news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 885900.stm IMO its out of Salford, Wakefield and Castleford. With Widnes or Barrow being brought in.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 885900.stm IMO its out of Salford, Wakefield and Castleford. With Widnes or Barrow being brought in.

I would'nt rule out Halifax in that equation Frosties.
Imo it'll be down to if Wakey and Cas decide to bite the bullet and ground-share.

Wakefield aren't interested in ground sharing with us.

I think it will be Wakey and without being awful, it serves em right becuase of their total unwilligness to compromise and share with Cas.

i think it will be wakey as well but if Bradford dont improve next year they must be quite close to missing the cut because there stadium is and there is no sign of the super duper odsal dome thingy being built any time soon plus there fan base will only go down if they show no sign of dramatic improvement next year. Would similar poor league position to there likely finish this season (11/12) mean that they would fail to get a point based on that criteria.

Cas 'fans' (you know the gay-hating ones) haven't helped their cause.

Widnes in, Bulls out. Time to get rid of the barstewards. The 'Derby' is a borefest so we wont miss them. Bulls stadium is worse in SL. attendances are below 10K, broken salary cap, not contributing towards comp. Wishful thinking I know.

Halifax will also be knocking on the door of SL. Would love to see them in SL and rename that the West Yorkshire derby

I'd expect the Wigan fan's to petition our removal from SL after Ablett's actions last week!

Two lots of £40k fines in recent years for crowd problems - they're not exactly making any friends at Red Hall are they - would be a shame to lose them but I can't see their intransigence on the ground share thing helping either.

I do hope that you are not tarring all of us with that brush.

Wakefield are the ones who said a sharing of the stadium at Glasshoughton is not for them.

Really ?

My mistake, things get a bit blurred when I venture south of Holbeck.

Would love Halifax back in Super League!
There Ground is looking pretty decent these days as well. They've finally managed to finish that side stand off after 20 years of starting it.

By all accounts now though, were they usually house away fans behind the sticks h&s busy bodies have got involved. Not happy with concrete blocks or something which could cause problems.

I personally think it will be Widnes, but there results at the moment are very poor

Barrow? Surely not! There ground looks awful, worse than Bulls for that matter.

Are Castleford interested in ground sharing with Wakefield at Newmarket?

It appears to me (admittedly from the outside) that both sides are posturing and ultimately only interested in progressing their own schemes.

I hope batley get a franchise.

I wasn't aware Batley were interested in getting one.

i really dont think bradford can rest on their laurels ,they may escape this time ,but when the next round comes who knows?

Unless Bradford go tits up I doubt they are under any threat.

Despite what some fans may say about Odsal, the RFL don't appear to have a problem with it.

Looking at the criteria for promotion then Widnes are the only ones that meet them, so that's not a tough question.

In terms of who they will replace, if the criteria were the same it would have to be crusaders as they have gone bust once and are in trouble again this year, I wonder which will be chosen first, the team to be removed or the criteria that are used to decide? I hope we see fair and logical criteria released and confirmed before the decision and that they are the ones used in the decision process, I hope the criteria are strict and that if for example you dont have any "new" ground ready to play in on the day the applications they are not counted as being available.

if we have more teams who could be superleague teams than places in the superleague then it's time for promotion and relegation again please

In: Widnes seem the clear favorites, although based on results, they shouldn't be anywhere near good enough for SL.
Out: Cas or Wakey. First to guarantee a ground will be built will be in.

I dont think they are although they are eligible to apply due to winning the cup.

I thought that Karl Harrison had categorically denied that they wished to come into superleague.

They way Crusaders and Quinns have been protected that won't happen mate.

Doubt Bradford will be in trouble this time around. I would be unhappy to see a recently sucessful side which has hit hard times recently be let to rot.

Cas & Wakey for me

hope Halifax get it. They should be reasonably good, but unlike Widnes their ground actually has some character and isn't just a copy of the JJB.