'Few years ' ? , every 3months more like

A Super League club WOULD work in Cumbria but would have to be given the time to flourish, something im not sure the RFL are willing to allow in the current climate.



The club would have to be West Cumbrian in identity, Barrow's geographical location isolates it from the majority of the catchment area from which the Clubs potential support would be drawn from.



HOWEVER



This is unlikely to happen due to the vocal minority or 'diehards' who would rather watch any potential talent either lost to the game or to Super League in order to preserve the supposed 'heritage' of the game in West Cumbria with 2 clubs sentenced to eternal imprisonment in the dungeons of the Championship system.



Other factors to consider are two incompetent borough Council's with little or no vision for sport (or little else). Lack of the required financial backing from the private sector and the lack of courage for anyone from either club to rise above the rest and put their head on the block in the name of progress.



How many Cumbrian youngsters both past and present would have flourished had they been afforded the same facilities and coaching promising kids recieve along the M62 corridor? The next 10 years are pivotal to the future of RL in our area - participation is apparently decreasing as many people see no path in to the more developed eschelons of the game simply thinking 'whats the point?'



The arguments for and against will continue for the time being however any support and hope is rapidly being suffocated at the hands of frustration and apathy.

Sorry Geekay, I completely missed the irony in your first post!

It would seem at a fans forum tonight , that Barrow Raiders are £ 550,000 in debt

Would it wise to try and continue involving a Cumbria representative team against teams like France/Wales/Ireland/England Knights and see what sort of interest they could draw?

They're a rep team that has plenty of depth, so wouldn't have to shoe horn in Aussies or, in the case of ireland, two rugby union players that had literally just signed for Saints.