Am I missing something - why do we feel sorry for them?
They couldn’t give a toss about us when it happened to us (warrender & 99/00 issues). Our fans bailed us out, kept us going, the board worked very hard and we even kept them in the town only to get no end of abuse and disregard for our ground (again maintained by volunteer fans) when they ground shared!
Sorry but its just tough for me, I don’t particularly want them staying in the conference, I want us to be the top team in the town (its a wild dream I know but this could be our chance - we are unlikely to achiveve it on a level playing field!) the same way they were waiting in 2000 for it to be their chance for them to be the only team in the town, and sit back and watch us go under - did they say they were sorry for us then?
This is not a dig at you WHS just I’m amazed some people seem to have such short memories (and thats coming from Neil "where was I in 92?" Wilson!