Yeah saw the same thing bit strange , because there's all this in the air about the stadium I'm always on the lookout.

Will be interesting if there are any shocks in Wednesday's IMG ratings. It will be absolutely hilarious if Toulouse finish above Wakey and are promoted. I wouldn't put anything past these clowns but I'm guessing that the SL will "screen" the ratings by IMG before the release and "suggest certain adjustments deemed necessary"

Img effing winds me up , bloody stupid , what a farce , the day sport decided on a spreadsheet is the day it's no longer a sport.

...and our club voted in favour of it! FFS!

Well the fireworks could start tomorrow when each club finds out everybody elses grades before it goes to press on Wednesday. Expect the usual suspects in the press will start to post leaks as the day goes on.

Just looking back on our scores, we originally scored 9.06/20 and our then board put a statement out saying they were confident of getting to 10.5/20 by the end of this season. Im going to have a guess at either 9.07 or 9.18. I think we might see a small rise in score from the foundation turnover and fandom but that will be offset by losing a 3rd place finish and the 1895 cup win dropping off. Obviously it really does not make any difference to us but I think we may drop a little bit further down the overall rankings with London for one whos one season in SL will be enough to bump their score up quite a bit.

Even with significant investment we are stuck with these previous financials so for the next 3 years at the very minimum we won't see much of a rise but in my opinion the IMG experiement, like everything else in RL, will probably have run its course by then and we will be on to the next shiny thing that will send all the money to the top of the sport.

If as TonyFax suggests S L will screen the results, will it not be the dulls at odslum that get the call with the fat controller throwing his considerable weight about and calling favours from previous excursions at red hall?

The IMG ratings aren't going to be straightforward, the timing of the announcement, after every last game has been played is strange.

The Bulls won't be in. I wouldn't be surprised to see their score stay around the same as it were in the mocks. The cynic in me also would not be surprised to see their scores drop slightly once correctly audited.

Does correctly audited translate to gledhill saying there's more in attendance than froch vs groves at Wembley.