Quote Ferocious Aardvark="Ferocious Aardvark"As I am talking with Bulls fans on a Bulls forum, I can say that whatever else they do, the RFL know that they badly need the Bulls in SL and so I am assuming that they will do something to that end if we don't make it this season. The saving grace has been that we have been very good for the Championship, and that show will probably stand running for one more year, but I think no more - after a second year of no promotion our wheels would start to fall off and we would I think descend from a bright young re-birth swiftly into a terminal decline. That would be a gigantic loss for the RFL, who don't actually have any more than a handful of "big clubs" as it is, and a huge hole in the finances of the SL clubs themselves too.'"
Absolutely. I discussed this some time ago. I also strongly believe the RFL and many SL chairmen want us back in there not only for the extra gates but because SL is now about four teams and the rest are their to make up the numbers. When Nobby went to Wigan to save them when they were near the bottom many fans wanted them to go down but it would have been the same with them. SL would also need a strong Wigan and many others.
I also think RL is dying slowly. The game last night was a nothing game. There are too many games like that.
I expect changes if we don't get up. I expect to see automatic promotion. I have said many times that this system is fine for a bit of end of season fun but the top and bottom team should automatically change so one team up / down plus the other 6 in a play off. That is what I would bring in - best of both worlds.
