halifaxjohn wrote:
Interesting Neil, Didn't know Siddall or anyone for that matter had under 23 sides.
Is it an under 23,s league?
What league is it?
O'h and how was the ref.
It's mainly lads who the Halifax club have booted out, tipped on their arses & scrapped at a young over the last few years age John. I was approached a few months ago to help out in an admin/team manager role, they're playing in the Yorkshire summer premier division.
It's termed U23'S as part of the newly formed "Siddal academy" who i have no axe to grind with BTW, that club have always looked after our son No.2 in RL terms & as things were explained to me, there's also an
U16's & 17's involved in the academy and the aim is to try and pick lads up who fall foul of the disgraceful treatment of young talent this country is producing in the pro games' age capped academies & reserve system "pathways". Basically, it's bullshit at the RFL & SL clubs dictating terms allowing to burn & crash money on imports rather improving the professional infastructure within the game at that level. Some first grade salaries of individuals at SL clubs are reputedly more than a whole club's budgets within the championship structures, scandalous.
I see the Siddal club as forward thinking and I'm guessing they'll use the cream of this U23's squad to filter into their summer conference first team, another RFL home-goal persuading the blue riband amateur league to turn to summer season, I read this week that East Hull have already disbanded & withdrawn their summer conference side, i bet they feel really badly done to !!!
This sport is so far up the pan it's in danger of requiring a double-flush.