Money.

I think we are 2 or 3 players short of competing.

I would say you have more than enough money, you need to look at how its spent and where its being wasted (Hobson etc, etc)

On yesterdays showing and when I've seen you on sky I would say it's more like 6 or 7 players before you can compete at the top of the league.

a 6 and a proper 13 and a good utility player

We are playing within the salary cap though are you??

Hobson is a decent player but I wouldnt play him as he has other issues,he can be a liabilty like yesterday, when he off the ball tried to take Penky out and gave away a pen when we had the ball.

'Judgement' is another, when recruiting players!

Why is Stewart playing and Rudd and Reahy not ?

consistency

Might be using every loophole available, including having no reserve team, but they will be abiding by the rules. Don't know why though as SL is Yorkshire top heavy so I can't see them adding another Yorkshire side.

They only want funny accents now....a la toulouse and gateshead

Anyone know what an australian geordie might sound like

Fax fans were bragging about another 4 or 5 signing to come, they even annouced it at HT that they had more exciting signings to be annouced shortly. As I said to one of their fans, why are they wasting their money as its Gateshaed or Toulouse who wil get the next franchise, unless the RFL see sense before then and look at the crowds dropping and put in teams who can have a decent following.


Also I think the attendance yesterday was dire and al the crowds Fax have been getting is very poor, considering the good rugby they have been playing, I think our friends at RED HALL are the cause of this with the Frachises.

I think that the signings referred to are re-signings of current players and new signings for next season as the club have already stated that they are already thinking about next year.

As far as SL goes, I agree with you that they are probably looking at Toulouse etc. but, in my view, the only possible way for Fax (or any other heartland team ) to get in is by not only ticking a box but to tick as many as possible to the point where the RFL would look totally stupid ignoring us. It may still not work but, hey, if we don't try we might just as well fold up and pack it in all together.

Also, if Celtic's and Quins's crowds get much worse they may just have to think twice before they put any more expansion clubs in.