Quote ="666"Not really, although it would be great if we could - possibly the time after the next round of applications.
With the attitude of the RFL and the media towards the Championship clubs (both C & C1) then I feel that it would be worthwhile initiating another break-away. It's as if the Championship doesn't exist; at the end of this season the death-knell will be tolled for two strong and long-established C1 clubs: Barrow, Oldham, Workington, Whitehaven, Rochdale and Doncaster - perm any four from the six!
Having said that, JD is doing a brilliant job and long may he last. Just like Phil Larder, he's got our defence (the best in the Championship) sorted - look at that tackle into touch by at least four Cougars late in today's game! Excellent! And we didn't even have our best players on the pitch!
Until annual promotion and relegation (forget the franchises, they're totally meaningless as Northern have proved 'Give us your money and we won't tell you why we need it') is restored then there's no-chance.
OK, you'll say that we would be a 'yo-yo club' but, if the promoted sides are exempted from relegation for their first season in SL, then there is a chance that it might work. But then you've got the RFL to contend with and their 'expansion agenda' - remind me what the regualr attendance for London is?'"
I think 666 answers your question and just about sums it all up in a nutshell , Till either a break away for Ch & Ch 1 clubs happens or the Imbeciles at RFL hq are toppled from their ivory towers then nothing much will change .
I personally would prefer thge breakaway idea although I don't know just how much organising it would take , maybe not viable.....
On the plus point , today against Sheffield was the acid test in my opinion , A Spectacular game won by the better team on the day , apart from a few schoolboy errors it has to be one of the best games at Lawkholme / Cougar park in years.
Shame the Ref was up to the usually terrible standard , It baffles me how they can be so consistently bad week in week out..... something must be done about how bad they are , Big congratulations to the cougars for maintaining discipline throughout the match despite the constant barrage of high tackles and cheap sucker punches Sheffield were throwing for a lot of the match. I really need to see the spear tackle on Korki again in the highlights , should have been a Red card and straight off the field...... dangerous career and life ending tackles .
Well done Cougars , you deserved the win today.
