Saints would have gone into administration in 2002 had it not been for our current chairman and his buddy (subsequently returned to the City) putting in their hard earned. Our chairman still has to put his hard earned into keeping the stadium from falling down on the fans. A lot of British RL clubs are loss making entities funded by one or two wealthy individuals (plus Sky money) and we all live on the edge of that same cravass. It's hardly beneficial to buy into rumours - denied by the Crusaders' investor in this week's RL press - and listen to those whose agenda it is to see the Crusaders fail.



It's good to get the place going as a business with as many sponsors and fundraising opportunities as possible as that takes the pressure off the initial investor and will make him happier. However, that takes time and he has said that he wants to give the club time so trust him to follow through on that. We have to do exactly the same thing at Saints.

No the point is there are more not normal than normal seasons at the moment



The RFL are constantly changing things

The whole "You don't deserve to be in superleague" argument just never gets old does it?





Just like science and atheists refuse to engage born again Xtinas in debate about creationism because it is stupid to argue with the intellectually retarded, we should just not engage flat cappers with an axe to grind.



My the air pressure's low up here on the moral high ground

and of course managing the stresses from being "alright Jack" is a burden that you are having to bear too Grendel!



Down here in the cess pool things are a bit murky now the lifeline has been taken off me!!!

I don't think the RFL made the right decision and I think Crusaders are paying the price for being put into SL too early.



That doesn't mean that I want to see Crusaders booted out of SL or fail.



I just want to see future licensing decisions, particularly those regarding expansion clubs, to be rather more thought out.

Fev yeah, we in Bridgend are known for having it all in every aspect of our lives.

Just another sunny day in the Welsh Riviera.



Cas, fair enough. I accept your point (largely because it was put fairly and without using the words "you don't deserve"icon_wink.gif. We did seem to benefit at the expense of others, but whoever got through would have got stick I guess. Still, it's sink or swim now. Our year in the shallow end is nearly over and we need to show progress next season.