is make sure we don't finish bottom.

if we do, history will not remember the way we were pushed out, but people will say "ah well they were bottom so they were the worst club".

indeed that is why we should have kept hold of BJ and at least give us a better chance of winning games.See he got man of match in the Bulls thrashing of the Giants this weekend, GAMESTAR ' always on the lookout to steal any advantage that might present itself, masterminding the Bulls forward motion '

I'd have to agree with that, he could be frustrating but he was still the best option we had at halfback.
No way we should have just released him for free if we didn't have a better player to replace him, which IMO we didn't.

If we finish bottom, I'll be less disappointed if we make the drop as we would have gone anyway under the old P&R system. If we drop from above Crusaders, I'll be livid!

I have to agree with the releasing of BJ. As much as he was a luxury player and could look bone idle at times, we were a better team with him at halfback. I think he could have helped us get a couple more wins this season.

TBH though if we were operating under a P&R scenario the club would have done more in terms of player recruitment to stay up (starting with not letting Jeffries go)

Yeah we'd have brought in some oversea's players, oh wait

Edited for accuracy.

Encouraging Jeffries to go was a very poor Rugby decision, as was getting rid of Millard. With regards to the topic the most important thing we have to do this season is make sure that we keep our full time Junior staff full time ( no other Championship club does at this time ) and give them the ammo to keep our best young players in the system and recruit quality young players.

Agreed. This will hopefully be the cornerstone of the team going forward with the young guys progressing into the 1st team playing Championship rugby and then hopefully in 2015 if we get the nod a number of them will be SL ready.

I reckon releasing BJ will have saved his wage for a good half season. The club will have saved at least £30K

agreed. this is what worries me about our new saviour. it is early days. very early days, but imagine if we'd have got another two wins under our belts, the rfl's decision would come under far more scrutiny should they boot us out next week.

i don't understand why we didn't keep bj (out of form or not), and try to do the best possible on the field. was this purely a cost saving measure by mr glover? or has he been told for sure that we're in/out and is simply not interested in this season?

But as we keep being told that finances are not really an issue what is the saving of £30k compared to being further up the table and making the RFL's job harder to justify kicking us out??

probably lost that through turnstiles since we went on a losing run.

true to an extent , the goal posts are so far extended for some and narrowed for others that fair play is not something that comes into the mix .

armature rugby as a lot more to offer and a lot more passion , as does national league.

I don't remember Jeffries often running the show for us he was good with a decent scrum half to play off but that was about it. The fact that he has had a few good games for Bradford says more about his attitude than his talent. No point keeping a player who can't decide if he wants to play or not.

I also don’t remember Jeffries been some sort of defensive stalwart who could've prevented an average of 52 points being conceded in each of the last five matches.

Crusaders will finish bottom imo.

they're competing in games at the moment. we're not.

Wakefield have more to play for than Crusaders if you ask me because I think that the desire not to finish bottom is greater in the Wakey camp than it is for Crusaders so I am confident of Wakey turning up well against them.

How many times have we turned up to games that really mattered to us and still blown it!!!!
London this year: Them on a massive losing streak, us needing a win to jump above 'em.
Bradford and Salford last year: Both teams on losing streak us with a chance of top 8.
I'm sure we've had Hull and Shudds do the same to us in the recent past.

This is the usual script:- Team on massive losing streak kick Wakey's ar5e.

I would say more like £20k and its not about saving money its about winning more games or at least competing in them so we get fans coming to the games.

Jeffries as a crowd puller now that's a new one. The majority were tearing up their season tickets when he signed a 3 year deal!

Not if you never intended or believed you'd remain in SL. You're making the critical mistake of viewing RL as a sport - shame on you.

he's no crowd puller, but a side with no go forward whatsoever is exactly the opposite of a crowd puller.

It's not a script you need to have read either, you just know it will happen!