Of course you were going to beat us...you had a team full of rather good illegal immigrants!

in the context of the debate of Crusaders performance whilst in SL, it was an important distinction.

The events of the last two years have clearly set the plan back a little, but lets be honest they have 2 or 3 development products getting a lot of game time, Elliott Kear, Ben Flower, Lloyd White which is comparable to some established heartland clubs. IMO with everything that has gone on that is a fantastic acheivement.

I would expect that by 2015, if they are still in SL, that we should be looking for 6 born and bred welshmen who have come through the pathways set up by Crusaders to be getting regular first team action. That should be the aim.

It isnt a year, it is 7 months since the conclusion of the UKBA investigation. Which of course found very little fault with the Crusaders

But the overall aim would be to get them into a position where they were viable for SL, so it is relevant whether or not it was a way of preparing clubs for SL, whether it was the best way to do so, or whether putting them in the C1 would achieve much in and of itself

fear of a club not succeeding.

and as i said, we can commit them to spending money from the start, without forcing a start-up business to find £6million more than it needs to.