Than EVERY OTHER Championship 1 team next year and a lot of Championship clubs in the support department.

We also need to be the big draw in the town when we play at home.

We are down now and must be planning to be the BEST by a long long way next season - the planning MUST start at 09:00hrs tomorrow, no time to feel sorry for ourselves or one of this seasons diseases......complacency.



A quality attractive package has to be offered to fans on matchday, winning will help (and we need to bloody market the out of this club to get people in).

Going down need not be as damaging, the League Title should be top of the list (preferrablly following Dewsburys fine example) followed by the NRC.

Its not impossible and it could work for us.



The club shouldn't comment abouty any RFL issues AT ALL , and equally not have anything to do with this dubious organisation except the usual pleasentries if they are in town and to tell them how well we have done (it worked for Salford).



It will be a very hard sell (I'm gutted tonight, but bloody annoyed, annoyed that a French Heartland club is again favoured over a English Heartland club

) , we will lose fans however we must hit the ground running and the annoyance at the circumstances of our demise could be used to galvanise support.



We will have the best squad the lower league has seen and definatly the best coach (if not the most expensive), nothings really changed except we have lost a decent derby game in Widnes and a chance of away fans turning up following Halifax.



The club needed the slap on the backside, a shocking level of complacency has crept in, for me it started to go wrong away at Halifax pre SL and we have largely been in freefall since - if this drop means we get back to doing what we do best (playing attractive RL, Best vociferous support home & away) then I'll be glad to see us go down and it'll have been worth the drop.



The club HAS to start to work now, 16pounds for Championship Rugby is too much, we need deal after deal after deal.

We have been totally inept at selling the club to a huge area of dormant fans and new fans (you only realise how over populated the area is when you move out of it - believe me there is more than enough room for umpteen SL clubs in Greater Manchester /Lanc's), Mr Thomas needs to ensure his next signings are off the field, ones that can sell this club to bigger audience every home game.

A team winning every week playing exciting rugby will do for starters........ drop the addmision fee`s to £12 for adults and £5 for juiors........ should get a few more in.



The current prices will see the crowds drop badly in Championship 1.

Cant see people wanting to pay 16 pounds to watch the Skolars (no disrespect ).

Season ticket prices/package needs to be attractive too.

some sense being spoken .... its about time!!

When they can pay 2 pound more and watch the local duper league teams

I'll see who else we sign etc and I might get a season ticket if they're attractively priced.



Our NRC games might be good next season because we'll likely be playing two teams from the league above us in our group. Anyone getting paired with us won't be happy I'd imagine.

We could end up making a bit of history by being 1st team to win NRC from C1 level

The people on here have been preaching about this kind of thing for ages. The powers that be won't listen. If things don't change for the better next season then we could be in even bigger trouble.

Agreed. A presence in the town centre is an absolute must now whether it's a stall on the market or the hire of a shop for the season... they've got to do something.



The O'Neills place closed 3 or 4 months back now and they've done nothing to address the situation. Player and coaching appearance in the town centre sould attract interest also.

The shop should have been in the town centre from the start in a good spot....... people didnt want to be walking to the LSV on a weekday to have a look in the shop/buy merchandise etc.

The match tickets could also be sold in a club shop on weekdays and use the LSV ticket office on match days only.

Think the club/O`Neills should of realised that they were gona get ripped off for rent by the LSV....... having the shop there was a huge mistake.



Get the shop sorted..... sort ticket prices out and get some good advertising going and the club will reap the benefits in the long run.

Was speaking to one our players tonight and he said himself (unpromoted, I must add) that even he wouldn't pay £16 to see us in the Championship.



£11 terracing and £13 seating sounds fair to me next season, though as a season ticket holder it doesn't make much difference to me.



I spent the early afternoon in the Goose racking up my season's expenses, not good....