Nigel doesn't wear shoes or possess a car. He wears sandals and rides a donkey. So, Mr Rowley will be picking the cheesy dregs out of Woody's toes and will then give his donkey a going over with a nit comb.

You 2 do follow each other with alarming regularity..........

I'm sick of him. I just can't shake him off.

Just throttle yourself.................

You don't want to hear what Lewis asked him to do to get us in super league

Is that a structurally reinforced donkey specially bred to take the weight? Or does he have an endless line of them, like a pony express, with the next poor donkey waiting to replace the current poor donkey when it snaps?

July 23rd 2008‘The decision makers should hang their heads in shame,’ said chief executive Allan Rowley.

‘We now have a team that fielded 10 overseas players against us, because they are classed as a development team, and are now in our elite competition which is a complete contradiction of terms and we feel this decision is purely a geographical one.

‘We know that there is no system for appealing but we are definitely going to ask the RFL how Celtic ticked more boxes than us we owe that to the public of Leigh.’

.....bet he wishes he'd kept his mouth shut now

If a team gets relegated it shouldnt be ruined as a result of it. IMO they should be allowed to carry on with the contracts they have already signed but any new signings/contracts signed should only be allowed if there is an overall reduction that would bring it in line with the salary cap.

How ironic that a Rovers fan should start a thread about another club receiving special dispensation!!

@ u lololol

Except that quote mentions nothing aobut the salarcy cap and everything about the overseas quota

God you Leigh folk are thick.
How about if Celtic were allowed no overseas payers but had double the salary cap? Same problem

No Robbie paul s playing for free ala Radlinski and then hes becoming academy coach in 2 years time

The easiest solution for the RFL is to expand the Championship to 12 clubs, 2 up and keep Leigh, then introduce one new club + Donny to C1.

As it's Leigh going down however, who knows?

Rovers have no special dispensation, Lovegrove is classed as home grown till he leaves Rovers when he'll be classed as Federation Trained. Only players next season to have any kind of dispensation will be Stan if he signs a new deal! So what is your point?

Not being funny or anything but who will be leaving then (apart from azuie)
As excluding dispensations you can only have 6 overseas players next season and you have 10 this season (including two on dispensation)

hmmm



Yep, you've got it

Don't talk rubbish. Magicking a club from thin air is never the easiest solution, it's actually a very difficult one

The problem lies with 2 things

Lop sided fixtures with clubs missing games sometimes 2/3 even 4 weeks without any game and even longer without a home game

The RFL were hoping either a Scottish or Irish ' investor ' would be looking to set up a new expansion club

But with the " current unstable economic situation " and the fiasco that has been the Celtic ' visagate ' that is now looking unlikely for a few years

So where does that leave us ? , basically they need to find another club , any club anywhere will do , so come on Bramley you know you want to



Then we have the real problem with the competitions outside SL

All bar one or two clubs are struggling to raise enough revenue to spend up to the salary cap in either division without massive input from their BOD,s

No clubs are making increases in attendances

No clubs are improving off the field to any large degree

This is what is needed more than anything else

None of these clubs are going to draw in big money investors , even the expansion clubs that then do have a pathway to eventually make SL

The clubs outside SL need investment to improve their fan bases and ultimatley their income streams

But do the RFL want the current clubs both heartland and expansion to grow ?

If this happens it will be harder for any new clubs to make the jump from an idea to a competitive Championship club

Therefore less likely for anybody to take the risk

As for any messing about to save Leigh ? , why we were rubbish we deserved to go down , we ask for SC dispensation , they either give it or dont

Either way we will still be around next year , the year after and the year after

Glasgow Highlanders anyone

Oh great, that's another away game I'll have to miss.

You do realise Roofs that all the RFL expansionist plans are specifically aimed at getting you out of rugby league by making it impossible for you to attend any games. They'll get there in the end.

Ah right, I always thought it was just a very stubborn RFL refusing to admit that RL won't work in many places outside the M62 corridor

(inc London

).

Forgive my ignorance, but surely in such a case there is a clause (ala Super League clubs who were relegated) that the contracts are only valid on the proviso that the club is still competing in that division?