It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:27 pm  

http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_10862-paul-wood-to-play-for-swinton.html

http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_10862-paul-wood-to-play-for-swinton.html

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:29 pm  

It certainly does . The whole thing is totally wrong. Eight wolves players could play on Sunday and could be instrumental in winning the game . All of a sudden Warrington could have a bad run of injuries and theoretically could recall all of them. Next week Swindon could go into their next game with a vastly weakened team and lose heavily . Is that fair on their original opponents and is it fair on the rest of the teams? I don't mind the loan arrangements where pethaps one or two players play for a fixed period of time ie three months or whatever but where you have international class players playing just one or two games - it's just not right and fair . Workington have signed practically the entire widnes first team squad so anyone can play for them. It completely undermines the championship .

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:10 pm  

It a joke to allow this I do hope Fev Fax or Leigh win the league prove that a champion side can do i on there own

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:51 pm  

jtfev wrote:

It a joke to allow this I do hope Fev Fax or Leigh win the league prove that a champion side can do i on there own

MysticHalifaxjohn predicts, League winners, NRC winners, and Championship winners will be contested by Fax, Fev, Seagulls and Leigh.

All the others can go?

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:58 pm  

rickster wrote:

It certainly does . The whole thing is totally wrong. Eight wolves players could play on Sunday and could be instrumental in winning the game . All of a sudden Warrington could have a bad run of injuries and theoretically could recall all of them. Next week Swindon could go into their next game with a vastly weakened team and lose heavily . Is that fair on their original opponents and is it fair on the rest of the teams? I don't mind the loan arrangements where pethaps one or two players play for a fixed period of time ie three months or whatever but where you have international class players playing just one or two games - it's just not right and fair . Workington have signed practically the entire widnes first team squad so anyone can play for them. It completely undermines the championship .

Spot on and totally agree mate, 3 maximum would have been acceptable but not this, the RFL are undermining the Championship just to look after their precious Sooper Dooper League clubs.

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:30 pm  

Must admit I havn`t been following too closely but how does the salary cap pan out with all this ,are the Super League players exempt and if not how is it going to work? I hardly think it`s fair that there should be a salary cap on teams that don`t take these Super League players if the SL players are exempt , if they arn`t playing a couple of them for a few weeks would have them break the cap wouldn`t it?

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:34 pm  

Boy, how other sports must look on in envy as our elite clubs castrate and dump on the clubs below them in order to desperately cling on to their places in the boys' club.

And let's not forget about the governing body who positively encourage them whilst rolling over and gaving its belly tickled.

I'm looking forward to us getting smashed by swintons 7 Warrington players and then watching their "real" team lose the week after to the bottom of the league.

Still at least the champions will be worthy winners of a vibrant competition.....

Re: It Begins... : Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:03 pm  

It would seem Swinton have signed 5 Warrington juniors on season long loans leaving still 5 DR positions open to them

Re: It Begins... : Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:37 am  

Starbug wrote:

It would seem Swinton have signed 5 Warrington juniors on season long loans leaving still 5 DR positions open to them

You win nothing with Kids, ask Alan Hanson.

Re: It Begins... : Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:47 am  

Further to JTFev´s point above about hoping a proper team win the league, well lets hope that no proper team gets relegated as well, so good luck on that score Keighley and Barrow, who I also am led to undestand are clean.