Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:53 am  

faxcar wrote: So according to Gledhill the clubs have been told today where they all are in the pecking order and with the list to be put in the public domain tomorrow. https://twitter.com/TheGameCaller/statu ... gr%5Etweet I wonder what effect that will have on those with little to no chance of ever making any progress? You mean like Fax? We will be looking at a low B/high C ranking with a number of clubs in front of us for the 12th position. Our chances of making SL under this new system is pretty much slim to none and I would advise anyone to have a look at the criteria and have a good read and try and figure out how Fax can possibly bridge the gap to the teams above us. A greater worry for the club at the moment should be that season tickets have now been on sale for a good number of weeks but it looks like the RFL are trying to push through a merger between League 1 and the Championship which could lead to an increase in games which would have ramifications not only on match day income but also would mean re-working of player contracts. I really hope the RFL do not go down that route but taking the vote away from the clubs suggests that is what is going to happen.

faxcar wrote: So according to Gledhill the clubs have been told today where they all are in the pecking order and with the list to be put in the public domain tomorrow. https://twitter.com/TheGameCaller/statu ... gr%5Etweet I wonder what effect that will have on those with little to no chance of ever making any progress? You mean like Fax? We will be looking at a low B/high C ranking with a number of clubs in front of us for the 12th position. Our chances of making SL under this new system is pretty much slim to none and I would advise anyone to have a look at the criteria and have a good read and try and figure out how Fax can possibly bridge the gap to the teams above us. A greater worry for the club at the moment should be that season tickets have now been on sale for a good number of weeks but it looks like the RFL are trying to push through a merger between League 1 and the Championship which could lead to an increase in games which would have ramifications not only on match day income but also would mean re-working of player contracts. I really hope the RFL do not go down that route but taking the vote away from the clubs suggests that is what is going to happen.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:18 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

You mean like Fax? We will be looking at a low B/high C ranking with a number of clubs in front of us for the 12th position. Our chances of making SL under this new system is pretty much slim to none and I would advise anyone to have a look at the criteria and have a good read and try and figure out how Fax can possibly bridge the gap to the teams above us.

A greater worry for the club at the moment should be that season tickets have now been on sale for a good number of weeks but it looks like the RFL are trying to push through a merger between League 1 and the Championship which could lead to an increase in games which would have ramifications not only on match day income but also would mean re-working of player contracts. I really hope the RFL do not go down that route but taking the vote away from the clubs suggests that is what is going to happen.

Fax votedfor it!

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:50 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

You mean like Fax? We will be looking at a low B/high C ranking with a number of clubs in front of us for the 12th position. Our chances of making SL under this new system is pretty much slim to none and I would advise anyone to have a look at the criteria and have a good read and try and figure out how Fax can possibly bridge the gap to the teams above us.

A greater worry for the club at the moment should be that season tickets have now been on sale for a good number of weeks but it looks like the RFL are trying to push through a merger between League 1 and the Championship which could lead to an increase in games which would have ramifications not only on match day income but also would mean re-working of player contracts. I really hope the RFL do not go down that route but taking the vote away from the clubs suggests that is what is going to happen.

Obviously Fax are involved and there will be a number of clubs behind us as well but I meant the overall picture for all the clubs and how some would respond, specifically if some more would throw the towel in but from what I'm hearing Fax won't be one of those that do.

As for the rest as you know I try not to speculate in what could happen and even less point in worrying about it from my side it's out of my control.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:06 am  

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Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:21 am  

Rated lower than Barrow, Did Micky Mouse compile the gradings?

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:27 am  

Lower than Newcastle and they don’t exist. One of the pullers is Stadiums. Bradfords is a poop hole and in the process of having their free gold sold off by the RFL. Why Barrow are above us. What are Toulouse above Leigh? It all seems very strange.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:49 am  

Let the fall outs begin. Our grading is no surprise to anyone who took time to fully read the criteria and the things that could not be worked our revolved around FanDom and finances. We already had a decent idea of the FanDom score which was reported in the press so that must be accurate musn't it? That just leaves the finances so hopefully the board come out and let people know how we scored in each catogary. 7 Grade A's is a bit of a surprise as a lot of people thought there may be 4 or 5. The drop off to the B grades although just over a point is in reality huge. Wakey above Cas by so much is a surprise and Cas will not have a lot of wiggle room to improve their gradings so look like they are in real trouble. Fev been so far off a SL spot is also quite a big surprise and really not a chance they can make up nearly 2 points so it will be interesting to see what they do from here. I thought York may have done slightly better and Bradford are a touch closer than I expected but they score very well on location and have manipulated their attendances this season which they won't get away with next year so they could see a bit of a drop off. Also anyone who talked about London been somewhere near to keeping a SL place after this season is going to feel a bit silly at this point and probably should have took more time to fully understand the criteria. Edit: Added Fev statement. https://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/news/board-statement-img-grading-0G46k/ Fev statement pretty much pointing a direct finger at Bradford regarding attendances. I wouldn't normally agree with Fev but its been an open joke in the RL community that Bradford's attendances are less than half of what the declared figure has been for most of the season.

Let the fall outs begin. Our grading is no surprise to anyone who took time to fully read the criteria and the things that could not be worked our revolved around FanDom and finances. We already had a decent idea of the FanDom score which was reported in the press so that must be accurate musn't it? That just leaves the finances so hopefully the board come out and let people know how we scored in each catogary. 7 Grade A's is a bit of a surprise as a lot of people thought there may be 4 or 5. The drop off to the B grades although just over a point is in reality huge. Wakey above Cas by so much is a surprise and Cas will not have a lot of wiggle room to improve their gradings so look like they are in real trouble. Fev been so far off a SL spot is also quite a big surprise and really not a chance they can make up nearly 2 points so it will be interesting to see what they do from here. I thought York may have done slightly better and Bradford are a touch closer than I expected but they score very well on location and have manipulated their attendances this season which they won't get away with next year so they could see a bit of a drop off. Also anyone who talked about London been somewhere near to keeping a SL place after this season is going to feel a bit silly at this point and probably should have took more time to fully understand the criteria. Edit: Added Fev statement. https://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/news/board-statement-img-grading-0G46k/ Fev statement pretty much pointing a direct finger at Bradford regarding attendances. I wouldn't normally agree with Fev but its been an open joke in the RL community that Bradford's attendances are less than half of what the declared figure has been for most of the season.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:10 am  

Fully agree.

So from the more studious amongst us after carefully reading the criteria that’s it then.

1 no surprise against 3 surprises and a may have.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:15 am  

Cas grading is a slight mistake on a technicality and that puts them above Wakefield and in to 11th spot meaning at this moment it would be Leigh who would miss out. This has the potential to be the funniest thing I have seen in all my time watching RL. It makes it easier as it does not involve us but I can't wait for the drama off the field over the next year or so.

Re: IMG Does the club have a Plan? : Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:42 am  

Yep room for a couple to change places and until July it’s just a provisional.
Even though it’s been well publicised bigger picture the game has never seen anything like this before, add that to the Champ 1 issues how each club responds is unfathomable and was what I was referring to as being of some interest.

As will closer to home what Fax have to say.