What an absolute joke but I think there's 3 parties to blame for this.
1st - The RFL - Let's be honest they wouldn't have ever wanted us in this competition, we're hardly seen as a glamour team are we! I'm pretty sure as soon as we raised our concerns about the competition they were already on the phone to Warrington. Could they have given us more time? Could they have even helped us finance it?
2nd - The fans - or should I say the lack of. Let's be honest the main concern would be money and the simple fact is that we don't have the income stream that the top clubs have. I just watched the Wigan documentary on Sky and they took 2,000 to Australia, we struggle to get 500 to an away game. I'm not sure how we can attract more fans maybe the people of Huddersfield aren't bothered.
3rd - The Club - In the end this comes down to the club. It's their job to attract the fans and keep the club financially healthy. The fact that they couldn't decide speaks volumes of how bad the management is. They knew there potentially was going to be a decision to be made and should have had a yes or no answer. I've thought for a while that Richard Thewlis should get out. Do we not have any spare money because of the Keith Mason case? who's fault was that? because the money we threw at that could have been used. Again, lack of ambition from the club for a second time this week.
One positive is that it won't be a distraction at the beginning of the season.