Greg Florimos Boots wrote:
As has been mentioned DR makes it a non level playing field but we have to do whatever it takes to succeed while we have the non level playing field. Look at Fev, Sharp raving before the season how he would give Fev players a chance in the early games but as soon as DR players made available he snapped Leeds hand off because he knows their players are better than what he has available. Take away the dual reg like yesterday and Fev are no longer a sure thing for the top 4. As on the other thread I have no preference to where players come from who play for us and if better is available then we should use them.
The problem is as you touch on, we go fully down the DR road and play a number of fringe Salford players, what is to say these fringe players are any better than what we have?
What happens when Salford recall the players?
What happens to the Fax players who are being left out at their expense?
DR has been introduced primarily for the benefit for the SL clubs, not the Championship and if "used to the full" by more and more Championship sides will mean the SL clubs are the masters of us all.
Using Fev in your example any seeming benefit that a Championship club gets is purely short term at best for them, the danger is that other clubs who loose games against the hybrid teams could suffer much longer term damage as they struggle on.
Before the Cas game it was said to Brian Mac that at least the players coming in from Fev would be match fit, he replied "Yes and this is what DR is all about, in his (and others eyes) DR and thus the Championship is there just to keep their players match fit.
DR should be removed with a maximum of 2 loan players allowed.
SL clubs should have the means and responsibility within themselves to look after the players they sign at every level and not be allowed to abdicate that and farm out anyone "they" choose when "they" want so "they" benefit.