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Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:14 pm**

This ground is adequate for a semi. In my view we wouldn't fill a bigger ground.

I stand by my argument that the money is better going into clubs like Widnes rather than football clubs with bigger grounds. I personally don't know whether or not the RFL didn't care about Widnes, however if they were overlooked for neutral matches that they could stage then this would strengthen that view.

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:36 pm**

XIII wrote:No, I didn't mean the company, I ment Steve O'Connor, the owner of Widnes. He sold his business for millions, and he is not afraid of spending some on his home town team. My point before was that The RFL didn't care about given Widnes a franchise, but when they want to use their ground for a semi, they're right in there. This ground was called adequate in the report for their application for Super League, but it's good enough for a Challenge cup Semi. Now that's the RFL being 2 faced!

The stadium is only a very small part of all the franchise criteria. They'll have lost points on things like youth development (the lack of which is why they took so many of our cast-offs), crowds, performances, location, and as mentioned, financial stability.

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