Hey, just like TKL when he was with us - he spent most of hist time, 'behind the scenes'!

Won't be able to play for us then - he'll spend all his time in meetings!

Just listened to your G.M.R. phone in.What a load of rubbish,i thought it would be about G.M.R.teams.Okay Warrington won the cup but surerly they come under radio mersyside,2mins on Leigh,3 mins on Salford.People from Wigan,Oldham.Rochdale,Swinton etc must feel they dont exist.I was stopping at my daughters and she said it was always like that the programme over the last 12months had turned mostly to Super League teams.

So you think we can treble our crowds for the start of next season if we stay up




2 years, a lot of money and a lot of marketing if you are lucky

Do you suggest that the RL programme on Radio Lancs only discusses Blackpool Panthers?

You cant apply for a franchise outside of the Championship can you?

No

Absolutely no point Toulouse being in Championship if they could apply outside it anyway.

Do you know what the worst thing is about BBC GMR is. When there is a local derby in that crap over rated round ball rubbish, both BBC GMR and BBC 5 Live and other local stations all have the same rubbish round ball game on. Now thats very frustrating when our season is coming to a compelling climax and you can't tune in to a single game but get 10 second updates every 15 mins.

There is a lot more interest in the round ball game.

No just add 1700 to Mondays crowd!!

I stand corrected but i think the criteria is you have to have played in a Championship GF or win in the NR Cup. So I think the answer is Yes you can?

We need to offer our neighbouring SL clubs offers (as mentioned previously on this mb) to watch us. Millward (if we stay up) could be a big draw not just for us but SL fans too.
Get us playing Saturday evenings so we don't clash etc
Also lets get rid of the W1gan hatred and try to get them down to our place

The Championship application criteria only applies to British clubs

Toulouse do not need to win the NRC or appear in a GF to qualify to apply

Have to be in the Championship too though, I think - which would have been interesting for CC, if they hadn't managed to cheat (allegedly) their way out of NL2.

Put a competitive team on the park the crowds will come

Must have broke all you doom and gloomers hearts Leigh putting a positive spin on the radio

Right back to you doom and gloomers

Just thought HAVE YOU DOOM AND GLOOMERS EVER THOUGHT IT MAYBE YOU LOT WALKING AROUND TOWN MOANING THAT KEEPS PEOPLE AWAY

Funnily enough I've seen a hell of a lot of Warrington fans since Saturday and they didn't exist before they won something.

Bit like everyone who's been wearing a Saints shirt the last 5-10 years. Far too many Leythers who are part time Saints fans. Your either Leigh or you're not. If Leigh didn't have a team I wouldn't go and watch anyone else I'd go to Miners or East.

I was thinking exactly the same this week

hardly



we would clash with the sky saturday s/l game ALL season, and with premiership ponseball march, april ,may ,august and september

Robbie wont mind what division you are in

about the franchise though, if you get relegated then as far as i see it thats you out of the running for the franchies. i just cant see you going down and coming back up as well as putting a franchies bid together that might have a couple of teams having won a grand final in the championship.

The only way we could even get a fair crack of the whip is if we went down and won that division, also won the NRC that season, and was then top of the league without a loss in the championship the following season when the franchise bids were submitted.

Franchise applications are to be considered at the end of next season, I believe.

Quite understandable , after all the RFL will again need months to sift through all the paperwork to get their in depth excuses ready , before they flip the coin

Why are we and others wasting time and money on professional presentations when we know and everyone else knows the structure of SL and the next 'decision' is already locked away in a safe somewhere. Turkeys would never vote for Christmas. The only way the teams in SL will be removed is if they fold

Doesn't give teams much time to get it together, does it? Not that it will worry us - personally, I didn't think we were anywhere near ready, last time, but this time.......................................!