Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:20 am  

2016 not a threat just a blip the training g ground got flooded out .2017 told you so . 2018 yes ,but we're still too good to go down and weve lost a few games by close scores we should have won them .2019 new signings will bring us back we'll be ok , OMG we really could be relegated !

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:09 am  

the braindead drummer will go down like a lead balloon in the championship next season.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:14 am  

About the only plus from getting relegated would be seeing how the club reacts in terns of sweeping out more of the garbage in the squad. Otherwise its just a disaster for Leeds and SL as a whole.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:41 am  

Not enjoying these relegation fighting g seasons I xont look forward to matchday .I thought we would be talking wether we would get into the 5 and not turning into Widnes or Leigh etc . What's the old saying " Out of the Darkness comes the Dawn " ?

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:59 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

About the only plus from getting relegated would be seeing how the club reacts in terns of sweeping out more of the garbage in the squad. Otherwise its just a disaster for Leeds and SL as a whole.

As funny as it would be to see Big Kev steer Leeds into relegation, I think everyone in Rugby League knows they wouldn't actually allow it to happen. Elstone has already hinted at a return to franchising and expanding the league, so I'd be 95% certain we'd see a change in regulations one way or another to save Leeds.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:25 pm  

I'm not so sure about that. There won't be much time to make any adjustments to the comp - you'd probably have to bring in two teams for a start to keep an even number.

The other thing that would at least keep me amused if we go down would be all the moaning about attendances in SL if Toronto take our place.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:38 pm  

If the comp was to fudge some way of keeping Leeds in SL it would be an insult to every other club that’s been in the relegation dogfight.

If you’re going to persist with P&R you cannot cherry-pick the consequences.

If we go down, we should take our medicine gracefully. It would be semi-catastrophic though.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:11 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

If the comp was to fudge some way of keeping Leeds in SL it would be an insult to every other club that’s been in the relegation dogfight.

If you’re going to persist with P&R you cannot cherry-pick the consequences.

If we go down, we should take our medicine gracefully. It would be semi-catastrophic though.

There are literally no upsides for us or SL in general to us going down, if that sounds arrogant it's not I'm looking at the bigger picture not just us going down - however if we do then so be it, we will deserve it.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:16 pm  

It would be no more of an insult than Saints playing (almost) a reserve team against London,twice!?

Re: Relegation : Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:33 pm  

We'd lose a couple of thousand from attendances who would be hard to get back. If we're only down for a year some sponsors might stick but some would go. Corporate cash would take a major hit.

That would mean looking for savings, particularly off the field, but there'd be no pont running a full SL strength squad and some players wouldn't want to spend a year in the championship either.

Not an utter disaster but it would take us a few years to recover to the point of being competitive.

As for the rest of SL they'd lose attendances and corporate, and god help SL negotiators if they're working on a new TV deal.

But never mind, the extra few hundred Leeds away fans will save the championship. Not.

I suspect whilst some fans of other clubs might be happy if we go down, those running other clubs will think the opposite.