true but still it shouldnt happen

its a bad decision to go to 14 teams, if we are going to beat the Aussies we need a higher quality competition, not diluting the comp by adding two extra teams to lounge around the bottom of the table, but I could be wrong maybe Salford and Widnes coming back will give us the extra edge we need to make SL like the NRL

I don't think all twelve current SL clubs are secure in their bids, and I expect at least one (if I had to bet my money would be on Cas) to miss out. This would leave three spare places, one of which I believe will go to South Wales leaving two places up for grabs.

IMO Edinburgh Magic Fixtures to be...

Wigan - Saints
Hull - Hull KR
Leeds - Bradford
Wire - Wierdness
Huddersfield - Wakefield
London - Catalan
Salford - Celtic Crusaders

Change of structure to fixtures next year ... no derbies ... 7 teams seeded and then the other 7 drawn out of a hat to see who plays them.

It's highly unlikely that any current SL club will be dropped and the Magic fixtures aren't going to be derbies but based on final league position.

Salford and Widnes would be the best for Warrington. Therefore they get my vote.

I would prefer it to be Salford and Widnes, Celtic in 2012.

I have a funny feeling HKR may miss out. wakey and cas will scrape through i think. wakey have been ok on the field recently, and i think this will drag them thru. cas have some of the brightest young talent coming thru, and they are in line to sort the stadium out, so this will drag them thru. HKR have done neither of these. they do get big crowds but they need to sort the ground out big time. will be interesting to see the results of why, if some super league clubs don't get a licence, as there could be a lot of very disgruntled fans if it doesn't go their way

Think your pretty much spot on there
And hopefully got next seasons league positions right as well

Correct



Wires71 - He will take apart any franchise application and pick out the incorrect bits

WOTT - He'll know the franchisees weeks before anyone else, he probably already does

Sally - He'll claim that he has no idea what a franchise is and Warrior Girl will fall for it

Cockney - As with my own future plans, I'm going with the non-traditional route and saying Celtic will get in over Cas

St Maca - If he isn't, he should be.