No idea where he is getting £350k from - I've not seen that figure mentioned either in the current cap rules or in the press release about next year's reduced cap.

Then again we are talking about the RFL here, so I would not be the slightest bit surprised to learn that the new rules will include an extra clause:

Ours too - and that's in Championship 1!!

unfortunately stat box went out of business nearly 3 years ago making me redundant from head office in the process

That's Vikingman for ya. He knows nowt

Yeah but you know yorkshire get everything after civilisation so stat box is still thriving over yonder. When the recession hits over there all the yarkshur clubs wont be throwing all this money around.

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Better than going backwards after a spectacular capitulation lol

Shut it Sid.


And come on Barrow.

Thanks for that. We'll see what we can do



Regarding the salary cap. Getting Championship clubs to vote for the reduction was bound to get a positive vote. The poorer supported clubs are always going to vote 'for' as it brings the better-off clubs down to their level by decreasing their player spend. Say Widnes had a turnover of £2M, then what are they supposed to do with the hundreds of thousands they can't spend on players ??

Yes we ticked that box ny winning the northern rail cup and i think we beat a team called halifax in the semi finals.

LOL!

Quite.

Looking at your forum, it looks like you have already started getting your excuses ready for Thursday night...

Looks like the Ref might get it again.... without even a whistle being blown yet!!!

If we had that much turnover we'd be on a 400k cap



But use it on stadium and youth development to tick even more of those precious(? or not ?) boxes!

Don't think we would use it on the stadium.. it's only recently been updated to the tune of £1million pounds. Can't see it needing anything for quite a while yet. It's still one of the premier purpose built stadiums in the sport.

We're putting so much effort and time and money into this bid and does anyone else feel the "trustworthy" RFL will just in the end promote who the hell they feel like and disregard all this?

I can't begin to trust them. It'd save us so much time, effort and money to tell us now if that is the case.

Halifax are obsessed with the refs in this comp, i await the thursday night bashing thread.

That's exactly what will happen. Forget all the criteria bollox, that only applies to heartland clubs anyway. They'll put in who they want, as they did last time.

I still think Widnes are in poll position and it will be very difficult for even the RFL to come up with an excuse to turn us down next time, if we carry on the way we are. We do need to remain competitive though, and another trophy next season should do the trick.

Halifax and Whitehaven boards are a bit of a joke for ref bashing after a defeat. Even when the ref has actually done everything in his power to give them the game, as Ronnie Laughton did in the Halifax NRC semi-final against us. He gave them 3 trys that should never have even been considered, and actually over-rued a linesman who was in a much better position, and they still whinge about it!!!!

That was hillaious that



I was so fuming at the Ref and though delighted with a stunning victory remember discussing how much he'd done to give them the game only to come on here and see Halifax balming the whole match on him

and just because he was giving there two lard props offside when we where on a roll anyway

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It was partly born out of pure arrogance at the time. They just couldn't believe they'd been beaten, so it could only be the referee's fault. [i'Look at the penalty count'[/i they say, as if that proves anything other than their indiscipline.

I'll never forget that attitude. I just wont.

Yes. However it's quite clearly your turn so I wouldn't worry if were a Widnes supporter.

It should be. However, the attendance figures and league table in super league show it should have been our turn last time too, and look how that turned out.

There is an average of a 10% drop in attendances this year, and if you take out the hallowed two who were promoted it goes down to about 2.5%. Hopefully, the super league clubs who are missing out on away fans will put pressure on the RFL to make the right choices next time.

They may have already done so, on the QT. Barring any major disaster, Widnes will be granted a license in 2012. If not, then the whole business of Franchising and the RFL will lose any shred of credibility it has left. I mean, what would be the point of any investor with SL ambitions coming into a club having witnessed another injustice in selection if Widnes aren't chosen?

By the way, if any knobsack comes on here accusing me of sucking up to Widnes, they can take a running jump. I've got my neutral common sense Rugby League hat on in this post. Should the unthinkable happen, it will have serious ramifications for all clubs outside SL - not just my own.