf":35zgdbeiThings get more farcical by the day!! Now the RFL are paying the players wages www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=20565'" 2 The RFL give them the money but dont tell us , ie it's all done sneakily like they usually do Better that they survive , as I'm sure all true RL fans would not want any club to fold to benifit their own , would they

I thought you were arguing for a level playing field for all.

Course I am , but I'll bring the spirit level

, which just to annoy speedy bring me to another interesting story once when doing a survey at a Chinese gentlemans house , he said I was using a ' spiritual ' level

Reading that more closely it would seem that the RFL are just giving some money to the Crusaders early.

"we’ve been in discussions with the RFL, who have agreed to release monies due to the club this week"

So it would seem there not exactly giving them something for nothing, this could well be their sky money for next year brought forward.

...thereby postponing the inevitable issues they will ultimately face. Surely the way forward is to try and resolve the issue now rather than borrow from the future. What happens later on when they have less to spend?

Absolutely agree with you Bonzo! I wasn't saying that what they were doing was correct, it was just how I interpretated the article.

They either hoping for a sugar daddy to come along and help bail them out or are expecting rather larger crowds than last season! I really don't see either happening anytime soon!

For what it's worth, that was my interpretation of the article too - I thought it just worth adding that point.

Flat capper