you know what we say down at stocksbridge, best thing to come out of rotherham is the A616.

oh and since the earl grey shut down in rawmish there int a good pub either

To bring this back in topic and to be a little more serious I suspect this is more to do with protecting the staff, both morally and legally if the news is indeed bad as everyone is predicting!

The majority of those staff will be out of a job and I suspect that all of the staff will arrive in on Wednesday morning to a letter informing them that they will be put under immediate consultation for redundancy.

This is another harsh reality of franchising!

yes either way it will be a new dawn,

out and we rebuild stay in and we grow stronger

Conversely Cas are opening up the doors at 10am so fans can watch the announcement.

Says it all really.

With the signings other clubs who are supposedly in the frame are making and the rumours of our players signing contracts elsewehere, it is very difficult to come to any other conclusion then we are the club to miss out along with Halifax.

It will then be interesting to see how the assessments from the RFL stack up.

Also be interesting to see who becomes the leper of SL as far as other teams fans are concerned once we go out.

Finally, I feel sorry for the people who have been working very hard at the club, who lost their jobs the day before the takeover (only to be re-employed), but who now face a very similar prospect next Wednesday but with no re-employment.

I would say Bradford, or perhaps Hull KR. If Cas stall anymore on their new stadium possibly them.

I reckon Salford could be in the mix because I don't see the new stadium drastically increasing their gates, and they may even lose some of the walk up.

I think they've got a bit of grace due to the BBC relocation and the untapped (uninterested?) potential of Manchester.

Would be surprised if Bradford became that club personally, too much recent success. Surely Cas will be next in line should the inevitable happen to us as GH seems light years away. If they surprise us then you could be looking at a closed shop

That's what I don't get about Salford. The zealots on the VT go on about Salford capturing the Manchester audience. They've had over 100 years to do that and still haven't managed it. Why do they think that a new ground, ironically further away from Manhcester will solve the problem.

And as for the BBC moving to Salford, so what. They'll just continue with their usual shabby treatment of Rugby League.

Belle Vue open for the media at midday..........hmmmmmm.......

doomed, doomed I tell ya

I can't believe we are not opening the cats bar on Tues it beggers belief, its something the old regime would do.

Maybe the club are worried that bad news could mean bad reactions and also I imagine that AG and JE will want to look after the staff who may well loose their jobs.

TBF weren't the same staff in a similar position when the club went belly up a few months ago. That had nothing to do with franchising.

I'm probably in a pack of one, but I actually think the silence from the club is planned and the media being invited will be to inform them of our next step as a club. So far in his short tenure AG has kept the cards very close to his chest, the signs of a decent poker player. You never know we can live in hope that the response will be cutting and not one of acceptance.

You would think that by inviting the media AG and JE already know what they will say whatever the outcome.

Quote ="Shoe Shine Johnny"TBF weren't the same staff in a similar position when the club went =#FF0000EDIT up a few months ago. That had nothing to do with franchising. viewtopic.php?f=33&t=421878 BIGAL1.'" Not really Nigel. Oh, say hi to Ralph.

Quote ="Shoe Shine Johnny"TBF weren't the same staff in a similar position when the club went =#FF0000EDIT up a few months ago. That had nothing to do with franchising. viewtopic.php?f=33&t=421878 BIGAL1.'" Not really Nigel. Oh, say hi to Ralph.

Just got a feeling you guys will be safe IMO Quins are going to be booted an they know it there moving away from the Stoop and there re-inventing themselves 3 years and a recall to SL when/if they start to get crowds could be what the RFL have asked them to do to save them been bailed out again

Would like to believe tht Smoggy but cannot see it at all. Everything points to us being given the boot. Glad I have just been away for 2 weeks otherwise the waiting to be hung feeling would have been too painful.

That would make sense but we all know that it isn't going to happen.

Who will be looking after the onboard catering on Tuesday? Could be a busy one, keep it simple with Pizza Slice again

way in front of you matey, the barby wil be fired up all evening as we are expecting many guests, unless theres a big shock its going to be a wood burning barby!

Kinley was refusing to cook last weekend cos hes sulking, and snowies not talking to us as we wanted to cook his cat, see you all tues evening!

hi ho silver lining!